Willmoy1947

A lot of pleasant surprises this year really and more next year....

These umps last night apparently were the cream of the crop, so what was going on.They went a bit slack on deliberate outs too.Sydney were given a raw deal last night as well by the umpires. And from now on because "Frees" statistics lie and cloud the issue of who gets a good run and who doesn't, i'm going to be like the rest of the media and ignore them.

If he's got a bit of mongrel about him the bears should have put him in the ruck against Watts!

Wasn't this the bloke who was being touted as one of our more favored Draft Picks by some on this forum in the 2015 National draft. Obviously we all knew nothing about him then, but.......

Just a slight permeation of AFL bespoke "umps if Brissie are close enough for a sniff at any stage in the game give them a little fillip" yesterday.They weren't!!! Can imagine "The Girlie Man" talk at AFL Headquarters this morning. "Blah Blah Blah but they weren't even close enough anyway".

Amazing how nice people are when they know you're leaving.

Another mid fielder to put minutes into ASAP

Very symbolic of the way we have been treated in the past, by media and opposition alike, and very symbolic of the way we are and will be from now on.

You mean gorilla dressed up as a bloke.

This opinion did not just fall from the sky as did neither i. It does precede the Essendon shambles and by the same, ran concurrently with it. All over the several years that I have participated on the forum we have been an unwarranted punch bag in a sea of punch-able bags whether it be about issues like team selection, coach selection or recruit; jumpers or lack of courage. there are many and I have no time for them (the media, disillusion be thy name). I wish I was still back in M sometimes amongst it. Heaven knows we tolerate their lies in lots of other general issues, but we don't nor shouldn't have to HERE even if we aren't a top team.

Exactly, and as well the bloody media maggots denigrate anything Melbourne does because they hate our guts and that is totally reciprocated.

In my younger days I'd be probably licking it so it didn't go to waste.

It's all about the sniff of a game, knowing that you think you're better than the older, more experienced blokes already in the team but never quite getting the opportunity to prove it so you try and do it at a pleasant Sunday morning. Not a good result! A good coach will just keep giving you the scent.....

I am having trouble putting four names together ESSENDON.....PLAYERS......GAME.....and KIDS The AFL has forgotten the last two obviously and we should not or else they will.

Any chance Melksham in the box this year, or is that a no no. Would be extremely valuable against "those who should not be named" etc

"Pre arranged strategy" could have been the wrong terminology perhaps "divine intervention" more appropriate

To my way of thinking I reckon Weideman going to D's could have been a prearranged strategy in that this bloke has in one stroke alleviated a ton of pressure from himself, his family and the football public. The pressure on this bloke to perform would have been, behind the scenes, extraordinary, and I extend to everyone connected with this decision in football's extended family that he's probably now got a good chance of being a quite successful player in the AFL and with Melbourne.

Why wouldn't there be a film available of today? Surely you would be able to tell if he was fair dinkim or not

You would seriously look at a law suite to stop your kid going to Essendon in any draft.

Jake Niall's excuse article for "nothing to do with flawed system"

Ringside wrestler too.

At the moment we have about 1/6th of Collingwood's team potentially playing for us. With Weideman it would become over a quarter. No such thing as the Demonobbles is there?

Somebody know how Melksham went during any finals that he participated in, as this is extra experience we are picking up and as soon as next year hopefully it could be pretty important.

What about "guilt on probability" and he plays a bottler and the heart flutters with "by gees he's a good get". Big conflict....

Melbourne or the bush....