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Couldn't agree more. Bring back Jesse I say.

Hopefully Jesse can do us a favor tomorrow. Not sure how we win a final with Weideman in this form. anonymous again today.

what has goodwin said at half time. This 2nd half performance is totally unacceptable.

if they lose this game from here i'll be getting my pitchfork out

just as well essendon didn;t bring this energy all game.

Jayden hunt. new contract now.

Essendon are pathetic and have the cue in the rack. We should put them to the sword 2nd half.

Gunston for Fritch please

a lift in tempo. much better. well done ANB.

I'd be telling Fritch to lay off the next time he marks inside 50. His kicking for goal is costing us.

rubbish hand ball oliver

My faith has been shaken a little by the GWS sh*t show last night. GWS had something to play. Freo don’t and they’ll need to have a red hot crack if they’re to beat the doggies. Will they put their bodies on the line in an end of season game with nothing to play for? I’m not confident.

If Goodwin can’t deliver a performance with finals on the line then he never will deliver a performance when it matters. And this would be the second time it’s happened. A bad performance would just be further proof (as if further proof was needed) that Goodwin needs to go. Essendon are so poor I think a bad performance might still be good enough for a W. That’s why I want to see a proper, 4 quarter effort. Nothing less is good enough imv

The bombers have been awful recently and have nothing to play for. We on the other hand have a spot in the 8 in play. I expect a full throttle performance and the W. Anything else and the “Is Goodwin the right guy” thread will explode.

I didn't think GWS would be this bad. Feeble performance.

We can afford it. We have approx. $7m sitting in an investment account from the sale of the Leighoak club last year. This has given us a buffer to weather covid and meant we haven’t had to tap the AFL for a line of credit. If we dip into this fund to pay-out the coach then obviously that means less available to fund a new home base. Also, we don’t know yet whether the pay-out would come within the soft cap for next year. If it does then we would have to make cuts elsewhere to come within the cap.

Agree. Europe has eased restrictions and infections are ticking upwards. Until there’s an effective vaccine they’ll be no crowds.

Not sure about that. If we can move a highly paid under-performing player off the books we’d be fools not to do it. We should be moving him on any which way we can.

Yep. He is our no. 1 list management problem.

Probably not. depends on how we perform in the finals if we get there.

Positives: May, Trac, recruitment, the draftees and Burgess Negatives: miss finals (probably), inconsistent effort, midfield mix, forward set-up, forward half pressure, goal kicking, Tmac Ultimately, I think we’re underachieving based on the talent at our disposal so for me, no finals means a wasted year

His move to half back was a failure but I think your assessment is a little harsh. He has played poorly recently, like plenty of others on the list, because he was played out of position. His strengths are hard tagging, gut running both ways, keeps his opponent accountable, can push forward and kick a goal. His drive and application in the final quarter against Freo almost pulled that game out of the fire. Yes, disposal could be tidier but you could say that about most of the team. Persist with but must be played in his best position.

That would be a lengendary run Nelo. The only way it could be any better is if we beat collingwood in the granny

I’ve had enough of the rollercoaster. Some boring certainty would suit me just fine.

I admit I was confident before the Sydney game, less so for Freo. I wasn’t thinking in terms of percentage either. I think we are a team with everything to play for coming up against a demoralised, disinterested mob. If we have our wits about us we should win well. Will we turn up, switched on? We’ll find out on Saturday at 2.10pm