j_w
July 12, 2026, 11:27pm
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I can’t see us beating GWS this weekend anymore. They’ve found form at the right time.
Our last remaining risk is Port in the last round - without Rozee and probably Butters. JHF will have been sent for surgery by then. So Richmond getting the job done over WC is important.
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Sunday August 2nd is the Grand Final - Richmond vs West Coast Sunday 1:10pm @ MCG.
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I think the poor coaching is making it look much much worse than it is.
It’s not top 8 by any stretch, but the coaching of Scott and Splomonis really hampering it
With better coaching we’d be 17th.
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Yeah I’d be fascinated to hear who the four teams with worse lists than us are.
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Aceman
July 13, 2026, 4:31am
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Take it to the lid off thread
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I thought by now even the most one-eyed Essendon fan couldnt avoid the reality thats slapped us so violently across the face.
My worry is that the buffoons in charge of the club similarly will overrate the abysmal state of our list.
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LOL, WTF? I was typing it on my way to work, it’s not even close
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theDJR
July 14, 2026, 5:00am
191
Sounds like you have syphilis.
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Hopefully their horror injury list finally improved like ours has
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Ants
July 15, 2026, 5:11pm
195
rossoneri:
I think the poor coaching is making it look much much worse than it is.
It’s not top 8 by any stretch, but the coaching of Scott and Splomonis really hampering it
We finished bottom 4 in 2022 under Rutten. Three of the last five seasons in the bottom four, under two different coaches. Lost or about to lose from those “good” seasons Stringer, Ridley, Merrett, Draper, Heppell, Kelly, Hind and better Parish.
Scraping the barrell with Hep (was cooked) hind and Kelly.
Are we playing 7 short?
rossoneri:
I think the poor coaching is making it look much much worse than it is.
It’s not top 8 by any stretch, but the coaching of Scott and Splomonis really hampering it
Its the poor development of those who should be driving us now
24-28 group should be carrying us…….DUrham really doing the heavy lifting, with support from Reid and McGrath, rest can’t ven win their posiiton.
Martin -Injured
Durham - tick
Caldwell - what happenned
Reid - body holding up, needs more games
Perkins - average
Prior - Average
jones - hasn’t progressed from 1st season
duursma - tries
Gresham - cooked
mcGrath - Underwhelming
Cox - possibly done
Bryan - been dissapointing as number 1 but coming off acl
Ridley - inj
Balkiston - should only have got 1 year
Edwards - Jury out
Ridley - Ambulance
Setterfield - VFL