Brendon Goddard clears by hand. Pic: Michael Klein. Source: Michael Klein / News Corp Australia
WHILE every coach loves a fast start, Essendon's Mark Thompson wonders whether it's the cause of temporary complacency in his group.
Like Anzac Day, the Bombers surrendered an early lead to the Western Bulldogs last night, but this time they produced a stirring third quarter comeback to ultimately save the game.
Lauding the fightback after half-time, Thompson said: "What we have to learn to do is be that team and look like that team consistently. That's a real challenge for us.
"The worse thing that can happen to us is to get a few early goals and then everyone wants to be on the end of them. We go away from what makes us good.
"You regroup at half-time. You've got 25 minutes to say is this the way we want to play? No. well, what are we going to do about it or who's going to do it?
Essendon's Jobe Watson and coach Mark Thompson after the win. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: News Corp Australia
"I think it's as much mental. Everybody chooses what they do in this world. They choose whether they go in or stay out, whether they go in and win the ball or sit out and wait for a handball receive. They choose that.
"You've got to choose it based on what you see and our boys just choose it not based on what they see. They actually don't have enough people inside on a consistent basis.
"I would like nothing more than to be a good attacking team and a good defensive team. It seems in part in games we get one or the other.
"Tonight our attack was missing because we just couldn't get the ball and we went a little bit into ourselves.
"You play like that in periods, it should be there. Basically, it's up to the players. To let them see for themselves what it looks like and how good it feels to play really good football and how driven you are to succeed. Those are the things they should be asking themselves and challenging each other.
Paul Chapman marks over Jake Stringer. Pic: Michael Klein. Source: News Corp Australia
Veteran defender Dustin Fletcher was pivotal to the Bombers's eight-points win, particularly with several telling spoils and intercept marks deep inside the defensive 50 in the last quarter.
"Here we go again, talking about the old man. He was outstanding. He just won contests and in that last quarter positioned himself in some of the best spots,'' the Bombers coach said.
"He's an outstanding player for his age and I can't see him retiring soon.''
And Thompson was pleased with the response from young key forward Joe Daniher and his forward "project'' Jake Carlisle.
"I thought that was the best game Joey has played by far. I thought he attacked the ball, attacked the game. And Carlisle was much better with his attitude and his influence on the game. So that was a real positive for us,'' he said.
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