Certified Legendary Thread Sympathy for *essendon II - over 6500 days since EFC won a final / AC signs w NM, EFC implode / RIP D2D and T_S

[Nate7]

Has anyone officially put their hand up to apply yet?

 

[SammyRoo]

This will be fun …..

Walls: “You have no idea ..”
Sheedy:“Not all Snipers went to Vietnam“ !

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Looks like they've started the process to overhaul the club.

Are they appointing a new coach or the next partner at Ernst & Young?

 

[Lomas]

Are they appointing a new coach or the next partner at Ernst & Young?

One way around the soft cap, I guess.

 

[Bluish]

Walls will stipulate that * appoint a ruckman to be senior coach. To, you know, get them into the game.

 

[Ischenko]

Robert Walls lol. He was irrelevant when they last won a final.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Are they appointing a new coach or the next partner at Ernst & Young?

I know F&K all about *'s board structure, but have they ever had a woman in their hierarchy ?

Too many Alpha males and not enough common sense seems to be what's happening IMO

 

[rickety]

Lol, a fb memory from 2013 Certainly penned by me

My Essendon Lie – By James Hird - (To the tune of American Pie)
[Intro]
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how Shane Charters used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make my players dance
And maybe they'd be stronger for a while
But 2013 made me shiver
With every paper that was delivered
Barratt on my doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about how they proved I lied
But something touched me deep inside
The day my fiction, died
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, and built up our pride
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "No-one will ever know that we lied
No-one will ever know that we lied"
[Verse 1]
Did you write the book of push & shove
And do you have faith in Demetriou above
If the AFL tells you so?
Now do you believe in 9604,
And how drugs save your football soul
And can you teach me how to inject real slow?
Well, you know that I was in love with Dank
Since I saw him injectin’ out the back
We both beefed up our tans
To show off to all our fans
I was a lonely rookie coachin' buck
With a Brownlow medal and a million bucks
But I knew I was out of luck
The day they found I lied
[Chorus]
I started singin' bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, but then our hamstrings died
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "Hope they never find out we lied
Hope they never find out we lied"
[Verse 2]
Now for ten games we've been out on our own
With hidden texts on my mobile phone
But that's not how it used to be
When the rumours came that we weren’t clean
When in truth we were as high as James Dean
“But the drugs came from Dank, not me”
And while me, the king, was counting cash
ASADA found my hidden stash
The courtroom was adjourned
Until the ASADA verdict was returned
And while Sam Newman read a book from FARC
The media stakeout in the park
And we injected in the dark
The day our dreams died
[Chorus]
We were singin' bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, but no-one knew why
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "Do you think that the media has spied?
Do you think that the media has spied?"
[Verse 3]
Helter skelter in a winter swelter
The wheels fell off in another belter
Eighth place now and falling fast
Another player lying on the grass
A hamstring sprung trying a short pass
Another player on the sidelines in a cast
Now the premiership air is sweet perfume
While Meatloaf sings an awful tune
We’d all love the September dance
Oh, but we’ll never get the chance
'Cause if the players try to take the field
Will ASADA refuse to yield?
Will we ever really know what was revealed
The day my dream died?
[Chorus]
We were singin' bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, but then David Evans cried
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "ASADA’s looking and I’d better go hide
ASADA’s looking and I’d better go hide."
Oh, and there we were all in one place
An entire season lost in space
With no chance left to start again
So come on, Jobe be nimble, Jobe be quick
Watson sat “On the Couch” real quick
('Cause Roosy is the Demon’s only friend)
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Roosy spell
And as the ratings climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Roosy laughing with delight
That’s when, they knew, I lied
[Chorus]
He was singin' bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, but our success was a lie
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "Now our premiership dreams are fried
Now our premiership dreams are fried "
I asked my girl who hates the Blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the AFL store
Where they all loved me years before
But the man there said that finals, we wouldn't play
And in Bay 13, the Bombers screamed
The Magpies cried and the Hawks all dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The servers all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Demetriou, The Dank and the Charters Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day they’d found I’d lied
And they were singin' bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, but then our hamstrings died
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "I can’t believe they found out we lied
About ever having seen a peptide”
[Chorus]
They were singin' bye-bye, to my Essendon Lie
Took my Bombers to the top, but then our hamstrings died
And my good old boys injectin’ another peptide
Singin' "I can’t believe they found out we lied”
2Jo Shorten and Paul Biasci
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[ferball]

Brilliant work rickety.

 

[Eggs11]

Robert Walls, wtf?

Is he actually still alive?

 

[shinboner magic]

 

[see see]

I'm still trying to confirm whether this was the actual bus that Rutten was thrown under.

 

[Go_Roos!]

Jimmy Hird - are you really considering giving up your own business where you sell chocolates out of the back of the wagon just to coach again?

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Jimmy Hird - are you really considering giving up your own business where you sell chocolates out of the back of the wagon just to coach again?

I hope those * supporters are grateful for the huge sacrifice he is willing to make for them.

 

[Bluish]

Wanganeen. **** me

 

[giantroo]

 

[koshari]

just saw this add and had a bit of a laugh, seems plenty of ther did as well judging by the comments,

 

[The Nostradamus]

dons miss their man again

Who else do they want let’s continue beating them to it

 

[Shermanator]

What’s halfwithero’s new username?..

I miss him, he was fun..

 

[shinboner magic]

In this moment of need for those ****s at * - we should show our support by placing our empty pill bottles on our letterboxes.

 

[Lomas]

In this moment of need for those *s at * - we should show our support by placing our empty pill bottles on our letterboxes.

Put out your lost spreadsheets

 

[Lomas]

just saw this add and had a bit of a laugh, seems plenty of ther did as well judging by the comments,

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I love that the photos are as recent as their relevance

 

[Frank Thring]

I can't see them making finals for at least 3 years with their list. Midfield is average, rely on Parish and Merret who don't damage the opposition unless it's us. They are a small midfield and with LDU, JHF, Cunners and the Goat, their dominance over us ain't going to last .

Forward line isn't bad but their defence, like us, is shizen.

 

[Nate7]

What’s halfwithero’s new username?..

I miss him, he was fun..

No idea. But I reckon bring back rines!

 

[Lomas]

I can't see them making finals for at least 3 years with their list. Midfield is average, rely on Parish and Merret who don't damage the opposition unless it's us. They are a small midfield and with LDU, JHF, Cunners and the Goat, their dominance over us ain't going to last .

Forward line isn't bad but their defence, like us, is shizen.

But the chance to win an ANZAC day medal, the pinnacle of all player awards, will surely mark them an irresistible destination?