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I see last time we won this fixture in 2021 we had an electric small forward wearing the number 43 guernsey kicking 5 and sending the opposition into panic everytime he was in the vicinity of the ball - would love to see that again 🤩

Guelfi’s tenacity and energy would be good to have in this one - any chance there’s a late signature Brad team change before the first bounce?

Got this sinking feeling that he won’t line up but Brad will keep him named in the side to keep Adelaide guessing until the last minute (which is legitimate in the rules apparently). Seems to be one of Brad’s favourite tricks after diving deep into the rules during his AFL house stint 😕

….and he played for Hawthorn so all’s well that ends well 😊

He’ll be named and then Brad will pull the surprise change 3 seconds before the bounce and bring back Mark Baguley for a run-with role on Rankine 😊

Agreed - and the publicising of the Edge makes it easier for him to stand ground against Coteries and other interest groups that might have challenged / influenced team selection decisions in the past 🤔

The Dees are having an absolute shocker - they might get the media pile-on baton this week 😊

Dogs will be in front by 60+ halfway through the second qtr then put the cue in the rack to prepare for their real match against St Kilda next Thursday. Hopefully that will spare us the 100+ point loss that’s well-and-truly beckoning

Apologies if this has already been raised, and maybe not a popular opinion, but are we ‘spoilt’ by having guaranteed marquee games every year regardless of effort or performance? Our guys can play in front of 100,000 + crowds at the G several times a year just for wearing an Essendon sash...

There’s no question that Friday was a regressive disaster, but the media and football public are really piling it on after one shocker - what will they still have left to say after we get obliterated this Friday night? The media might have used all of their Essendon bullets already 🤔

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I wish this club would self-impose a media blackout and just knuckle down and show some real visible and repeatable on-field progress that doesn’t need the slogans and press releases - it’s a big ask, I know ☹️

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1105453/damian-barrett-same-old-essendon-bombers-still-mediocre-after-coup-carnage At least Damo still loves us…

And that’s the issue right there - there’s obviously a group of people who are more important than the club itself (for whatever reason), and club success comes second to catering to / protecting those individuals. I’m in a work environment which is an exact replica (and let’s just say the...

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If you combine our woeful depth, dire inability to defend and completely out-of-control soft tissue injury list, I’m getting nervous we could be the 2024 version of 2023 West Coast 😖

Doesn’t ‘meh’ form guarantee you an automatic spot in the firsts @ Bomberland?

Bulldogs by 23,452 points 🙃

Yep, that season really felt like the bottom of the cycle and optimism for the future…. Here we are 3 coaches later and still a mile behind the rest of the competition in every aspect of the game on-and off-field ☹️

Hope the Setters inclusion doesn’t somehow become another ‘late withdrawal’ in typical Brad fashion just before kick off 😕

This has been a pretty horrid fixture for us the last 6-7 years - don’t think we can change the trajectory this time with the current available list and non-existent transition defence, but hopefully we make Port earn it and exit the game without injuries / suspension for the first time this year 🙃

Who is sniper Rioli going to take out this time? Don’t think he’s brave enough to target Stringer, maybe his old teammate Duurs or Martin to stuff up our ball movement from the back half?

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1 and 7 by round 8 guaranteed

Can we actually do any worse? 🤔

this is abysmal so far

As an added bonus it would also be good to exit the game without any bookings at the MRO for a change 😎

The writing’s on the wall for Jones and Weid if they don’t get a run this week 🤷‍♂️

Chin up - at least we have the experience and cool head of master Hepp across the half back line to steady the ship and strike fear into the opposition

Is it time to create a separate dedicated thread to specifically talk about our woeful defensive structure and attitude? Might make for some fun reading (asking for a friend)