Essendon played the Bulldogs Friday night.
Quarter 1 showed some positive offensive play but poor conversion (9-4 inside 50 advantage for 1.4) and even poorer defense (2.1 against) kept the Dogs in it.
There Bombers spent about 70% of the quarter in their forward half (73.6% at the 15min mark) but their forward half disposal efficiency of just 38% hurt them just as much.
I mentioned last week that GWS do have a clear brand, Collingwood seem to have a brand but are 4 - 5 extra players away from being able to fully show it but Essendon and the Saints are yet to show theirs - if they even have one - and that's a huge part of the disappointment around those 2 teams.
Saturday morning I went silly with an 18-post thread on all things Essendon v Bulldogs, not to shitcan the Bombers at all, but moreso in response to Tom Morris' comments on the lack of critical analysis of AFLW coming from a man who I doubt hasn't watched 1 single game he wasn't working at and doesn't give AFLW first thought, let alone a 2nd one unless there's a headline or online click involved.
From a coaching standpoint there's plenty of food for thought so let me know any questions you have on it.
Keep clicking the comments on each post and you'll work your way through all 18 posts.
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