Taper
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- Jun 9, 2023
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Essendon played finals in 2019 and 2021, which is twice since Hawthorn last played finals in 2018.This is about the most misleading poll I've seen on big footy.
You can't measure who is better based on wins over one season.
Essendon has been a basket case - in the genuine sense of that word, for a very, very long time. They've been worse than bad.
They can bank as many wins as they want in 2024, but the jury is still out on how good a club they are in 2024.
Maybe if they win a flag, and some serious humanitarian type gong they'd be in the frame.
As it stand now, aren't they just a club with more convicted criminals or drug cheating program organizers on their past senior coaching roll during the last 10-14 years, than every other club combined?
Ironically enough, they're also the only club I'm aware of to have falsely dobbed in another club for drug cheating.
If that is all correct, doesn't it kind of overshadow anything they've done on field for two odd decades by some margin?
It's been five (soon to be six) years since Hawthorn last played finals.
Essendon, on the other hand - never spent more than four consecutive years out of the finals, despite going through the worst era in their history.