3 minutes ago, Thrice said:

Except that they have. Don't misconstrue this as 'whoa is Essendon'; but: The club had premiership points stripped in 2013 and they missed the finals. They were fined. Their coach and senior staff were suspended. They've lost a whole swag of supporters (many to the AFL altogether). More prosaically, they lost the chance at a premiership for a whole generation of players (regardless of your views on those individuals' culpability). They must now rebuild with draft sanctions and will be un-competitive for a number of years. 

To say they haven't been punished (and rightfully so) is simply false. So will happily be there, cheering on my team against the opposition, no matter who they are, just like I do every other week.

Got off lightly as far as i am concerned...

but we all have different views

8 minutes ago, Thrice said:

Except that they have. Don't misconstrue this as 'whoa is Essendon'; but: The club had premiership points stripped in 2013 and they missed the finals. They were fined. Their coach and senior staff were suspended. They've lost a whole swag of supporters (many to the AFL altogether). More prosaically, they lost the chance at a premiership for a whole generation of players (regardless of your views on those individuals' culpability). They must now rebuild with draft sanctions and will be un-competitive for a number of years. 

To say they haven't been punished (and rightfully so) is simply false. So will happily be there, cheering on my team against the opposition, no matter who they are, just like I do every other week.

remind me again what the punishment was actually  for ?

3 hours ago, jnrmac said:

 

I hope they get smacked round 1.

 

I hope they don't get smacked because knowing the MFC we'll take them lightly.

Can't understand why Melbourne supporters would boycott this game.

There's still 4 points up for grabs and it's a crucial launching pad to finally get some early wins on the board.

2 hours ago, old dee said:

Wow pd I did not think anyone would pick that one up.

You are older than I thought.

to answer No still looking.

Having thought about it for a bit, I believe Bolte said "they can walk up and down until they're bloody well foot sore " Mind you, the press probably cleaned it up a little from the original comment.

I will be away so I guess that eases my decision making, but I am hugely conflicted in my mind by this.

yes - I would love to be there and hopefully watch our team absolutely smash these cheats

no - I cannot bear to watch that club playing in any game, regardless of the outcome.  They shouldn't be playing at all.  They have by their actions forever tainted our competition, indeed our nation's sporting image.  And to think that they have been rewarded by the corrupt AFL administration with ANZAC Day and numerous prime time fixturing.  

no - I cannot allow a penny of my money go to this disgrace of a club

Even should we have a massive win, I will find it difficult to watch the replay.

 

It might be their pseudo home game....but its ALWAYS OUR HOME GROUND !!  Time we started playing to remind everyone of this .

26 minutes ago, Thrice said:

Except that they have. Don't misconstrue this as 'whoa is Essendon'; but: The club had premiership points stripped in 2013 and they missed the finals. They were fined. Their coach and senior staff were suspended. They've lost a whole swag of supporters (many to the AFL altogether). More prosaically, they lost the chance at a premiership for a whole generation of players (regardless of your views on those individuals' culpability). They must now rebuild with draft sanctions and will be un-competitive for a number of years. 

To say they haven't been punished (and rightfully so) is simply false. So will happily be there, cheering on my team against the opposition, no matter who they are, just like I do every other week.

Err they were not punished for taking performance enhancing drugs. Can we get that straight? 

The EFC were punished for engaging in conduct that is "unbecoming or likely to prejudice the interests or reputation of the Australian Football League or to bring the game of football into disrepute, contrary to rule 1.6" in that they failed to keep records of their suplements regime etc etc  There was nothing to do with taking illegal drugs because at that point they hadnt been found guilty of that.

No sympathy from me....as far as I am concerned they tried to get out of the whole sage by destroying records. They have gotten off lightly. Remind again what has happened to Hird? What 'punishment' has he been subjected to?

Danger with this game is that over the past 5-6 years, we generally play well below our ability when we have something to lose, when we are not the underdogs, when we are expected to win. This is caused by the psychological scars of the past, but hopefully this is the year we move past the "oh [censored] we couldn't lose this game could we" mentality that brought on such [censored] poor performances as essendon and Carlton last year, Brisbane the year before, etc.

Hopefully this is the year we bury our demons once and for all and learn how to use confidence and concentration to dominate our opponents.

I'll be at the g in round 2. Wouldn't miss it for the world.

18 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

Having thought about it for a bit, I believe Bolte said "they can walk up and down until they're bloody well foot sore " Mind you, the press probably cleaned it up a little from the original comment.

You are correct I believe there were a few F's in there as well.

