BOMBERS Put Dogs On a Leash

[@davidrees7319]

Jones plays a little like on old favourite, Terry Daniher. Never stops running nice pack mark and can only get better.

[@absolutelyessendon]

Great comparison. Has a lot of TD about him!

[@brucejensen3081]

TD was a utility that played well in defence mid forward. Not sure jones would do so well as a lock down defender or at a bounce. Langford is more like TD. I guess jones could be like a forward half TD

[@lnjbrooks]

You two are genuinely funny without even trying, awesome dynamic and a blessing to this community. Appreciate it guys!

[@lnjbrooks]

btw, John Aloisi, that's all

[@absolutelyessendon]

That is very kind of you to say. Much appreciated.

[@absolutelyessendon]

@@lnjbrooks Not a bad guess.

[@Birdman_18]

Last night we had fewer mids in the team that we normally have to try and shove in other positions. Made a huge difference having Caldwell playing his proper position in midfield. When Perkins, Setterfield and Shiel are back, I'd love to see us leave mids out and develop more actual small/mid forwards

[@absolutelyessendon]

This is a really astute comment. Having fewer mids but more focused on their role was apparent. Great point

[@mattisvettelfan5]

There might be a discussion for Durham being our most important player he's our only big bodied midfielder he plays like a dog he just continues to fight and never give up he didn't play against Port and we were smashed in the midfield and completely stopped the Bulldog midfield and got the ball himself what a star he is

[@absolutelyessendon]

Definitely missed in the Port game

[@XanderHerman-y8j]

It is I Bruce Ismay, the long dead titanic survivor and owner that is currently on their way home to Brisbane from Melbourne. Went down to Victoria this week cause I wanted to see the bombers at their home (notionally at least). My first game at marvel and I went in with low expectations and 3-1 losing odds. So I take my nice seats on level 2 watch the dons fans pile in and oh boy was that a special night. Quite possibly our best performance under Brad, yeah we beat Melbourne last year but they had no Gawn and yeah we beat Carlton but they were out of form. This was a full strength bulldogs lineup vs a undermanned Essendon one and boy were we awesome. I’m about to board a flight and I haven’t re watched the game yet so I’ll put my full analysis in the reply under this comment at about 10 o’clock. Great vid as always, carn the dons!

[@XanderHerman-y8j]

big parts of this game, durham was massive, he physically bodied Bont which I noticed at the time, always holding him back or pushing him too far or on the verge of laying a tackle so Bont could have little impact. one touch for Bont in the entire 4th quarter. the next big part was the overall clearance game, we filtered durham, Merrett, parish, caldwell and a little bit of stringer in there, all of which played very well. you saw so much more of caldwell on the ground, I was saying it last year, him and Perkins are our near future, they are at the age to start breaking out in this game, if they become elite we could too. the midfield in maturing, slowly but surely. we beat the dogs in clearances! ive made a lot of fun of kingy this week, he's flip flopped on us constantly and he was very quick to dismiss our midfield issues we are so sure about, and then call us "elite". we aren't elite yet but we aren't shit. we lost last week due to clearances, port were just unstoppable, and no matter what magnets we moved they were out. against the saints swans, cat in the pre season, hawks and now dogs, we haven't been trashed by the giant mids as much as normal. we are starting to find our feet in the middle, we won't be perfect this year but we could be figuring it out. the defence was amazing. everyone I have talked to since was incredibly stressed in the 2nd term, but being there I wasn't scared. we stopped many entries and we held our own. we didn't give up goals after a big effort like the goals in Sydney and port. we were so good at shutting down opportunities that we almost never let them run it down the field like against the hawks and swans. crazily I haven't been upset about that problem in 3 rounds! it may return of course, but right now we are stopping the run down the middle. and that brings us the the pressure, THE PRESSURE!!! I can't believe it, we applied great pressure, shut down transitions, played well after turn overs for and against us. normally if we turn it over its game over, and if our opponents do it we will turn it over and then read the previous part. but we woke up, the edge is here we are really doing well. the final and most important part for the win was.... me! being a Brisbanite I went to the Brisbane-melbourne game the night before and they beat the mag curse out of nowhere, and then I go to our hoodoo team in the dogs and we beat them. clearly I am not only a good luck talisman but the Essendon edge. that's right I AM THE ESSENDON EDGE!!! but yeah, awesome game great fun and a wonderful trip, fun, hilarious and great game as always. Carn the dons!

