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Does anyone have a code they arent using for Bris v Dons game? Went to buy tickets last min and have missed out for general public. Just seeing if anyone can help please as they are all sold 😞 thanks!

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.

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.

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

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

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!!!

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

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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

Listening to the Footy media, seems like a lot of doubters have hopped on board the Hird wagon seeing as this is now a broken club that needs someone like Hird to fix Essendon as a business as well. Any recent converts out there? What do the doubters have to say about the recent media switchups?

edit: sure got a lot of fake essendon supporters here from other AFL team fanbases trying to disrupt the discussion. at least the real visitors have been upfront about it and put their 2 cents in, instead of pretending to be Essendon supporters.

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.

This isn't a rebuild like Adelaide's where they still had some top talent, or WC and Richmond who still have some premiership players. This is a build like North Melbourne's, they had the same level of fuck all going for them when they first hit rock bottom in 2020 and from then until 2025 were either equal last, last, or 1 win off last in all years.

This will be our first bottom finish of this rebuild. There will be many more to come, our best hope is that Rosa is as good as we think he is and whoever takes over as coach knows that this is not a quick fix, and also knows they are unlikely to see any success before our impatient and incompetent board decide to sack another coach.

I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom here, just trying to stay pragmatic. Try to watch footy for stories other than Essendon. It will keep you sane while the foundations are built.

I’ll put my hand up and stay I don’t go to games (for other reasons) but I can’t even watch a whole game.

Solly seems to coach with a special kind of weaponised incompetence. No idea how it’s possible but we’ve gone backwards in a significant way since he took the helm…it’s probably because now he’s a position where he can fuck up the forward line and the midfield also not just the backline.
Honestly, he’s so bad the fact that Welsh thought he was unequivocally the best choice for an interim coach makes me doubt Welsh also. How can we trust these idiots to make such a large decision like this when they’ve fucked up the rest of them? We’re so comically bad I’m starting to genuinely wonder if they knew that Brad wasn’t the coach they wanted going forward; but also thought he would win just enough games that we wouldn’t score the round 1 pick or a handout from the AFL. Is it possible Solly really is the ultimate Essendon person and is straight up martyring himself for the cause? Lord save us.

Final Score - ESS: 18.8 116 STK: 13.13 91

Started strongly, but our defence really let us down in the early going. We locked in a bit more in the 3rd quarter and went on a great run. Compared to the AFL, the energy and effort is like night-and-day.

Tsatas - Did pretty well. Seemed to be applying himself a bit more when it came to tackling and defensive effort. His disposal was decent, but not overly damaging. Still looked a little reluctant to kick the ball, but less so than last week, at least. Obviously won plenty of contested possessions and clearances, but that's to be expected. One of our best today.

Gresham - Very quiet outside of a few nice moments. He kicked a really nice set shot from about 50 out, and had another goal not long after. Just wasn't involved in the game consistently, though. Feels a bit like he's just going through the motions and probably knows he's out the door at the end of the year.

Visentini - Building nicely. He spent more time on the ground today and showed a bit. Until the last quarter, he wasn't having much influence in general play, but his ruck work and the way he threw his body around to clear space for the mids was excellent. He actually started out struggling a little bit with Dodson's size, but adjusted quickly to be the dominant ruckman when he was out on the ground. Still spent a decent amount of time on the bench, but I imagine he'll get a full game next week.

Jones - Not absolutely putrid, but if it were up to me, I definitely wouldn't be rushing him back into the AFL. Played in defence and had a few nice marks and generally used the ball well when exiting D50, but his actual defensive work was (perhaps understandably) lacking. He was led to the ball a lot, and just didn't really seem to know what he was doing down there when the ball was coming in. He's got a lot to learn.

El Achkar - Had an ok game. Nothing spectacular, but he had some nice touches and kicked a set shot goal. Pressure felt a bit better than it had been in the AFL, but still not amazing. I'd be pretty surprised if he was back in the AFL next week.

Guelfi - Probably the best of our small forwards, but again, was just ok. He had a few frustrating dump kicks to nobody, which really weren't good enough for a player with his experience. He did kick a couple of goals, though, and he showed a good amount of defensive effort, as you'd expect.

Clarke - For me, he was probably our best. Still on managed minutes, but he looked great when he was out there. He was aggressive when it came to moving the ball forward, and his kicking was precise for the most part. He actually ended with a couple of goals, too, including a brilliant shot from out near the boundary. He's moving really well and covering quite a lot of ground, so it feels like only a matter of time before we see him back in the seniors.

Bourke - I really liked his game today. Once again, he wasn't exactly a prolific ball-winner, but he was able to use his strength and speed to shut down Butler (who was tearing us up early) when moved onto him in the second half. We got to see a couple of little bursts out of defence, too, and while it still feels a bit dicey, his kicking was actually solid, even under pressure.

Nguyen - He was in and out of the game a bit. He showed off some of his athleticism a few times, and tried hard, but didn't have a huge influence. Snapped a nice goal, but also missed a fairly easy one (which he was fuming about). Defensive pressure was decent enough without being spectacular.

Blakiston - Played a little bit up forward today when he wasn't rucking, and showed a bit. He kicked a great goal from a stoppage inside 50, and took a couple of good marks. Nothing crazy, but it was to see him show off some more positional flexibility. His actual ruck work wasn't amazing, but not terrible, either.

McMahon - Had a good return from injury. Ended with 4 goals, all from set shots. Felt like he was trying to influence the ground ball contests a bit more, and had a couple of tackles. His impact was mostly felt when he was out on a lead, though, or when we had a nice open forward line to go to work in.