Essendon gifted 3 Friday Night's in a row

[footyfan1978]

Kool aid merchant.

 

[go_the_dockers]

They earned the Friday night games by being Victorian.

 

[Coolangatta]

They earned the Friday night games by being Victorian.

Mate if Freo v Melbourne at Optus in round 20 isn't Friday night the AFL are pieces of s**t.

 

[go_the_dockers]

Mate if Freo v Melbourne at Optus in round 20 isn't Friday night the AFL are pieces of s**t.

Based on Freo vs Melbourne at MCG, and Freo vs Brisbane at Optus, I assume it will be Sunday twilight.

 

[Love the Drake]

Its always funny when people openly bag Essendon yet we still turn up and watch our team.

Carlton as an example had one of the worst established teams seasons in history in 2015 and averaged a whopping 34,500 attendees. Obviously with inflation is mildly more, yet Essendon averages a staggering 41,000 even when as s**t as that 2015 Blues team.


We have continued to turn up, helps with the commercial stranglehold we have in the market both positively (through supporters) and negatively (through opposition fans soaking up any fart done by the club).

Going back to 2015 to compare crowd sizes to try to have a ‘win’ is as embarrassingly laughable for you as it is when Essendon fans boast about dodo winning every trade period of the last 25 years.

Can’t wait for the Friday night blockbuster between 16th & 18th.

 

[Milanista28]

Hate Friday night games, rather go on Saturday or Sunday.

 

[King Tenz]

Mate if Freo v Melbourne at Optus in round 20 isn't Friday night the AFL are pieces of s**t.

Easily the most enticing match in round 20. If it's not Friday night, then you know that Channel 7 and the AFL are taking the absolute piss.

 

[Coolangatta]

Easily the most enticing match in round 20. If it's not Friday night, then you know that Channel 7 and the AFL are taking the absolute piss.

And I’m pretty sure both sides play on Saturday the week before, so no scheduling excuses.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Well on the positive side of things for all Essendon haters, the more the AFL rewards their underperforming club by giving them these marquee prime time fixtures, the less likely the EFC board will panic and take drastic action against their football and coaching department.

 

[Freomaniac]

Whilst I agree that Fremantle get horrible time slots year after year, I don't think it's a VFL thing. I think the AFL tend to give better time slots to the bigger clubs with the more fickle supporter bases. It's why clubs like Carlton and West Coast get much better time slots as a ratio to their ladder position than clubs like Richmond and Fremantle. It's a purely revenue thing.

The AFL should give North Melbourne 22 Friday night games in a row at docklands lol

 

[Boston tiger]

The AFL should give North Melbourne 22 Friday night games in a row at docklands lol

They did pioneer it . It was their time slot back in the day if I remember correctly.

 

[Juddernaut08]

no issue with it. showcases all the talent dudoro has put together in his years at the club.

long may he reign at bomberland

 

[Johnny Bananas]

How early can you reasonably play a game in Perth on a regular Friday night and still get a good attendance? 5.50?

 

[Yoda_]

no issue with it. showcases all the talent dudoro has put together in his years at the club.

long may he reign at bomberland

Heres hoping it's the final dagger in the hideous story that is Adrian Dorodo

 

[Red Bull]

Heres hoping it's the final dagger in the hideous story that is Adrian Dorodo

Not happening.
Brasher and recently promoted immortal Sheedy very complimentary of Adrian’s work and not affected by the latest internal review.
These are the brave men leading the dons into the future …

 

[Yoda_]

Not happening.
Brasher and recently promoted immortal Sheedy very complimentary of Adrian’s work and not affected by the latest internal review.
These are the brave men leading the dons into the future …

Fan support can do wonders

 

[Red Bull]

Fan support can do wonders

That’s a worry then …

 

[WAbulldog]

Mate if Freo v Melbourne at Optus in round 20 isn't Friday night the AFL are pieces of s**t.

Probably will be Geelong vs Bulldogs cause the AFL seem to love us even though we’re been far from being the best team.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

tbf no one predicted Essendon to be this crap when they gifted us 3 Friday nights in a row

 

[CarnTheScray]

Probably will be Geelong vs Bulldogs cause the AFL seem to love us even though we’re been far from being the best team.

We get decent TV ratings despite our size.

 

[Xtreme]

tbf no one predicted Essendon to be this crap when they gifted us 3 Friday nights in a row

Stevie Wonder could see it!!!

Hyped up the wazoo pre season, in the words of Bubsy - what could possibly go wrong ?

 

[Kanye West]

Hate Friday night games, rather go on Saturday or Sunday.

Hate Sunday evening games, can't get to "happy" because there is work the next day!

 

[Atomboy]

They earned the Friday night games by being Victorian.

Ahh man, don’t tell me North also have 3 Friday night games in a row as well ?!

 

[HalloweenJack]

tbf no one predicted Essendon to be this crap when they gifted us 3 Friday nights in a row

Agreed. Not that long ago my team were awful and looked like they weren't trying. At least the Bombers look like they care.

Maybe they will try a different game plan now that Harry Jones is back. He looked awesome in the first half last week.

 

[citizen-erased]

tbf no one predicted Essendon to be this crap when they gifted us 3 Friday nights in a row

will wager we'll be a bit better too.

slowly getting forward line personnel back. Which in turn should mean we're leaking less and ideally scoring more.
Parish injury might be a bit of a blessing too. We haven't worked out how to get him and Shiel playing the same midfield. Both seem to be better when the other isn't in the side.

we might even be novel and try playing a CHF and CHB this week