Essendon vs Richmond who is better?

[mellowyellow]

Essendon apparently.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Yes we clocked that over this year

You might just about scrape inside the 38 years I think, given history seems to have a clever way of repeating, and this seems REALLY plausible.

We broke a long premiership drought in 1967 when a crafty young player by the name of Kevin Sheedy debuted for us, though he missed the 1967 Grand Final, when we broke what was to then our longest drought. He played in a flag for us two seasons later, and followed with further flags. 17 years after debuting for us, he went on to coach your club to a flag to break your own drought, which to then was your longest.

So by my calculations.....Shai Bolton

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Shai Bolton

Age

25

Ht

176cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.0

1star

- who debuted for us in 2017 but didn’t play in the premiership team as we broke our longest drought - will be coaching Essendon to a longest drought breaking Premiership in 2034 wearing a bomber jacket with faux leather arms. Like this:

Yuk!

 

[sobrave]

How did 2012 end up for the chemically-enhanced bombers end up again?

 

[darcytiger]

Wake me up when the tigers win their 17th or we have 38 years between flags.

Keep back slapping the boys for their round robin premierships before the Nazi Party was formed and let the club rest on those laurels. Everyone else will move on

 

[HTT]

Wake me up when the tigers win their 17th or we have 38 years between flags.

Could be only 4 years away from the first one
As for the second one - 20 down, 17 to go

 

[Evolved1]

When the chips are down, you'd back a tried and true club like Essendon every day of the week. We're a blue chip stock like general electric or AMP.

 

[DapperJong]

Why are dons fans happier than a supporter base that has just achieved dynasty status?

 

[Evolved1]

Why are dons fans happier than a supporter base that has just achieved dynasty status?

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

 

[davos44]

If we are speaking of making a long term, well thought out plan and sticking with it despite outside noise and serious setbacks, Richmond.

If we are speaking of recruiting favourite sons to coach the club with zero coaching experience, letting them do what they want, shaming/silencing people who dare question his methods, recruiting players with glaring issues for top dollar and generally lurching from one disaster to another its Essendon.... or 2006-2016 Brisbane or Adelaide now, or Port up until about 2 years ago or North Melbourne.

 

[HTT]

When the chips are down, you'd back a tried and true club like Essendon every day of the week. We're a blue chip stock like general electric or AMP.

I'd say you're more like Kodak stocks

Pretty good for a while but around the turn of the century were superseded. Now good for some nostalgia but need to put their past behind them and go in a new direction if they want to reach those past heights.

 

[Evolved1]

I'd say you're more like Kodak stocks

Pretty good for a while but around the turn of the century were superseded. Now good for some nostalgia but need to put their past behind them and go in a new direction if they want to reach those past heights.

Touche. Most Essendon supporters are realistic about where we're at.

Essendon is my religion and I'll go down with the ship if necessary. Apostasy isn't an option.

 

[citizen-erased]

Could be only 4 years away from the first one
As for the second one - 20 down, 17 to go

i dont know how you did it
for all the talk of richmond fans being unbearable....ppl forget the pent up frustration you must have had

i'm going to be intolerable when we hit 17

 

[Captain_Bender]

Ill admit one thing.

Dyson Heppell IS better than Reece Conca

6

Reece Conca

Age

31

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

228.0

3star

D

13.8

3star

K

11.2

4star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.5

3star

MG

228.0

3star

D

15.8

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

7.8

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

.

Thats pretty much all Essendon have on us.

Conca has one thing Heppell will never have though, a finals win

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Conca has one thing Heppell will never have though, a finals win

He also tagged Dustin Martin successfully a few months back. Maybe Conca is better actually...

 

[roacheee]

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

delusion is breathtaking

 

[Evolved1]

delusion is breathtaking

It was a joke, mate.

 

[roacheee]

It was a joke, mate.

did you laugh so hard your flat cap with the shiny sticker fell off?

 

[Evolved1]

did you laugh so hard your flat cap with the shiny sticker fell off?

I laughed when a lanky American kicked Richmond out of the 2018 premiership race.

 

[Milanista28]

Still hard to call this one, 2021 should give us a bit more clarity.

 

[Milanista28]

Why are dons fans happier than a supporter base that has just achieved dynasty status?

Perspective, we just love life and a smile can fix anything. (we're also cooked)

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Perspective, we just love life and a smile can fix anything. (we're also cooked)

What ever happened to Lance Uppercut?

Was always so vocal about how Essendon was so much better than Richmond. Has this Richmond dynasty broken him?

 

[Milanista28]

What ever happened to Lance Uppercut?

Was always so vocal about how Essendon was so much better than Richmond. Has this Richmond dynasty broken him?

He's still lurking around, not the biggest poster anymore.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Why are dons fans happier than a supporter base that has just achieved dynasty status?

A few posters on bigfooty ≠ a supporter base

 

[DapperJong]

A few posters on bigfooty ≠ a supporter base

I'm yet to meet a tigs supporter who doesn't cheer through gritted teeth. Mental scars.