Essendon legend Matthew Lloyd has ruled his old club out of finals contention this year after they suffered “as poor a loss as you’ll see” against Fremantle on Sunday.
The Bombers were blown away in the second half by the Dockers, who kicked 10 goals in a row and held Essendon goalless for 82 minutes before winning by 48 points – their biggest ever victory over the Dons in Melbourne.
“I’m putting a line through them right now,” Lloyd told AFL Media.
The Bombers were taken apart by Fremantle in the second half.Credit:AFL Photos
“Really, really disappointing – there’s losing and there’s losing the way they lost yesterday.
“They were outworked by Fremantle through work rate. I thought they were too tough for them, Fremantle. I thought they were out-coached from a strategy perspective by [Fremantle coach] Justin Longmuir. I thought Essendon had no answers in terms of their inside-50 work – it was Peter Wright, sit it on his head [and] there was nothing other than that.
“Through the midfield … those guys didn’t want to work as hard as the [Andrew] Brayshaws and those types of players wanted to work through the midfield.
“It was damning just about in every department and then [Matthew] Taberner kicked seven [goals], which sums it up, pretty much – players don’t really do that very often. So it was very, very poor.”
Lloyd was scathing of senior midfielders Darcy Parish, Dylan Shiel and Andrew McGrath.
“Dylan Shiel has been around long time, he’s been disappointing so far, he was poor,” Lloyd said.
‘Damning in just about every department’: Lloyd lashes lamentable Bombers
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