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Passionate Essendon Supporter, and all around total flog.
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Essendon have not been a serious premiership threat for the past 16 years – the highest they’ve finished was seventh in 2017, that year it all came together and they were still bundled out of the finals in Week 1.
The match review officer is a thankless task, and I believe Michael Christian has done the best job possible with the information he has had available to him, but it desperately needs reviewing.
The news of the positive test for Conor McKenna reverberated throughout the AFL community on Saturday.
Essendon has a midfield conundrum, having consistently done poorly in contested possessions and clearances for several years.
In light of the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of four police officers in the United States, and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, prominent public figures and organisations have united in their shared grief over such needless death.
Lance Franklin has been a wonderful servant for the Swans, surpassing all key performance indicators during his time in Sydney.
The New England Patriots are an immense sporting franchise built on the back of mercurial coaching, brilliant quarterback play, and a revolution at the tight-end position.
Joe Daniher has dominated the rumour mills of the Australian Football League community for the past nine months.
Leicester City are playing an extremely attractive brand of football at the moment.
Essendon have had middling success for years now, having made the finals two of the past three seasons, but trading in a very proactive and aggressive way that is associated with a club inside their premiership window.
North shouldn’t go anywhere near de goey he’s damaged goods, and I think they’d have to pay massive overs for Moore.
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
Face it we could use anyone that’s athletic and tall haha
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
Colin kaepernick would also like a word.
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
Nah I don’t think the AFL will let that go through at least not without a Hail Mary offer for Rowell and Anderson. If Flanders comes good they should go after him or rivers.
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
Building a young talent pool without gutting your leaders.
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
Or even get creative like what the swans have done (see Dane rampe, he won the Sydney premier division best and fairest the year before he was drafted by the swans).
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
I agree that the whole rebuild idea is just an excuse to play bad footy. But I reckon over the last few years the social and cultural issues of some clubs are coming to light and the AFL is having a reckoning with those problems. That’s what happened at Gold Coast and they made the right call to ditch pretty much all of their early talent with the exception of the lifers like swallow. While north have been a very non contentious club for decades they haven’t challenged for anything for almost as long. I think that they should potentially look at trading brown but only for an early first rounder in 2021 when the draft is less compromised.
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown
I think the one call last week that enraged me to no end was the shiel tackle in the first quarter. He was pretty much slammed down onto his neck without the ball. My opinion is that the AFL should do as follows: 1. Safety free kicks like high contact and tunneling and what not have to be called regardless otherwise the umpire themselves may face sanction. 2. The technical free kicks like holding the ball and deliberate out of bounds must be simplified to the point where there’s no debate. 3. Fire razor ray.
What ever happened to interpretation?
I think one thing you didn’t mention is the fact that higher profile ruckman have their games deconstructed so much more than the worse ones in the league and as a result opposition midfielders know how to play their taps more effectively than they would with a Phillips or a pittonet.
Are ruckmen the most important players in our game?
No, no they’re worried about their humours getting thrown out of whack by the pox. They’ve sacrificed fifty virginal goats to Odin.
Cotchin doing it 'tough' since AFL breach
Barnaby joyce subsists on a diet of eating celebrity’s dogs.
Cotchin doing it 'tough' since AFL breach
I have half a mind that grimes puts on a wig and plays for hawthorn sometimes
How each side wins tonight's grand final preview
The 2017 grand final is enough for me, haha the way that game was umpired is insane
How each side wins tonight's grand final preview
Yeah but I think gills in their ear about getting the lions over the line this year some of the calls in the essendon game were positively mind boggling
How each side wins tonight's grand final preview
How each side wins? By scoring more than the other side of coursw
How each side wins tonight's grand final preview
Yep I was gonna say he’s being a little harsh not to include the riddler in there. I also think hooker was quietly putting together a good season before injuries.
Top five underrated players in the AFL right now
I do think hipwood is a gun. He’s an odd shape for a key forward. Very tall and very skinny
AFL Power Rankings Round 9
Looks like lloydy should be a forwards coach up in brissy. I actually think Matthew Lloyd would make a great coach but I’m not a supporter of hiring former club legends to coach their former clubs
AFL Power Rankings Round 9
I vote for metaphorical ritualised disembowelment for Ed. He’s not with the times when it comes to the management of a club and I think bucks will actually do better without the overbearing McGuire breathing down his neck
AFL Power Rankings Round 9
Majak most certainly is an inspiration who can hold his head high, getting back on the footy field after what happened is a triumph in of itself and he ought to be commended.
Daw hopes AFL comeback can inspire
fantasia and a pack of cigarettes. :p Nah I think we can probably look at Francis, or Redman both of whom add a little height to the Port backline and a little mogrel too. We could also send Henry Crauford or Shaun McKernan both of whom are Adelaide boys.
Six talking points from AFL Round 8
The question is how much would radelaide pay for him, id be willing to take your third round pick but knowing doddoro he will demand pick one haha
How Essendon can go from zero to hero
We will give you Steven dank then haha
North Melbourne can rebuild without trading Ben Brown