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have a feeling the pies will get up (makes me sick). they have been under the pump all week so we come out breathing fire. we have had a week of - "arent the dees playing great" in the media even though we lost and have the same record as the pies who are in a crisis. hopefully soon when the dees are 1-2 we will be a crisis!

although we'll miss Vince. collingwood are without Elliot and Swan which are two of their best add to that Witts and Williams who are best 22. and a ? over Varcoe. so they are certainly in worse shape than us injury wise. Scharenberg also a loss for them. Brayshaw and Garlett to come in for Vince and Bugg

very poor from Vince. you cant swing your elbow like that. we dont really have a replacement for him as he is a class of his own regarding skills, inside/outside game, experience Brayshaw will do. if fully fit

Thinking Positively: we had 63 inside fiftys, kicking 20 goals against a top 5 team we won the contested posessions by 32 Oliver is a dead set gun after 3 games! didnt think i would see a debut season better than Brayshaw this year but we are seeing it Gawn back to his best - against the best ball movement a lot better if we have of showed some composure, maturity and confidence in the last Q we would have won. with little or no injuries and plenty knocking on the selection door, we have Pies, Tiges and Saints. no excuses, just 3 wins thanks!

So saints and dogs played prelims and gfs 6-8 years ago while we were bottom re building. And they have both passed us out. Wtf. Wtf

if we play like we have in the first 2 rounds (aside from one quarter) we'll get hammered, regardless of who is the 2nd tall fwd or who is down back the issue is the midfield and ball movement and [censored] putting in for 4 quarters. just name 22 fit guys who want to out their head over the ball and know the game plan (whatever the fk it is)

Where the fk has all this come from? depression after the Dons loss or has something changed in the past two weeks?

I've had enough Delist him!

was probably the most promising 2 quarters of the year: we looked electric for 2nd and 3rd Qs. hopefully north go into this game with the same crappy attitude we had last week

I would keep Brayshaw in if he just played poorly due to lack of match fitness. he needed the run (should have been at casey) but he will be better for it. Dunn or Frost or both need to come in for North's tall fwds drop anyone that is not fit, eg Oliver. he has played 5 in a row and may need a rest. I would be tempted to keep guys like Kent/Hogan in to redeem themselves. Kent is an angry bugger so Id like to see him show that.

If the weed gets match fit over the next month and then bangs down the door with marking/pressure/goals over 4-5 weeks then I would bring him in for sure. talking about it now is just nuts

Petracca starring as we smash the Pies would get us to 40K

Essendon have more respect as a footy team than we do right now just let that sink in

I'm even more gutted now than after the siren. Fk why can't we even be an OK average decent side for once! Haven't been out of the bottom 6 for 10 god damn years and doesn't look like changing. Mer might have better players now but the mentality is the same. Fark!! im flat as. Can't even be bothered watching the other games as it reminds me how soft we are. Usually us be drunk, maybe that's the problem.

Gutted. there goes all the positivity and momentum we built north must be Sh!tting themselves

Every time the ball hits the deck there are 3 bombers there. Where the fk are we? cant blame the umpires. We are pathetic

We are weakest team mentally in the league. It hurts to admit that. They should be up by 30. One of the worst teams in afl history Zero leadership.

What a poor quality game of footy. Like a game of keepings off where no one is winning. So much for attacking footy being back

less than 4 1/2 thousand to go until the 40K. its looking very possible now!

while the stats on amount of games is not without merit, the amount of trading that goes on each year doesnt mean it will take x amount of years to get there. if we trade in 3 150+ games in 2018 using draft pick they would take the place of first year players and our ave games played sky-rockets Also, I wonder what the average games lpayed for the Dogs young core is? they dont seem to give a rats about that!

sorry couldnt resist being a smartar$e! still dont think Fitz is up to it though. once spence fit and playing casey we should be right for 1st ruck

Bird, Simpkin and mckernan all dropped for kids. Wtf is woosha doing? they have 5-6 good players and the rest is rubbish. Their entire defence looks poor on paper. Thats worse than our worst team in 2013 If we play okay we should win by 70 pts+ but surely this should be triple figures.

yeah i really miss him on our injury list not a first ruck either in my opinion

we havent won 2 in a row for 5 years (in two consecutive calendar weeks in the AFL) what a disgusting record. we need to win this and I hope its by over 100 pts. i would love to wipe the smile of Sheedys face and see the biggish crowd of bombers fans after that 'stand up the dons' walk, crying into their lattes

the fwd line clicking in the last Q was due to many factors. winnning clearances, lowering our eyes and actually hitting targets on the lead rather than bombing it long and changing the personnel to throw them off.