Alex Rance lays down the law on the training track at The Hangar. Picture: Getty Images
The premiership Tiger looks like he should still be in the league. Picture: Getty Images
Some encouragement for Bombers’ defender Aaron Francis. Picture: Getty Images
Antonio Banderas rears his not very ugly head and we’re only 25 posts in to the very first session. Pre-season record.
Is rance eligible for a cat B rookie just in case.
I don’t think so.
Either PSD or SSP, I beleive.
It’s all wishful thinking tho…. It won’t happen.
Or will it?
If we are first on the ladder come the MSD, and all our Key Defenders get injured for the season…… maybe.
But no, it won’t happen.
Nudge nudge, wink wink.
I thought it was joe root after hormone therapy
Good to see he’s diving in
Looks closer to a young Tom Cruise.
By Alex Zaia
Essendon legend Kevin Sheedy believes his former club should be pushing for a top four spot within two years after showing significant improvement in 2021.
The Bombers jumped from 13th to eighth in Ben Rutten’s first year as sole senior coach thanks to career-best years from All-Australian duo Darcy Parish and Zach Merrett and Jake Stringer’s red-hot form in the second half of the season.
Talented youngsters Nik Cox, Archie Perkins, Harrison Jones and Sam Draper all looked at home at senior level as Rutten’s new game style transformed the Bombers into one of the competition’s most exciting teams.
Sheedy, a four-time Essendon premiership coach, thinks the Bombers are on the right track under Rutten.
“To win the premiership would be very difficult but not impossible (in 2022),” Sheedy told Sportsday .
“I think the boys need 50 to 80 games at least so I’m thinking to myself personally with the experience of being around footy for 50 years, I reckon the more 100-game players you’ve got out there or close to around 100 games, these young players are very early in their careers, and just remember, they didn’t even play the year before.
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“I would like to think somewhere within two years we should be getting somewhere and knocking on the door of the top four.
“That’s only my personal belief, it’s not the club’s belief, but it’s a sincere belief that we don’t overrate this year, but we don’t underrate it also.”
The Bombers’ wait for a first finals win since 2004 extended this season after losing to the Western Bulldogs by 49 points in an Elimination Final.
Essendon currently holds picks 11, 51, 56 and 87 heading into this month’s National Draft.
We can win the flag in 2022. I BELIEVE!!!
Rance has come up immediately in my estimation.
wouldn’t have picked you for an X-Men fan
He just sounds right does Sheeds. Maybe not this year coming up but who knows.
wtf?
Former club? He’s on the f*cking Board.
Nobody has mentioned Harry Jones and he’s not in any of the photos. Does anyone know why he wasn’t there?
He is probably doing strength programming as part of his recovery from his foot surgery prior to commencing high running loads.
