For anyone thinking Essendon took too long to get the trade done and are ‘hard to deal with’…
The fact that Carlton still thought they were in with a chance - only for Dodoro to extinguish all hope at the last moment - that made it worthwhile for me.
The whole farking thing was concocted by the AFL for their primetime trade timeslot. Literally, the trade was never in doubt. EFC were ALWAYS going to get Shiel at two 1st round picks with a future pick coming back. That concept had in-principle support the moment that Shiel nominated us.
Walked past Jackets today on the way home from work in North Melbourne. Gave him the “Go the Bombers!” and he smiled, gave me the 1 finger up (like a cricket umpire would signal a wicket), and jumped into his car! Cool as a cucumber, the great man, probably wouldn’t have blinked at the trade table!