If Essendon finishes bottom...

[GoldenboyHird_5]

Should we go for Natanui, Rich or M Hurley?

It will be an interesting dilemma.

Natanui looks a player that you could build a premiership team around while Rich looks like a Palmer type.

Hurley would be more than a handy addition down back though...

The only way is up

 

[LukeParkerno1]

If we finish last Naituai would be too hard to pass. But if we come 2nd last I'll be absolutely livid if we choose ANY and I mean ANY other player than Rich!

 

[Burzum]

Essendon Board?

Rich anyway.

 

[Mang08]

If you lose more games than Freo or Melbourne I'd be seriously worried...

 

[Bosley]

If Essendon doesn't finish bottom ... bet you will all be dirty that you beat the Roos in Round 1!

 

[dave_27]

Essendon Board?

Rich anyway.

Opposition fans are experts on Essendons list, why cant they have a say on who we should draft?

 

[Bosley]

Opposition fans are experts on Essendons list, why cant they have a say on who we should draft?

Fraser Gehrig will probably be available ...

 

[Dan26]

If Essendon doesn't finish bottom ... bet you will all be dirty that you beat the Roos in Round 1!

We havn't finished last for 75 years. I'd be rapt if that round 1 win avoided us the ignomy of coming last.

 

[Bosley]

We havn't finished last for 75 years. I'd be rapt if that round 1 win avoided us the ignomy of coming last.

I would love for you to finish last ... even if you got the first 5 draft picks

 

[windyhill]

Fraser Gehrig will probably be available ...

Or ex-crow Wayne Carey ?

 

[Jono B]

We havn't finished last for 75 years. I'd be rapt if that round 1 win avoided us the ignomy of coming last.

Exactly. The wooden spoon is the ultimate failure in football.

 

[Bosley]

Or ex-crow Wayne Carey ?

Neverbinbehindbars. This may change tho and he may not be available.

How about Ben Cousins? With Michael, Fletcher and Lloyd getting to the end of their careers you will need an experienced player.

 

[fishbowl]

Should we go for Natanui, Rich or M Hurley?

It will be an interesting dilemma.

Natanui looks a player that you could build a premiership team around while Rich looks like a Palmer type.

Hurley would be more than a handy addition down back though...

The only way is up

There will me a national holiday.

The match committee at Essendon have graduated from the Greg Miller Academy of Recruiting.

 

[mantis]

Exactly. The wooden spoon is the ultimate failure in football.

Agree, plus if any Bomber supporters are hoping we win the wooden spoon, just so we can get draft picks, should stop supporting the Bombers & switch to one of the tanking clubs ie: Hawks, Blues or Tigers.

 

[Simche]

Agree, plus if any Bomber supporters are hoping we win the wooden spoon, just so we can get draft picks, should stop supporting the Bombers & switch to one of the tanking clubs ie: Hawks, Blues or Tigers.

I believe in two of those three cases your mistaking 'tanking' for just generally being terrible (much like Essendon is at the moment). Regardless whoever finishes bottom may not end up with the first pick anyway particularly considering Richmond and Carlton still haven't won enough games to get past the priority pick.

 

[Barts]

Fraser Gehrig will probably be available ...

I fully expect Freo to take him with their 2nd round pick.

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I fully expect Freo to take him with their 2nd round pick.

But he doesn't play for Essendon!

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Opposition fans are experts on Essendons list, why cant they have a say on who we should draft?

Well, you Essendon fans were telling us all that you were going to make the finals this year, and it was the opposition fans who told you that you were no chance, so it would seem like the opposition fans know more about your list...

 

[Lance Uppercut]

If Essendon doesn't finish bottom ... bet you will all be dirty that you beat the Roos in Round 1!

like ____, I'd rather any win than the chance to get a draft pick

Well, you Essendon fans were telling us all that you were going to make the finals this year, and it was the opposition fans who told you that you were no chance, so it would seem like the opposition fans know more about your list...

I know many footy fans are stupid malevolent idiots, but I hadn't previously considered you in that catagory.

Any other team, and I mean any other team (including yours matey), that had the injuries we've had to, and to such key players, would also have suffered similarly.

I still maintain that with a good run with injury we would have snuck into the lower reaches of the 8.

For you to completely discount this makes me wonder if you're analysing, or gloating

 

[Johnnyprinias]

I think Todd Ridley and Peter Cransburg are available

 

[HighettBomber]

Wherever we finish we need to draft the best available midfielder. Not sold on Natanui anyway, I saw him play last year and his skills left a lot to be desired, also not what we rerally need given our poor overall skill level.

 

[dave_27]

Well, you Essendon fans were telling us all that you were going to make the finals this year, and it was the opposition fans who told you that you were no chance, so it would seem like the opposition fans know more about your list...

Funny that.

Most Essendon fans on here denounced opposition fans for starting threads about how good Essendon was after the nab cup series.

Selective memory perhaps?

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

I know many footy fans are stupid malevolent idiots, but I hadn't previously considered you in that catagory.

Any other team, and I mean any other team (including yours matey), that had the injuries we've had to, and to such key players, would also have suffered similarly.

I still maintain that with a good run with injury we would have snuck into the lower reaches of the 8.

For you to completely discount this makes me wonder if you're analysing, or gloating

For you to completely miss the point of my post makes me wonder if you've got no sense of humour.

 

[Moo]

Wherever we finish we need to draft the best available midfielder. Not sold on Natanui anyway, I saw him play last year and his skills left a lot to be desired, also not what we rerally need given our poor overall skill level.

So you finish 14th ...Nat and Rich gone - you pass on Hurley and take a mid?

 

[Consumed]

Agree, plus if any Bomber supporters are hoping we win the wooden spoon, just so we can get draft picks, should stop supporting the Bombers & switch to one of the tanking clubs ie: Hawks, Blues or Tigers.

It will be nice to see how you handle the tanking moniker mantis.
Finishing 15th & 14th in '04 & 05 sucked, we played our youngsters, got rid of the older players who couldn't make a contribution or wouldn't be around for the next tilt at a premiership. And with a brand new untried coach.

I didn't feel Hawthorn was tanking, we just didn't have the players to compete against the best, they certainly tried though. And those same players are the ones unbeaten on the ladder at the moment.

So lets just see how tanking you are by the end of the year. And the next. And the next.

Because that's where Essendon will be I'm afraid. Enjoy the scorn of others as you have dished out yourself.