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Considering two of our best players in Zaka and Hurls haven't left 2nd gear. Can't wait till they both hit some serious form. Things are looking up! Feels good.

IMO this is a bit of a worry. Fletcher is an elite kick, our only elite kick of the footy in the backline, god help us when he pulls the pin. Dempsey is a very good kick but no where near Fletch. Hibberd is an OK kick, Hardingham is a butcher, Hooker is slightly worse than Hibberd whilst Pears...

Not a peep about his 5 goal haul vs WCE in the Vic papers...I would've thought a young KPF who finished the season as he did last year, and who by all accounts, has begun it just where he left off should be creating waves of hype. Apparently, Jack Watts' lack of intensity; SC scores and...

I knew there has been a growing obsession with youth in the past 5 or so years, the fact that Leon Davis wasn’t picked up by an AFL club was shocking enough. Just read an article in the HS this morning, referring to Jack Ziebell firming as a chance to take the North Melbourne captaincy from...

Watching the "Best bits of Round 21" on BomberTV made me take notice of how much Reimers was involved in basically all of our goals. I knew he had a good game, but gee he was exceptional and has been fantastic for a good 3-4 weeks (probably longer). Things that have really stood out to me have...

Seriously what a beast - playing with a bung foot and still impacting games like he did last night. If not for missing shots, he would've been my BOG, the guy simply impacts the contest whenever he gets near it. You could have him out on a wheelchair and he'd still find a way to influence the...

I know this sounds a bit far fetched but I honestly think he would've been a strong chance, definitely would've made the squad of 40. The way he's going now, and the fact that there really aren't that many quality CHB's going around leads me to think he could've nailed his first AA guernsey as...

Disgraceful. That was just downright embarrassing. :mad::mad: I've got a lot more words to use that won't be uttered here, don't want to red card myself.

Congratulations Paddy! Hopefully you have a cracker today!

Kept us in the game yesterday during the second and third quarters. Led brilliantly by Old Man Fletch and the vastly underrated Cale Hooker with trusty sidekicks in Heppell, Hardingham, Dempsey. Fletch is just Fletch. My main props go out to Hooker, Hardingham and Heppell. Heppell in particular...

The vibe I'm getting from the media, talk-back radio, talking to other Essendon supporters etc is the massive loss of confidence in the quality of our list (moving forward). I think that we deluded ourselves that this year we were going to take that extra step and cement ourselves as a regular...

Best game from in a while and possibly the best game he's delivered in his short career thus far. Absolutely off-limits in terms of trading and what-not. Untouchable. Best finisher in our side and gives us that extra touch of class and skill - please, please, please stay injury free.

All Knights/Coaching issues aside, what has angered me is the sudden swing in the opinion of our list/young players. MMM were discussing this very subject this afternoon (before the North game) and weren't too positive about our future prospects. Even a lot of Essendon supporters are now...

Following the our "young players haven't improved thread" and another thread on BBlitz... Coached Bendigo to zero wins, and by all reports is/was a shocking coach yet somehow gets promoted to one of the most important positions (development coach).

After all this weeks doom and gloom I wanted to touch on one topic which has somewhat flown under the radar (even at Essendon) and has been a major positive for the Essendon FC. Since Round 6 Ryder's form has been terrific and going through some of the stats, he stacks up very nicely (bar...

Self-explanatory thread really? Why? Do we want to rest Hurley? Hey, Why don't we rest Ryder and Bellchambers too? Davey's barely missed a beat the last 5-6 weeks - let's rest him. Actually, why don't we just swap Bendigo with our seniors side - that way, everyone will get a rest...

Went to the game last night with my mate (Carlton supporter) to get some Friday night footy action. Sitting on Level 3 on the flanks in GA it became blatantly obvious to me that Carlton struggle with zone footy. For much of the game the Blues had no idea how to break North's zone, their...

I don't think I've ever seen a player being continually swapped from forward to backline so often. It was as if the coaching staff thought he was a bishop on a chess board. It worked - 21 touches, 7 marks and a goal. He's quickly becoming Essendon's Mr. Fix It.

Prior to Round 8 we had the league in: Contested Possessions: +12 on the nearest club Tackles: Circa +50 on the nearest club Source: Stephen Silvagni and GO'D interviews before the Saint's game. That stat just blows the "Essendon are all attack and no defense" throw away line right out...

vs Venue: Ethiad Stadium Last time they met: Essendon fans hold this game dear to their hearts. The last time these two sides met, it was an absolute classic encounter, and one of the games of the season. Coming into the game, the Bombers had most bitterly lost to...

Enough is enough - Knighter...The kid is just too damn good to be playing across the HFF/FP - he's pretty much the best passer to a moving target in our side - the kick to Lonergan in the first quarter was magic. Get M Williams back in the side and put Zaka on a wing please. I want to see...

Okay I'm going to buck the trend of all the "toast" threads, I don't feel like toast ATM... Anyway, Zaka's goalkicking...Zaka, you're a gun and I love ya, but can you please start nailing those sodas, because it's costing/will cost us. He'd improve by 50% if he started to nail these shots.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I know this is going to sound like empty words but I was a little surprised when Melbourne selected J McDonald instead of Bradshaw at Pick # 1 in the PSD. I don't know all the facts, maybe Bradshaw outright refused to join the Dees? I'm not sure, but assuming...

Personally, I think the term 'game plan' is being overused to the point that it either makes or breaks a team on any given night. Take my side (Essendon) for an example, our game-plan is under fierce criticism from supporters and opposition supporters alike, yet if anyone actually watched the...

He's been absolutely shocking since Rnd 1 - back to Bendigo. Words cannot describe how angry I was when he took that kick out and proceeded to make himself look like a ten year old who has never played footy before.

So were the words of ant555 He's 100% right. It's amazing the difference a few players who are willing to chase and tackle makes.

and... In the same forwardline :thumbsu::thumbsu: Excitement rising...

Hello North Melbourne board, I was just having a fun exercise with a couple of my good mates who happen to be passionate NM supporters - as both teams are vying for a spot in the final 8 in 2010, the battle between our two sides will become even more important. Keeping this in mind, I decided...

Okay since everyone is doing these type of threads I'll throw my hat into the ring and do one on the Essendon midfield. Now for the past 5 years our midfield has copped a pasting from opposition supporters..."no stars, too slow" etc etc were the common catch phrases. Whilst I believe we still...

Off-field we seem to be able to get highly rated staff - think Cormack, Robson, Richardson, Prescott, Hamilton Aside from Prismall last year, when was the last time a player that we really wanted (not one of Sheed's dud fantasys) declared that they wanted to come to Essendon. It's not that...