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Wanganeen I understand. The other two not so much. I think was ready to take a huge step forward this season but he was cruelled by injury on the eve of the season. One of the very few players who can kick a footy properly. I guarantee he will any Massimo D’Ambrosio. Be picked up by another team and...

The Edge was back with knobs on. We smashed into bodies hard, tackled hard and turned the game. Caddy was inspired when he started clunking them. It like his youthful pure footy inspired the entire side. By far the best win of the season. Next week I want to see this line in selection. No change. Ca...

Yes the umpires had a terrible effect on the game but but but but the game was ours in the 2nd qtr. We totally dominated possession, held it in our forward line and just could not convert dominance into scoreboard pressure. As for the goals we gifted them with just completely dumb footy in the backl...

Apart from crappy forward play, we just played a lot of dumb footy all over the ground. We were sloppy. Can someone explain why we can't mark the ball? Leave Martin in the forward line. The bavkline experiment must end. He gave us a spark in the 3rd qtr. We look a bit tires and we miss Parish, Drape...

I doubt we will be playing a percentage style of game.

Every game has been tight. I can’t imagine next week will be any different.

Heppell has been very good this year. Just seems to have have gone a new level. Marto may be moved further up the ground. Ridley won’t be an automatic inclusion until we know his quad is completely right. I’d imagine he’ll have few games in the 2s to build match fitness. This is what we want true co...

WTF is wrong with Stringer’s kicking lately? Kicks the impossible, misses the cinches. Been that way for a few weeks…

Just give it to him on the half volley 50 out with no time and space and he’ll snap them every time.

Great job boys. Keep up the good work.

The edge is real. They refused to let this game slip. Amazing second half. The crowd was very loud and quite Bomber fanatical. Even the cheer squad was good.

Great day to be a Bomber supporter.

I fully expect to lose. West Coast are very capable and with the wonder boy Harley Reid back we are going to have to be playing our absolute best to beat them. Brad Scott’s pronouncements about Tarryn Thomas were disgraceful. This on a week where we are trying to focus to prevent violence against wo...

Draper is overrated and getting far too big for his boots.

To be honest I blame Scott. We are trying to implement a game plan that seems to be easy to breakdown. Once Port went man on man we didn’t trust our players to win a contest. For a start can we get back to some footy basics. Forwards GET IN FRONT and lead. Tackle with intent Tag the opposition best ...

To be dropped:

Parish, Cox, Menzie

To be moved from backline: Martin

That was rubbish. We will slaughtered next Friday.

Those on big contracts better start earning their dough.

3. HEPPELL

We looked a bit gun shy and timid in the first half. Couldn’t hit the side of barn. Very very happy with grit and determination to put their collective bodies on he line and refused to give up. I think we really did see the Essendon edge in the last quarter. Heppell , McGrath were bloody good in the...

What I want this week is Essendon Edge x 100. I want a take no prisoners approach to our footy all year. I want Marvel full to brim with Bomber supporters who want to see that hard edge we’ve been known for in the past. I want to stick it right up the AFL for continuing to use our club as the test c...

Exactly. Even Redman last week should have been challenged for insufficient force. Brad Scott thinks he’s still working for the AFL. We should used the same biomechanics experts as Collingwood used to get Maynard off and the same lawyers Carlton used to get Cripps off. We gave up without a whimper. ...

Well let's gets so same biomechanic experts in gor Peter Wrights defence.

He effectively had less time than Maynard.

The same tranche of pundits that spewed out ad infinitum about Maynard “what else could he do?” have turned into hanging judges on Peter Wright. If you look at both incidents in normal motion , if you say Maynard had no other choice and had to brace you also must conclude that Wright had 1/100 the t...

We are having a crack. That’s a good thing.

Some players are doing very nicely a couple are as dodgey as all f***.

Hind and Heppell are are way too loose.

Not convincing in the first half but I really liked how we dug in and did some better tackling and pressurising in the second half. Hawks are not that ordinary even with their injuries. They knocked off a number of good side last year. Had a very enjoyable day and it’s ALWAYS good to beat the Hawks....