[@absolutelyessendon]

@@XanderHerman-y8j So glad they delivered for you Bruce. Made the trip worthwhile. Maybe you are the talisman. And a great game synopsis! Thank you.

[@JF-oz3mv]

Nice work again. Re Durham being drafted I believe Rob Forster-Knight identified Sam when he was playing Richmond VFL, and you can throw in Martin and Menzie as well. As per Robert Shaw tweet on X. Forster-Knight looks after State league talent identification.

[@travy111]

its John Cena "you can't see me" hand gesture. is what x was doing after the bow.

[@absolutelyessendon]

Really? Have looked it up. We must be the only guys who didn't know that. Many thanks for clarifying

[@davidketels3717]

I see Carlton have just lost. What a damn fkn shame. 😂😂😂

[@absolutelyessendon]

Heartbreaking.

[@pottylad]

Can only do one thumbs up otherwise I’d do a hundred! Bonus it was a Carlscum home game too.

[@BB-qp5xo]

You amuse me like the two old muppets up in the rafters always laughing at the other muppets. I think that is a good analogy for this channel!😂 Seriously I do love the discussion which is not just one eye positive or negative. The team needs some honesty. A good laugh along the way.

[@absolutelyessendon]

One of these things is not like the other…. One of these things just isn’t the same…

[@MrWhitmen1981]

I’m annoyed Langford didn’t pass stringer scoring as many goals on the dogs as possible is definitely Essendon Edge material. 😂

[@absolutelyessendon]

Haha. Didn't think of that. We have conducted a poll on YT. Its almost split down the middle but has swung to the yes vote this morning.

[@louquay]

If the Bombers are the Latina type team of the competition, I now understand why I am so insanely attracted to them

[@owner-builder]

The end of the last quarter still piss me off as I am always looking for an Essendon aka 2000. Still very pleased and as I always do I picked them in the local tipping comp.😃

[@dansharp2860]

We need to learn to keep our foot on their throats. I was honestly worried for a moment that we had switched off and the Dogs were going to just run over us. That score review sucked the life out it thankfully. We started playing keepings off way too early.

[@absolutelyessendon]

Forget 2000. But know what you mean

[@05548A]

great video as always fellas

[@stevo5951]

Darcy pocket patting Parish 😂😂

[@Capital.Bomber]

Great entertainment gents! Probably our best win for a few years considering. We do have another 20 odd games to play. Hopefully that "effort" for 4 quarters prevails. Convince me further Bombers!

[@absolutelyessendon]

Amen to that. Can we trust ..?

[@Troyski.G]

Awesome stuff legends.

[@nevinrowe3846]

Great show guys, keep up the good work! You two remind me of Bert and Ernie :) Should call the show Absolutely Bert and Ernie.

[@absolutelyessendon]

Another Muppet reference!! Geez

[@zar4fa]

the latino relationship or the fantasy dwarves comment? I dont know what got me more 😂 keep up the comedy, love it!

[@absolutelyessendon]

We do go off on a few tangents. Really appreciate that.

[@benmn330]

John Cena - you can't see me Dursma's second goal celebration

[@absolutelyessendon]

Why are we the only guys that don't know this?

[@benmn330]

@@absolutelyessendon Not sure mate have you been living in Antarctica for the last 20 yrs without an internet connection?

[@AceAussie77]

Jones had an impressive game, I want to see these efforts long term to make a decision. But the boys were really well. Just one issue, why is it that stringer only plays good when it’s a contract season? He is a star but just needs to be consistent. I was at the game and was expecting 50 point thrashing so to have this result was like a dream (no lie the night before I had a nightmare where we it was 74 - 19 at 3/4 time)

[@kjbuffett]

Duz was the key to our dramatic turnaround, last week was a disaster without his pressure in the midfield. Agree about Harry Jones, finally injury free and stringing some bloody good games together.

[@mattcristino9804]

You guys are naturals and I'm loving the content you are bringing to us Essendon fans. Agree with your comments about Essendon being the team that runs out of form teams into form. In a dats time we will be bagging the Dons again...I hope I'm wrong

[@absolutelyessendon]

Thanks for the kind words. And yes let's hope we become a little more consistent. This is no way to live.

[@stealthydingolives2892]

The hand expression means "cant see me" or "Cant keep up with me" so its a put down to the opposition to say I am dominating you.

[@dyran85]

It reminded me a lot of the Melbourne game last year

[@davidrees7319]

True enough but remember TD started as a forward. When he came from South Melbourne he was a pure forward. Jack of all trades later on for sure. Great player I have been lucky enough to meet several times.

