Have you ever heard someone say that neither team deserved to lose a game?
Well, I kind of felt the opposite about this one – I am not sure either team really deserved to win. Oh yeah, I am a bit grumpy at what I sat through on this Thursday night, when the kids have to get up for school the next day. To say I came away unimpressed with either team would be an understatement.
At halftime of this one, my knives were being sharpened for the Kangaroos. They were hopeless in the first half, with fumbles and poor decisions from many of their leaders “highlighting” their game. However, as we exited the game, and with the Bombers doing just enough to win by three points, I started to wonder what the hell they were doing, as well. A win is a win – I get it, but this is a game they should have used to build their season, and really, they were holding on by the skin of their teeth in the last quarter. They’d just managed to beat the Eagles by a couple of points two weeks ago, and now, they’ve fallen over the line against North… they’re not convincing me of anything positive.
After quarter time, Essendon managed to kick just three goals for the game. Let that sink in.
Yep, against a pretty ordinary defence that had been conceding over 130 points per game in their last three weeks, they managed a goal per quarter. Sure, you can celebrate the win all you like, and I am sure an intro like this will mean none of you will sign up as members on this site to read what I have to say about it, and that’s fine. I would much rather be honest about a poor win than blow smoke up your backsides and pretend there were huge positives to take out of this game other than Zach Merrett, Peter Wright, Nate Caddy, and Isaac Kako.
If you’re looking for beautiful lies, I am sure you’ll find them elsewhere. Here, I am probably more inclined to offer the ugly truth… along with some pretty poor grammar, at times. Really selling this review, huh?
Anyway, enough time wasting – time to find out a little more about what went down, why it went down, and how it went down. The Mongrel has The Big Questions from this one.
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