Tough one, against a first time Coach, Freo will be up and about.
Glad we are at home again.
Ambrose on Fyfe
Rd 1 side
B: Saad Hooker Francis
HB: McKenna Hurley Redman
C: Merrett Heppell Zaharakis
Hf: Smith Daniher Stringer
F: Fantasia MCKERNAN McDonald-Tipungwuti
R: Bellchambers Shiel Ambrose
Int: McGrath Parish, Gleeson, Cutler
Emg: Langford, Laverde, Mosquito, Guelfi, Snelling, Ridley, Stewart
Yeah this round 1 is so uninspiring - my interest could not be less. Thatās why Iām here on an obscure footy forum in October for some forensic assessment of this boring fixture.
Traditional rivals
Fixed
Every Essendon game is a blockbuster to our opponents.
*Look, initially I was upset we lost to the Dockers, but I think we played ok in patches. Just need to get a bit more consistent.
They will surprise many teams this year.
Although it was an away match for them, travelling in Round 1 is not a big problem.
What was up with the roof? It seems like we were always kicking directly into the sun. No wonder we didnāt take a mark I50.
If we beat WCE in Perth next week, we will be 1-1 and that is all we expected after Rd 2 anyway.*
Fremantle are rubbish, will be bottom 4 next year
If we canāt start the season off with a strong win, we are absolutely cooked
I canāt believe we lost to Freo.
This club is farked.
I hear that Sandi is keen to fly over for the game, as long as someone slips him an envelope chock full of the folding stuff. 
HOW MANY ā ā ā ā ā ā MIRRORS DID WE BREAK ???
Fark Carlton beat Richmond, and Collingwood thrash Footscray.
Worst start to round 1 - EVER.
The Eastaugh Crowley Johnson Cup
Kickett Delany Cup
No Bradley, McPhee or Solomon love
Weāre only percentage out of the eight?
GET ON US FOR THE FLOG OUR SEASON IS OVER
The full fixture isnāt even out yet, and they have already begun hyping it up. What a load of rubbish.
SERIOUS QUESTIONS!
They were only JLT Games, ā¦ eh???
Do a bit of thread reading do ya??? 
Something stinksā¦