[@absolutelyessendon]

A legend of the club

[@ben872]

Unrelated to the match, but I'd seriously love to see some more Smokin Joe's Multi-Mania! You could save the multi-mania and/or an in-depth preview in the lead up to iconic games like ANZAC, dreamtime, and rivalries like dons vs blues. Maybe this is already your plan, but would be great to see. Would also love to see more collaborations with other KZbinrs/Podcasters/etc (which may help get your name out there to a larger audience). Not sure if maybe you've covered some of this breifly already, but I'd be interested to learn some of the "Absolutely Essendon" lore regarding things like how you two met, how the channel came to be, a studio tour, where the names Smokin Joe and DT come from, how you came to barrack for Essendon, favourite historic moments/games/players, and of course... DT's apparent interest in The Lord of the Rings (as he's referenced LOTR a few times haha). It could make for a fun video for the off-season or bye-week, or perhaps you could do a short Absolutely Essendon lore-realted segment in your regular episodes. People come here for the match reviews, but they stay here for the personalities. You two are an iconic duo. Just a few friendly ideas and suggestions I had for you, but feel free to tell me where I can go shove my suggestions. Would love to see this channel grow and gain the audience it deserves :) Great work and please keep the videos coming! They've become one of my favourite parts of the footy season! I'm genuienly excited each week to watch you funny buggers ramble on about this team that I love (and hate). Cheers!

[@absolutelyessendon]

Sheesh Ben. That certainly goes into the 'comment of the week' draw. Thanks heaps for the kind words of praise. We really do appreciate all the positive feedback (mainly) that we've had of late. Some great suggestions in there too. Having enough available time has been an issue for us this season but we will try to ramp up the content whenever we can.

[@ben872]

@@absolutelyessendon I absolutely understand the struggle to find the time to make the content. It would no doubt be tricky to squeeze it in amongst other commitments and your personal lives. I’m sure you understand by no means is it my intention to make demands or pressure you! Just keep being yourselves and keep doing what ya doing coz we love it!

[@TrueFootyAFL]

If the glove doesn’t fit - you must acquit!

[@absolutelyessendon]

The famous quote ! Nice work Jesse.

[@davidketels3717]

Another great ep. Dwarf is fine as those who are, have dwarfism. (Although it’s becoming a little less acceptable these days). Midget is a no-no. Short statured seems to be the kind descriptor. (I have a daughter who has achondroplasia.) As you were!

[@absolutelyessendon]

Well thanks for the advice and putting up with our poor sense of humour

[@Studat]

That was Stringers goal... Would have been the team thing to do. Saying that love Langford...

[@brucejensen3081]

The pressure around the ground was much better. The backline struggled in the first half, but seemed to improve the second half. That one that mckay could have marked it on his chest, but his smaller opponent moved him out of the way to take a chestark from behind, just shit me. You could say we had some luck, or you could say perfect pass from draper to jones for a goal and perfect pass from hobbs to langford for a goal.

[@MarkZX14R]

Another great video - I think when we talk about teams missing that we play is a reflection of the pressure we are putting on them. Just a thought - Not a measurable I guess but I am sure it has something to do with it.

[@absolutelyessendon]

This is true but most of the Bulldogs misses were set shots

[@The123fiona]

Dear Adrian, I think i may have been wrong. No hard feelings Absolutely Essendon

[@Alby911]

We've been down this road before though, let's see if we can avoid the late season collapse

[@AceAussie77]

They didn’t say sorry to Dodoro. Winning a game of footy doesn’t equal a flag.

[@warrenmars]

Great win from the boys! And good to see unsere Gastgeber almost happy for once! If we win on ANZAC Day maybe he'll crack the champers... Pretty spot on with your comments this week. I thought Langford was solid if not exceptional and Laverde was better when he was green, (maybe he should change his name...)

[@absolutelyessendon]

Ah, someone noticed, danke

[@Sbock86]

Jones was brilliant. Let's hope Essendon aren't going to do a Jekyll and Hyde on the fans.

[@Prodigy97cast1]

Duursma has 2 brothers and a sister Also its the john cena celebration

[@Reactiverse22]

He did the you can’t see me John cena

[@absolutelyessendon]

That’s a thing is it?

