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Brad was supposed to be a meat & potatoes coach. Just about 2 seasons in now. Give me my god damn meat & potatoes Brad.

Like bees to the honeypot. Been happening consistently for the last few years. Brad needed to turf the assistant coaches after his first year.

I think you’re right unfortunately. “We could just develop our game and and sit in the bottom half of the ladder and say we're building, or we can try and perform and compete against the best."

We need to finish bottom 4 for the next 2 years then hope Bewicks star keeps rising. This year we’ll end up taking 2 first rounders because of the nga. That’s 4 drafts in total of top end talent. That’s how we should orchestrate the rebuild.

2CMP

McGrath’s time line at any other club compared to ours would make interesting reading. Pick 3 by Legit FC. 1st year played as attacking hb. Developed as mid in year 2 & 3. Club identity he is a panic merchant that avoids contact. Back to attacking hb in year 4 & 5. Club realise he’s not...

Not a fan of his versatility/flexibility mantra on development. Has the whole jack of all trades master of none vibe to it.

What percentage of the current list is dodo responsible for. I wonder if those players seek his counsel when they don’t agree with Brad.

Brad’s just one of the boys now.

Should’ve worded that a little better but I agree with what your saying. Hawthorn place a greater emphasis on taking calculated risks to keep the ball moving compared to us. There is nothing wrong with prioritising a conservative approach to moving the ball given our deficiencies in the...

You’ve associated taking risks with the all out attack run and gun downhill skiing football that we used to play. It’s more nuanced than that.

Hawthorns gameplan is built around risk, ours is built around being safe.

It’s where we belong. Best of the bottom 8/10.

Conservative coach, selections & gameplan. It is what it is. Best of the bottom 8/10 is this teams floor, unfortunately it’s also their ceiling. However, it does means the gap between our best & our worse is decreasing. Hopefully Brad is on top of all of this.

I’m yearning for the days of kicking it long down the line to a contest.

What if all of Collingwood, Footscray, GWS & Hawthorn end up making the top 8 by the end of the year. That would be 4 wins against top 8 sides this year. Just like that we’ve gone from 0 wins to 4 wins against the top 8 without ever having to play those sides again for the rest of the...

Me taking a casual stroll around town today.

The unfortunate consequences of a soft fixture.

A debt is owed & Essendon always pays its debts.

I’m just glad we’ve pumped games into the usual suspects only to be the best of the bottom 8-10.

So in this alternate universe Essendon have; Wins against 5th 7th & 8th Losses against 1st & 2nd Draw against 4th Haven’t played 3rd & 6th Sweet. :cool:

I don’t believe Essendon is ahead of Carlton but like you said things can change quickly in this day and age especially in a competition thats trending towards becoming more of a week to week league.

Who cares?

Carlton are in the 9th year of their rebuild. Essendon are in the 4th year of their rebuild. Injuries and schedules aside Carlton should be clearly ahead of Essendon on just that basis.

Hopefully we’re a serious football team on sat night.

3rd Qtr Everything else

20 points up, 10 minutes into the last qtr.