Club Focus Essendon 2024

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Signings so far:

AFLW: player
Open Age: players
NGA: nil

 

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[Ticky009]

Thread updated to 2023. The overage draft is pending with little detail available from AFL at this time in regards to dates.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Thread updated to 2023. The overage draft is pending with little detail available from AFL at this time in regards to dates.

Wonder who Essendon should target.

Who's tradebait?

Could Makaylah Appleby or Pia Stalthari be worthy shouts?

 

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Brooke Brown from the Roos apparently coming to Essendon. Defender makes sense as we delisted a mid and two defenders after the season ended last year.

That brings our total list to 30 at the moment, if we sign anyone else or want to trade anyone in we will need to delist more players accordingly.

 

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From the end of PSP summary media release:

Essendon:

Brooke Brown

• Signed from North Melbourne Football Club
• Key defender
• 24 career matches
• Formerly played with North Melbourne (VFLW), Launceston (Tasmanian State League), and Ulverstone (Tasmanian State League)

 

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EXPANSION side Essendon has announced its first list changes, delisting Jordan Zanchetta, Bella Ayre, and Olivia Barton.

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I'm sure this was announced in December but it's not in the thread so adding it now

 

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Kodi Jacques joins The Bombers - their first trade of the trade period

 

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I don’t know much about her but the players seem happy, so that’s good enough for me

 

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[RedmanWasHere]

So:

Brooke Brown.
Kodi Jacques.
Brooke Walker.

Kodi is to be nicknamed 'Brooke' now.

 

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Five delistings; Caitlin Sargent, Jorja Borg, Fede Frew, Eloise Ashley-Cooper, Megan Ryan

Hoping at least a couple of those end up back in our reigning premiers VFLW program. Sucks to be delisted after missing the entire season with injury too

 

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The Bombers sign Delisted Free Agents Leah Cutting & Georgia Clarke

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[Teen Wolf]

Bomber raid: Rivals ramp up pursuit of former top-10 pair

St Kilda is targeting Amber Clarke and Richmond is making a move for the uncontracted Paige Scott

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Clarke is contracted at Essendon through until the end of next season, with the Bombers adamant she will be held to her deal, though rivals believe the Saints have shown a willingness to be bold in their trading this off-season.

Essendon might change their tune if the Saints are truly willing to be bold:



Patrikios once again soaked up a lot of St Kilda's marketing budget for little return this year. Is it too early to bring up the words "sunk cost fallacy"?

 

[Teen Wolf]

Paige Scott isn't going to have sustained success at AFLW level imo. But c'mon, Essendon had to salvage SOMETHING from a recent no.8 pick, sheesh.

Still not sure the Bombers are taking the matter of ruck depth seriously (though getting an Erin McKinnon plodder certainly would not have been a better option). Nanscawen turns 33 in May. If not for those two major problems, the list would be in good shape.