Opinion Essendon v North? Rivalry or one sided rivalry?

[Engimal v3]

Carlton
Daylight
Hawthorn
Collingwood

Dont even know where this North rivalry stems from. Always seemed manufactured.

Comes from Bombers BigFooty posting losing the plot and being obsessed with North

 

[boncer34]

Comes from Bombers BigFooty posting losing the plot and being obsessed with North

Stop. Breathe. Try again.

 

[Engimal v3]

Took less than 1 minute for a Bombers supporter to flip out at me lol

Case in point

 

[speedy]

Carlton
Daylight
Hawthorn
Collingwood

Dont even know where this North rivalry stems from. Always seemed manufactured.

It stems from historical off-field events mainly and that is why its one sided. Essendon basically did the dirty on us and we have hated them ever since. ATM there is next to no rivalry because we keep losing to them.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Comes from Bombers BigFooty posting losing the plot and being obsessed with North

yeah i dont think its the bombers fans who are obsessed...........

you are the ones with a dedicated Essendon hate thread on your board.......that rarely drops off page 1.........no such thread about north exists on our board.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

It stems from historical off-field events mainly and that is why its one sided. Essendon basically did the dirty on us and we have hated them ever since. ATM there is next to no rivalry because we keep losing to them.

at least you admit it's one sided.

 

[Engimal v3]

yeah i dont think its the bombers fans who are obsessed...........

you are the ones with a dedicated Essendon hate thread on your board.......that rarely drops off page 1.........no such thread about north exists on our board.

So what you're saying is that you check our board daily?? Who's obsessed?

 

[HirdsTheWord]

So what you're saying is that you check our board daily?? Who's obsessed?

dont need to check it daily lol.

it has been there since 2012 and hasn't moved since.

 

[Engimal v3]

dont need to check it daily lol.

it has been there since 2012 and hasn't moved since.

Just every other day then, it seems. Truly the only time I remember Essendon exists is when I get reminded by Essendon supporters every week how much they totally don't care about us lol

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Just every other day then, it seems. Truly the only time I remember Essendon exists is when I get reminded by Essendon supporters every week how much they totally don't care about us lol

lol

if that makes you feel better.

 

[shintemaster]

There was a rivalry there - a strong one - but it has become somewhat anaemic due to 2 decades of the AFL minimising scheduling between the two clubs in order to give return legs between the biggest Melbourne clubs and ensure they play the minimum amount of games against lower drawing non-vic clubs.

 

[Disco Dew]

one sided rivalry? probably. Who gives a s**t?

 

[Taper]

one sided rivalry? probably. Who gives a s**t?

Two way rivalry in my opinion, it's just that both sides have been mediocre to poor for a long time.

 

[Blind Turn]

Two way rivalry in my opinion, it's just that both sides have been mediocre to poor for a long time.

If there’s a rivalry it’s extremely tepid from Essendon’s perspective. Bigger fish to fry and all that.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Two way rivalry in my opinion, it's just that both sides have been mediocre to poor for a long time.

I personally don’t feel any rivalry with North, but I’m too young for all that stuff that occurred in the 90’s

 

[windyhill]

He is killing it. Killing it. And it kills them.

 

[windyhill]

Haaa !
Him too !!

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Just another club. Might not even be that in a couple of years.

 

[Taper]

He is killing it. Killing it. And it kills them.

Haaa !
Him too !!

What about the coach?

 

[raskolnikov]

North who?

There seems to be some kind of manufactured rivalry, mostly on North fans part, on here. But in IRL I'm not aware of any.

 

[joy division]

Never knew there was a rivarly until I joined here. Our 90’s rivals were Blues and Eagles.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Was absolutely a rivalry from say 98 to 2000 or so.

It’s not one of those rivalries that sustains beyond a period when both teams are doing well.

Bit like Sydney and West Coast, epic rivals for a while, but not much beyond that.

I’m sure if Essendon and North became top teams again and played a series of good games then the media would beat up the history from 25 years ago and it would grow some legs again for a time.

But it was just kinda there for a short time when we were both good and then died.

 

[JayJ20]

I disagree with the sentiments of many Essendon supporters on here. I know North supporters can be wild with their Essendon hate (and we just ignore their weird antics), but I think there is a genuine rivalry. Many of them probably don't know many North fans IRL but I know plenty. There is history there, though it stems mainly from North being negatively impacted by Essendon. If I were to list our rivalries:

Carlton
Hawthorn
Collingwood
Richmond
North

West Coast and Sydney at times too because of the many close games, particularly West Coast.

 

[crazywildhorse]

North are the struggle bus of the AFL due to the off field antics of the Bombres on entry to the VFL. I’d be pissed too. Bombres can look around and say “wha”, but they are as underhanded and sketchy off-field as the Blues have been through their history.

 

[rapidfire7]

I think you are right how you perceive it, and I would somewhat compare it to the Collingwood-Geelong rivalry.

It's an important rivalry for Geelong (probably the biggest after the Hawks), but Collingwood have much bigger rivalries against Carlron, Essendon, Richmond and traditionally, even Melbourne.

In the same way, North probably view their rivalry with Essendon as one of their biggest, whereas Essendon have much more significant ones with Hawthorn, Carlton and Collingwood.