Tim Watson

But his career has stagnated.

The other thing was that game really suited Essendon, right?

So one of the things that they haven't been great at is defending.

So they had slow, slow ball movement.

They had a lot of uncontested marks.

I think they had over 120 points.

uncontested marks and the pressure didn't get on them the way that it could have or should have from Melbourne.

They didn't push up and make it really difficult for Essendon.

Therefore, the defenders of Essendon had plenty of time and the luxury of not being bombarded by quick ball movement from Melbourne.

So that really played into their hands again.

That's right.

Deny them of the football.

So there were some really good signs.

I'm not prepared to say that Essendon are back and they're going to be – all of a sudden they're going to get on a roll.

But it does support what Brad's been saying for a long time.

No, it does.

It does.

And as an Essendon supporter, what you wanted to see also is just a more competitive –

effort like that's what you want that's that's that's that's the bottom line you want to see players get out there and compete and be aggressively competitive which is exactly what and it's a great it's a great tonic for a team that hasn't won for a long time to experience the four points again that breeds confidence in itself it does and you know if you're an Essendon fan you've got talent so you've got Archie Roberts

Yep, they did.