Bookmark it Richmond v Essendon 2019 Grand Final

[Ambrosia]

Did I say you wouldn’t improve? Making the eight is an improvement, which is still a long way from the GF.

You said there was nothing to suggest we would even play finals. Seems like a weird commen

 

[Shane Heard]

Someone must have cared because it was one the rare times in recent history there were over 100,000 at the ground and it was the most watched program on TV nationally over the course of 2018

Maybe it's just you.

Maybe.

 

[Shane Heard]

According to you, how unfortunate.

West coast is a bigger club in every success measure there is. Memberships, revenue, profit, success, average home attendences.

Yeah you're right, I'm sure "no one cares" that west coast won the flag, the sole aim of every AFL club. While you sit back and act as if WC are irrelevant, we've played in 4 grand finals for 2 wins since your last GF appearance, you've finished no higher than 7th, played finals in 4 of the last 15 seasons and haven't won a single one since George Bush's first term as president.

Thats wonderful. Enjoy it all.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Did I say you wouldn’t improve? Making the eight is an improvement, which is still a long way from the GF.

Finishing in the top 8 is not a pass mark for Essendon,Essendon are way past that,that's for rebuilding teams like Saints and Brisbane. Top 4 and winning a final should be Essendons goal anything less is a failure.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

According to you, how unfortunate.

West coast is a bigger club in every success measure there is. Memberships, revenue, profit, success, average home attendences.

Yeah you're right, I'm sure "no one cares" that west coast won the flag, the sole aim of every AFL club. While you sit back and act as if WC are irrelevant, we've played in 4 grand finals for 2 wins since your last GF appearance, you've finished no higher than 7th, played finals in 4 of the last 15 seasons and haven't won a single one since George Bush's first term as president.

Easier to finish higher than 7th when you are only a two team town and have a proper home ground advantage. Clubs like Essendon have to compete and share home grounds with 9 other Victorian clubs which makes finishing high up the ladder a lot harder.

 

[Thrawn]

If Essendon win a final then anything can happen.

Aahaha, that's so adorable.

 

[domus]

There you have it folks, Dons V Tigers for the 2019 GF put your houses on it, Dons and Tigers the most evenly matched teams in the AFL. Both teams have had massive additions Shiel (Bombers) and Lynch (Tigers), both have strengthened their teams, 1 & 2 during the H&A season and 1 & 2 in the GF.

Silly.

 

[domus]

WC + Naitanui Gaff and Sheppard. How can they lose?

Nat and Gaff played when they were slaughtered by the Hawks in the 2015 GF.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Nat and Gaff played when they were slaughtered by the Hawks in the 2015 GF.

As did Ryan, Rioli, Cole, Duggan, Barrass, Jetta, Redden, Venables and Vardy....

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Easier to finish higher than 7th when you are only a two team town and have a proper home ground advantage. Clubs like Essendon have to compete and share home grounds with 9 other Victorian clubs which makes finishing high up the ladder a lot harder.

I can't believe people still parrot this nonsense. While it's true we have more true home advantage, we also have far more true away disadvantage to balance it out. This means that when we play a similarly ranked team at home, we have a significant advantage to beating them, but also the opposite when playing away. Essendon may not have the same advantage when they play another vic team at home, but they also go into away games against other vic sides with a good chance of winning.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

 

[threesixpio]

WC + Naitanui Gaff and Sheppard. How can they lose?

No Sammy Mitchell = nose dive

 

[threesixpio]

Ahh the annual Essendon will be awesome in ( insert year here ) thread/ media hype, only for Essendon to show they are just bog average and fail.

No higher than 7th since 2002
No finals win since 2004
Have suffered 10+ defeats in 13 of last 15 seasons

Two Rising Stars in the last few years

 

[Ambrosia]

Ahh the annual Essendon will be awesome in ( insert year here ) thread/ media hype, only for Essendon to show they are just bog average and fail.

No higher than 7th since 2002
No finals win since 2004
Have suffered 10+ defeats in 13 of last 15 seasons

Bit rich coming from a tigers supporter. Up until 2017 you guys were on the exact same cycle of media talking you up every year only to fail.

 

[threesixpio]

Bit rich coming from a tigers supporter. Up until 2017 you guys were on the exact same cycle of media talking you up every year only to fail.

Could be your year

 

[Goldust]

I can't believe people still parrot this nonsense. While it's true we have more true home advantage, we also have far more true away disadvantage to balance it out. This means that when we play a similarly ranked team at home, we have a significant advantage to beating them, but also the opposite when playing away. Essendon may not have the same advantage when they play another vic team at home, but they also go into away games against other vic sides with a good chance of winning.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Exactly right.
It's evenly balanced out with more and longer travel.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Could be your year

Could be no one tipped WC to win the flag with Priddis gone and Nicnat recovering from an acl most media pundits had WC sliding missing the 8.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Aahaha, that's so adorable.

Hi Thrawny hows that wooden spoon collection going hehe

 

[threesixpio]

Could be no one tipped WC to win the flag with Priddis gone and Nicnat recovering from an acl most media pundits had WC sliding missing the 8.

hang on - this thread is tipping them!!!

Jinx!!

 

[juss]

The Tigers are coming off a flag, then the minor premiership with a PF exit. With the addition of Lynch making the GF isnt a far fetched suggestion at all.

The Bombers need a lot to go right for them. They're a smokey, but there are a number of favourites and some other smokies ahead of them. Odds are against them. Smart money says look elsewhere.

 

[EasternTiger]

Not convinced bigfooty has the server capacity to handle such a GF match up.

 

[captain blood 17]

Is a stripe a stripe if it's diagonal?

It’s a sash.


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[B4Bear]

I can't believe people still parrot this nonsense. While it's true we have more true home advantage, we also have far more true away disadvantage to balance it out. This means that when we play a similarly ranked team at home, we have a significant advantage to beating them, but also the opposite when playing away. Essendon may not have the same advantage when they play another vic team at home, but they also go into away games against other vic sides with a good chance of winning.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Sure he can. Just getting the excuses out early.


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[adammania9]

Maybe Essendon can try and copy/steal Richmond’s rich elaborated in-depth intricate game plan based around the coaching staff’s groundbreaking invention of the tackle

 

[Maxabillions]

Aahaha, that's so adorable.

Listen to your mate 90n90s he knows what’s up

 

[Maxabillions]

Two Rising Stars in the last few years

Is that reference as old as you?