This is one of our big problems
We couldn't penetrate that Essendon defensive bubble. Carlisle took the first two marks and we wished he had stayed forward. We played on too quick in the first quarter and played into their hands with the spares they had. We were more measured in the early part of that 2nd quarter.
We have neither a good small forward or a good tall forward ATM. Jake King playing well would solve it, so would Shedward if he was playing well ( I should capitalize that IF) but basically none of Griff, Edwards, Vickery or King are playing well or at all. It just makes it too easy for defenses to man up and two or three team our dangerous forwards.
Maybe we play A Edwards instead of Shedwards to play off Jack, unless we play a kid to get games into them, which guarantees Jack will take the heat.