‘Feel for their fans’: ‘Pitiful, appalling’ Bombers lose hope as ‘astonishing’ drop exposed
It was always going to be a tough task on Friday night after losing six first-choice players – Jye Caldwell, Matt Guelfi, Peter Wright, Sam Draper, Jake Stringer and Jake Kelly – to injury in the lead-up to the game.
“Essendon came out after quarter-time and it was quite clear they wanted to possess the ball in their back half and defend with ball in hand. They were only able to do that for 90 seconds before that capitulated. “I feel for Essendon supporters right now. They have to sit back and watch what they watched last week. Essendon pleaded with them to turn up to the MCG to their home game – and they witness this.”
Then with their finals hopes still alive, the Bombers last week suffered a 126-point loss to the Giants – their fifth-biggest defeat in their proud history.
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