[@benmn330]

​@@absolutelyessendonBoomer 😂

[@WillJames-tj9ol]

You guys are bloody rippers, in all honesty I don’t really care if we lose against Adelaide as long as we beat the f.king pies on Anzac Day. I live in Perth so the one game I get to watch that isn’t WCE or Freo every year is Anzac Day when I fly over. Would be awesome to get a win over those flogs!

[@absolutelyessendon]

Thanks for the kind words! You may be in luck on ANZAC Day if our form line continues. So far WLWLW…

[@stavio12]

Our workhorses that put in every week are Merrett, Caldwell and Durham. Parish and Shiel (when he gets back in the side) need to be shown highlights of these guys of what the standard should be when it comes to effort. Also our kicking efficiency is sh1thouse, why are we missing basic passes whilst kicking and turning the ball over easily resulting in a opposition inside 50 or worse another goal? The comment about Jake Stringer praying to 15 different Gods had me in tears.🤣🤣

[@absolutelyessendon]

Workhorse is an apt term. Roll the tape and watch and learn ...

[@brucejensen3081]

Last year 267 goals 236 behinds wasn't great, but 7 teams were less accurate. 7 were more accurate and 3 the same. We were one of the highest teams from having a scoring shot from time in 50, so there were a few rushed shots. Accuracy wasn't really a big issue. Hawthorn, West Coast, North and Essendon had the highest total score against. That was the big issue. Ball wasn't in our forward half enough too. It was a make shift forward line last year. Just take weideman out, less pressure on jones, add duursma, add gresham, a bit more experience and the results of last year indicated that we would be one of the most accurate teams

[@absolutelyessendon]

Excellent comment and analysis

[@taxads7791]

Great effort by the lads, but when we see them crack in like this, it begs the obvious question, of why we cannot do that most weeks. Why the continual picking & choosing, quarter by quarter, of when we put in maximum effort

[@absolutelyessendon]

Absolutely

[@andykerass3695]

On the subject of "darting", it can also be used for moving with haste, eg. They came darting in!" So i guess if your tracking something that is darting with your eyes,... hang on, why to we use the word "tracking" for following something with eyes or cameras???

[@absolutelyessendon]

See, you open a Pandora’s Box when stopping to think about the English language

[@brucejensen3081]

I think menzie wont be playing this week, like out of form and injured

[@taxads7791]

We think the western bulldogs have 1 of the best midfields in the competition, but i dont think thats the case these days. They are very heavy reliant on the Italian connection Libba & Bont, Mcrae chips in, but other than that, they dont have a great deal of depth

[@brucejensen3081]

Treloar was their best mid this game

[@taxads7791]

@brucejensen3081 Treloar is not for me, just feels like a Matt Crouch type, gets a lot of the ball, doesn't come across as a real contested player, doesn't feel like he hurts you a lot, pretty vanilla type of player for mine. Maybe I'm wrong as I don't watch him often, but just feels like that for me

[@brucejensen3081]

@@taxads7791 I think he reasonably smart in who he is trying to get the ball to, takes the correct option. But yeah, what you say is true. But when you have two insides in bont and libba, you need a smart outside player. Lack of penetration in his delivery, I guess

[@taxads7791]

@brucejensen3081 yeah true.. they're missing at least 1 outside midfielder right now in Bailey Smith, & I think Hunter leaving them hurts as well, as they previosuly had plenty of midfield options, now they have no depth

[@brucejensen3081]

@@taxads7791 yeah, no one with a penetrating kick, so they over handball, which breaks down eventually. Sometimes it works, but good teams can stifle that, and we want to not fall into the trap of playing like they do, but be the team that can stop a over handballing team and kick with penetration

[@deanpan7227]

flag is ours lads

[@westybear7372]

Watch us beat collingwood, lose to west coast, beat gws then lose the next 3. Wouldn’t be suprised

[@barrybevis7028]

Love you guys. I am no expert, but I would like to see Duursma on one wing and Martin on the other. I don't particularly like Martin in defence. I'll probably get attacked for that comment.

[@absolutelyessendon]

Fear not Barry. This is a safe space for Bomber discussion. We agree that there are some question marks over the decision to move Martin to defence. Thanks for watching.

[@mrhypobaric2532]

I agree. Martin is a proven Goal Kicker, and hence he should be a mid- forward.

[@zar4fa]

time stamp 15:20 kills me😂

[@absolutelyessendon]

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it.

[@dougkercher3364]

Viewer 10 rats

[@ThemMightyPies]

Great episode as always. Poor man’s Roy and HG? This Collingwood fan doesn’t think so.

[@absolutelyessendon]

Thanks for the kind words