Roast Essendon in no mans land

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

worst group of small forwards in the AFL (Kako , Gresham , Guelfi , Davey Jnr , Menzie)

Harsh on Kako is in his first year can exclude him from the list

The rest I agree

 

[Yoda_]

when Goldy at almost 37 is your second BOG your in trouble

its almost like a once-in-a-decaxe injury crisis forces your ruck coach to pull the boots on

any halfwit can see that, others are just click baiting like Tom Morris sending WhatsApp messages to the boys

 

[Dudoro]

Can say there no good but can't say in no mans land. Finally after changing strategy we are accepting we are re-building and making decisions around this. Youngest side in comp if Goldy wasn't playing.

Poor drafting and trading has got us here when we should have been doing this after 2016.

 

[jdstorm]

yes and no

Essendon scarcely hits their draft picks and even when they do we need 50+ games to see if they are up for it.

Take recent memory.

Cox - Bust
Ridley - Talent there but simply cannot get his body up for AFL. 2016 draft class and hasn't even played 100 games.
Perkins - Bust
Reid - Future also there but again cannot get his body ready for AFL.
Tsatas - Looking to be a bust
Hobbs - has a crack but is very meh
Draper - Also constantly injured.

could go on and on.

IMO we need 2-3 years to nail drafts, than a further 3-4 years to actually develop them to be 50+ gamers.

I think best case we are in this hole for another 4-5 years.

Bloody hard work supporting this club. Cannot understate the job Rosa has in front of him.

You’re being overly negative focusing on the poor and not the good.

Let’s assume you need 6 elite players and another 9-10 good players to be a top side. Then everyone else can be average but play a role and things normally go pretty well.

The past 5 years we’ve added
Reid (injury issues and talls take time) Hayes (1 unlucky injury)
Martin
Durham
Caddy, Roberts, Kako, Johnson, Clarke
Assuming development and progression That’s about 1/2 of the players needed with 2-4 potentially elite guys (Reid, Martin, Caddy, Kako)

With the opportunity to take multiple first round picks (or trade for a star) or both I think smart work this trade season could have everything looking a lot better in 12 months time

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

Essendon small forwards

 

[HirdsTheWord]

You’re being overly negative focusing on the poor and not the good.

Let’s assume you need 6 elite players and another 9-10 good players to be a top side. Then everyone else can be average but play a role and things normally go pretty well.

The past 5 years we’ve added
Reid (injury issues and talls take time) Hayes (1 unlucky injury)
Martin
Durham
Caddy, Roberts, Kako, Johnson, Clarke
Assuming development and progression That’s about 1/2 of the players needed with 2-4 potentially elite guys (Reid, Martin, Caddy, Kako)

With the opportunity to take multiple first round picks (or trade for a star) or both I think smart work this trade season could have everything looking a lot better in 12 months time

not really

the fact is Essendon has had far more negative results than positive results. its not my opinion, that's just the reality and there is no point lying to ourselves.

Until all those players bar Durham and Martin get to 50+ games, we wont know how good they are.

Why would you even assume we develop and progress them, when Essendon has a terrible track record of it?

Like i said i am hopefully we are on the right path, but you'd be stretching to find the "good" atm, cause its not a very obvious.

 

[jdstorm]

not really

the fact is Essendon has had far more negative results than positive results. its not my opinion, that's just the reality and there is no point lying to ourselves.

Until all those players bar Durham and Martin get to 50+ games, we wont know how good they are.

Why would you even assume we develop and progress them, when Essendon has a terrible track record of it?

Like i said i am hopefully we are on the right path, but you'd be stretching to find the "good" atm, cause its not a very obvious.

I’m assuming Progression because Brad Scott and Matt Rosa have demonstrated competence at their jobs in the professional AFL era. So I’m assuming average/median outcomes in terms of development until proven otherwise.

I’m not denying what’s happening I’m just saying the cupboard isn’t fully bare

 

[Yoda_]

Essendon small forwards

dont worry, your click baiting will be answered with agreement from almost everyone

The current people in charge has alot of mess to clean up from the previous regime

 

[LuckyBounce!]

You’ll find these no man’s thread really come into there own by part II

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

You’ll find these no man’s thread really come into there own by part II

commercially and artistically

 

[Cyclops]

You’ll find these no man’s thread really come into there own by part II

NML franchise is Marvel to "Who will be better in [T]" threads DC.

Time for a bold crossover. Or is that NML franchise phase 4?

 

[Cyclops]

Is it time for the No Man's Land Cup?

During finals bye week we have the bottom 10 play off for higher draft picks. Draft Round.

Five matches at the lower sides home ground.

17 vs 18 for pick 1, 9 vs 10 for pick 5. Guaranteed, no priorities before that. Picks go from 6 to 10 for the losers. In reverse order.

Fight you mongrels.

 

[jannissary]

NML franchise is Marvel to "Who will be better in [T]" threads DC.

Time for a bold crossover. Or is that NML franchise phase 4?

a crossover would be good for the culture.

"2026 - who escapes no mans land" would make for some invigorating reading.

 

[FlyHigh18]

dont worry, your click baiting will be answered with agreement from almost everyone

The current people in charge has alot of mess to clean up from the previous regime

expecting north melbourne's previous regime to clean up the mess of your previous regime is truly brilliant

 

[Yoda_]

expecting north melbourne's previous regime to clean up the mess of your previous regime is truly brilliant

checks notes

Vozzo was at West Coast,
Matt Rosa was at West Coast and before then Peel Thunder.
Rob Forster Knight has been with Essendon for the best part of 5 years and recently moved into the hot seat for taking draft picks


Not a single North person bar the coach in sight

 

[FlyHigh18]

checks notes

Vozzo was at West Coast,
Matt Rosa was at West Coast and before then Peel Thunder.
Rob Forster Knight has been with Essendon for the best part of 5 years and recently moved into the hot seat for taking draft picks


Not a single North person bar the coach in sight

Oh you poor soul…

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Oh you poor soul…


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A lot of those people worked at other clubs or doing other things after the left north

 

[Rooscals]

Oh you poor soul…


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Should we tell him ?

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Not contending and not rebuilding, it's been this way for a long time at Essendon.
They were last rebuilding when Knights was coach and last contending when Sheedy was coach.

How do Essendon get themselves out of this perpetual cycle of mediocrity?

Buy a powerball.

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

Why isn't perkins performing or playing in the midfield and asked to be the clubs martin or ablett as a mid fwd?

Why isn't tsatsis playing? They cant play finals, why isn't he given the rest of the year in the midfield to see how he goes. Same with Hobbs.

I'd be trading parish, could they get Zane duursma and a second round.

They've gotta decide who they want to partner caddy as a main fwd, Wright or Draper and trade the other. They've got may as backup.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

What a sad organisation.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Depressing loss

 

[Rooscals]

 

[janty]

At least Merrett got his 30 disposals. Absolute joke of a captain.

 

[kozi]