Reigning Premiers........meh...........Step Aside......

[VANDA]

there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:

[nicky]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

[bOmBeR_BoY1]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

Just what I was thinking.

A repeat for everyone, the views of VANDA arn't necessarily the views of all involved with and those who support Essendon FC.

[DaveMorro]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

Not by swans supporters it wont

[Foreign Legion]

Just what I was thinking.

A repeat for everyone, the views of VANDA arn't necessarily the views of all involved with and those who support Essendon FC.

Humility is the key Vanda - yep you won, but there is a long way to go.

Season isnt over yet - even for the Tiges......maybe

[VANDA]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

we'll see...........chin up! ;) :)

FWIW.........the amount of crap Essendon have copped..........perhaps rightfully so after years finish.........its refreshing to celebrate a win against the Premiers of last season in the first round of a new year.

Early days yes but a very very optimistic outlook.

Drink up!

[VANDA]

Humility is the key Vanda - yep you won, but there is a long way to go.

Season isnt over yet - even for the Tiges......maybe

Hey your lot did the ultimate in celebrating last year..........let us have a go for a while huh?

And dont be ridiculous about the Tigers...........they've got draft picks on their mind!

[Dry Rot]

there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:

You'll get your reality check in Round 3.

[VANDA]

You'll get your reality check in Round 3.

Maybe you'll get yours. ;)

Woof Woof.

[Dry Rot]

Maybe you'll get yours. ;)

Woof Woof.

One of us will be right.

Love Dogs v Dons games.

Woof Woof

Should be a cracker.

[VANDA]

One of us will be right.

Love Dogs v Dons games.

Woof Woof

Should be a cracker.

Yeh looking forward to it.
Always a unique cultural experience going to games against the Bullies. :)

[chapmanmagic35]

Geelong >>>> Essendon

:p :D

[War Nerve]

Round 1 and all of a sudden the reigning premiers are gone and bombers are the big dog in town now?

Sydney are slow starters and will get better as the season gets longer the question is can the bombers keep their form going?

Make no mistake about it bombers were the better side tonight but lets just wait and see before we go making big predictions now shall we.

[Dry Rot]

Yeh looking forward to it.
Always a unique cultural experience going to games against the Bullies. :)

And I've had a few with your lot - one was like a Nazi rally. :)

[VANDA]

Round 1 and all of a sudden the reigning premiers are gone and bombers are the big dog in town now?

Sydney are slow starters and will get better as the season gets longer the question is can the bombers keep their form going?

Make no mistake about it bombers were the better side tonight but lets just wait and see before we go making big predictions now shall we.

Fair enough call.
On that basis though you should have no more confidence in your team making the finals than we might.

[DynamoUltra]

If Essendon were any good, they would've won by 10 goals.

[VANDA]

And I've had a few with your lot - one was like a Nazi rally. :)

Lol.........indeed.
Sheedy's Army can be a lovely inspiration. :)

[meekaboy]

Swannies didn,t deserve to win but its the big win in Sept that counts
and somehow me thinks the bombers will have bombed out before then.

[War Nerve]

Fair enough call.
On that basis though you should have no more confidence in your team making the finals than we might.

Exactly.

[Dry Rot]

Lol.........indeed.
Sheedy's Army can be a lovely inspiration. :)

Last time I was down in Melbourne, stayed with an old friend in Essendon.

her young girls went to the local primary school, next to Windy Hill. Dressed in black and red uniforms.

Hitler Youth. ;)

[VANDA]

Last time I was down in Melbourne, stayed with an old friend in Essendon.

her young girls went to the local primary school, next to Windy Hill. Dressed in black and red uniforms.

Hitler Youth. ;)

sssshhhhh.........not so loud.

next you'll be telling everyone about our 'supporter purification facilities' underneath our Social Club.

[mantis]

Vanda's WWWWHHHHHHYYYYY? :eek:

I hope you haven't put the mockers on us, I will be over there for the Tigers, Pies, & Hawks games. :(

[VANDA]

Vanda's WWWWHHHHHHYYYYY? :eek:

I hope you haven't put the mockers on us, I will be over there for the Tigers, Pies, & Hawks games. :(

Keep ya hair on Mantis..........no mockers just unbridled beer-inspired happiness after a first-round win.........is nice for a change!
Make hay while the sun shines ;) !

[Dry Rot]

sssshhhhh.........not so loud.

next you'll be telling everyone about our 'supporter purification facilities' underneath our Social Club.

I think they've got to me already - I'm a big fan of Lucas and Jason Johnson, but I know it's wrong.

[DynamoUltra]

As a warning to Essendon fans;

At the start of 2004, Peter Schwab came out and stated we would win the flag and had the team to do so. Our first game, against Melbourne, we dominated all parts of the ground and recorded an 8 goal win. Hawthorn fans everywhere were cheering, claiming we could win the flag and bragging about our win. We had a dream fixture, one that would have Hawthorn fans expecting a top 4 finish. However, as fate would have it, we went down hill and finished 15th.

