Round 1 - Swans v Bombers - Saturday April 4th - ANZ Stadium

[DazBurg]

wow rubbish umpire stop trying to change the game

True cause it's not like after no match practice due to an investigation didn't change the game at all

Come on you clearly were fine for 3 quarters then fell asleep. Rampe and Buddy have been robbed of frees all day

Fine till lack of match fitness kicked in n even the commentators said it in the first qtr that in the last qtr we would struggle to run out the game

Just pointing out really that the umpiring may not have been the greatest but our preparation wasn't either

So if the worst you have is bad umpiring your in a good spot

[RaisyDaisy]

Blaming the AFL for lack of match fitness?

Any reason why the bombers couldn't just run out full match against each in training to get match fitness?

I know its not the same, but to blame the AFL is just LOL

[LF]

Unscaled Scores

4   Dan Hannebery   125
15   Kieren Jack   124
12   Josh P. Kennedy   114
23   Lance Franklin   96
14   Craig Bird   92
24   Dane Rampe   92
26   Luke Parker   92
11   Jeremy Laidler   89
8   Kurt Tippett   89
5   Isaac Heeney   87
40   Nick Smith   71
38   Mike Pyke   69
39   Heath Grundy   67
7   Harry Cunningham   66
32   Lewis Jetta   62
22   Dean Towers   59
16   Gary Rohan   57
25   Ted Richards   57
2   Rhyce Shaw   53
20   Sam Reid   43
37   Adam Goodes   33
44   Jake Lloyd   29

21   Dyson Heppell   107
26   Cale Hooker   100
4   Jobe Watson   98
40   Ben Howlett   90
17   Jake Melksham   85
18   Michael Hurley   83
3   Paul Chapman   82
2   Tom Bellchambers   77
11   David Zaharakis   72
7   Zach Merrett   70
13   Adam Cooney   66
9   Brendon Goddard   66
31   Dustin Fletcher   65
35   Martin Gleeson   65
29   Patrick Ambrose   65
32   Travis Colyer   61
12   Mark Baguley   57
1   Michael Hibberd   56
6   Joe Daniher   47
5   Brent Stanton   35
22   Jake Carlisle   24
23   David Myers   1

[BratPack]

Blaming the AFL for lack of match fitness?

Any reason why the bombers couldn't just run out full match against each in training to get match fitness?

I know its not the same, but to blame the AFL is just LOL

The players couldn't take part in intra club matches either. The AFL flowered us.

I reiterate. flower This Season

[Mailman the 2nd]

Yeah idk match fitness is kinda a poor excuse, you shouldn't lose the ability to run out 4 quarters just because you miss nab cup games.

That said, Essendon were unlucky, they were the better team for 3 quarters

[Big Mac]

Was debating fielding either Hogan and Hibberd or Saad and Swan

Swan better score under 40

[FactHunt]

Blaming the AFL for lack of match fitness?

Any reason why the bombers couldn't just run out full match against each in training to get match fitness?

I know its not the same, but to blame the AFL is just LOL

I am not genuinely weighing in to this, but just as a cheeky side comment- the AFL stopped our "match simulation" also  :P haha

[DazBurg]

Yeah idk match fitness is kinda a poor excuse, you shouldn't lose the ability to run out 4 quarters just because you miss nab cup games.

That said, Essendon were unlucky, they were the better team for 3 quarters

true we should be able too
was just stating that bad umpiring isn't as bad as our lack of preparation
most afl players cannot walk into a game without match fitness and dominate let alone 3 qtrs of a side

[Torpedo10]

Bloody Miller over Heeney, cost me 60 points.

[DazBurg]

Blaming the AFL for lack of match fitness?

Any reason why the bombers couldn't just run out full match against each in training to get match fitness?

I know its not the same, but to blame the AFL is just LOL

must count for a little
why do we have NAB cup games
who do any senior players play in any of them?

[Big Mac]

Bloody Miller over Heeney, cost me 60 points.

You're not alone

[Nige]

Bloody Miller over Heeney, cost me 60 points.

You're not alone

[SydneyRox]

Bloody Miller over Heeney, cost me 60 points.

You're not alone

in your team? or on the bench?

if you didnt have heeney you got rocks in da head!

[SydneyRox]

nice get out of jail today, havent watched it all yet, glad we managed the win, but will need to be better

[Grufflez]

Bloody Miller over Heeney, cost me 60 points.

You're not alone

lol glad to see others did this  :'(