Tim Watson

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which were enough to make you think that this kid is going to be a long-term player, 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 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.

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.

And I'm not saying that Essendon are going to be a premiership team.

We talk about Essendon finally in a positive frame of mind, and it's just too much for some people out there.

They needed a win.