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  1. TheFrenchCut

    Team Mgmt. Makeup of our team II - Strengths & deficiencies, player development

    They're criticising his defensive workrate, which is accurate. Does a bit of ballwatching but he's not alone in that I actually hope the players all see it because most of the notes are accurate.
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    AFL Player 31: Zach Reid

    Is a bit of worry. Form is well off what it was last year from rd3 onwards.
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    AFL Player 32: Ben "Buckets" McKay

    Both of these things can be true: We have a lot of incredibly dumb fans Ben is in terrible form
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    AFL Player 30: Nate Caddy - "I'm leaving this club, definitely, for sure"

    If he was as lucky as Logan Morris to have been drafted to a side like the Lions, Swans, or Hawks, I think he would genuinely kick 70+ goals this year.
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    AFL Autopsy Round 8 loss to the Lions

    Caddy, Sharp and Robey were the only reasons to watch that. Happier that the latter two got some midfield time.
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    Preview Round 8: Essendon vs Brisbane, Docklands, Saturday 02/05/26 @ 12:35 AEST

    I don't love the process of how they've arrived at it, but I do like that they've made the move on Tsatas and (possibly?) Parish.
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    AFL Player 30: Nate Caddy - "I'm leaving this club, definitely, for sure"

    Anyone who thinks this guy is one of our 1000 problems should seek help
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    AFL Player 5: Elijah Tsatas - dropped 😱

    If we're talking stats, he had 4 turnovers. Efficiency isn't a great stat tbh because an efficient kick can still be a turnover
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    AFL Player 5: Elijah Tsatas - dropped 😱

    I just don't see any worthwhile benefit longterm. He has no physicality and doesn't deal well with contact, so he's not suited to being an actual inside mid. But then he also has no impact on the outside because his kicking is so limited. And all of this is amplified by being in the same...
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    AFL Player 32: Ben "Buckets" McKay

    I think you can make it work in the right system and with the right infrastructure around him but that kind of says it all. He's a remarkably conditional player, needs absolutely everything on his terms, from match-up, to role, to support, and even then, he does have a habit of panicking in...
  11. TheFrenchCut

    Game Day Round 7: Essendon vs. Collingwood ANZAC Day Game, MCG, 24/4/26 3.20pm AEST

    Has no one in our team seen Lachie Blakiston with pill in hand before? The way they keep giving it to him is insane
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    Game Day Round 7: Essendon vs. Collingwood ANZAC Day Game, MCG, 24/4/26 3.20pm AEST

    Parish and Tsatas in the same midfield is a tough watch when there's contact coming.
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    AFL Player 42: Jayden Nguyen - kicking goals in the VFL, back in the side to face Brisbane

    The way he's going, he's on track to get an extended run at a half forward/small forward spot in the AFL side quite soon. He's been pretty impressive over the last couple of weeks. Was always going to add pressure and be competitive, but been surprised by how involved he's been and that he's...
  14. TheFrenchCut

    AFL Player 11: Jade Gresham

    I expect it's very likely he has a trigger for an extra year which would also affect how they approach selection with him going forward.
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    VFL Round 4: Gold Coast vs Essendon, 9.30 am Saturday, 18 April

    Team defence is so much easier when you have 3+ fast, tough ground ball forward half smalls. We obviously have Kako, but it'd be huge if Nguyen and/or Unwin could do what they've done today at AFL level.
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    AFL Player 2: Jacob Farrow

    Loved the moment early in the 3rd term. Surveys his options while in the back pocket, waits for Van Rooyen to get closer, feigns a kick, steps him and opens the corridor up before drilling a bullet to Blakiston in the middle. Reeked of class.
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    AFL Player 32: Ben "Buckets" McKay

    He needs the simplest instructions. Deny his opponent, intercept the footy if he thinks he can, and just take the safest options around him. Given he's got Reid, Farrow, Ridley, to a lesser extent Roberts, and hopefully Redman soon around him in the back half, the message should be to just get...
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    AFL Player 2: Jacob Farrow

    Fits in really well. Beautiful kicking action. Hope as he gets more confidence he starts to take some slightly more aggressive options, because he should have the license to.
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    AFL Toast RND 5: Vanquishing Demons Whilst Donning Red Shorts

    It's happening slowly, but we're gradually addressing two of our biggest problem areas. 1 - Having more good, composed users of the footy in the back half than panic/brain fade merchants 2 - Picking and having impact from ground ball players in the forward half. Kako aside, we probably don't...
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    AFL Player 10: Isaac Kako - back stress fracture, TBC

    That was such a ripper game. Makes the world of difference when you have a forward half ground ball player with pace and smarts.
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    AFL Player 20: Peter Wright

    I think he marks the ball better around the ground as a ruck because he gets better match-ups and you often don't have someone trying to stop you taking the mark, they're usually trying to mark it too. When he has someone directly making contact to stop him, he has a harder time because he...
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    Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency XIII

    So under the expected new draft rules we're looking likely to have at least 3 picks in the top 30 this year (our 1st, an extra end of 1st pick for being moved back by a bid in the top 5, and our 2nd rd pick) before we even do anything else. With that in mind, along with the new bid matching...
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    AFL Player 11: Jade Gresham

    Don't think I've seen an Essendon player with a greater disparity between who he thinks he is (Gary Ablett Jr) and the player he actually is (Jade Gresham).
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    Hot Topic The Rebuild

    And here we go again https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/essendon-bombers-brad-scott-says-club-is-not-rebuilding/106526048?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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    AFL Player 1: Andrew "Pidge" McGrath (c)

    I think playing him through the middle makes sense on a bunch of fronts. the best footy he has played has been in the middle (see last year against St Kilda, his 2021 before injury, or his game against Hawthorn in 2020) his skillset suits the midfield we have better now, as well as how the...
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    AFL Player 1: Andrew "Pidge" McGrath (c)

    It's a bit of pressure on him unfortunately but we do seem to be a bit desperate for Dyson Sharp to turn into a good player.
  27. TheFrenchCut

    List Mgmt. Request for AFL assistance in 2026

    We are likely getting what I would consider a priority pick anyway, which will have the bonus of not needing to be traded. But we should definitely ask for whatever we can get. The AFL wants us to be competitive at least, so I don't think it'll take much.
  28. TheFrenchCut

    Coach Men's Senior Coach: Brad Scott

    My issue with Brad is his resignation to the way the team is playing, the lack of a clear brand four years into his tenure, and as pointed out above, the lack of standards for senior players. I don't see him coaching us next year because that is generally how Essendon rolls.
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    Hot Topic The Rebuild

    I'm enjoying the Caldwell content but his comments reflect how the club has continually wanted to have its cake and it too. They have generally avoided saying they're rebuilding or being upfront about it. They talk around it or have journos spruik that message for them instead. I mean, the...
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    AFL Player 5: Elijah Tsatas - dropped 😱

    I wish him all the best, but I also think that if he had been pick 31 then there would be zero calls for him to play. in terms of the player he actually is, his draft position doesn't matter from the first day he arrives at the club, let alone four seasons later.

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