West Coast Demise?
On Friday night I witnessed the last quarter and a half of the the Essendon v West Coast match. West Coast squandered a 30 point margin to somehow only lose by 1 point. Where's the fight that won them the grand final last year and almost win the year before? Is their steely resolve showing some chinks in the armour?
Chris Judd is their superstar but unfortunately he can't break a pack and then drill a 50m pass to himself. It's just not physically possible, although with Judd you never say never about anything. Daniel Kerr has gone missing too frequently in recent games and their forward line is still lacking firepower now that they have to work a lot harder to score their goals.
Essendon beating both grand finalists by 1 point in consecutive weeks. Surely that hasn't been done very often. One for the statisticians to check out. I'm not disappointed to see West Coast have a downer but after Essendon beat my team by a point I wasn't too keen on seeing their winners jubilation again. Although I think having the Eagles in a bit of a slump outweighs any Bomber resurgence.
Geelong should win today and knock them off their perch. Is it preemptive to suggest a slide out of the top eight?
Chris Judd is their superstar but unfortunately he can't break a pack and then drill a 50m pass to himself. It's just not physically possible, although with Judd you never say never about anything. Daniel Kerr has gone missing too frequently in recent games and their forward line is still lacking firepower now that they have to work a lot harder to score their goals.
Essendon beating both grand finalists by 1 point in consecutive weeks. Surely that hasn't been done very often. One for the statisticians to check out. I'm not disappointed to see West Coast have a downer but after Essendon beat my team by a point I wasn't too keen on seeing their winners jubilation again. Although I think having the Eagles in a bit of a slump outweighs any Bomber resurgence.
Geelong should win today and knock them off their perch. Is it preemptive to suggest a slide out of the top eight?
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Pre-emptive yes, overoptimistic probably? :-)
Still only halfway through. As an Eagle supporter I find Kerr's form either side of his two week holiday a bit of a worry, but it's almost inevitable that a team has a bit of a slump at some point during the year. Better now than September - as long as we make it there in a decent spot on the ladder.
I really really hate Essendon though.
I hate losing to Essendon as well. Sydney has a history of tight games with them dating back as far as 1996 with the one point after siren kick of Tony Locket to get into the Grand Final.
I'd forgotten that the "huge behind" game was against Essendon. Thanks for the reminder, it's made me feel very slightly better.
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