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Melbourne v Essendon - NAB Challenge - 20 March, 2015

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I'd just ditch the game and have a full hit out against Casey in Casey. Try to promote the crap out of it to get people through the gate with competitions, BBQs, fun for family, meet the players etc. Make it another family day.

Not ideal preparation for the team but at least maybe the club can get something out of it.

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The AFL will no doubt have a contingency plan in the event of Essendon forfeiting - the NAB Challenge programme can surely be rejigged to ensure that every team gets at least three of these games in b

Straight Sets Simon
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Wait, what's happening with Essendon?

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Play Bomberblitz?

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Happy to play a intra club televised on Foxsports. McCartney can coach the blues, and Goodwin the reds, Roos can do special comments, at half time 100 lucky members of the crowd will ritualistically [censored] Dwayne Russell with wooden paddles.

No Essendon required for some wholesome entertainment.

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Mind you Essendon and St Kilda played 1 less NAB challenge game than the rest in 2012. This is because Essendon didn't even make it to the ground because of bad weather.

Didn't seem to affect either club's start to the season. After round 9 that year, St Kilda were a solid 5-4 while the Dons were flying at 8-1.

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Mind you Essendon and St Kilda played 1 less NAB challenge game than the rest in 2012. This is because Essendon didn't even make it to the ground because of bad weather.

Didn't seem to affect either club's start to the season. After round 9 that year, St Kilda were a solid 5-4 while the Dons were flying at 8-1.

From memory they had a little chemical assistance

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From memory they had a little chemical assistance

I believe it was a "Wins-additive" in the tank !!!

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Mind you Essendon and St Kilda played 1 less NAB challenge game than the rest in 2012. This is because Essendon didn't even make it to the ground because of bad weather.

Didn't seem to affect either club's start to the season. After round 9 that year, St Kilda were a solid 5-4 while the Dons were flying at 8-1.

But not to Wangaratta. They were just high on the good stuff.

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Great article - some people just don't see themselves as being subject to the rules of the game and indeed of life.

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If we lose the Essendon game then we should skip the Freo trip and play the Saints in Morewell instead. Much better deal for our Victorian fans. And Essendon can pay Freo compensation.

We should enquire as to whether Hawthorn want to play us on Thursday the 26th of March.

The Hawks play their last NAB challenge on Thursday the 19th of March. Yet don't start the season until Monday April 6 (we start on Saturday the 4th).

18 days is a long time between your final warm up and first game. 11 days is long enough to get over soreness for the Hawks and we can probably survive on 9 days.

You wouldn't play a full game anyway. 15 minute quarters would cut it. Out at Casey on a Thursday afternoon would be perfect. Or even better - at Goschs!

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If we lose the Essendon game then we should skip the Freo trip and play the Saints in Morewell instead. Much better deal for our Victorian fans. And Essendon can pay Freo compensation.

We should enquire as to whether Hawthorn want to play us on Thursday the 26th of March.

The Hawks play their last NAB challenge on Thursday the 19th of March. Yet don't start the season until Monday April 6 (we start on Saturday the 4th).

18 days is a long time between your final warm up and first game. 11 days is long enough to get over soreness for the Hawks and we can probably survive on 9 days.

You wouldn't play a full game anyway. 15 minute quarters would cut it. Out at Casey on a Thursday afternoon would be perfect. Or even better - at Goschs!

We can't have that, I already have tickets to the freo game.

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We can't have that, I already have tickets to the freo game.

I don't think it will happen! You'll be safely able to go watch Freo's B team beat us. Freo Oval, should be nice.

But I'm still keen for the extra 3rd practice game for us, partly so we don't need to send all our best players over to Freo when our season doesn't start for a month!

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Anyone else find it blatantly transparent that Essendon's 3 NAB challenge competitors are the bottom three teams from the 2014 ladder? Saints, GWS and us.

The AFL don't even pretend to hide how manipulative they are in an unfavourable situation.

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If we lose the Essendon game then we should skip the Freo trip and play the Saints in Morewell instead. Much better deal for our Victorian fans. And Essendon can pay Freo compensation.

We should enquire as to whether Hawthorn want to play us on Thursday the 26th of March.

The Hawks play their last NAB challenge on Thursday the 19th of March. Yet don't start the season until Monday April 6 (we start on Saturday the 4th).

18 days is a long time between your final warm up and first game. 11 days is long enough to get over soreness for the Hawks and we can probably survive on 9 days.

You wouldn't play a full game anyway. 15 minute quarters would cut it. Out at Casey on a Thursday afternoon would be perfect. Or even better - at Goschs!

Last time we did that Hawthorn smashed by about 200 points and completely killed any confidence or momentum we had going into the season.

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I like the way the Sainters are quietly putting pressure on the League to provide a decent encounter.

Hope we are too.

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Last time we did that Hawthorn smashed by about 200 points and completely killed any confidence or momentum we had going into the season.

Agreed. I know Roos said it was going to be positive to see how much progress we'd made by playing against the best teams, but that was simply an embarrassment. We were being mocked when Josh Gibson went forward to kick goals. IIRC Clarkson didn't even bother turning up to coach that game, and left it for an assistant.

It killed all confidence we'd gained over pre-season and the Tigers victory.

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Ive got no problem ( nice of me I know ) with the scumbags on notice not playing the NAB cup.. If it were you, would you ? I doubt it. However I would hope the AFL compel its contractees not so conflicted to play . There should be no opportunity to allow those who are under notice to hide behind those that arent. There is an obligation of the players and the club to represent themselves.

Grow some Gill

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Ive got no problem ( nice of me I know ) with the scumbags on notice not playing the NAB cup.. If it were you, would you ? I doubt it. However I would hope the AFL compel its contractees not so conflicted to play . There should be no opportunity to allow those who are under notice to hide behind those that arent. There is an obligation of the players and the club to represent themselves.

Grow some Gill

Even Malthouse has waded into the debate...

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/carlton-coach-mick-malthouse-says--afl-is-at-risk-of-being-hijacked-by-essendon-20150212-13cljs.html

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The risk for the AFL is that now that the curmudgeon has spoken, it might find the public start to support Essendon again just to spite Malthouse.

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