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

[Rom]

What happened ?

[RockyStarPro]

I wouldn’t be shocked if we run into some good form leading up to that, and we bury Carlton. We’ll then take the confidence and win a lot of games in the second part of the year and finish 11th.

The club will drink its bathwater, the media will start claiming that we’ve finally arrived after 20 years of ■■■■ because of our second half of the season blitz…

…and then round 1, 2023 comes around

[Wanderlust]

All his family and friends lined up at the banner and formed like a guard of honour. Heppell went up to them all to give them a hug and kiss.

Whilst the team waited at the banner to get onto the field and start their warm up.

[Saucy]

It seemed like the type of celebration you would give to a veteran in his final match.

[abracadraper]

from the very first few minutes of the geelong game it was clear that our playing list was ill prepared for actual footy, it just looked oh so hard for them, as if we’d been training to play vfl and started an afl season and were like “oh ■■■■, i am incapable of this”

That all comes down to the coaching staff and the standards set at training

[MattyKnights]

@barnz

Pauline has nice handwriting. Indicative of a disciplined childhood. Something our players and executive lack.

Pauline for Head Coach I say!

[MattyKnights]

@Finding_Nino

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

I’m guessing that comment will age really badly. This is only gonna get worse. Richmond, Port (away) Carlton to come.

I am seriously starting to believe that this team hates each other. They are not a team. Only teams with a common commitment can ‘bounce back’

[MattyKnights]

@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.

It’s actually more of an indictment on Dyson as a Captain of an elite sports club. He should never have agreed to that ridiculous and self indulgent stunt. Can you imagine Joel Selwood or Dustin Martin or any half serious senior footballer holding their own personal family and friends work day while your teammates are standing around at the banner waiting to run through.

It was like something David Brent would do in The Office

[Dasher]

I’d certainly never seen anything quite as OTT before a 200th game.

Everything about the club is just cringeworthy at the moment.

Love the David Brent reference

[LucasLefty]

According to the club the moment was “Goosebumps!”

[Strewth]

External review would mean exactly as much as an internal one because they’ll cherry pick someone to do it, that will be utterly biased towards what’s already happening.

[dingus]

What’s Ziggy up to these days?

[LucasLefty]

Lives in Summer Bay

[Strewth]

You’d have to start with the longest serving people in that group and then assess how much change (if any) there was to be had.

[Chris_1993]

All of those sides had a complete bottom out of the boat year, too.

Geelong in 2006 almost sacked Thompson after finishing 10th.
Richmond were terrible in 2016 and supporters wanted to overthrow the board.
Melbourne in 2019-20 after making a prelim in 2018.
Hawthorn might be the exception - 2009 they did fail to make finals, but were injury ravaged and only missed by a game.

Not saying that is the case for Essendon. But there is truth in the statement progress is rarely linear, and plans don’t always go smoothly.

[Albert_Thurgood]

@Saucy

I can’t wait until we’re 2-10, after we get obliterated by Carlton, in our anniversary match. We will need to revive Brasher, so he can come out and announce the EXTERNAL REVIEW.

razor sharp focus of the board on football.

[Albert_Thurgood]

@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.

… and Mozzie telling them the 3/4 time joke.

[mdso]

We are NOT rebuilding Brasher says, then we must be just falling apart then. And the Captains 200 game performance. Never seen anything like it.

Everyone else seems to be able to see there’s a problem with the way the Essendon footy club are playing, except for those at the top. Open your peepers.

[Jetster]

@LucasLefty

Lives in Summer Bay

[BAAKKEERRRR]

@Finding_Nino

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

You’ve watched Essington operate on and off the field for the last 20 years, and you think that we’ll do all that, eh?

Nino please…