 

Our supporters have marched to the G for the Queens Birthday game for X number of years....look at how that's impacted the result!  We shouldn't be worried about opposition clubs organising rallies, celebrations for milestone games etc, because if we're going to be a decent side, we need to overcome all that hype hullaballo and win the game anyway.  An Essendon rally and fanfare shouldn't make a rats ar$e difference to how well we play, and in fact, it might keep us on our toes given how bad we've been in recent times when we've played a team we're expected to beat.  

7 minutes ago, Allen Jakovich said:

Danger with this game is that over the past 5-6 years, we generally play well below our ability when we have something to lose, when we are not the underdogs, when we are expected to win. This is caused by the psychological scars of the past, but hopefully this is the year we move past the "oh [censored] we couldn't lose this game could we" mentality that brought on such [censored] poor performances as essendon and Carlton last year, Brisbane the year before, etc.

Hopefully this is the year we bury our demons once and for all and learn how to use confidence and concentration to dominate our opponents.

I'll be at the g in round 2. Wouldn't miss it for the world.

There is your problem AJ we are a vastly different team to 4 - 5 years ago.

 

2 minutes ago, Glenn Molloy said:

Our supporters have marched to the G for the Queens Birthday game for X number of years....look at how that's impacted the result!  We shouldn't be worried about opposition clubs organising rallies, celebrations for milestone games etc, because if we're going to be a decent side, we need to overcome all that hype hullaballo and win the game anyway.  An Essendon rally and fanfare shouldn't make a rats ar$e difference to how well we play, and in fact, it might keep us on our toes given how bad we've been in recent times when we've played a team we're expected to beat.  

Maybe we should march from the Treasury Gardens or Gosch's Paddock, timed to arrive (in greater numbers) straight after them and quickly fill the ground?

1 minute ago, CBDees said:

Maybe we should march from the Treasury Gardens or Gosch's Paddock, timed to arrive (in greater numbers) straight after them and quickly fill the ground?

Here is a better idea.

Beat them by ten goals.

27 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Can't understand why Melbourne supporters would boycott this game.

There's still 4 points up for grabs and it's a crucial launching pad to finally get some early wins on the board.

no bad behaviour from Essendon will make me miss watching the dees play, that's for damn sure

Just now, old dee said:

Here is a better idea.

Beat them by ten goals.

Here is an even better idea: do both!

44 minutes ago, Thrice said:

Except that they have. Don't misconstrue this as 'whoa is Essendon'; but: The club had premiership points stripped in 2013 and they missed the finals. They were fined. Their coach and senior staff were suspended. They've lost a whole swag of supporters (many to the AFL altogether). More prosaically, they lost the chance at a premiership for a whole generation of players (regardless of your views on those individuals' culpability). They must now rebuild with draft sanctions and will be un-competitive for a number of years. 

To say they haven't been punished (and rightfully so) is simply false. So will happily be there, cheering on my team against the opposition, no matter who they are, just like I do every other week.

So exactly what penalty did the club receive after the 34 were found guilty of receiving PED's?

You do mention some self inflicted wounds, but they have received no penalty.

I'll be there - louder and more obnoxious than usual, and I will be handing out plenty of free advice to all Essendon supporters within earshot.

me too, bitters, i expect we'll give them a jolly good thrashing

I assume it will allowed for dees supporters to bring banners saying

beat the cheats and drug cheats etc? I'll be getting the textas out! Once I think of something witty enough

Can't believe people would contemplate boycotting the game. You're love of the Dee's should outweigh the hatred of Essendon. 

Hopefully I can make it over and grace you all with my presence. 

This game has already been marked as "Hammer Time". 

Are some getting worried by the fact they beat up on the other rabble?

They are still to play Geelong and West coast away. 

Rd 1 they play the Suns away. 

We need to get physical with them before the opening bounce then pile on the goals as we steamroll them into the turf. Put 8 goals to zip on them in the first qtr, break them mentally. Are we forgetting they are largely kids and a few has beens thrown together.

Dees by 89.

 

 

7 minutes ago, DubDee said:

I assume it will allowed for dees supporters to bring banners saying

beat the cheats and drug cheats etc? I'll be getting the textas out! Once I think of something witty enough

how about  #STANDBYCLEANSPORT in 6' letters

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Can't believe people would contemplate boycotting the game. You're love of the Dee's should outweigh the hatred of Essendon. 

Hopefully I can make it over and grace you all with my presence. 

Ethan, it will be the only MFC - MCG match that I miss. 

Just now, ManDee said:

Ethan, it will be the only MFC - MCG match that I miss. 

what better satisfaction could you get than witnessing a jolly good thrashing?