Game Day - Tiges v Deez Round 20, 2023

[Dustintime]

CORRECT, to underplay what all 22 did during that era is is a great injustice to legends of this great Club.

How many flags without dusty

 

[tigerlove]

Looking for positives, how good was Balta's goal?

 

[jackfrost]

Hopper has been very poor for weeks in the first half. In the last 3 weeks he hasn't had more than 7 disposals in the 1st half. Appears to pickup in 2nd half but need him firing from the start. Been overall disappointing imo since coming back from injury.

Hmmm, well that is definitely concerning indeed.

 

[tigerlove]

How many flags without dusty

It's a rhetorical question. How many flags without Castagna? We'll never know.

 

[Sintiger]

The best game of the year.

At times the best we’ve played.

At times the best pressure we‘ve applied.

Combination of shocking umpiring and our old timers looking lost in a high pressure game.

We also ran out of gas. Gawn outstanding but Soldo battled his arse off. Effort not the issue.

I agree Scoop. At times we played really good footy. It just seemed every time we got a break there was a momentum killer, some self inflicted and some not .

I said to those with me early in the last quarter that if you put Gawn in our team we would have been 5 goals in front. Add that to the fact we had nobody to take a mark in the forward line.

 

[BluesBloke]

Its about time the club called the umpiring out - what have they got to lose?

The best 20 grand Essendon ever spent was in the fine James Hird copped for getting stuck into the umpires (McLaren?) on The Footy Show. They got looked after for years after that.

 

[eZyT]

Unfortunately yes, struggling.

Taken off in the first for 9 mins?
Why?

Haven’t seen the coach presser.

Was he asked?

If hed been good all year, youde put it down to flu,

But hes been shakey at best all year.

I dont reckon he'd have 10 votes in the PRE award?

 

[seven]

Good first half, but Melbourne went up a gear we didn’t have.
Big issue was our midfield, second we turned the ball over it was gone.
Need more work on our midfield defence

 

[jackfrost]

You literally just backed a post that said soldo was doing better on Gawn than nank would have

I did no such thing and I fart in your general direction Troll for suggesting it, now back under your Bridge !

 

[jackfrost]

You can imagine the PSTD in the umpire's room at half time when they realised we were so far ahead.

and Gil in there giving them an absolute reaming wouldn't have helped either.

 

[Redford]

The best game of the year.

At times the best we’ve played.

At times the best pressure we‘ve applied.

Combination of shocking umpiring and our old timers looking lost in a high pressure game.

We also ran out of gas. Gawn outstanding but Soldo battled his arse off. Effort not the issue.

Yep, the effort was there and that’s what’s so frustrating. Normally when we bring that level of effort we win - against anybody. But our tall defenders were totally defective today, and yes, our aged superstars were missing in battle too.

Throw in a good mix of “we can’t let Richmond win” umpiring again, and it all burns a bit tonight.

Not sure Compact had his greatest game tactically either.

 

[jackfrost]

22 players, not 2.

NO, prime movers and your Superstars are most likely to win games in the last quarter of BIG Important games that are close.

 

[wayne]

Who is our handball coach, and why does he teach our guys to handball at feet?

 

[jackfrost]

How many flags without dusty

At least 2 and a half Trolly.

 

[jackfrost]

Looking for positives, how good was Balta's goal?

Sensational.

 

[Dustintime]

It's a rhetorical question. How many flags without Castagna? We'll never know.

Actually its a hypothetical question but my answer to yours is 3

 

[artball]

skimmed the comments - my 20 cents worth?

take away the 50m penalty goals and the gift to Cosy Pickett - we're closer...
their momentum in the last was Max Gawn and the Umpires..

 

[jackfrost]

It's a rhetorical question. How many flags without Castagna? We'll never know.

I'd go with 4, he was definitely responsible for Cox having that day out in '18.... Lanky Yanky Pr!ck, I'll never forgive him for that

 

[jackfrost]

Who is our handball coach, and why does he teach our guys to handball at feet?

I seriously hope we DON'T need a coach who just coaches Handball............. tell me it isn't so please !

 

[zippadeee]

oh well looked good for a while. Beats me how some nobody always bobs up against us.

Its a pity the bloke that "bob' up against the same opposition was sitting in the stands tonight.
Team selection has been ordering all season