Round 21 Gold Coast v Essendon - Saturday 22nd August 16:35 - Metricon Stadium

[Grazz]

We were terrible.

I was at the game. Poor skill errors from Stanton, Goddard and poor defense in the 1st half from Carlisle cost us multiple goals,
which was the difference in the end.

From the reactions from the Essendon supporters I was around on the crowd the quicker Carlisle leaves the club the better. He was booed and copped more bronx cheers than anyone, even the umpires who were terrible.

Razor Ray can get stuffed.

Must admit the first half looked like the Clanger Cup, neither side were great but the game developed into a decent contest.
Essendon are far better than they've shown this year AK but the weight of ASADA/WADA has hurt the players more than we know.
The players have done extremely well to get as far as they have without imploding but the WADA appeal was the straw that broke the camels back, this to shall pass mate all they need is a decision good bad or whatever then and only then can the shackles be released. It's not as dark as it seems mate brighter days will come.

[AaronKirk]

All we needed to do was tidy up our ball use and we would have won.

Took us till the last 4 minutes of the game to do it... was too late.