Fascinating Smooth, I love that we are burrowed that far into their brains. This thread is proof it goes both ways, but that is a new level. I assume there was no such chant for Pies, Tigers etc despite their success?
Having said that, I reckon the anti-Essendon stuff has ramped up further at matches this year. I have heard the “We Hate Essendon” chant to the beat of “We Are Essendon” at games against lues, Pies, Tigs and Hawks. Before this year I think only Carton and the Carringbush used it. Against Richmond this year one bloke had actually had a yellow & black “We Hate Essendon” scarf knitted up and was shown on TV.
We have something other teams don’t have. Some kind of powerful resilience that keeps other clubs looking over their shoulders, just to make sure we aren’t about to Walla them into the ground.
They know we are coming and can see what we’re cooking and it shits) them to no end, hence the hatred and jealousy towards Essendon that their cheer aquad needs to create a chant during a match where we’re not even involved in whilst they’re getting slammed by 100+ points.
Fark they are a hilarious bunch of nuffies.
And fancy their club “rewarding” them with upgraded memberships at no extra cost for their loyalty last week and then the team performs like that to say thanks for sticking by us.
Kane Cornes and Billy Brownless gave them a bit of a bake on the footy show today for giving the Carlton players a standing ovation as they left the ground.
Said that 2 wins and a final 104 point belting don’t warrant that. Also said that the players would have felt embarrassed by getting a standing ovation from that.
To me, it just smacked of them trying to copy the Essendon support back in the 2016 banned season. When we gave the boys a standing ovation after the North loss.
Difference is, ours was a makeshift team of kids and “top ups”…there’s is supposed to be their list going forward after years of rebuilding.
I had genuinely forgotten Wayne Brittain (Britten?).
Won a final (top 6??) in year one.
Then the salary cap cheating got discovered.
Dead last year two. And no picks.
Can’t say I’ve ever been to an Essendon v Hawthorn game and heard our cheersquad sing about the Carlturds. All I will say is they deserve what they have right now. Worst season since 1901, first time in club history they’ve had 20 losses in a season. I hope they select Lukosius and he gets homesick and wants to go back to Adelaide in 2 years. Continue to heap misery on them. FARK CARLTON FOREVERMORE!
I strongly disagree that Carltons or Gold Coasts problems will be solved with access to talent young or mature, with or without AFL experience.
Should the AFL allow them to list exAFL player as top ups akin to what we had? sure.
The idea that giving them the ability to pre select mature age state league guys is silly, their team is already full of them. And Tim Kelly would be half the player if he was playing for the Blues.
The only concessions they should get should be off field financial ones. Either raising their soft cap, lowering their mandatory player payments and or handing them some cash to splash on some decent coaches and off field guys.
And if the AFL is intent on compromising the draft then they should at least give every other club the ability to profit off of it via mandatory trading of the pick or mini draft pick
