Jaded No More

Hird's coaching record is 41 wins, 42 losses, 142 illegal injections and 10 years of football obscurity. Sounds to me like he definitely should coach them again. My Essendon mate literally said today that he has it in him to be an amazing coach and that he would love to have him back. They are literally brainwashed and delusional. Long may it continue.

Finals start tonight.

Bwahahahahahaha Essendon

I feel so sad for him. He was dropped and made sub around the same time last year and ended up as sub in the grand final. I feel like he’s more than earnt his spot this season and I hope it’s just a temporary rest and he’s back in the side for finals.

I spoke to my crystal ball and it told me tonight Goody will pull a massive surprise and announce a grand total of 0 changes.

Fritta would very clearly run his own hair gel company that also double as super glue.

No, he would be a vegan barista who runs his own organic gluten free coffee van in Fitzroy North.

Essendon deserve Ross Lyon.

I will never forget that game. I was in China for work. We were meant to be back for the game but got stuck there thanks to a typhoon. I was in my hotel room watching this game on the world's worst Wifi and VPN. It kept cutting out, and I remember it froze as he was lining up for goal. 2 seconds later I get a text from my dad.... "I f*ing hate Geelong". I cried.

Agreed and there is big pressure on them after their pathetic loss last week. I think they will give the Swans a decent nudge at Marvel.

Still hasn't helped them win a flag. Not sure how much it helps their finals preparation to play bottom of the ladder sides.

I agree but coming off a 5 day break after playing in wet conditions at Casey? Seems a very tough ask. I thought they might pull Harmes off after half time.

Cheers. Pretty disappointing from Clarko for mine. Chasing the 'big club' instead of the club that has put so much time and effort into getting him and would let him run the show. I doubt very much he runs the show at Essendon. Too many egos.

Our interstate record is impeccable of late. Let’s hope it stays that way.

I mean who didn’t say that

Essendon running to get Clarkson like

I don't know that May has the agility to go with Curnow. I thought Petty was superb on him. May has to find an extra gear before finals, because his form has been mediocre at best since Melksham punched him.

That means you are dropping Spargo for him, which seems highly unlikely at round 22. Or you take out Sparrow, but then you are down a big bodied mid in the rotation, which is also unlikely to happen. I think Hunt showed on the weekend why his pace is so important down back, so he stays. For mine the only spot under consideration down back is Rivers, but frankly, Rivers has the body to compete one on one much better than Bowey does. He's 19 and has a long career ahead of him. I think he should train as a winger/forward in the off season and push for that role next season.

GWS and St Kilda both have something to prove and will want to finish the season off well, especially the Saints after last week. Swans are in red hot form, but Saints might not get blown out of the water, and we might have another big win against the Lions. To suggest we are not finishing top 4 a week before the final 8 is settled, is frankly, just posting garbage for the sake of posting garbage.

For a guy who has supposedly already signed a deal with Freo, he seems pretty invested. Was braving the wet at Casey to watch the VFL boys play, has been posting pics of the win on his Insta... I don't know, something doesn't add up. He could possibly have just 2 games left with the MFC, but he isn't acting like someone who has already checked out.

Yep I am not a massive fan of Gus as an inside mid, because he racks them up but he isn't damaging. He is far more damaging as half back, but I understand that we have a plethora of players who can slot into that role

The saddest part about the ongoing racial vilification we keep seeing, is that it has already caused us to lose some absolute stars and it will continue to rob us of wonderful indigenous (and Sudanese and Muslim and so on and so forth) players. They deserve better and so does the game of AFL. These guys are some of the best players to watch, yet small minded people want to keep making it harder and harder for them to front up and play the game they love. I hope Kosi feels plenty of love and support internally and that we keep the good from outweighing the bad, as I am sure these things hurt him deeply.

He’s a terrible umpire and seems to have it in for us. So here’s hoping.

Brain power is not the strong suit of racists in my experience.