They really had me worried there too. Essendon, as expected, came out strongly and put substantial pressure on the Eagles. For our part, we seemed a little disinterested at first. Our disposal seemed a bit off and our finishing was very poor. Frustratingly, the Bombers kicked goals at both the stroke of quarter and half time. It was deflating and concerning.
But come the second half we started to dominate. Yes, the Watson hit was a turning point of sorts. Yes, the Bombers went to pieces after it. Yes, we were awesome. It all seemed to click and we romped, romped, romped to a huge victory and into the top 4.
Lecras and Kennedy were both focal points up forward with 4 goals each. I thought Kerr was very good, especially his goal in the 3rd and Naitanui had a superb 15 second patch in the last. It was all in all a very pleasing win against a team as irritating as the Bombers. We once again showed our ability to rise to the top when challenged, the trait essential to our success this season.
In bad news, it was a little worrying to see Kerr helped off the ground in the dying moments of the game. From what I can gather though, he should be okay. Darling was also a late withdrawal with hip soreness. Soreness or no soreness, he needed a break desperately. The Waters 'hit' on Watson will be scrutinised, but to be honest it looked fine to me. But I'm not an impartial observer like the tribunal (Insert sarcasm here).
I don't want to harp on the top 4 conquest much, except to say that 4th is essentially ours so in the Juddas's face, in Carlton's face and in the Dockers face (because you know...they are rubbish). All we have to do is beat either Brisbane or Adelaide and we're assured of the double chance. Worsfold says we're not safe yet, but he's just being diplomatic.
It's a done deal.
Cool, cool, cool, cool.
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