At the start of 2006, Kevin Sheedy has stated Essendon has the team to win the flag. Their first match, an emphatic victory over the Swans, has their fans in raptures. The belief, amongst supporters of the Bombers, is they can win the flag. Essendon, like Hawthorn in 2004, have a dream fixture, one which fans would expect a return of at least 14 wins.

In many ways, these two scenarios are parrallels of each other. On both occasions supporters of their respective teams have felt they can, and will go close, to winning the flag. However, most media commentators, bar a few, tipped both sides to finish in the lower quarter of the ladder. Don't think anything is certain because of one game. If we did, the Bulldogs would be a shoo-in for the flag and Richmond and Brisbane will fight it out for the spoon.

[mantis]

I think they've got to me already - I'm a big fan of Lucas and Jason Johnson, but I know it's wrong.

Weren't they terrific tonight? AAAWWWW all my boys were terrific tonight, I am so proud. :D

[Shakin77]

Well done Bombers!

What did they win?

[Catnip]

Vanda's WWWWHHHHHHYYYYY? :eek:

I hope you haven't put the mockers on us, I will be over there for the Tigers, Pies, & Hawks games. :(

Better start Praying, Mantis :)

[VANDA]

I think they've got to me already - I'm a big fan of Lucas and Jason Johnson, but I know it's wrong.

Dont fight it brother.

Can you see the light.......?

Go on.

Walk in to the light.

You will feel a new sense of liberation & fulfillment.

[DynamoUltra]

Better start Praying, Mantis :)

Chuckles. Good one.

[Dry Rot]

Dont fight it brother.

Can you see the light.......?

Go on.

Walk in to the light.

You will feel a new sense of liberation & fulfillment.

What is it with you guys? ;)

My good friend and Bomber fan Hugh turns up late at a dinner at the Kennel (I live in Sydney). I have painstakingly spent the evening quietly urging my guests to go for for the Dogs (Sydney folk).

Hugh turns up with a flourish, gives a quick confident pitch for the Dons to total strangers and suddenly produces copies of your supporter's magazine for each of my guests.

******** him.

[mantis]

Chuckles. Good one.


HEH HEH I agree, except it should have been "preying". ;)

[mantis]

What is it with you guys? ;)

My good friend and Bomber fan Hugh turns up late at a dinner at the Kennel (I live in Sydney). I have painstakingly spent the evening quietly urging my guests to go for for the Dogs (Sydney folk).

Hugh turns up with a flourish, gives a quick confident pitch for the Dons to total strangers and suddenly produces copies of your supporter's magazine for each of my guests.

******** him.

I would never trust anyone called Hugh. :eek:

[bomberbilly]

As a warning to Essendon fans;

At the start of 2004, Peter Schwab came out and stated ................

its all good mate theres quite a big difference in the fact that our coach is one kevin sheedy and not Schhhwabby :thumbsu: nobody is thinking premierships its just nice to get off to a good start to the season. we havnt done so for 4 years. lloydy seems so focused and fired up, spoke really well after the match dont you think?

[Dry Rot]

I would never trust anyone called Hugh. :eek:

I don't either now.

He got his comeuppance - the Dons were playing St Kilda that night and one of my guests was a bone fide Sainter. I'd passed her a meat cleaver when Hugh was in the loo - he got a bit of a surprise in the second quarter.

[Longy413]

At the start of 2006, Kevin Sheedy has stated Essendon has the team to win the flag.

Would you care to prove that?

Sheedy has said two things about our prospects this season. He's said he sees us like a lot of the scribes see us, hard to place and we could finish anywhere between 4 and 12.

He also said we now have some depth on our list, something we haven't had any of since 2001.

That's a pretty honest reflection, no talks of Premierships.

[mantis]

Would you care to prove that?

Sheedy has said two things about our prospects this season. He's said he sees us like a lot of the scribes see us, hard to place and we could finish anywhere between 4 and 12.

He also said we now have some depth on our list, something we haven't had any of since 2001.

That's a pretty honest reflection, no talks of Premierships.

Come on, he's a Hawks supporter, everyone knows that you don't take any notice of what most of them say, they are FOS. :D

[stellation]

there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:
Essendon are now a contender to be reigning premiers this year?

[campbell]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

it sure as heck will come back and bite them.
dear oh dear. round 1.

[dave_27]

no different to the spoon threads people on here have been starting the last 3 years after Essendon has lost their opening game.

About bloody time we started off with a win for once.

[Adelaide Hawk]

there's a new contender in town!


Western Bulldogs?

[The Fireman]

there's a new contender in town!



Go Bombers :thumbsu:
Move aside Parrot, we have a new contender in town :p

[Jimmy Gwilt]

there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:


Spot on vanda i think well be there come september but as the other guy said lets not get carried away
theres 21 more weeks

[Diego]

Everyone loves Round 1 champions.

I would be worried if i was were you bomber fans. Your team cramping up and slowing down in the last qrt will allow other teams to finish you off. And its only Round 1.

