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I’m in. I want to see if my next boy will be cursed like Reid and Menzie was last year. I will not select them either.

The fact that Vander was that good with no training and no preparation was mind boggling!! TD on the other hand trained his arse off. I know TD was a great role model for Jimmy H on How he prepared himself for a match.

His best footy for us was when they let him sit in the vfl this year instead of just rushing him on and he carried that form into the ones. I don’t care what anyone says watching him Tsatas and Setterfield working together in the twos was a treat at the time. I don’t question that we have bad...

I’m going out on a limb and say we will finish 12th.

I think he has forward craft it’s just holding those damn marks. I hope you are right and he plays over 200. At least he knows he has support from the coach.

I agree with you but I won’t ever forget the game which it was perhaps the first of last year where he had negative super coach points. Who do you blame for that? The player? The gameplan? I don’t know but it was a far cry from his second year on the list. Those defensive acts will only get him...

I would definitely like to see what he is like there with a proper preseason under his belt. Not saying he should be 1st choice but the pessimist in me can’t see Dursma playing a full season. Love to be proven wrong though. Nice to have a mismatch to your advantage up your sleeve too if you need...

I hear you. That’s why I wanted to see them try Jones on the wing because he wasn’t working out in the forward line. I don’t know if he can pull it off long term but I thought he wasn’t working out in the forward line and is too good of a player to discard and not at least try in other areas of...

Not saying he was the best but gee Modra was a sight to see in his prime. He was better than Capper with no hands in the shoulders. To Cappers credit he got the rules changed against him… usually a sign of greatness too. But I preferred Modra and I thought for a good looking fella and footballer...

When I have a good hard think about it. Aside from Zerrett! I think this guy is our next closest chance of something in the near future that could be resembling elite! I keep listening to his criticisms but at the end of the day he shows elite abilities at different ends of the grounds. If he...

You know what’s just occurred to me?……who’s been shit at contested marks in our forward line????? Usssssssss!!!!! Apart from potentially Caddy who is most likely to take a contested mark to win the game!!! ……. and no you can’t name Drapes, he isn’t allowed but that’s new guy Gerren is the next...

I never got tired of those pack marks that Ablett Sr and Nicky Winwar used to take on multiple occasions especially in their younger years. The one guy I would have loved to seen not just as an Essendon fan but just as a football purist would be J Coleman. He obviously had an uncanny ability to...

I don’t know how many he took but the best contested mark I ever seen was Carey hands down. Just willed his way to the contest.

Like I said he was handy but a shit kick. I was a bit tongue in cheek as well he was definitely an above average player.

It’s rare that that players start in the positions they are named at anyway and if they do it won’t last long until they are moved around.

I didn’t think much of Travis Cloke as a player sure he was handy but it pales into insignificance compared to his water boy abilities.

Yep I don’t think there is no one close to him for that spot. I would love to see him play 20 rounds of seniors next year.

I don’t even think Kako has to earn a spot. He just gets it by default. I just hope he can play at a level that prevents him from being dropped.

Yep. I reckon so.

Fair enough. She still played 9 out of 11 games for us this season so it would have been nice to get something for her but it is what it is.

Thanks Hank now that I know I can sleep at night.

I knew when I typed that there would be one I missed. 😂 I think what makes this worse is both Scott and Clarke were both young top end talent. I can’t imagine them being offered more money anywhere else than we would have? I would be interested to know the reason why they left.

Same I would also like to know how we let Scott walk to the draft without a trade. I can’t even remember that happening at Essendon before.

Even though those players you mentioned missed out they definitely were in teams that were in premiership contention at certain stages of their careers.

That’s a very interesting analysis. Nice work. Hopefully a top hundred player comes our way in the not to distant future and we have a decent team to back them up.

That’s pretty much been the worry with him from day dot. Not trying to jinx the poor kid but I will be pissed if he trains the house down all summer just to break down before or at the start of the season. That’s the risk I guess.

That player you crave would be nice I’m not gonna lie. I still prefer just to have a good team if I had to choose. I still remember how absorbed blues fans were when they acquired Judd. They boasted about him for years but in the end he didn’t do shit for them in regards to team success. Sure...

8 games. That’s not too bad. It could be worse.

I also thought for a period of 4 to 5 years Hooker and Hurley were arguably the best two combo of key defenders for any side in the game. If they played for another club with that form it could have netted them a couple of flags.