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Ves said:
Great win against Sydney by your boys by the way. I have no trouble thinking they are deserving flag favourites now, I think that game answered quite a few outstanding queries that I may have had (the main one being the effect of having a "soft run" to their intensity). The Cats game may well have been a blip.
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Yeah good win but if we keep giving teams big head starts it will bite us on the bum in the finals.

The Geelong game was no different to the Swans game imo, Rioli gets paid for his tackle on Duncan we win and the Swans game could have been decided by a lucky bounce or free kick either way, it just went our way on the night. By letting teams get the jump on us early they are in the game in the last couple of minutes which then makes it a 50/50 prospect, don't want to give teams that chance in a prelim or GF.
 
Shocking effort by the Bombers. Several middle of the road players who stood up in the first half, and were the difference between last year and this, have disappeared. Those long term contracts handed out early in the year will add to our woeful recent recruiting record. The player list has been very poorly managed. Surely there's scope in the cap to be picking up a Goddard, or a Boak, or a Beams!
 
Miss Hale said:
First time in a while I'm barracking for the Bombers but I hope they beat Collingwood tonight. Any chance?
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Sure. If we turn up and want to win. But that's a big IF if the last two months are anything to go by!
 
Duckman#72 said:
No good at all. Kennas - Collingwood are not that good.

I was very disappointed in the lack of effort and committment.

Essendon are really no further advanced than last year. Still far too many "watchers" out there. ***** and ******* seem to have gone backwards. I can't even remember if ***** was on for the four quarters.

The defensive pressure was again very poor (non-existent). ****** continues to be a player that we can't rely on.

***** is a worry. Now ****** has gone down injured.

Knights has some work to do. He has the same problems with the same players that Sheeds had.

Duckman
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This is a quote I made from 2008 after Essendon's match with Collingwood.

You may as well just fill in the players names as you see fit from last night. We have exactly the same problems as we were having 5 years ago.

Just note that we can now say "Hirdy has some work to do. He has the same problems with the same players that Knights had, and that Sheeds had before that".

I completely agree with Kennas comments on list management.

Duckman
 
JTLP said:
Nice work on that one! What did you net? He would have been at a min $6 when you put that bet...
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Well he was at $4.75 last night so K must have made a decent bit of coin if he took the bet earlier ;)
 
Just $240. The cost of a decent meal in Sydney.

It's the principle that counts though. Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. Or is that 10 times?

Jobe for a second medal next year competing with Danger, Beams, Cotchin, and left field Natanui.
 
I love all this talk wondering if the best is behind him. He has 1 bad year by his standards, it seems a little early to be saying his best is behind him. He can play both key position and midfield. He doesn't have a history of injuries. This is a great deal to me.

I'm fairly certain the dons would front load his contract so this move wouldn't affect the salary cap. This is no-brainer.
 
sammy84 said:
I love all this talk wondering if the best is behind him. He has 1 bad year by his standards, it seems a little early to be saying his best is behind him. He can play both key position and midfield. He doesn't have a history of injuries. This is a great deal to me.

I'm fairly certain the dons would front load his contract so this move wouldn't affect the salary cap. This is no-brainer.
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Not even a bad year really, but he's 27. Peak years are about 23 -28. Four year contract takes him to 31. He will just decline from here won't he? Maybe not and he plays to 38. Fingers crossed. He's an amazing player, and I'll be very interested to see what his role will be. Hopefully we get Moloney as well.
 
kennas said:
Not even a bad year really, but he's 27. Peak years are about 23 -28. Four year contract takes him to 31. He will just decline from here won't he? Maybe not and he plays to 38. Fingers crossed. He's an amazing player, and I'll be very interested to see what his role will be. Hopefully we get Moloney as well.
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I don't think it is costing us too much in terms of salary cap pressure, which is all I care about. Whilst it may cost a little $$ wise, that is not a problem for us. I would imagine we would have quite a bit of space in our salary cap given our lack of established stars. Assuming we have front loaded his contract this is a great pick up as it allows us to use the excess salary cap space.
 
sammy84 said:
I don't think it is costing us too much in terms of salary cap pressure, which is all I care about. Whilst it may cost a little $$ wise, that is not a problem for us. I would imagine we would have quite a bit of space in our salary cap given our lack of established stars. Assuming we have front loaded his contract this is a great pick up as it allows us to use the excess salary cap space.
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On first thoughts I say - you beauty (until you think about how he is a 27 year old that has already played 200 games)

I'll take your word on the salary cap pressure. I don't know enough about their situation. We have a lot of good quality juniors coming through and I hope it doesn't jeopardise our ability to keep them. In a recent article in the Herald Sun, Essendon were ranked No 1 in terms of quality of players under 23 years of age with less than 50 games experience.

I'm like Kennas - not many players play their best footy between 210 and 300 games. They are solid contributors who more than hold their spot in the side, but their ability to control or dominate a match starts to diminish.

One thing in Goddard's favour is that he has been a slow developer. People forget that for years he was a much maligned player at St Kilda (mainly due to the pressure of being a No 1 draft pick). His early development was not as quick or exciting as people expected. Then almost overnight, everything clicked and he became a "superstar". Maybe he will burn brighter for longer.

As a side note - will he be the first No 1 Draft pick to ever play for Essendon? I know Essendon has never had a No 1 pick themselves, but I don't recall us even drafting a No 1.

I'm not unhappy about losing Monfries. He will be a good player at Port or another club, but he has been treading water for some time now. Either he doesn't fit with the game style that Essendon plays, or Essendon are not using him correctly. Either way something has to change.

Duckman
 
Pretty bizarre.

It's either listed as a banned substance, or not.

Why do you have to dig deeper than that?

Read the label, idiots.

Or,

Maybe this is the organisational loop in the three strikes policy. Admit you've taken it, and it's all hunky dory.
 
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