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They most certainly did
And a very similar thing happened late 2023/early 2024 when Inness took over at West Coast - he pushed the players and some broke. Pyke explained a lot of that away by saying it was anticipated and part of building durability into the playing group
Pyke, and the club more broadly, were criticised for it at the time as it seemed like same shit, different channel following our availability problems in 2022 and 23
Once the 2024 season started and in 2025, our soft tissue injuries reduced significantly
Sounds like Inness is adopting the same approach at Essendon
Not the best year to be tanking.Pfft smells like tanking.
Yeah but we had the same problems when he joined.bended up more resilient in the end.Did they end up poaching out S&C guy?![]()
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Nah Bombers don't like tanking. They want to win. Just ask 1965 Premiesrship player Gerald Gersthwaite who thinks that he can coach better than todays coaches. He was quoted as saying "You would never have seen us tank back then...sure we basically bought players and therefore premierships but no tanking...now here is the reasons why you need to just kick it forward all of the time"Pfft smells like tanking.
Shit, thats right. Phukin blunder on my partSimmo's gone to Carlton, but your point still stands.
I don't wanna go too early, but could we possibly pencil in a win against them this year? Too bad we don't play them twice
Yeah Essendon will probably come out and have a surprise first up win against some team out of form.Reminds me of everyone assuming Richmond were a shoe-in for the 2025 spoon and wondering if they'd even win a game
Nek minnut
I thought this next draft crop was supposed to be pretty decent? And it's the last draft before Tazzy takes every second kid in the first round.Not the best year to be tanking.
More club tied players at the pointy end, well the top guy at leastI thought this next draft crop was supposed to be pretty decent? And it's the last draft before Tazzy takes every second kid in the first round.
The big blokes are your defensive line. They basically just try to stop the opposing offense from running through to a spot to receive the ball.Watching some NFL at the pub (ok apparently it’s college football). Crazy some of the body shapes that rock up to play American football. This guy is playing American football and he's got a beer gut.
Do like the lack of advertising on the kit, but also bizarre how some guys are wearing long pants, others are wearing shorts, some are wearing shorts with compression gear underneath. Clearly not as hard line as the AFL is.
Don't understand the game at all either. Too much down time.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

I tried to get into it.Of course that’s your opinion.
My opinion differs greatly to yours. I very much enjoy the NFL.

American sports are 4 hours of ad breaks and time-outs and occasionally you'll get 2-3 minutes of the ball being in play. Can't stand it.I tried to get into it.
Just too slow for me.
Im pretty much a one man fan in AFL these days.
I look at NFL and recognise that it’s substantially different to rugby, but I’m also left wondering why it’s different to rugby.
Is it just the standard contrarian approach Americans had taken to distance themselves from the British in the same vein that they spell colour without a u and call their mothers mom?
Who knows, but also - who cares![]()
Ice hockey was saved by big tvs and high def. Completely changed the watchabilityMy issue with ice hockey is the puck and rink are tiny and the players and protective gear they wear are huge. All adds up to not being able to see a ****ing thing.
Yes you are right, my opinion. SozOf course that’s your opinion.
My opinion differs greatly to yours. I very much enjoy the NFL.