You need us, 50% of North’s flags (100% of those in the last 45 years) needed a 1pt Essendon prelim loss the week before
Roast Essendon in no mans land
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Can you list, in the 100 years North has been in the VFL/AFL (164 games), all the times they have beaten Essendon by 10 goals or more?
You must really be revelling in your 2014 and 2015 Grand Final wins after your final/s wins (which could only be orchestrated by Essendon's current coach) ... oh wait. Dani Laidley couldn't even win a final in her entire tenure as senior coach.
Minnow club on every level. Although minnow right now would be kind. I would be trying to focus on other clubs in the competition as well to take the mind away from the joke that is NM if I was you. Clean up your backyard first.
Engimal v3
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Essendon on the up, they smashed us by 6 points after a 9 day break.
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Bombers fans up and about after beating last year's wooden spooners by 1 goal.
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It's just nice watching some wins
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Fair enough.
However, until Essendon snaps that infamous finals wins streak people are entitled to keep asking whether the current list is the real deal.
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Oh 100%, no arguments there.
Weren't you supposed to win last night?
The preview threads were very 'up and about' after 5 wins in the last 40 games.
I guess the narrative changes now though...
While I agree with that, it's only a result of one terrible loss vs Port. Uncompetitive in 1 of 8 games and losing only 1 of the 7 competitive games (away to the current top team) is much better than I expected before the season.
As we saw last year, the only thing that matters now is banking the wins and aiming to peak in the second half of the year.
We'll eventually get thrashed by someone else and this thread will be bumped, but I'm pretty happy with the brand of football after Port.
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4 points is 4 points, I could go 4 points about right now…….please
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Yep W/L far more important than %
I had Essendon 7-12 probably a bit higher than most but they are still exceeding even the biggest Bomber nuffies expectation. They have a friendly draw from here so finals should be the aim, if they just miss out they can know they're on the right track.
This thread should only really be bumped if it goes absolutely **** up.
The best is yet to come for Essendon. They’ll be top 6 minimum
Pies and Blues fans talking positively about Essendon, I see through your reverse psychology.
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Have we had a hard draw so far?
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Just having a look and the Bombers have a generally easy draw until it ramps up over the last 8 weeks. I think they can bank enough wins for a spot in the lower half of the 8.
Essendon are still another year away from being a good side. I was sceptical that they would ever get there after round 4. They were terrible against Hawthorn, St Kilda and Port, though they did have a crack against Sydney. However, the improvement in Jones, Caldwell, and Perkins is a big step for us. McGrath has been great and so has Merrett. Essendon has Hayes and Ridley to come back and Setterfield as well. That will make a big difference to our defensive set up and defensive efforts around the ball.
We also have improvement in Parish, Gresham and Draper this year I think.
However, until we get genuinely dangerous small forward short of being a good team. We still have plenty of money in the tank for a FA this year, 6 quality young guys not getting a game yet. If 3 or 4 of those go on to be solid players we're doing well.
But yeah, 95% does sum up where we are, taking into account Port played their best game against us and we dropped our bundle after half time. So we're probably more like a 100% side. That makes us 50/50 against mainly sides currently outside of the 8.
We also have improvement in Parish, Gresham and Draper this year I think.
However, until we get genuinely dangerous small forward short of being a good team. We still have plenty of money in the tank for a FA this year, 6 quality young guys not getting a game yet. If 3 or 4 of those go on to be solid players we're doing well.
But yeah, 95% does sum up where we are, taking into account Port played their best game against us and we dropped our bundle after half time. So we're probably more like a 100% side. That makes us 50/50 against mainly sides currently outside of the 8.
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Maybe - but still not exactly worthy of bragging rights.
No matter where you finish on the table (and I do think you'll make the eight), surely winning a final is the passing grade.
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im so happy North Melbourne count the 2016 finals win as the ultimate success
seriously, the infatuation with the finals win is sad and pathetic. Mediocre clubs celebrate mediocre results
Engimal v3
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North Melbourne made finals in 2016, but didn't win one. Regardless, most clubs actually celebrate finals wins - it's Essendon that's the outlier by being perennial losers.
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