Experienced Bomber Brendon Goddard has described Essendon coach John Worsfold as a “calming influence” for the playing group.

It has been a hot and cold season for the Bombers, but Goddard said the team’s inconsistency hasn’t affected Worsfold’s mood.

“He’s been pretty vanilla, that’s one of his strengths is that he’s very calm and he has a calming influence over the group,” Goddard said on RSN on Wednesday.

“He doesn’t have this rollercoaster of emotions and he doesn’t let that doesn’t affect him and then rub off onto the players, so he’s very vanilla 98 per cent of the time.”

While Worsfold has maintained his settled approach at the club, Goddard has come under fire at times this year for the way he has delivered feedback and instructions to his teammates on the field.

The often-fiery Bomber said his attitude is something he has actively sought to improve in recent weeks.

“It’s more just in the delivery, so it’s a self-awareness thing,” he said.

“I’m getting help as well, so when I get a bit worked up and when I’m on the bench I’ve got guys reminding me (to calm down).”

Goddard said he has approached a number of fellow Bombers to speak up and support him when he is on edge.

“I’ve asked for them to tell me if they see me a bit worked up or at different times when I can’t send the message at an appropriate time…just to tell me to calm down, just take a deep breath.”

The former Saint admitted it has been a disappointing season so far for Essendon – which sits in 12^th place with just four wins under its belt – but said lofty external expectations were never discussed at the club.

“When you look at it holistically, we’re probably not as advanced…as what people thought or expected us to be,” Goddard said.

“The noise that was about top-four finishes and that was only external noise, we’ve never talked about that internally and the hype of Essendon this year after last year.

Goddard said it was important to recognise the club’s relatively inexperienced line-up in recent weeks featuring young Bombers Matt Guelfi (six senior games) and Jordan Ridley (three).

“(When) you look at our make up of a side on the weekend when you’ve got our two wingmen and they’re first and second-year players and there’s still a lot of growth and inexperience within the team that kind of gets overlooked.

“We do expect more from ourselves in terms of our performances, not so much wins and losses, but there is still an element of growth that needs to happen to get to where we want to get to.”

Essendon will head to Brisbane this week to take on the Lions with the first bounce set for 1:10pm on Sunday.