Raring for the chance to bounce back.

Senior Coach Brad Scott’s thorough review of Essendon’s two-point defeat to Adelaide identified clear areas for improvement which his players are keen to channel into their run home.

Not shying away from frustration, Scott’s confident in the players’ mindset and intent as they look ahead to the next challenge against St Kilda this Saturday.

“(It was) a really, really gutting result for us on the weekend. There’s no shying or hiding away from that,” Scott said.

“As a coach, somewhat perversely, it's the best opportunity to get better and to learn your lessons.

“Now, I've got the players on the edge of their seats at the moment because they know the impact of (how) what happened on the weekend can lead to a result like that. It’s an awesome opportunity for me and my coaching group to go to work because this is how we get better.

“We only get better through really high-pressure situations and sometimes through real adversity, but that's what we're looking to do. We're looking to take a step forward each week and get better.

“It's about what we do from this point on and we've got a group that's really hungry and open to coaching.”

While the Bombers showed glimpses of their best in the second half of last week’s loss, it was ultimately their prolonged second-quarter lapse and an inability to halt late momentum which quelled the comeback effort.

“We spent quite a bit of time on (the review) with the playing group longer than we normally would, because there was so much to cover,” Scott said.

“To concede seven goals from defensive half turnovers in a 10-minute period of footy is nowhere near good enough and it’s poor. Fortunately for us, that’s not a pattern of behaviour across the course of this year, but it pretty clearly cost us the game.

“What you need to do in that situation, quite simply to arrest momentum, is to win the contest and get the ball back and we were unable to do that. There are a lot of things I could talk about, but that's one of the reasons why we're not where we want to be right now.

“The steps, the progression and the (areas for) improvement to me are crystal clear and I think there's enough evidence to support that.”

Scott’s reiteration of a ‘process-first’ approach hasn’t wavered, even as ladder spots and shifts in form headline the final weeks of the home-and-away season.

With pressure weighing around the competition, Scott’s staying consistent in his assessment of the side and the platform to learn from their missteps in recent weeks.

“We’re really clear on the areas that let us down, some were known to us and some were uncharacteristic, but we’re not the team we aspire to be yet,” Scott said.

“You look at really simple metrics, early in the year we were very accurate in front of goal and the opposition we played were inaccurate, it ended up in us getting a good result on the scoreboard.

“In a lot of ways, we’re playing a better brand, a better profile and a better style of footy in the second half of the year than we were at the start of the year but the results have flipped and now they've flipped both ways.

“We’re a results-driven industry and over the long-term, results are all that matters, but we like to think it’s a process that leads up to giving you the best chance of getting the results that you want.

“Whether you’re winning or losing games, process is critical to that.”