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Essendon will win the 2018 premiership.
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Ironic that your Avatar is a MASSIVE Essendon supporter.I'm calling it now, bookmark it.
Essendon will win the 2018 premiership.
Heard it here first!
Ironic that your Avatar is a MASSIVE Essendon supporter.
but when we get on a roll its going to be dam fun to watchWe will live and die by our midfield.
Inside footy and winning clearances worry me and a lack of defensive running concerns me greatly.
We will live and die by our midfield.
Inside footy and winning clearances worry me and a lack of defensive running concerns me greatly.
Mad Bomber Sean’s crazy predictions for 2018
1. Top 4
2. Daniher beats Buddy to Coleman
3. Zach places 3rd in Brownlow
4. Begley plays every game & becomes a feared contested beast with very efficient disposal and just misses out on All Australian selection
5. Stringer teams up with Hooker. Raz Walla & Daniher to become the most powerful forward line in comp
6. Saad, Mckeena & Gleeson become the fastest back flank in the competition
7. McGrath plays as a rover in the middle and along with Hepp, Stringer and TBell, we actually beat the opposition in the middle more often than not
8. Our team averages more tackles & contested ball than Sydney and the Crows
9. Our defence is rated the top 4 in points against
10. We win two finals and narrowly lose to GWS away in a prelim
Umm majority of people are saying that our expectation is to win a final first. Our midfield is too inexperienced to be considered a flag contender.Flag talk is absolutely laughable. And embarrassing.
This club hasn't won a final in over a decade. Might be a good start to perhaps achieve this first.
15 clubs could realistically make finals next year. No guarantee we are just going to automatically hold our place/improve. Too many pats on the back after a successful trade period. Don't become delusional that this is suddenly the gateway to ultimate success.
I think the additional pace of the three new recruits will be really important for the midfield. We can afford to play a really defensively minded midfield game plan now because we will have the pace all around the ground. When we get our hands on the ball in the backline, the spread will come from Saad, Mckenna, Gleeson, McGrath and whoever is on the other wing. They will be going over the top to a host of other players with plenty of pace so it wont matter so much if the midfielders are behind the ball. Whatever Woosha decides, the extra speed we now have should be able to mitigate our shortage of big inside mids. That's the challenge in front of him i guess.Only thing that has changed for me is that rather than possibly going back a little we should win 12 to 14 * if we are pretty much injury free.
Win a final ? who knows ?
The year is still a big if.
If Myers can be fit and find form.
If Laverde and Lanford start playing to their potential.
If we can get our head around team defense.
If we can get Stringer up and going.
If Smith can play regular midfield.
If we can stop being beaten up physically in the midfield.
If we can start taking more marks around the ground.
Until we play we will not know. At this stage I am just hoping for a decent season where we win the ones we should and play well in the 50/50's and see where it goes from there.