Come on Cats. Triple digit please. Couldn't happen to a better club.
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How bad is Essendon? Jeeeeeez
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You're not wrong. Bruce talks about players like they're his children. He just described Mosquito as having a "beautiful face". I'm not saying he isn't a good looking guy, but really, an AFL commentator? They are so channel 7. Wholesome image.
They don’t look fit
Essendon has been s**t as long as I can rememberthat's it let it all out..
All that anger/tears from when Essendon was consistently smashing your clubs all throughout the 80 and 90s..
It's our turn to be less than great. happens to every team at one point, the wheel will turn again..
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They’ve beaten Collingwood and the 5 bottom teams. They haven’t won a game by more than 16 points. There’s always a lot of talk about the Bombers, but stating the obvious, they’re just no good and they have a lot of overrated players.
Desperate.
Thing is, last year they probably had the worst (or at least equal worse with the game North played the same night) performance last year too when the Dogs kicked something like 21 in a row against them.
There's a lot of talk about developing a system down at Essendon, I don't think they are any closer than they were under Matthew Knights. They are a lesser version of GWS. Talented individuals, something like 7 former AA players in that side plus a bunch of players who would have the talent/credentials to achieve that at their best, but no real sticking to a game plan, team cohesion, willingness to perform week in week out.
Plot twist.Can Essendon succeed whilst butchering the elite end of the draft?
I like it.
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We have never looked fit...
that's it let it all out..
All that anger/tears from when Essendon was consistently smashing your clubs all throughout the 80 and 90s..
It's our turn to be less than great. happens to every team at one point, the wheel will turn again..
The fact you have to say it's tears from the 80s and 90s tells a story...
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How does Essendon still have a footy registration?
Unfortunately Essendon are just not very good, it is very sad but they are going to be in trouble for years to come.
You mean the Melbourne mafia of the AFL media, 7 or News & the others only pay their wages. If we got a national coverage the Melbourne clubs might be accountable.
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Well, better than us brah.
Realistically they are redefining a lot of things. Badness for your sake is one.
But coaching takeover has been well visible and unbridled and they reset a game plan at half time and pulled out a win against, I know, a reasonably shapeless Hawks.
I’m not seeing a decent into rabbledom but I am clearly seeing a change in identity that everyone hated.
I prefer the change I guess.
They also wanted Sheedy to stay on and believed all the horse s**t he was apparently going to do. Sheedy's hanging around mid table too long is what started this mess.
They're just consistently mediocre so fly under the radar a lot. Maybe one year the media will finally cool it with the hype and shut up about them until they have a genuinely good season. No other side that consistently finishes between 7-12 on the ladder gets talked up so much.
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it’s just in a little form slump.
we’re in a premiership window you know.
we just need more opportunities
we’re in a premiership window you know.
we just need more opportunities
that's it let it all out..
All that anger/tears from when Essendon was consistently smashing your clubs all throughout the 80 and 90s..
It's our turn to be less than great. happens to every team at one point, the wheel will turn again..
Been 20 years since Bombers were a legit top 4 flag threat and look as far away now as ever. Wheel is stuck and not turning at all.
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Have gone backwards every year since 2017 and the club still thinks we are in a window.
You have it wrong buddy no Essendon fan is happy right now and idolise mediocrity
If they are in the window, they need to consult a glazier.
i dont want to wait 17 years for it though
It would appear the biggest hangover from the drugs scandal has turned out to be the mediocrity the club will accept to not rock the boat with anyone....though they appear to be happy to serve up more **** to the supporters without issue.
Called this after the 2017 EF. the boys seemed content with themselves getting smacked by the Swans.
The drive isn't there.
Up for a wager ?
Correct, we are just a bad football team. Recruiting players like Shiel and Smith is the icing on the cake from 10-15 years of s**t drafting. Even after that the work ethic of the players is sub standard in comparison to WCE, Hawthorn, Geelong and Sydney, this isn’t going to change overnight/in a year. Somehow I don’t think you are sad about this, anyway I’ll keep watching them but it’s getting harder to each year. At least we give Carlton supporters something to smile about, they don’t have much else.
