Harley Reid about to fake an injury, so he doesn’t get drafted by the Dawks.
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A celebratory whisky 
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A once in a generation player at pick 1 will soften the blow for them.
Hawks literally stoped in the 2nd quarter.
I think that’s why Wingard got benched.
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Not yet, but give me time.
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Harley Reid will look terrible in brown and gold.
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Loved the pause before handball to draw an opponent away from the receiving player. Every single one of those would have been a ■■■■ short kick or hospital hand pass previously.
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fair to say the boys got around him
Waaaay ahead of you.
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What Essendon needs more than anything else is some consistency - I think an emphasis on better fundamentals will bring that. One of the most frustrating aspects of the last 10 years has been the chasm between the team’s best and worst football. They’ve been hard to trust even after big wins.
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Just leaving the G ….didn’t want it to end. Overall I’d say after quarter time that’s the best brand of football we’ve played for a while. Setters was great and Parish BOG was impressive. Liked Weids and Langers……Menzie great and Davey impressive. Perkins best game for the club. Our rucks were beaten and need to improve in coming weeks ……first up win for Brad - top of the ladder ….not bad !!!
Edit: Walla and that goal sent a chill down my spine !!! The crowd went nuts
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How’s my teddy doppelgänger going?
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135 photos here:
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We need Parish to stay at Essendon.
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would have been a very enjoyable game to be at live
wins like that always are
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jiath, and Cam Mckenzie and breust were good for them, but we basically broke even or won just about every other position.
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According to a few melts in the match thread, we don’t need him and need to get rid of him.
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Like David Swallow? Or Jaeger O’Meara? Or Harley Bennell? Or Jason Horne-Francis even?
A ■■■■ side is a really bad environment to develop a gun player. There’s too much expectation too early, the coach is under the pump and the whole footy department is unstable, the older guys who should be mentoring are either pants themselves, want out as FAs to a decent club, or have been brutally shanked to make way for more kids. In addition, every other side in the league is in the kid’s ear trying to get him to ask for a trade.
I think there’s a reason that in recent years the ‘once in a generation players’ who’ve been taken early in the draft and who have been the most successful, have often been father-sons and gone to stronger clubs.
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Go Bombers !!!
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I found it extremely weird when they decided at some point between 2019 and 2022 that McGrath didn’t need to tackle.
Cue his drop from being a very very very useful contributor in the middle to being a 3rd nipple running around chasing kicks.
Caldwell following that same path.
It’s like they see tackling as something you need to prove… for a bit. Then you’re golden.
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