The Pressure Index - Essendon | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (29.06.26)
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What is the contrast between interim coaches in the AFL?
The contrast between interim coaches. So they got that right as Carlton. I feel like the pressure index is Essendon and Dean Solomon, mainly because Solomon's in the process theoretically here, and there's not a whole lot to recommend.
Why is the pressure index significant for Essendon and Dean Solomon?
So you did this game yesterday, the pressure index for Osborne rooftop and bar. Enjoy happy hour food specials and footy live and loud at the Osborne South Yarra. There's really no... Essendon were... They're no better off now than they were. And some of the footy they played yesterday was just terrible.
Yeah, a bit disappointing. Yeah, there's a period in the third quarter, the first 10 minutes of the third quarter, we got smashed in contested possession, clearance, entries, time and forward half, they had on their terms. We had nine players that didn't have a tackle. We had three players that had one tackle. So that's sort of not the brand of footy we're chasing. So disappointing game. We still get within 13, 14 points. There's a lot that we can continue to tidy up. The game tests you, right? It's testing our players. It's testing our whole club right now. We'll find out about individuals and how we push back on that and we continue to work and try and push through this.
Yeah, I did this game yesterday and, oh, They come off the bye, Gerard. So you always look at teams, what have you been working on? It's been tumultuous, obviously. So they had three weeks of injuries and new coach. So they had the bye. They have a break. I'm not sure if they went to work on anything in particular. I think Dean's trying to get them to play an honest brand of football. But they tried to go around a lot.
What went wrong for Essendon in their recent game performance?
And when you try and go around defence, you've got to go quick. And North were pretty one-on-one. So going around slow got them into trouble. And it didn't really work. So what was the plan B? And the plan B wasn't – there was no plan B just yet. So unfortunately for the Bombers, they found they were lacking a lot of areas. Like North Melbourne had 15 scoring shots from their back half. So the defense was pretty poor as well. And that's been an ongoing issue. For the Bombers, so your ability to defend as a team, we spoke about the Blues and being connected in defence. There's no connection at the moment in the Essendon defensive stock. So what do we do? We defend with the ball a little bit more. The reaction time was well and truly off.
They're thinking between every decision, and I think the role as a coach and as a club is to make it instinctive. You've got to teach an instinctive brand. At the moment, between every decision, there's a thought. And that just looks half a step off the competition. So I think even Solomon might've mentioned it in his press conference about being decisive and how do you teach instinct is a big, big part of your coaching as you, as you develop your players is can you teach the instinctive nature of what you want them to do with the ball? We got that.
The fundamentals at the moment are really frustrating. They're frustrating from a coaching point of view, but also the players are frustrated with it. So they're working on that. But ultimately, we want to be really decisive both sides of the ball and we're probably We're not proactive in that space at the moment. So a bit of work to be done there, but we do acknowledge that, yeah.
Yeah, being decisive. So that just – it's just going off instinct, and that's what clearly they're not doing. But I did like what they didn't start last quarter, Gerard. They – I think Merritt's on ball. He just looks better. I know he spoke about – The ball movement from the back half is important. He helps that. But I'd rather the ball movement in the front half. And I think as soon as he went on ball and went forward, it just looked like a better side. So, you know, Mackay went back. Roby went on ball. So I reckon some good coaching moves there.
How did injuries and coaching changes affect Essendon's strategy?
Then they decided – it was only 20 points of difference. North would have been really disappointed. And it – They pressed the button, the Bombers. So they played the wingers at the centre ball ups ahead of the play.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the contrast between interim coaches in the AFL?
0:00–0:10
2
Why is the pressure index significant for Essendon and Dean Solomon?
0:10–1:33
3
What went wrong for Essendon in their recent game performance?
1:33–3:38
4
How did injuries and coaching changes affect Essendon's strategy?
3:38–5:03
5
What tactical adjustments did Essendon try during the game?
5:03–5:56
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