"They've just got aggression." | First Thoughts - Essendon vs St Kilda (06.07.26)
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What are the current challenges facing Essendon?
We'll move on because your favourites, Essendon. I must admit, I was on my way to the Adelaide Fireball Cup yesterday, so I didn't see a whole lot of this. I don't think I missed too much. Here's the interim coach, Dean Solomon, asked if this is the lowest point in his memory. Is this the lowest point you can remember the club being in your time in footy?
Yeah. Well, it's gone through a lot, hasn't it, the last 20 years? There's been a few low points. Is it the lowest? I'm not sure, but it's difficult. It's difficult right now. But you know what? No individual is going to do this on their own. We've got to do it together. We've got to solve and come up with solutions to work our way through this and slowly turn it. There's no quick fix here. We're going to have to do the yards to turn this club. And we knew that and we're working to do that. And I know it doesn't look good right now, but we're doing what we can in the short term.
Doing what we can in the short term. I'm going to start with St Kilda because I do – and we've talked about the St Kilda midfield a lot. I think they're building a group of leg drivers that in 30 games' time are going to be the envy of the competition. And I know we can be hard on players, but Wanganee Miller, Garcia, Hall, Filippo did it a few times yesterday and looked terrific. Stepping through now, he was sent back to VFL to correct some issues in his game. I think that's good coaching. And it got a lot of feedback at the time, giving his payback it. Forget the pay packet. You've got to get the guy up and going again. They've just got aggression. He looked at that game at halftime, and whilst they were smacking him at clearance, they were prepared to step through traffic, get the game on the outside from that heavy congestion.
It was 37 points to one from stoppage, 12 scores to one from stoppage. So I just think if they can have that mindset going forward, Cornsy, it's a great starting point. And I know Essendon are easy beats, but this is more about St Kilda for me than the Bombers.
Port Adelaide, Geelong, North Melbourne, Sydney, Carlton, Richmond, Gold Coast to finish the season for the Saints. What's a reasonable expectation? They're currently 12th, St Kilda. They smashed Essendon as they should. They're one game behind... North Melbourne out of the 10 with Carlton as well. What's a reasonable expectation for them? What's a pass mark from here?
Yeah, I think we had them in 11 wins. If they get to 11 wins, I think you'd say that's about where we had them at the start of the year. Anything more than that's a big win.
What gets you into the wild card? You're the numbers man on these things.
Is it 11 or is it 12? Can you do that for me on Friday?
I'll have that done for you by Friday. Yep. Gotcha. And you wanted to ask me a question, I think, on the Google Doc.
You have been famous for putting online that Essendon are closer to a flag than St. Kilda. I'm going to give you one chance to self-report. Would you like to take that back?
Well, closer to a final and closer to a flag is a very different thing.
All right. Winning a final.
How does St Kilda's midfield compare to other teams?
Winning a final. Who is closer?
No, not close to a flag. That was the question. St Kilda are closer to winning a final. No worries. St Kilda could win a final this year. No worries. Essendon are clearly not going to do that. Once again, the Saints are going to finish in football quicksand and they're going to get themselves pick 11 in the draft like whoop-dee-doo. Whereas if you can get it right for Essendon and if you are recruiting well, you get yourself once again the best youngster in the country and you should be building yourself closer to a premiership. So I still think they were on that road. Now things have gone completely off the rails there, but still a long way away from St Kilda winning their premiership with this group.
Yeah, but look at Essendon. No, they're a long way away as well.
You can't take St Kilda a long way away and not compare it to Essendon. Essendon should have far more elite youngsters through the access to the draft than what St Kilda have.
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