i think from all reports with the new strength and conditioning team we can hope for no mid season drop off lol
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Which is a great thing. Ideally weād want him to build his confidence at the lower level rather than feel the pressure to perform straight away.
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I actually go by the name Chris, get it right.
You had 1 job.
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Interesting list - Id say around 6 players will be delisted this year and apart from Gresham who seems to be on the way out its probably going to be a pretty difficult call
Exactly. Which is why some of us get frustrated when Essendon doesnāt focus more on youth, and move on some of the older players.
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I think the āIFā part there is key. Iām forecasting a pretty heavy year of injuries again. The improvements will take more than a year to impact and the guys coming back will be at high risk.
If we were fully fit, Iād say we were below Carlton and even with Port and Melbourne, just ahead of North, Tigers and the Eagles. Be it, North will get it together soon I reckon: they should be way better with their midfield.
Iām tipping us to finish between 12th and 15th this year.
Definitely. Iād also say Cox and Guelfi have been unlucky with injuries. Iād still move on from Guelfi regardless, and Cox needs to show heās past injuries.
Iād also have more senior players on the willing to trade list.
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If we stay healthy I think Bradās 11 winās he got in 2023 and 2024 will be about the mark.
Not an unreasonable take. Port, North, Melbourne x2, Collingwood, and Carlton are all toss ups in my mind (with what we know now), and are up to Round 14. With IMO expected deterioration from Port & Collingwood, improvement in North, and who knows on Carlton and Melbourne.
I assume weāll beat WCE & Richmond. So we could be anywhere from 2 to 8 wins out of 14 going into the bye. If its 2-4, then the wheels could really come off in the second half of the season.
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Hurley needs an x as well
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Might as well get rid of the lot
You know, we actually have a few other threads that cover this topic. Perhaps, we try to keep this one to pre-season training.
Thanks.
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Yeah thatās a really good point. Whatās everyoneās thoughts on Brad Scott and how we are collectively travelling as a club?
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How about the new CEO?
I think port and Melbourne get a bit of bounce getting a new coach so probably puts them slightly ahead of us, north who knows what that rabble will do but eventually they have to come good but I see that as a win for us.
Anzac Day is always a bit of 50/50 but they have had the wood on us so probably we drop that so I think at best we are 3-7 hitting round 11 at worse 1 and 9
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You are the most miserable douche in a truckload of miserable douches.
Off to the Ignore function again.
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Random observation: The posts getting the most likes are those suggesting that preseason training remains a key subject matter for this thread. Revolutionary!
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How many social media people got invited to the media day. Seems everyday a new video from a different podcast group appears.
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I vaguely recall people were lauding him for doing exactly that when he came to the club.
Wonder what changed?
We didnāt have the players to execute or sustain it?
When footy clubs/teams click it all happens naturally. We instead struggle across so many aspects of being a consistently competitive team.
Hopefully the list is changing to bring in the type of players who can do whatās needed. And the coaches it make it happen.
yep - hope
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