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Unofficial Preview Anzac Day vs Collingwood Sat 25th
Gresham is not that fast and his pressure is not always that good. -
Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVIII
What the Dogs are going through shows how easy it is to fall off the cliff when you get a few key injuries and lose confidence. Shows why last year was simply a mulligan for us. You just have no hope. -
AFL Player 11: Jade Gresham
Gives an exact indication of what we are doing. -
AFL Player 18: Lewis Hayes - Confirmed ACL 11/5/25, should return to play soon!
The issues that get highlighted are actually more positioning due to team defence break down. The roll over defence can be a bit all over the place at times. And him being well off his man is questioned but it is often more of a system break down. I agree if you had him concentrate on just one... -
AFL Player 14: Jordan Ridley - benched with calf awareness vs Gold Coast - 18/4
I suspect we talked him into staying due to Innes coming on board. A couple of Eagles supporters have mentioned it was year two when a lot of the always injured became more reliable. I think we should have gone fresh start but we didn’t. Now we wait and see. -
AFL Player 18: Lewis Hayes - Confirmed ACL 11/5/25, should return to play soon!
Agree. He is an intercept defender. Have had a look at a few of his North games and he was much better when he was able to intercept. I think Brad has always had in mind he would like a strong intercept defence rather than the one on one variety. -
Coach Men's Coaches 2026 - Solomon becomes backline coach, McLean joins as development coach
Scott was not hired to have a senior assistant. He was hired to rebuild the program. You do not rebuild a football department and need a senior figure. Fact is we had one in Gia and we now have one in Solly so your complaint is more you just do not rate the coaches. As for development. Maybe we... -
AFL Player 14: Jordan Ridley - benched with calf awareness vs Gold Coast - 18/4
Should have gone. He is a great player but sometimes player and club need a fresh start. -
Coach Men's Coaches 2026 - Solomon becomes backline coach, McLean joins as development coach
Not sure it matters that we have no coaches in waiting. Maybe we could use a refresh but you do not necessarily need to someone who is in line to be a senior coach. We do not have the most development coaches. We simply increased the numbers to be level with a few other clubs. A question... -
General Bombers Talk 2026 VFL
To be fair he played a couple of seasons of SANFL after he left us,- Words: 15
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AFL Player 5: Elijah Tsatas
If you are referring to Hank then you have been taken for a ride. He likes posting bait. -
AFL Player 22: Sam Durham - Re-signed to 2032! - 20/2
ADW has consistently clocked over 14km a game. -
Team Mgmt. 2025 Back Line *Benny Hill theme plays*
First two games would not have helped the numbers either. -
AFL Autopsy Loss to the Suns
It would be great for us if you end up being right, but it is not like he has not had chances in the midfield. There have been periods where he has had 30% CBA time at AFL level and he has done nothing of note. The fact is when he has gone back to VFL level he has played midfield. He played... -
AFL Autopsy Loss to the Suns
No I said he could not read the ball all that well off the hand and his transition time in various situations is average. Once again you are simply making up an argument. Like I said. Let him do it in the VFL for a stretch and lets see how his defensive transition as a midfielder goes. His stats...