GCDee

I've said it a number of times we need 3 tall forwards, with one being a mobile lead up forward to provide and outlet or create space out the back. In: Weid, Brown, Bennell Out: hunt, avb, Melksham I don't think we will change the backline.... Yet. Viney, Brayshaw and Oliver put on notice.

I used to love watching the footy, even when we were [censored] house with a VFL standard list. I watched for the grind of the rebuild, the new talent coming in and the selling of hope. We are now 3 back to back rebounds in with a list with a stronger age demographic than our list which made a prelim in 2018. Right now and the next 3 years is our best chance at a flag and it's clear our FD has no idea what to do with the list to get the best out of them and get results. The reality is in 14 years we have made the finals 2 times. The 12 years we have missed out we have been completely incompetent and not up to AFL standard frequently in the bottom 4. The club is weak, we have no home base, no assets, huge amounts of debt and worst of all a team of perennial losers, from the bottom up. So I say to the MFC, stop with your [censored] campaigns to raise money from your supporters, no one is interested. Stop making excuses for poor performances. Every team is in the same boat this year. I don't want to see this club get any more handouts. Either work your arses off to perform and survive or just [censored] fold. Right now MFC you are so far beyond irrelevant not even your supporters will tune in to watch you play. It's now or never, we finish bottom 4 again, we will be lucky to crack 20k members in 2021.

[censored] off Goodwin

That is the worst HTB call I have ever seen. If that is precedent there should never be a ball up again

That was an enjoyable quarter of footy.

Goody clearly doesn't like kicking goals........ I'll spew if ANB is in before Harley.

Absolutely... I really cannot remember a team which dominates most games they play in the key stats, i50s, clearance & contested ball.. yet cannot win consistently or put teams away. I really do hang onto the hope that we are 1 step away from making it click but this frustration is really getting old. We need to make this work and fast, we already have an entire generation of fans embarrassed to support the dees as we have been dog [censored] for over a decade. There will be no supporters left if we need to rebuild again.

Yeah Lockhart needs to go. You cannot be seen laughing when you have been pinged for a 3rd time holding the ball inside defensive 50. By the sounds of it goody won't bring back in Harley anytime soon. Out: Lockhart In: Jetta If we decide to bring in an extra tall it'll be at the expense of melk or Vandenberg doubt it though, think we are going to try and get some continuity with our forward line.

Especially when we had two players out the back.... Couldn't believe what I was seeing, he sprints and pumps that in side 50 we have the Geelong defenders scrambling back. Would have been a mark in the goal square or front on contact free

Salem needed to run and get than in we had two players out the back. Glad we fought back but we lost that game our selves. Shocking skills and footy smarts. Ask us for a million when we learn how to win a [censored] game

Stewart initiated the contact

Shiiit what a borefest... Our boys haven't turned up.

Surprisingly good analysis by the Geelong supporters. Bang on.

No Harley I suppose he has pulled up sore

This just stinks of a cover up... And of course it's Essendon at the thick of it.

Kind of off topic... Has it been officially confirmed that AFL lists will be reduced?? If so given we have so many players come out of contract we may be one of the only teams with cap room to offer J Cameron a deal he cannot refuse

Awesome slobbo... It's that or forfeit God I hate Essendon so much

I was about to post this.... I cannot see any Victorian teams being allowed to cross our borders up here without the 14 quarantine period. Palache (rightly so) has stood to her word through the entire pandemic and simply will not take any risks. It was all over the radio that all of greater Melbourne is considered a hot spot and anyone travelling from there (even if they are an essential worker) will be required to serve a mandatory 14 day quarantine.

Games are continuing as fixtured... Melb v ess will be made up "later in the year"

So Carlton will get the play the bombers will their makeshift backline.... But we will get to wait until later in the year once everyone is back and add in Heppell and fantasia

There is zero chance we play the game mid week this week. Barret, the AFL chief journo, who you think would have the inside word said the plan is for it to be made up later in the year once the next segment of fixtures are released. This is also assuming there are no further postive cases coming from the bombers. So yes the concern now falls to the bombers next two rounds as they will likely be in isolation. If the AFL and EFC somehow swindle a way to avoid isolation and there are no further cases then my guess is ESS v MELB will be the opening round for the next period of rounds on a Tuesday or a Wednesday with our next game being the following Monday or sunday. However I don't think this will happen, players and staff in close contact with Connor will be in isolation, the bombers will miss three games and [censored] knows what the plan is to fixture 3 games for them then. My bet is another player or official will test positive, the AFL will keep it underwraps until Saturday Arvo allowing Thursday-saturday games to proceed as normal bar the Essendon game. Gil to call a presser saying the season will be suspended for 2 weeks at the conclusion of the round (Sunday games to be completed) this will allow the hub teams to go home serve their quarantine period and they will slap together some new fixture for rounds 5-9.

Agreed, it is completely negligent and bone headed to allow any EFC player or staff member who has had contact with Conor skip a quarantine period for the sake of some TV $ and to tick another game off. Lives are at risk most players would have a vulnerable family member, they cannot be allowed to play. If that means call off the season so be it. If that means they have a plan to postpone essendons next three games and make them up later (good luck fixturing that) or allow the season to continue as fixtured with Essendon forfeitting.

Pretty simple really, you have a positive test, the player and anyone they came in contact with isolates for 14 days. Yes it would suck but health and safety comes above a game. I would have the exact same view if it was Spargo who came back as positive

If that's really the case, why isnt the protocol to wait until the test results come back before allowing anyone into the club.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/455279/barrett-random-fixture-on-cards-after-conor-s-covid-test Looks like we will just play our round 3 later in the year. With ess v Carl and us v Geelong to go ahead as normal next weekend. I'm sorry but this is complete BS. Yes there is ambiguity over when this irregular test came back but the fact is HE WAS at their club and in contact with staff and players after a irregular test. Be it for a training session or just for 20 minutes, he was there. This is essendons problem now, they will need to self isolate for 14 days (how can they not?!) Tough pill to swallow but for the comp and their fans but they need to forfeit until they can show clean tests on all players and staff 14 days from now. This would be a different story if they did the right thing and make Connor self isolate as soon as the irregular test came back. But they pushed the boundaries let him train (or hang out at the club for 20 minutes) potentially infecting many. Sorry Essendon you [censored] up again. Price you pay for incompetence.