Fitness is an issue and teams like the bulldogs will blow you out of the water. Let me book mark this thread btw.

[mcgarnacle]

give us the 17th now. its all about what happens in april. *sigh*

how about displaying a bit of class vanda....we've had an extra month on sydney in terms of preparation, and we still lost a massive lead. we aren't going to ambush every side in the 1st qtr!

[mattyh]

give us the 17th now. its all about what happens in april. *sigh*

how about displaying a bit of class vanda....we've had an extra month on sydney in terms of preparation, and we still lost a massive lead. we aren't going to ambush every side in the 1st qtr!

Thank you for your common sense post. Essendon thoroughly deserved their win last night and there will be more this season. Your tackling was fierce and pressure immense. A well deserved win, however, there is a looooong way to go in 2006.

[SydneyBomber]

they're just jumping into the boat today aren't they vanda?
muppets.

[Longy413]

I would be worried if i was were you bomber fans. Your team cramping up and slowing down in the last qrt will allow other teams to finish you off. And its only Round 1.

We won the last quarter turbo.

We had three blokes cramp up. Two of those had their biggest workload in AFL footy. Slattery played his first full game and Watson had his first real crack in the midfield (Lovett was the other one). The reason they cramped up is because it was round 1. They'll be better and more match fit for the run.

[Pessimistic]

there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:

I can just imagine what their 'freak' supporters were saying out loud to their mates last night.

[Diego]

We won the last quarter turbo.

We had three blokes cramp up. Two of those had their biggest workload in AFL footy. Slattery played his first full game and Watson had his first real crack in the midfield (Lovett was the other one). The reason they cramped up is because it was round 1. They'll be better and more match fit for the run.

Umm you had the same problem last year in your last qrts. You clearly are not fit as you would like to be this time of the year. If its only the first round why are teams like the bulldogs and the cats firing?

Had it been anohter side rather than Sydney you would have squandered your lead in the last qrt. The swans are clearly underdone and the yes the bombers were hard at the ball and credit where credit is due.

Anyway its a bit too early to be writing teams off and announcing who will be premiers this year. The real test comes after the split round IMHO. Thats when the cream rises to the top and dud teams fade out.

A long way too go yet.

[Longy413]

Umm you had the same problem last year in your last qrts..

Our last quarters were alright last year. It was 2003-2004 when we have the massive problem.

It was kids than cramped up last night. I don't have a problem with that, kids do that. Our senior players ran the game out well.

And just a disclaimer....I'm having nothing to do with this talk of Premierships. I'm happy to get a first up win against a quality opponent. We won three of the four quarters and there were many more positives than negatives. We'll be better for the run.

[Grimreepah]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

How did you guess:p

[drewie_rama]

How did you guess:p


its always good to bring back old threads
wonder if brissy were still on the drip then?:eek:
mustve been..still are:rolleyes:

[vanders]

Nice work ;)

[Grimreepah]

its always good to bring back old threads
wonder if brissy were still on the drip then?:eek:
mustve been..still are:rolleyes:

aaoorr diddums

If people are going to make outlandish statements then they will be held accountable. Get used to it newbie.

[philhawk]

oh dear

this will come back and bite you :rolleyes:

Well spotted. :p

[drewie_rama]

aaoorr diddums

If people are going to make outlandish statements then they will be held accountable. Get used to it newbie.
:D
not a newbie but cheers
guess a whole club must be held accountable for the idiocy of certain people:thumbsu:

[Grimreepah]

:D
not a newbie but cheers
guess a whole club must be held accountable for the idiocy of certain people:thumbsu:

I never commented on the club.

[itsintheblood]

:thumbsu: there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:


You were right vands. To think richmond was the only contender for the spoon after rd one was just silly. The bombers will have a big say in spoon honors for 06.:thumbsu:

[spell_check]

there's a new contender in town!

http://www.acfonline.org.au/webSubmission/essendon_logo.gif

Go Bombers :thumbsu:

That's what a night on the p1ss will do to you.

[nicky]

How did you guess:p

i know it was a big call but i had a hunch ;)

[Punt_Road_Roar]

And people think Richmond supporters jump the gun too early in a season

LMAO !!! :D

[Copernicus]

You'd think he'd know better than to have started this thread, but then again maybe not.

Give it another ten years and maybe they can think about saying such things again.

[tigerboyz]

Has Wanda ever dug a bigger hole for herself?.:D

[cruiser]

Poor, poor Bombers. On a one way ticket to the Spoon. Yee-hah! :D

[Seth]

Gee Vanda hasn't been around for a while. Been 2 weeks since her last post. Has anyone checked the obituarys, hospitals, missing persons unit, immigration dept?

[Captain_Brown_7]

Has Wanda ever dug a bigger hole for herself?.:D

I don't think it gets much deeper than this.

I think Wanda is in further than those 2 blokes from beaconsfield at the moment.....and aren't we all LOVING IT! :D