No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XXXIX

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tigs2010 said:
Chrisso going to do mental gymnastics to get Houston off due to the black and white stripes
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Based on rumors that he is headed to punt Road expect 20 weeks
 

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DickieKnee said:
It just makes it all the more glorious though when they are praising them pre season and first half the home and away season then they collapse in a heap and miss finals every year.
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Most of there wins happened to be against bottom 8 clubs. Essendon where never playing finals this season.
 

WHAT’S CHANGED?​

It is almost two years to the day since David Barham created a civil war at Essendon that resulted in a president, coach, chief executive departing as well as several directors and a full-scale external review taking place.

What exactly has changed since that time? The club will argue standards have lifted and Mason Redman might be playing for Adelaide and Zach Merrett elsewhere if Barham didn’t blow the place up.

But Ben Rutten dropped Dylan Shiel, dropped Jake Stringer and made decisions based on players taking shortcuts. When Brad Scott came the players had to embrace higher standards otherwise they would have been identified as the problem.

It is also almost one year to the day since captain Zach Merrett said: “We set ourselves up in a really good position at round 17 to compete and make and challenge finals and to fall away so poorly late in the year was obviously very disappointing.

The players are sick of ending their season in August. It’s no fun, it sucks to watch other teams having their season alive. So some pretty strong messages from some of the players”. What exactly has changed since then? The Bombers lived in the top eight from rounds 7-20, including nine weeks in the top four, and it is all over in August. Champion Matthew Lloyd spoke on Friday about walking into a proud, powerful club in 1994 and the club losing so much respect since he retired in 2009.

Brad Johnson said they can’t play out a 24-round season. Excluding 2021, when Ben Rutten coached the Bombers to finals, the club has lost its last two games of each season by a combined 454 points. That’s seven games for 0-7 and an average of 64 points, with one to come against Brisbane at the Gabba. ‘Johnno’ was bang on.

Mick Malthouse has called on Essendon to pull its contract offer to Jake Stringer. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Mick Malthouse has called on Essendon to pull its contract offer to Jake Stringer. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

AND WHAT’S NEXT?​

Mick Malthouse says he wouldn’t offer Jake Stringer a contract.

Somebody will, but if Stringer wants two years it might not be at Essendon.

Dyson Heppell has retired, Jake Kelly might be gone, Jaidyn Hunter is gone, Peter Wright should look for a third AFL club, Sam Weideman and Kaine Baldwin are lineball calls and contracted kids Ben Hobbs and Elijah Tsatas could ask for trades.

The Bombers will have a top-10 pick plus secure NGA gun Isaac Kako.

They need to work, and they also need to be played. It took too long for Archie Roberts to get a game and the fact is we still don’t know about the likes of Tsatas, Jaiden Davey, Lewis Hayes and Tex Wanganeen because we have not seen them.

Brian Taylor said while commentating that it is hard to see where the improvement comes from. That’s alarming because the one place you do not want to be is no man’s land.

 
Brick Loosener said:
Richmond keeping the aints in it.
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Rossi also adopted a bit of Richmondy game style. B-lining the footy with dirty forward possession seem to destroy the pussy finessin game. Pussies all wee theie pants.

The look on Salties face in the box. Rossi has just given all the other finals coaches a key with an instruction booklet and video.
 

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Groupie_ said:
what would colonwood footy club and their supporters do if they had bad corrupt no lube Richmond umpring for an extended period (like we have)

curious to know
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Well they get one bad game their coach cries to the media, then it's all fixed the following week when the game is close for the last quarter.

Our club says nothing for 7 years and still gets reamed on the bottom of the ladder.
 
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If Carlton win today does that mean the carry on about Collingwood making the 8 yesterday will be all for nothing?

Now I'm torn, Carlton win they are in the 8. However pies missing finals after beating a finals contender would mean a post season of what ifs.

Think I might take option B Eddie for $500.
 
Coach_Required said:
If Carlton win today does that mean the carry on about Collingwood making the 8 yesterday will be all for nothing?

Now I'm torn, Carlton win they are in the 8. However pies missing finals after beating a finals contender would mean a post season of what ifs.

Think I might take option B Eddie for $500.
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pies will likely win next week and still miss
 
SunshineBoy said:
Salty complaining about Marvel


www.foxsports.com.au

‘Not morons’: Cats frustrated by missed chance against ‘Marvel specialists’

‘Not morons’: Cats frustrated by missed chance against ‘Marvel specialists’
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These campaigners need to ****ing grow some balls.

Last week McCry baby sooked about not having advantage of umps in Sydney that he would have in Melbourne, this week Chris Sook cries about playing at Marvel instead of his cheat ground after being the only Vic team with a cheat ground.

Go **** yourselves bunch of sooks
 
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