Jake Malksham

But I thought they were actually pretty good.

I mean, the Giants were just...

sort of half-carting it for the first half, I think they would have got, you know, Adam Kingsley would have said to them, listen, do you blokes want to actually be playing in the finals?

Because the way you're playing at the moment, just jogging around, no pressure.

I think they had like 19 inside 50s for the half.

They just looked disinterested, to be honest.

And it was only when Essendon got out to 26 points in the third, halfway through the third quarter that it was like, you know, the penny dropped.

And all of a sudden they started to meet Essendon's pressure, which was really good, which was really good.

Their pressure was great.

The only problem with Essendon

Well, not the only problem.

They've got a few problems.

But their skill level is deplorable.

And it was a tricky day.

It was a bit slippery and a bit dewy and whatever.

But just no pressure on, missing targets, kicking it over blokes' heads.

I've never seen a worse handballing side.

The guys that miss can't handball two metres.

So I think that's an area that they've got to get better.

But you could not question their endeavour yesterday.