Australian Football

[Panamark]

Originally posted by BOMBER
That's 4 weeks in a row we haven't turned up for the second half.
We are getting killed in the middle without a ruckman and we don't have the midfielders to rotate through the midfield to have fresh legs come the end of the game.
Rioli will help but if we go down to the Pies on ANZAC day then I think it's better off to finish down the bottom so we can for once have a good crack at the draft.It maybe our turn so to speak.

Great effort by The Blues mate,that was gutsy and a game which we should be forced to watch to be shown how a club should fight.

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Good luck with the Pies. You should win this, Buckley out, Rocca out..
Did you say Rioli is back this week ?? Well then we can count on
Tarrant being out (Just get Rioli to scalp him ! )

Dont lose faith Mate ! Its still early days..

[Panamark]

Oh I was going to say I agree with you on the half game thing.
Seems Essendon are using all their energy up in the first half
and the other teams pace themselves.. (Knowing they will be
able to run them down)... I got that feeling watching the Cartlon
game v Essendon.. I think thats what they need to work on...
Maybe its old legs ?? It seems if you can match it with the
Bombers until the third quarter, you are a real chance
(At the moment) But Im sure Sheeds is well aware of this.

There is too much talent in that team for them to stay on
the bottom.

[Panamark]

Originally posted by Halen High
You are most welcome to join us. We always have a great time watching Port go down. Every time Tredders missed we'd crack up laughing!

Love it !! Port suck..

[BOMBER]

Originally posted by Panamark
Oh I was going to say I agree with you on the half game thing.
Seems Essendon are using all their energy up in the first half
and the other teams pace themselves.. (Knowing they will be
able to run them down)... I got that feeling watching the Cartlon
game v Essendon.. I think thats what they need to work on...
Maybe its old legs ?? It seems if you can match it with the
Bombers until the third quarter, you are a real chance
(At the moment) But Im sure Sheeds is well aware of this.

There is too much talent in that team for them to stay on
the bottom.

On saturday we had 9 players under the age of 20 out there.
I know you guys have the youngest list,however I don't think people understand quite how young ours is at the moment.

[BOMBER]

This is the back page of todays Herald Sun here in Melbourne.

WE WILL FIGHT BACK

ESSENDON skipper James Hird yesterday said leading the battling Bombers was the toughest assignment of his long and distinguished career.
responding to a barrage of criticism about the Dons' 1-3 start to the season ahead of monday's blockbuster against Collingwood,Hird said it was imperative he and his teammates focused on playing good football.
"The issue for me is how turn it around and make the greatest club in the AFL the best team in the AFL," Hird said."I have a positive outlook on this side.It's the youngest side I've led in my eight years as captain and I see it as my greatest challenge."
Hird acknowledged his team's performance had been "totally unacceptable",but he defended their hunger and fitness.
He said Monday's game and the chance to atone couldn't arrive quickly enough and promised the "dawn of a new age" of the Essendon Football Club.
Hird implored his teammates to play with freedom and passion.

[MAX]

Originally posted by BOMBER
Hird implored his teammates to play with freedom and passion.

Let's hope they listen cos this is pissing me off.

[BOMBER]

Jimmy Hird is one of the greatest ever mate,if they don't listen to him then they won't listen to anybody.
I'm dreading the day he retires and it won't be that far away,maybe at the end of the season or next season.
Check me in for therapy when this happens.

[MAX]

Is Jimmy Hird the one you were comparing with John Elway to me last season?

[BOMBER]

Yes mate - this guy has overcome shitloads of horrific injuries to continually play brilliant football and lead our team in a way that many captains can only dream about.
The fans down at Essendon practically worship this guy and even opposition supporters who when he was younger used to dish it out to him have now even come to understand what this guy has achieved in football.
When he retires I will react like you did to Elway,there won't be a dry eye in the ground.

[MAX]

I remember you telling me about him mate. Fuck, I did lose it when Elway retired. It wasn't hard cos he was standing on the podium blubbering as well.

[BOMBER]

At the moment he is having to have blood drained to help him get through a game with his arthitic knee.
He will have to be nursed through games from here on out so now after all these years he needs someone else to grab games by the scruff of the neck so he can play the supporting role.

[MAX]

You think this might be his last season mate?

[BOMBER]

The knee has me worried.
If we keep fucking up then I think he will hang next year to help bring the kids on.

[Panamark]

James Hird is a legend, and thats coming from one of enemies ! LOL

[BOMBER]

Thanks P'Mark for saying that about my hooty hero mate.
A good turn deserves one in return so I will say something nice about a Carlton player.
I can't remember what year it was but there was a period of about 13 games in the 90's when Kouta played football at a higher level than I've ever seen it played.I'm not fucking around either.
This guy was picking up stats in the 40's and picking up the football by grabbing it with one hand.
Ijury stopped that run and has troubled him for years but although not being able to play at that impossible standard he has still been great.