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Of of them can grow a beard I guess. That takes maturity
That's before injuries have ****ed the year.

Like to see how many team goes with having up to a dozen of their best players missing for the year and then filled up with vfl players and rookies.

Most teams will struggle like us
 
That's before injuries have ****ed the year.

Like to see how many team goes with having up to a dozen of their best players missing for the year and then filled up with vfl players and rookies.

Most teams will struggle like us
Agree mate. Was keeping with the year seeing Martin go down last night. Some years are cursed
 
Agree mate. Was keeping with the year seeing Martin go down last night. Some years are cursed
Martin is the 4th acl whats sucks he won't be back till after the mid season bye next year he's our best prime mover

We won't have a full squad for pre season with majority of the long term injured players doing rehab all summer. 2026 is ****ed already
 
Essendon will rise with 2 good picks this year, Caddy, Kako. I think their injuries are so bad everybody feels sorry for them now.
I wonder what Janes Hird thinks.
If Draper leaves and triggers band 1 we will have 3 picks in the top 10 plus 2 second rounders. if the rumors of players being disgruntled are true we could add some more picks would be almost close to what Richmond had last year problem is tho this draft is supposedly weak
 

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The concerning thing for Essendon is that their coach was in charge when north started it’s decline which it’s yet to recover from , it’s not a great precedent
We are different to North.

Those North teams that played in two prelims were established and had lots of decent players who got the most out of the list

Essendon are very young and at the start of this rebuild
 
I’m giving them an out this year based on injuries. They’ve been cruelled.

I do have overall list build concerns though. Can’t see the soup base of a premiership squad in the making. Feels like a team on track to cap out around 7th- 10th unless they really make some uncomfortable decisions.

when so many key pieces of a best 22 are guaranteed to miss patches of games, im hoping the new regime is capable of making some tough decisions

Going into a season with 44 on the list and knowing 5 will miss large chunks of football, tough job for Matt Rosa & co.
 
when so many key pieces of a best 22 are guaranteed to miss patches of games, im hoping the new regime is capable of making some tough decisions

Going into a season with 44 on the list and knowing 5 will miss large chunks of football, tough job for Matt Rosa & co.

If they agree to sit out the whole year you can pay them outside of the cap and have that list spot available.

Suppose it depends on how the club wants to throw its financial weight around.
 
Agree mate. Was keeping with the year seeing Martin go down last night. Some years are cursed
Im 24 so ive never seen the likes of Hird and Loyd etc on our team

Martin is generally my favorite player and the best player ive seen in terms of silk and class while growing up that plays for us i don't mind losing but seeing that happened made my heart drop
 
Even with a good injury run, we were never going to be a top 4 premiership side this year.

Blooding all these kids could be the catalyst we needed. It might effectively leapfrog us a year or 2 in development.
If we find 4 very good players out of these 13 rookies - who wouldn't all have otherwise been tried, then it's a great result long term.
 
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Im 24 so ive never seen the likes of Hird and Loyd etc on our team

Martin is generally my favorite player and the best player ive seen in terms of silk and class while growing up that plays for us i don't mind losing but seeing that happened made my heart drop
You may have been conceived the night Essendon won their last flag. That’s something I bet you wish I never hypothesised? 😂
 

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We are different to North.

Those North teams that played in two prelims were established and had lots of decent players who got the most out of the list

Essendon are very young and at the start of this rebuild
Rebuilding from what ? It’s over 20 years since a final win .
I hope I’m wrong, there is the evidence that Scott can squeeze every cent out of a list, but is Essendon’s list at that stage ?
 
not even the best exorcist could rid the demons of this club in one go. there’s a significant amount that the club needs to do off the field that will eventually reflect on the field. in the top 7 consecutive game streaks the club, Caddy, Kako and Roberts feature. it says a whole lot about our injury problems over a significant stretch of time.
 
The concerning thing for Essendon is that their coach was in charge when north started it’s decline which it’s yet to recover from , it’s not a great precedent
Concerning?

More like good, why the **** would we want to be a treadmill team like the last decade?

St kilda and north should be embarrassed still being below us.

And **** Carlton trying to get two picks (hawks and tdk compo) in before us, good luck with that.
 
Even with a good injury run, we were never going to be a top 4 premiership side this year.

Blooding all these kids could be the catalyst we needed. It might effectively leapfrog us a year or 2 in development.
If we find 4 very good players out of these 13 rookies - who wouldn't all have otherwise been tried, then it's a great result long term.

I'm not sure about this but you'd much rather have a rebuilding year heavily impacted by injury than a year you are supposed to be competing
 
So with the new injuries to Setterfield and Martin we will have this group of players to replace them.

Shiel
Davey Jr
Menzie
Guelfi
El-Hawli
McMahon
Visintini
Gerryn
Unwin
Nguyen

We are going to end the season on a 12 game losing streak and a percentage in the 40s
Play Gerryn, Unwin, Nguyen and go for the record of most blooded in a season
 

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