Essendon may have survived two “banana peel games”, Fox Footy’s Gerard Whateley says, but now they face a do-or-die test against GWS this weekend.
The Bombers had been sitting in 13th but with games to come against last-placed West Coast and second-last North Melbourne, fans were adamant they were on track for finals.
But while other finals rivals have been boosting their percentage against those teams, Essendon got the two wins by a combined 10 points in a big blow to their top eight hopes.
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Now sitting outside the top eight on percentage only, they face the 10th placed Giants – who like the Bombers are sitting on 11 wins for the season and fighting for survival.
“The two gimmes. Two banana peel games and they survived both of them,” Whateley…