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SuperCoach Rd 12 SC Talk - Trade Talk - Capt/VC - 2026 Fight MND Comp ,//, AFL Fantasy Rd 12 AFF Talk - AF Trades - Capt/VC
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AFL Player 14: Jordan Ridley - Wants out, either club in Queensland will do - 26/5
As with any player wanting to leave Essendon over the past decade: I don't blame them. He's struggled with injuries for the past few seasons, the club is a mess and I cannot blame him for wanting a fresh start at a club that is more likely to succeed in the near-term. -
Strategy The Characteristics of Essendon's Culture
It's a culture of entitlement and laziness. We believe we are entitled to success as a big and historically important club. Our wealthy coterie groups appear to have an outsized influence compared to other clubs. There is not a single player at the club who has any genuine idea of what is... -
Coach Men's Senior Coach: Brad Scott
I'm not sure you can reasonably claim that '80% of the fan base has been calling for this club to finally commit to a rebuild'. I suspect it's actually the opposite. The pressure for win-now moves comes from somewhere. Of course, part of it is just people trying to protect their jobs, part of... -
AFL Player 5: Elijah Tsatas - dropped 😱
Kicking a footy isn't exactly the hardest skill in the world. I get making mistakes under pressure, but with Tsatas he can barely kick the thing when nobody is around. That highlight package should be devastating for Essendon fans. It almost seems impossible to be that bad at such a fundamental... -
Coach Men's Senior Coach: Brad Scott
We've been garbage for 20 years, but we've never really done a serious rebuild - outside of perhaps 2005 to 2010. We've always prioritised win-now moves - free agent signings and big trades - rather than building a list through the draft. Admittedly, it hasn't helped that we've screwed up most... -
Roast Who should be our next coach? [melty]
Daisy Pearce deserves better than to be tossed off the glass cliff. I hope she can become the first female AFL coach, but it'd be cruel for it to be Essendon. The reality is that Essendon has now failed under a variety of coaches. Some with great pedigree, others pretty ordinary, but it's... -
Win Prizes 2026 Essendon Supercoach Comps
I'd be keen to be involved again. 2025: 78,077 2024: 26,600 2023: 7,996 2022: 17,156 Not sure what happened last season, but I'm usually pretty competitive. No desire to be in the top division, but happy to fill in a gap elsewhere. -
AFL Player 13: Nik Cox
He clearly doesn't have a future in the AFL. His history of concussions will see to that. I doubt we'll see him at AFL level again. -
AFL Player 7: Indefatigable Zach Merrett
The spirit of Dodo is well and truly alive at Essendon. Puffing up our chest and pretending we are a big and powerful club check overvaluing our players check short-term thinking check. Oh and we get to screw over a 'rival' even though we haven't been relevant to the Hawks for decades. -
AFL Player 7: Indefatigable Zach Merrett
12 or 24 months from now there will be lot of posts saying we should have taken the deal. -
AFL Player 7: Indefatigable Zach Merrett
The deal is perfectly fine and it's a lot more than we'll get this time next year or the year after. The probability that we win enough games next year to change Merrett's mind is very small. So all we are doing is shooting ourselves in the foot so that we can cosplay as a proud and successful... -
86-89 Hawks vs 13-15 Hawks
Tactically and professionally the game advanced so much over that time-frame that the 86-89 Hawks - as dominant as they were - would have little chance against the 13-15 Hawks.- Words: 31
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- Post #15
- Forum: AFL - The Australian Football League
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How close are Hawthorn to a flag?
Next season they inject Will Day back into the midfield (and perhaps Merrett). That's a pretty big talent infusion if they get that trade done. Offsetting that, the Hawks have a large reliance on Jack Gunston. He's coming off a fantastic season, but he'll also be 34 next season. They project...- Words: 86
- calyam
- Post #21
- Forum: AFL - The Australian Football League
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Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency XIII
"Essendon is a good fit for him". Screams red flags to me. -
Hot Topic The Rebuild
Realistically we might be three years away from being three years away. Anyone over 25 is highly unlikely to around for our next finals win. Hopefully our injury plagued season can fast track the development of a few guys. But we feel like a mile off genuine contention in a league where a...