AFL: The AFL 360 panel take a deep look into the Essendon Bombers and where they are going wrong this season.
Fox Footy analyst Leigh Montagna is keeping a close eye on Essendon’s Round 3 response after a disappointing defensive output last Saturday, imploring it to continue bringing its ‘edge’ against St Kilda.
Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?Heading into an intriguing bout with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Saturday, Brad Scott’s men will make it a point to tighten the screws defensively. The Swans used the corridor at a 45 per cent clip against the Bombers last Saturday — easily the number-one rate in the competition.
So far this season, Essendon is ranked 16th for opposition corridor ball movement, 17th for forward half pressure acts and 18th for opposition scores from defensive 50. “If they don’t have the personnel, you need a strong system — at the moment they’ve got neither going.”Having ‘admired’ Brad Scott’s open discourse about asserting the ‘Essendon edge’, Montagna doubled down while speaking on Fox Footy’s“My absolute this week is that the Bombers run it back — they bring the ‘Essendon edge’ again to the game against St Kilda this week,” Montagna said on Wednesday.
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