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Pretty concerned. I can definitely see us getting the raw end of the stick. Can only hope its not to the levels of the Port game, that was a complete tire fire.

Yeah absolutely. You see so many perennial loser teams over the years finally break through that it just feels like we are the one that everyone has forgotten about and continues. Everyone gets their Cinderella story except us.

He may but gee who are the challengers? The Steelers, Colts and Bengals just seem like 'nearly men' teams. Sorry if that's harsh. I would like to see Luck get a full go at it with a half decent line.

This is something I can really get behind, unfortunately I've never heard Kelly linked once with us not even a whimper of speculation. Just seems like wishful thinking at this stage

All about the NFC no doubt about that! Always has been really ?

What a joke.

Now is the time to rise!

Weather we like to admit it or not, we’ve had a pretty big target on our backs all year. Many people like Derm have been waiting to see us arrive so it’s little wonder they say things like this when we don’t.

Yeah in my mind's eye I see a real gallant performance but falling short because it's a bridge too far. Then a whole lot of opposition people saying that we did well to rally them and that we should be proud and me having to tell them any less than a win didn't cut it. It's a big task

Well, what are we going to do about it?

Well he's going to need to offer something more than a couple of possessions and a few tackles. 2 goals would be nice

Totally with this. I'd like to see a bit more vigour and decisiveness around 50 and just go for home a bit more.

We were in such a great position last time that phrase was used

Totally not what Essendon needs.

At least that way an intercept defender wouldn’t keep chopping us off in the air!

Excellent post. Not once over this 12 year ‘renaissance’ have we had a side that could hurt the opposition by foot on a regular basis. In some ways I don’t feel we’ve had anything like this since the era of Yze, Green, Bruce, Johnstone et al.

Matthew Bishop

Reduce my MFCSS by 3%

Phil Gilbert

Howe or Scully

While I agree with this I do think it is extremely difficult to find these types of players. If you have 1 you're doing pretty well. I think Viney can be this guy if healthy. But as important as it is to have this talisman that can turn the tide we need to make sure that across the board we have guys who can step up that 5% in clutch moments of a game.

I'm not really sure what he'd mean by different treatment. Pedo usually gets the bullet almost as soon as he comes in and Tim Smith has played the same amount of games as Weed.

Probably in the same boat. I haven’t been sold on Goodwin as a match day coach. This does not mean I don’t like him or that I think we are better off without him, it purely means that I’m yet to go into matches with full faith that he’s going to make the right moves to get us over the line. I think he’s got great potential and clearly is still learning himself but surely its ok for us fans to be asking questions. Starting an extra behind the ball at centre bounces is one I’ve never been able to get my head around, we win that centre clearance into our 50 and it ping pongs out due to being outnumbered quite often. The only thing I can think of is are we trying to create a wall through the middle for when the ball comes back? Honestly got no clue on this one. The jury is still out.

Yeah I’d say so. The Cowboys really did get the best of him, the guy can’t seem to get any separation anymore.

Gee whiz, certainly puts things in perspective. I honestly don’t know how the people who have to trek to the G do it!