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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon

Locks Apr 10, 2026
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We’ll learn a lot about the 2026 club on Saturday. Will we have the maturity, professionalism and hunger to beat a poor performing side and elevate ourselves to a 4-1 start and suddenly be in the mix for a top 10 spot (with a number of potential wins on the table IMO)?

Or will it be another repeat of previous Gather round games where we don’t come to play and the opposition play attacking and nothing to lose type footy, and blow us away in a quarter of footy.

The lead into this game reminds me of the 2023 Gather Round where we had a 3-1 record and the Dons were about $4.20 to win it and were not given a chance.

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    3 minutes ago, Dees051321 said:

    I feel sick for this game… probably because the last 2 times we’ve played Essendon in gather round where we’ve been predicted to win we’ve lost. What’s with us playing them at gather round 😅

    Five teams remain winless in Gather Round: Hawks, Doggies, Tigers, Kangas and Eagles.

    Five teams haven’t suffered a Gather Round loss: Port, Lions, Pies, Giants and Cats.

    The law of averages says this will change, as will us losing to Essendon again.

    😉

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    9 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    If I was a gambling man I’d put everything I had on us to beat Essendon knowing that it was a certainty.

    … said every poor fool who took a win for granted. 😉

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    3 hours ago, JTR said:

    No Williamson this week, so that's a win.

    We do have Nicholls though 🫤

    Where did you see this? AFL site only has tonights game line ups and umps.
    I want to know if he is doing the cats game cos a mate of mine reckons he hates the cats the most.

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    49 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    If I was a gambling man I’d put everything I had on us to beat Essendon knowing that it was a certainty.

    I'm a gambling man and i'd seriously recommend NEVER putting everting you have on the dees to win ANY game!

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    I'm like GW ... I never bet on the Dees. If we lose, then I've lost twice.

    Having said that, I don't bet every round. And I hope I lose my money!!

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