First Crack: The First Crack crew discuss what is going wrong for the Swans after they went down to the Bulldogs at the SCG.
Essendon is staring down an unfortunate repeat of its own horrible history - after promising it would never happen again.
And they were certain they wouldn’t fall of a cliff again, with midfielder Jye Caldwell telling the Herald Sun after their poor loss to Geelong: “I’ve got full confidence . Obviously we’ve got eight games to go and that is an outlier. It’s pretty disappointing, because we want to get past that stage of what people are saying.”
An Essendon fan throwing their scarf onto the ground during the fourth quarter of the Marvel Stadium onslaught told you everything you need to know.Of course, the club also faded late last season, dropping five of its last eight games to slide outside the top eight. Brad Scott already pulled the selection statement card, dumping Peter Wright and Dyson Heppell at selection last week.
The Blues have just one win from their last four games to lose second spot on the ladder and now be jostling with a logjam of teams for a top four position. “Had a great opportunity to consolidate a spot inside the top two and now put themselves under a bit of pressure. It’ll deny the Blues from having continuity or a settled 23 over the next few weeks in the lead into finals, which is such an important factor.
“The other one is Jack Martin, he gives something different in the forward line. I know he’s been injury prone, so it’s been hard to depend on him. Of the top eight sides, the Blues rank last in points against, conceding marks in defensive 50 and conceding scores from defensive half – areas they’ll need to correct in September.
“I would like to see back in the midfield mix to add to that and just give them a different look,” Lewis said. Champion trio Scott Pendlebury, 36, Steele Sidebottom, 33, and Jeremy Howe, 34, are all out of contract and been at the centre of discussions on whether or not they should extend their decorated careers into 2025.Former Magpies coach Nathan Buckley suggested the threesome is still playing at a high enough level to warrant playing on, though it might come down to how many emerging players the club wants to expose moving forward.
The reason they’re most vulnerable to miss the final 22-man All-Australian side is simply the Roos’ struggles.
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