This was Essendon’s greatest test since Brad Scott since over a club that was divided, if not broken in key respects.
The Bombers cannot win a final and break that embarrassing 20-year drought until September. But if that benchmark cannot be negotiated for months, if they make the eight – Collingwood on Anzac Day represented another benchmark.This time, they couldn’t quite manage a win and the 93,000 were left with that strange twilight zone of a non-result, in which no one is celebrating on the field or in the stands and the MCG was suddenly rendered almost as hushed as it was for the moment’s silence.
Kyle Langford’s opportunity to win Essendon the game, with about two minutes or a tick under left, was one that he would convert half or more of the time - 40 metres out, about a 45-degree angle. Had he nailed the shot, the Dons likely would have got up, albeit Collingwood are harder to put down than Rasputin.
The Dons outgunned the Pies in the disputed balls and especially in the clearances for nearly the duration of the match . Overall, they were the team that played with the greater verve and enterprise.
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