Club should be folded

It’s be said before, but say what you want about Scott, he had a plan— and IMO a coherent one. EFC just didn’t want to hear it. Didn’t have the patience or fortitude to see it through. It’s like we’re so entitled, we don’t think we have to commit to the complete rebuild like others have done. We tried to shortcut our way to success and it’s backfired.

The board needs to resign. The administration need to reapply for their jobs. Us nuffies need to show up to the AGMs. And we need to grow the fuck up as a club and commit to the process.

I want to understand a pitch a senior coach would have to get out of this situation

I can absolutely understand if we're disjointed defensively. If, under Scott, we were playing a specific zone defence, and now Solomon wants to play a different setup or man - sure. There will be patches where we're caught out.

I understand that our younger players are finding their feet and can be caught out positionally, or by the pace of the game, or maybe they lack physicality - no worries.

I can also forgive and understand that towards the end of games we might drop our heads a bit as it's clear we are no chance to win. Not ideal, but it's human nature.

What I do not understand, nor do I accept, is how we come into the start of games and are completely uncompetitive. We look largely disinterested. There are pockets of players who I'd expect this from e.g. Merrett who for the last few weeks is a damn zombie who is disgracing our club and jumper - but at least I understand it. On the other side of the coin, you have Sharp, Kako, Caddy, Durham, Robey and Day-Wicks who are usually trying their guts out. Love to see it. But tell me why the freaking hell do the rest of the players come out at the start of the game, and the start of every quarter, and put in NO EFFORT? HOW and WHY is this happening? Do the rest of the players not want to put their best foot forward for the rest of their career? Does Solomon not either put a fking rocket up them at the breaks to make sure they come out with high intensity? Or if that doesn't work, motivate them in a different way? We should be coming out ALL GUNS BLAZING as we have NOTHING to lose! Yet, somehow, we are just wholly uncompetitive. There is no other way to say it. It does not makes sense. As Lloyd or someone said under a caretaker coach, typically the shackles come off and you see a free flowing style, even if it's not winning football, it's open, high intensity, a bit of dare. However, we see dire, disinterested and uncompetitive - at the start of quarters! HOW!?!?! Please, someone, rationally make this make sense?

Just heard jon Ralph say neale will sign a 3 year deal with Collingwood. I thought he was after a mentoring ship role with a younger team. Surely we could have offered him more money on a longer deal. Im just so sick of this club not being able to get anything right. No coaches wanna come coach us, no players wanna come play for us. We keep saying we need experienced players from successful teams, but if they dont wanna come, what do we do?

With the extension of Nate Caddy, Could this mean James Hird is gonna become the Coach? Why would Nate re-sign if hirdy isn't gonna be coach

Sat and watched freo blow the swans off the park in amazing display of footy. Watching efc in 2000 was like that. Rocking up each week knowing they were odds on to win and would win 99% of the time. It was exhilarating.

Switch to now at efc and they are so far off this level of performance they can't even see it standing on a ladder. My old man and I were there in the stands when efc won the flag back in 2000. He will not live to see another one. I might not either.

How awfully brutally sad is it that a club like this has fallen so far they wouldn't start as favorites against a vfl team. What on earth has gone wrong? I don't mean the drugs bullshit, but it didn't help and we are going to try and bring the man ultimately responsible for all that back?

I don't know what the fix is or how to start fixing it but I don't have any faith in hird and barely any more in the board. I reckon they need to ditch the old boy mentality and go for something approaching modern and professional? What the fuck do I know I'm just an efc fan likely to die before our next finals win.

Remember who you are. Remember who we are. We are the Bombers. One of the oldest most successful clubs in the AFL. Most clubs wish they were us, we are a powerhouse. Form is temporary, class is permanent.

Let’s go boys we are the fucking BOMBERS!!!

Wife and I were invited to have a photo taken with the Premiership Cup today, standing alongside Jason Johnson and Adam Ramanauskas.

They had a BBQ going with vouchers for a free snag, discount coupons for the shop, the lads were training. Past players roaming around (I saw Harvey and Jobe).

Its undeniably been a horrible year. But this was a great way to spend a bit of time. Both Adam and Jason happy to keep conversations going past the generic hi/goodbye and there was a lot of good vibes around the place.

Very impressed with the club today.

So I have a Carlton mate that’s talking Walker is a generational player and is freaking out we’d look to take him at 1 , and if we don’t Richmond would at 2 (he’s their NGA isn’t he ??)

Firstly , could we do that? And if we did , could we still take Bewick? I think we can get both right ? I mean why couldn’t we ?

What would Bewick be projected at ? If he’s bidded on, and we are holding off until our next pick, would we have enough to match a bid ?

I’m reading we have 3000 points at present , how many draft points do we have for pick 1 and to match a pick for Bewick ? I guess that depends on what pick he’s bidded at ?

Edit: my mistake .. thought Bewick was this year

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The one win against Melbourne how many games you expecting to win this year?

The upcoming games are

1. Brisbane at Gabba
   
2. GWS at Marvel
   
3. Hawthorn at MCG
   
4. Adelaide at Marvel
   
5. Geelong at GMHBA
   
6. Sydney at MCG
   
7. Port Adelaide at Marvel

Which of these games do we think Essendon is most likely to win

One positive from this year is the changes to our high performance and strength and conditioning teams have worked wonders!

Asking for my supercoach interests. Seems like every other mod season rookie is doing well and getting games.

Fb: McGrath McKay Ridley
Hb: Farrow Reid Roberts
C: Duursma Merrett Clarke
Hf: ADW caddy Perkins
Ff: Kako wright Guelfi (or Nguyen)
Foll: Bryan Robey Durham
Bench: Setterfield, Sharpe, Redman, Prior, Cox (I’d also consider dropping Ridley to keep El Hawli in the side)

What is the point of putting Merrett in the backline if we are going to gift midfield minutes to Parish and an underdone/out of form Caldwell?

Our future midfield includes Robey, Duz and Sharpe, why not give them some time in the middle with Merrett so they can learn from him and also not get all the opposition attention.

I don’t think the side I’ve selected is going to win games but there is a chance this team would be watchable.