Something seriously wrong with the club (Part 2, March 2022)

[dons_thru_n_thru]

That famous board room painting of Essendon legends at the Hanger should be sent back to Windy Hill. They should commission a version that suits the Hanger which would be all the players of the past 20 years gathered together after a 15 goal thrashing at the hands of our arch enemies, with Dys patting them on the bums and smiles with players on crutches.

[dingus]

@SplitRound

@quietachiever

The current debacle of a VFL program is the canary in the coal mine. Has Brasher and Co even acknowledged this?

Brasher and co are insisting the canary is fine like the shopkeeper in the dead parrot sketch.

Sean Murphy:

[barnz]

@ivan

Shutting down the prospect of an external review after one pissy and extremely lucky win against mediocre opposition who are nowhere near finals themselves really was just peak Essendon and should be a noose around brash’s and x’s neck imo.

They’ve adopted the good old Essendon arrogance. Without the good on field part. Stunning really

[barnz]

@Finding_Nino

Sheeds didn’t look happy last night maybe he’s the one that’s keeping a razor sharp focus?

Ffs enough with the sheeds he’s as complicity as most of them for our current predicament. He even has a sprinkle or overt corruption about his appointment too

[Finding_Nino]

I’m just trying to find a positive

[barnz]

He’s not it chief.

[Donslaught9]

@dons_thru_n_thru

They should commission a version that suits the Hanger which would be all the players of the past 20 years gathered together after a 15 goal thrashing at the hands of our arch enemies, with Dys patting them on the bums and smiles with players on crutches.

With Worsfold as coach sitting on the bench with the headphones on twiddling his thumbs.

The likes of Josh Green, Ariel Steinberg, Courtney Johns, Jay Neagle, Brayden Ham etc all featuring prominently in the illustration. Smiling of course.

[Tezzalenco]

The thread title says it all. I’m surprised we are not up to part 10 yet.

[fademan]

Interesting take. The VFL team is out of the media and to be honest, I know very little of what’s happening there… Is it that bad?

Our latest draft picks seem to have done ok?

[ivan]

@Paul_Peos

It feels weird to even say, but it appears the club got ‘ahead of themselves’ over beating Hawthorn.

X and brash standing in the race post game with the colours on and giant ■■■■ eating grins, Rutten striding out into the middle and hugging everyone. It was like we’d won the grand final. It was honestly embarrassing.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the win too but having watched the replay a few times it’s bonkers how lucky we got. Gunston missed and absolute soda to send them 5 goals clear during the third and then doubled down by missing a pretty regulation snap early in the last to make the lead 4 goals. Either of those go through and it kills us off, I’m certain.

Hell even the Merrett goal to put us in front was a fluke and it should almost certainly have been a free against Caldwell on the flank when he tunneled a hawk jumping for a mark so the ball should never have got down there.

And this Hawks side is farking average, probably less experienced and younger than us or if not it’s very close. They’re certainly years away from challenging.

I get it, winning was a huge relief, but the same problems with defending the ground were there all night and we’re lucky to still be in the game when their Ruckman went off for concussion protocols for 10 minutes early in the last and we seized some momentum.

[Clone_Hirdy]

@Henry_s_Angry_Pills

You’re one of those blokes constantly rocking up to ED claiming to have “fallen” on the sauce bottle, aren’t you?

I’m clumsy

[MattyKnights]

@RTBC

I am not jumping of Rutten…yet.

You may not but based on what I witnessed against Sydney, the players have. There is simply no way our performances this year bar a couple of quarters demonstrate a cohesive, committed playing group that is buying into the game plan. You simply can’t be as good as that 8 goal last qtr against Hawthorn and for every other match be so utterly disjointed and confused.

Essendon has massive systemic problems at every level which does not make it easy for Rutten but he too must be questioned based on the wildly fluctuating implementation of his game plan

[Saucy]

We need a brand new List Management Team. Dudoro & RFK can fark off.

We need a new Fitness Team & Medical Team.

We need a new CEO, who isn’t a complete wanker.

We need a new Club President who is still alive.

And we could also do with a Coach has a clue.

In other words… It’s all good, just trust the prcoess.

[Finding_Nino]

Would not surprise one bit if we did all that and rebounded quickly afterwards

[Rhino-D]

@fademan

Interesting take. The VFL team is out of the media and to be honest, I know very little of what’s happening there… Is it that bad?

Our latest draft picks seem to have done ok?

In a nutshell it does appear that ‘the club’ for reasons both mystifying and bewildering effectively sank our then very decent VFL list during the pandemic by effectively leaving our players in limbo and forcing them to seek certainty with other VFL clubs.

Clearly a choice was made.

A very short sighted choice which will likely continue to have ramifications for the senior men’s program.

Standard Essendon really.

[Preliminary_Point2]

You think we can have literally everything wrong with the club but rebound quickly?

Dude.

[Scorpio]

@ivan

Shutting down the prospect of an external review after one pissy and extremely lucky win against mediocre opposition who are nowhere near finals themselves really was just peak Essendon and should be a noose around brash’s and x’s neck imo.

This. It’s so typical. Always a short term view. Not a strategic bone in their bodies.

[Fairtackle]

That was Farking ridiculous before the game with Dyson and all his family and friends carrying on.
I don’t think I have ever seen anything like that before a game from any club.

WHat the actual Fark goes on at the club during the week to come up with that crap.

[barnz]

@Saucy

We need a new CEO, who isn’t a complete wanker.

nah we want a wanker, but a wanker thats for the club being good at football

[Wanderlust]

Particularly with the players all standing there waiting to get through the banner and start their warm up.