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

[Eastdog]

Home now from Marvel.

Can't take away too much from the game. Just happy to have banked the win and to have boosted our %. You can only play who is in front of you. Essendon are diabolical at the moment. They were better earlier on in the year. They are injury ravaged.

Great to see Naughton and Darcy dominate tonight up forward. They were both getting a lot of opportunities and took full advantage. Naughton has really taken off in recent weeks which is great to see as he was struggling at the start of the season.

We have bigger test next Thursday night against GWS.

Let's enjoy the weekend now with a huge Bulldogs win.

[azabob]

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.

Same. Which is stuffed considering only 29 odd thousand turned up.

Honestly it is too expensive to go to the footy on a whim.

[Bornadog]

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.

This is where the whole ticketing system is crap. There were so many empty sections.

[GVGjr]

Are the AFL creative with the way they record crowd number? 29K were supposedly there last night and while their fans would be subdued it certainly didn't seem like anything over 25K
I listened to two radio stations last night and they both thought it was around 25K

[Bulldog Joe]

Same. Which is stuffed considering only 29 odd thousand turned up.

Honestly it is too expensive to go to the footy on a whim.

My membership gives me away games and I sat half forward/back level 3.

View is pretty good for me and you do get a good full ground view.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Curious to know why you feel this way contrary to all evidence? Is it just traditional Bulldog pessimism?

We are probably the last team poor sides want to play this year, we have been grinding them into the dirt.

I mean Essendon couldn't even manage to put up a decent showing for their supporters against Richmond in a very winnable game. Not sure where any confidence for this game would come from.

Of course we could have an off night and win ugly but I can't see a single thing pointing to that being likely.

You were correct once again Axe. I honestly thought that they would come out have all guns firing but we were certainly a class above them.

I will try to not let my nerves get the better of me again

[Bornadog]

Coaches Votes

10 Aaron Naughton WB
7 Sam Darcy WB
7 Marcus Bontempelli WB
4 Ed Richards WB
1 Luke Cleary WB
1 Tom Liberatore WB

Good to see Cleary get some recognition

[kruder]

Great to see the forwards get recognition.

The coaches always say internally we rate forwards/defenders higher but yet when it comes to votes it's pretty much a midfielders award also.