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Blog log from R7 of 2024: Essendon vs Collingwood

Blog log for Essendon vs Collingwood, R7 of 2024

Handball chain from the centre by the Bombers after a stoppage ends with Jones passing down the flank for Langford to mark in front of Frampton 25m out for the first goal. (Q1 1:00)
Stringer marks just outside 50m on the boundary in front of Maynard, his kick looks like a set up but it swerves wickedly from left to right and falls inside the near right post! (Q1 4:35)
Centre clearance Essendon, crumb falls for Jones who snaps the third goal from near the hotspot. Bombers have the jump on Anzac Day! (Q1 5:48)
Gresham feeds Parish for another snap that sails through from 35m on a slight angle! (Q1 7:35)
Nick Daicos snaps OOTF but the short free kick turns over from the boot of Martin, Mihocek snaps the goal from 15m. (Q1 9:55)
Mihocek roves a long Cox speculator to the top of the square but snaps to the left. (Q1 15:02)
Durham intercepts in front of a pack on outer wing and sends it back near the hotspot for Wright to clunk the mark in front of Frampton and convert. (Q1 17:18)
The Bombers are raining goals on Anzac Day, the latest from Wright again after getting an arm chop free on Moore going for a Parish clearance kick to 45m on the flank. (Q1 21:46)
After De Goey clears from a ball up on outer wing, Noble passes to Hill to mark in front of McGrath 35m out on the flank, his set shot is narrow to the left. (Q1 27:46)
McGrath roves at CHB to start a rebound, Jones marks in front of Cameron just inside 50m on a slight angle and misses. (Q1 29:16)
Collingwood gets a quick rebound going around members wing, Mihocek goes long over the Essendon defensive line for Elliott to run into the open goal. (Q1 30:11)
Mihocek marks just inside 50m on a slight angle and tugs his set shot left. (Q1 31:32)
Stringer burns a set shot from the top of the square, just to remind us that he can deliver both the sublime and the ridiculous. (Q2 1:52)
Mihocek misses from 40m on a slight angle after a 50m penalty against Laverde on outer wing. (Q2 4:56)
Lipinski roves and blazes wide from 20m on a slight angle. (Q2 6:56)
Sidebottom engages early with Langford at half back but is pinged for contact over the shoulder, crowd boos the replay but it was there. Langford shoots from 45m… left. (Q2 7:57)
Collingwood’s best play is the slingshot, Pendlebury with a loping torpedo from behind centre to draw a contact free on McKay to Mihocek 40m out in front, he converts. (Q2 9:26)
Hill misses a set shot from 40m on the flank. (Q2 10:57)
Gresham roves a Draper speculator to the hotspot but bounces a right-foot snap to the right. (Q2 12:32)
Nick Daicos strips Hobbs in a tackle in the centre, Pies whip the ball round, Josh Daicos goes to to the square for Hoskin-Elliott to mark and goal. (Q2 14:58)
Mihocek sharks Caldwell in a pack on the HFF and feeds Josh Daicos for a pass to Schultz near the boundary 40m out, who misses the tough shot. (Q2 17:01)
Repeat inside 50s piling up for the Pies, the latest one to the top of the square is roved by Mihocek who is heading for the medal with that goal, his third! (Q2 17:58)
Davey drops an uncontested mark at half back, Langford roves but is caught HTB by Crisp, Nick Daicos plays on to snap the goal from 40m, Maggies hit the lead! (Q2 20:43)
Jones snaps wide from CHF under Sidebottom pressure after the next bounce. (Q2 21:50)
Jones kicks to Cox in the pocket, two on him but he manages to create a crumb for Draper of all people, but Draper manages to rove and snap the goal from 20m! (Q2 23:48)
Stringer bounces a left-foot snap across the face from 40m on the flank after a stoppage. (Q2 26:01)
Stringer wins a wrestle with Frampton to mark a Parish clearance kick to 30m on the flank, but hoofs it narrow to the right. (Q2 27:33)
Consecutive 50m penalties against Stringer and Kelly bring Frampton from half back to 40m out in front, but the set shot is just the wrong (right) side of the post. (Q2 30:08)
Wright misses a set shot from the HFF to start Q3. (Q3 1:27)
Davey goals from the square after Essendon passes through the Magpie defence with some ease on a fast break. (Q3 4:29)
Howe is pinged for an arm chop on Jones as they go for a Caldwell ball to 40m on a slight angle, soft but it was there. Jones misses to the right. (Q3 5:59)
Quaynor pushes Merrett in the back to concede another free 35m out on the flank but again the set shot is wide right. (Q3 8:29)
Elliott takes a massive screamer on the back of McKay 45m out on the flank, that’s a contender for mark of the year! And he converts like a star forward should. (Q3 9:44)
Rebound started on the HBF by a Redman spoil, Langford is on the other end of a surge play to goal from 15m out, Bombers building that lead back up! (Q3 12:59)
Hill intercepts in the pocket but chooses a low-percentage grubber from 25m that goes narrow, with teammates inside waiting for a feed. (Q3 17:01)
Lipinski delivers a set shot from 40m in the corridor to bring the margin back within a kick. (Q3 19:30)
McCreery runs through midfield and passes wide to Schultz running back behind Kelly to 40m out on the flank. Schultz’s set shot flirts with the right goalpost but falls in! (Q3 24:00)
Jones marks near the boundary 30m out just before the 3QT siren but leaves his set shot narrow to the left. (3 Qtr Time)
Hill marks 60m out near the boundary, plays on inside, draws Laverde and gives outside to Josh Daicos who threads a tight snap from 45m! (Q4 2:10)
Redman receives from Draper in the centre and passes to Langford 45m out on a slight angle, who boots his third goal. (Q4 5:10)
Caldwell runs into traffic near the hotspot but has Martin for the feed, he snaps off the left for the go-ahead goal! (Q4 6:21)
Langford gets his fourth goal as well from the top of the square, another Bomber run getting results. (Q4 8:55)
De Goey misses from half forward. (Q4 10:11)
Harrison screws through a goal from a pack 35m out with his first kick after coming off the subs bench! (Q4 11:10)
Hind slips over chasing a loose footy in the back pocket, McCreery keeps his to ram through another lead-changing goal from 20m! (Q4 13:25)
Mihocek marks in the pocket 30m out but shanks for no score. (Q4 17:59)
Nick Daicos roves a Davey fumble at half back and uses excellent vision to rebound to Maynard, who goes long to Mihocek to mark over McGrath on the HFF… kicks OOTF again. (Q4 19:44)
Maynard beats two to spoil on the HBF as the Dons looked on. (Q4 27:43)
Langford marks a tumbling inside 50 kick from McGrath over Frampton 40m out on a slight angle after some frenzied back-and-forth play. He shoots for five from 30m… misses. (Q4 28:11)
Scores level, 1:08 to play! (Q4 28:25)
Free to Cameron against Laverde on members wing, Nick Daicos to the HFF, goes to ground, out for a throw in, 37 seconds. (Q4 28:55)
Nick Daicos passes to Elliott who can’t mark on the HFF, rebounded, no score results, siren blows, it’s another Anzac Day draw! (Q4 29:55)

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