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Might be time to look at the balance of that forward line. Not sure how much longer we can continue to carry Pete, he’s not doing anything Caddy couldn’t do.

Poorly officiated quarter and even poorer kicking for goal. Umps need to be reminded you can’t hit heads.

Our ability to defend transition has really regressed this week

This teams shit. Can’t back up a good performance to save themselves

Back to the Essendon we know. Woo hoo.

Get out of my team Laverde

Story of missed opportunities. Need to take our chances or they’ll pounce. Sick of seeing draper only attempt chest marks. His weapon is height and it completely nullifies it.

Given we're coming off a 13 day break the only acceptable outcome here is a win. Would like to Hayes given a run to play on Darcy, most likely at the expense of Laverde.

No worse than Draper and he’s played 50 less games.

Time to see what Bryan can do in the ones. Drapers way too inconsistent to be a walk up start in the ones. Need to select based on form.

This team is trash. Make a statement at selection. Embarrassing.

Hoping we only make minimal changes; In - Redman, Parish Out - Wright, Laverde Go with a smaller forward line & have Hind play a defensive forward role on NWM. I'd go Hobbs as the sub. Looked pretty average last week but hopefully he bounces back soon.

The sensible outcome here would be to ban either leading at the football or taking intercept marks. Both actions create too much risk for collisions.

I'd go in with a smaller forward line rather than rush Jones or Caddy in sooner than we should. We spent half of 2023 with Langford & the resting ruck as the main talls. Less height but more pressure against a saints HB line that loves to run.

Probably doesn't help that Duursma isn't performing on the wing either. Martin back to the wing & Duursma to HF/back up wing.

Always enjoy watching this team meltdown in close matches

Was impressed by his hands at ground level for such a tall bloke. Better than some of our mids.

Have all the forwards been told to all run into the same spot? Forward line structure looked the worst I’ve seen in a while.

Not overreacting but we look absolutely rubbish today. Hopefully they’re practicing what not to do.

I don't have any major issues with the early call on Munkara, it's disappointing but he couldn't have shown much less at VFL level. Not the case with Voss and to a lesser degree Montgomery though.

This is disappointing. Only at Essendon can you win a VFL best and fairest as a 19/20 year old then get delisted. Jaiden Hunter better come good now (assuming we retain him now).

Not the end of the world to lose Mass for nothing. He never held much value so wouldn't have been much more than a 3rd rounder at best which don't have a lot of use for us.

Would take Wines in a heartbeat but daresay it'll be a steep price. Getting Shiel off the books would become more of a priority.

If this bloke warrants band 1 compo then the system needs a serious revamp. He's a role player at best.

Jackson Hately delisted. What happened to him? He was a pretty highly rated in his draft year. His decision to force his way back to Adelaide doesn’t seem to have aged very well.

It would physically pain me to have to support Ginnivan, cannot stand the way he goes about his footy however good he may be.

This is a disappointing one but he barely even showed flashes at VFL level

Given the apparent interest in him from other clubs you would assume he has been given a strong indication from the coach that he is set to play more seniors moving forward. I don't mind us recruiting some senior ruck depth but it should not be at the expense of Bryan getting games. It's time...

See you all next year for another 24 weeks of emotional abuse.

Thank **** that’s over. Shame on you boys, hang your heads. No off season. Preseason starts on Monday. No break for these children.