24 years Today since our last flag

It’s nice that you’re so sure of that.
I have an overwhelming amount of doubt.

if you look at the big Melb clubs Flags since 2000 premiership
Essendon 1
Fark Carlton 0
Pies 2
Hawks 4
Rich 3
Cats 4

So only fark Carton are worse than us :rofl:

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I reckon Sheedy would have loved him. Non football background. Aggressive. He’d play him centre half back.

Just a few highlights of some of the guys you’re considering dropping.

lol. There is no-one on our list that’s kicking Bewick’s goal.

And Moorcroft…I don’t want to get all argumenty about this, but…
I used to call him the nimble young tank. And that goalsquare goal is indicative of the player he was. Throwing his body at the ball.

I would replace him with peak Tippa, no question.
But not Zerrett.

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Only if he tried every week, our Sam doesn’t.

Agree…why would you mess with a side that lost one game for the year??? and smashed everybody else every week

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Redman over Solomon? What fever dream is this?

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sigh Bewick…

Stringer would replace Moorecroft. Defensive pressure wasn’t a big thing back in the 90’s/2000.

Stringer would have been a KPF. Not a pocket.

He is the same height as Lloyd/Lucas.

Stringer is probably fighting for a spot with Hird.

And losing.

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But he plays very similar to Moorcroft.

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I walked under a bus
I got hit by a train
It felt so good
I wanna do it again

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Our current squad would absolutely smash the 2000 Premiership team and you can’t change my mind.

Given the 2000 squads youngest player is now 43 years old

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You were so close, only four wrong.

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That’s a fairly arbitrary measurement you’ve got there. Redman has made exactly one AA squad, while for Solly the squad didn’t exist for the majority of his career including the entirety of his career at Essendon. AA squad was only a thing from 2007 onwards.

Dustin Fletcher made only two AA teams and only once on field. I have nothing against it but it’s not a good tool to use to compare players. Daniel Talia made the same number of AA teams as Dustin Fletcher.

I’d take Solly over Redman any day. Especially if we were picking a team for a final…

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Probably fair in that regard.
Solly, Heff and Lucas were my favourite players from that squad but the first 2’s careers during that period were, imo, inflated by the sides they played in.
Lucas on the other hand I think was incredibly underrated outside of Essendon fans.

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Never forget being part of the kids who did entertainment and legging into the southern stand as we are walking off to sneak in and watch the game.

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Basically a quarter of a century.
How dismal.
■■■■■ me to tears.

Um…no. Caldwell would struggle to get a game in our 2014 team, let alone 2000.