Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023
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Essendon are honestly their own worse enemies, atrocious skills and decision making under no pressure. McGrath sums up the team to perfection, overrated and consistently dissapoints with minimal improvement
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I don’t think any two players sum up Essendon mediocrity better than Heppell and McGrath
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Geez richmond choked that off
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The Tigers gave up a lot to have one more crack. Reminds me of another team that will respectfully go unnamed cough*WestCoastEagles*coughcough
Does suck for us though, essendon jump ahead of us
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Yeah two massively overhyped 'stars' who've never been anything more than good ordinary players.
Essendon to a tee.
Feels way more Hawks than Eagles. Lots of parallels.
Eagles seems more hubris starting with their attitude in the hub.
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Want Pies, Hawks and Giants to win today.
100% the eagles went into 2022 and this year with the attitude they could “surprise everyone” and maybe punch a finals spot. They are totally delusional. Now the excuse is injuries which “couldn’t be planned for” inspite of them having nearly a dozen injury prone players on their list lol
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It's funny hearing this constant reference to the Harley Cup. I'm pretty sure the last time the footy world was on about this stuff it was the Bryce Gibbs Cup and then the Kruezer Cup.
And weren't those two generational talents who bought sustained success to their team! Totally worth torpedoing your culture for.
And weren't those two generational talents who bought sustained success to their team! Totally worth torpedoing your culture for.
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Yeah one player isn’t going to do it for them. They’ve got two players who look capable (Oscar Allen and Ginbey) and very little else. At least three years before they’re competitive again.
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I didn’t realise Allen was 24, I thought he was the same age as Jackson.
They’re ****ed.
Allen is going to be a great player with a prime that will most likely go completely to waste. They'd have to draft and trade likes gods to be competitive before he turns 30 given the state of their list.
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Yeah he’s a good player, but at 24 there’s not a lot more upside to how good he is now, and they still have to find a lot to build around him. They’re in for a bleak few years.
3 goals per game in that team is a fair effort.
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Yep.
I was skeptical of how’d he go as the #1 forward sans JJK.
He’s done more than enough to change that. Absolute star.
Smelling an upset today for Carlton. They are at their best when nobody expects anything of them (i.e. they're mentally ****weak).
Hopefully I am wrong by about 15 goals.
Hopefully I am wrong by about 15 goals.
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