Essendon coach John Worsfold is faced with a frustrating scenario: the Bombers are putting up encouraging efforts of late but the defeats keep mounting regardless.A week after a spirited loss to St Kilda, Worsfolds side trailed Richmond by a point late in Saturdays game at the MCG before slipping to a 19-point defeat - their 14th in a row, equalling the longest losing streak in club history.Such a fighting performance might have been enough for the suspension-ravaged Bombers earlier in the season, but not now.I like the fact that were getting annoyed that were getting close, Worsfold said.Were not happy and thats a good sign because I reckon, earlier in the year, we would have said Gee, were happy just to get that close.The fact that were really making teams have to fight in games and giving ourselves a chance of winning is a real positive. The challenge now is to have the composure and the class to maybe get in front late and hold onto it.Last-placed Essendon host second-last Brisbane on Sunday week at Etihad Stadium in a clash that will likely decide who gets the wooden spoon.Were desperate, not so much to avoid last spot, but to win, Worsfold said.We want to win through our effort and start to build and get to know what it feels like to be a winning team.I would love for the players to experience that but they drive that. Its in their hands about how much they want to get that win and how hard theyre prepared to work for it.Next week is going be a huge challenge for us to back up and play with the same intensity, the same attitude and take the game on again.Frank Robinson Nationals Jersey . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Jake Noll Nationals Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. https://www.cheapnationals.com/967r-wander-suero-jersey-nationals.html . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Hunter Strickland Nationals Jersey . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Spencer Kieboom Nationals Jersey . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked.Cronulla have paid an emotional tribute to Ron Massey, dedicating their win over North Queensland in Fridays grand final qualifier to the rugby league coaching legend.Of all the people to have contributed to the Sharks surge to the 2016 NRL season decider, the late Massey might be one of the most important.Both coach Shane Flanagan and captain Paul Gallen acknowledged the influence Massey, who died on Monday after a long battle with illness, had on their careers.Just hours after Massey had been laid to rest in a private service, Flanagan used the master mentors words of wisdom to inspire his side before their preliminary final thumping of North Queensland.Flanagan spoke to Masseys sons Luke and Paul earlier in the day and reflected on the way he had helped mould him into a man after first coming across him while playing for Parramatta.I said to the boys before they went out that Mass used to always tell me less is more on these big days, dont over-coach them and do all the little things right, Flanagan said.Hes a great man and a great coach aand I dedicate the game tonight to him.ddddddddddddallen has long credited Massey with turning his career around.After repeatedly running foul of the officials, and earning an ugly reputation, early in his career, it was a spray during a private meeting with Massey that helped him turn over a new leaf.Massey, considered one of the sharpest minds in the game and the right-hand man of coaching great Jack Gibson during his title wins at Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta, famously told Gallen he was soft and told him to clean up his act.The NRL played a video tribute and held a minutes silence for Massey before Fridays match and Gallen said he went into the game with his words ringing in his ears.I went and saw him a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty emotional, Gallen said.I took my boy to see him, I wanted him to meet him.He was really good to me after our initial meeting and he meant a lot to me. He was a good man. ' ' '