Essendon V Western Bulldogs R20, Friday 25/7/25 at Marvel Stadium at 7:20pm

[The Underdog]

Imagine having the first pick in the draft and getting Andrew McGrath.

[ledge]

Wow we got a red time goal ..
to be honest it’s what was expected , I’m not sure we take much out of this than to say it’s always a great thing to beat depressendoom

[whythelongface]

Just enjoy the win

Yep agree. Enjoy the weekend with a win under our belt.

[Bornadog]

We improved by 2 points since last time we played them

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Cast your mind back some 10+ years ago and how we longed for one dominant key forward.

We now have two and they kicked 7 and 6 respectively.

Funny how times change.

[merantau]

Not sure if this win tells us much. Next week is the acid test.

[Critter]

A couple of shoutouts to lesser names. For me, Baker and Poulter were both solid contributors tonight. Baker was particularly adept at moving the moving the ball quickly AND accurately. Hit his target. Poulter seemed to be on the end of a Bont chat early in the match but was OK. He too moved the ball quickly. And accurately also.

JOD & Cleary were too often the reason for Mrs Critter telling me to calm down and quieten down.

[angelopetraglia]

Solid win. Did what we needed to do.

All that matters is next week. Must win.

[kruder]

Cast your mind back some 10+ years ago and how we longed for one dominant key forward.

We now have two and they kicked 7 and 6 respectively.

Funny how times change.

If only 1 of them for Rocket and Terry.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Cast your mind back some 10+ years ago and how we longed for one dominant key forward.

We now have two and they kicked 7 and 6 respectively.

Funny how times change.

With a #1 draft pick to come back in next year.

[Mofra]

A couple of shoutouts to lesser names. For me, Baker and Poulter were both solid contributors tonight. Baker was particularly adept at moving the moving the ball quickly AND accurately. Hit his target. Poulter seemed to be on the end of a Bont chat early in the match but was OK. He too moved the ball quickly. And accurately also.

JOD & Cleary were too often the reason for Mrs Critter telling me to calm down and quieten down.

I thought Poulter was excellent after quarter time. We'll have to see how he goes against a high pressure opposition but he deserves his spot right now

[Mofra]

Is there a snowflake’s chance in hell that we might address our centre bounce clearances? Against a good side it would be an issue.
Coaching is the answer, so we’ll see.

I did see some CBAs with Sanders and Freijah in there together. Giving the kids some exposure. Garcia seemed to get quite a bit of opportunity in there too.
Not sure what the stats say but we seemed to rest Ed forward a fair bit. Like we were saving him for next week.

[jeemak]

Pretty happy with a 93 point win. It was a shitty preseason style hit out, but a massive win like that might be helpful later in the year.

[Bornadog]

I did see some CBAs with Sanders and Freijah in there together. Giving the kids some exposure. Garcia seemed to get quite a bit of opportunity in there too.
Not sure what the stats say but we seemed to rest Ed forward a fair bit. Like we were saving him for next week.

Yes he did rest forward at times. I thought Garcia was ok tonight

[Flamethrower]

Just a guess but we don't have many Dogs supporters here tonight.
Does our ladder position have a big impact on attendance?

Looked at getting tickets for the clan this week but only scattered singles available on level 1 and 2. So it was level 3 GA nose bleeds behind the goals or watch live at home - and the couch with multiple screens open to watch both games won.