April 2015 is a huge month for the club. Hirdy is back, and will be under microscopic examination, While we play arch rivals Hawthorn Collingwood and Carlton as well as recent nemesis Sydney (aka the Buddy show).
Assuming no sanctions for the moment, give us your prediction of the number of points we will have on May 1 and why: Lid off or on. Doesnt matter. Time for the crystal ball.
I am going full lid off : 16. Because I think theres a genie in the bottle psychologically with our players and once that genie is let free, the team will blitz the opposition and that effect could easily last 1-2 months…
Swans: We will fight hard… but lose. Buddy will kick a lazy five and that will be the difference between the sides. Swans by 22
Hawks: Tough battle all day but in the end, we win a close one in a very similar situation to 2014. Essendon by 5
Pies: We win in a close one. We lead by 32 at three quarter time finish 9 points in front.
Blues: We just smash the blues. BJ steps up and kicks 6. Essendon by 71
Honestly, if we could be 3-2 after 5 rounds I would be very happy. 2-3 would even be ok.
Round One - Buddy kicks 4 in the opening half but then does bugger all in the second half thanks to a genius tactical move by Hird to put a mirror in our backline. Jobe gets 52 possies. Ess by 22.
Round Two - Sam Bitchell gets a compound fracture in his eyelash in the first quarter and is subbed out. Trying something new, Isaac Smith attempts a hardball get and ruins a perfectly good pair of undies. Joe kicks 7. Ess by 36.
Round Three - Mick Malthouse carries on like the huge f**kin’ idiot that he is after Carlton realise that their list is awful. Jobe, Hep and BJ each get over 35. Ess by 78.
Round Four - The football world begins to realise what we have known for a while - Bucks is a rubbish coach. Dane Swan rumoured to be doing heroin and eating cheesy fries at half time. Zacka shines with 30 and 4. Ess by 57.
Round Five - St Kilda will do well to win a single game this year. They’re the new GC of 2011 and GWS of 2012. Ess by 187.
I know I’m gonna cop a lot of sh*t with these predictions but what can I say? I’m just the ‘lid-on’ type.
Realistic view mode: Sydney will beat us by a mere 3 goals. Everyone will be talking about how good Hawks are only for us to beat them and ‘surprise’ the public.
Should win the next two. So 12 points and a healthy % is expected.
We win all four. That means at the end of round four we have a total of 0 premiership points.
On the Friday before the round 17 game we win the trial, and therefore rocket from 6th to 2nd on the ladder. Giles and Bellchambers combine for 57 hit-outs and 4 goals the next day in front of a record crowd at Docklands. We get called racists but take top spot on the ladder, and never give it up.
We win all four. That means at the end of round four we have a total of 0 premiership points.
On the Friday before the round 17 game we win the trial, and therefore rocket from 6th to 2nd on the ladder. Giles and Bellchambers combine for 57 hit-outs and 4 goals the next day in front of a record crowd at Docklands. We get called racists but take top spot on the ladder, and never give it up.
Hawks - Narrow win by the bombers 101 - 99…similar game to last year (14) but coming from behind in the last quarter…lid off Cooney stars
Sydney - Loss, but not blown away. Buddy & Umpires tear us apart go down by 30 points frees inside 50 swans 8 essendon 1…lid on
Carlton - Turn season back on positive note thumping the blues…lid back off
Collingwood - thump pies on Anzac day. Big spread in sundays HUN dissecting what happenned to the 2010 premiership side… lid off
Laverde stars on Debut and gets rising star nomination for round 4.
Summary after 4 ganes 12 points and close to top 4 with healthy % depending on other results.