Essendon v Scum

[s'dreams]

Changes after a 7 day break:

Out: Bryan (sadly), Tsatas, Langford (inj)
In: Goldy, Setterfield, Shiel (if Langford injured).

If Langford is injured, Stringer to stay forward (the big bodies of Setterfield and Shiel should be enough)

Laverde is lucky that Reid is injured. Just sayin'.

[BenDoolan]

Out: E. Tsatas (omit), K. Langford (inj), N. Bryan (omit)

In: W. Setterfield, N. Caddy, T. Goldstein

[dodgey]

If Langford Out then Caddy MUST come in.

We were too one dimensional Sunday and I like the way Nate attacks it

Tsatas and Bryan out for Setters and Goldy

[F111]

out: Redders, Bryan, Langers maybe?
in: Goldie, Setters, Caddy pending Langers.

[s'dreams]

out: Redders, Bryan, Langers maybe?
in: Goldie, Setters, Caddy pending Langers.

I'd still exit Tsatas and consider bringing in Roberts to cover some of the Carlton small forwards.

[Daisy..1]

Red Dog OUT!

[grassy1]

Red Dog OUT!

Shit!



I tip in hope!

[F111]

Goldie, Shiel, Setters and Roberts IN.
Redders OUT

[BenDoolan]

Get the juices flowing…

[rockhole]

Thank, Benny. Desired effect achieved.
What year was that ???

[BenDoolan]

Thank, Benny. Desired effect achieved.
What year was that ???

2013.

The year from hell.

Where they finished 9th, we got kicked out of the finals, and they got in…

[BenDoolan]

I guess this one is fitting… considering what round it is and who it’s mainly about and for…

[F111]

I guess this one is fitting… considering what round it is and who it’s mainly about and for…

A great win in the mud. ND made the point that being in front with a heavy ball was the place to be. Saddens me though as ND was captain in 82 but his knee injuries essentially stifled his brilliance.
Pitfatzrick was always a smug scum and it showed for many years.

[nudder12]

Thank, Benny. Desired effect achieved.
What year was that ???

2013.

The year from hell.

Where they finished 9th, we got kicked out of the finals, and they got in…

Yup.
Watching....remembering the players, and their era.....and then as as soon as I saw Hird in the box I knew 2013. And right away I saddened
This was the only game we won for the rest of the season, after playing for Top spot in Round 18.
I can't remember what happened that week (Round 18), but I'm sure I remember SOMETHING happened .... and our wheels totally fell off after a season of resilience.
Don't want to re-hash the saga at all, but does anyone remember what hit us the week we played the Hawks??

[BenDoolan]

Thank, Benny. Desired effect achieved.
What year was that ???

2013.

The year from hell.

Where they finished 9th, we got kicked out of the finals, and they got in…

Yup.
Watching....remembering the players, and their era.....and then as as soon as I saw Hird in the box I knew 2013. And right away I saddened
This was the only game we won for the rest of the season, after playing for Top spot in Round 18.
I can't remember what happened that week (Round 18), but I'm sure I remember SOMETHING happened .... and our wheels totally fell off after a season of resilience.
Don't want to re-hash the saga at all, but does anyone remember what hit us the week we played the Hawks??

I suspect it was when the AFL handed out their penalties on the club and Hird / Thompson / Reid. We were kicked out of the finals, and that was that. Nothing to play for.

[rockhole]

I guess this one is fitting… considering what round it is and who it’s mainly about and for…

A great win in the mud. ND made the point that being in front with a heavy ball was the place to be. Saddens me though as ND was captain in 82 but his knee injuries essentially stifled his brilliance.
Pitfatzrick was always a smug scum and it showed for many years.

I may have told this story before but I was in the outer at Princess Park by myself with five absolute Carlton flogs behind me, who gave it to me all game apart from a few minutes at the end. When Scum was still two goals up, they opened a bottle of Bollinger complete with flutes and started singing the Scum song.
Of course the rest is history with Glen Hawker and Neil stealing the game from right under their noses. When I turned to commiserate with them, they had vanished!!!
The only evidence that they had been there was the half bottle of Bolly which had been thrown to the ground. I pounced on it and finished it off.
Cannot recall a drink tasting so good!!!!

[nudder12]

Thank, Benny. Desired effect achieved.
What year was that ???

2013.

The year from hell.

Where they finished 9th, we got kicked out of the finals, and they got in…

Yup.
Watching....remembering the players, and their era.....and then as as soon as I saw Hird in the box I knew 2013. And right away I saddened
This was the only game we won for the rest of the season, after playing for Top spot in Round 18.
I can't remember what happened that week (Round 18), but I'm sure I remember SOMETHING happened .... and our wheels totally fell off after a season of resilience.
Don't want to re-hash the saga at all, but does anyone remember what hit us the week we played the Hawks??

I suspect it was when the AFL handed out their penalties on the club and Hird / Thompson / Reid. We were kicked out of the finals, and that was that. Nothing to play for.

Nah, that wasn't it. AFL only announced the penalties in the week before finals began.
Evans resigned the day after the Hawks loss. Coincidence? Or something happened that week, and then the Hawks result, and he resigned.
Probably I'm mistaken, since I can't work out what happened, but it's stuck in my mind that something did. Oh well.

[grassy1]

I guess this one is fitting… considering what round it is and who it’s mainly about and for…

A great win in the mud. ND made the point that being in front with a heavy ball was the place to be. Saddens me though as ND was captain in 82 but his knee injuries essentially stifled his brilliance.
Pitfatzrick was always a smug scum and it showed for many years.

I may have told this story before but I was in the outer at Princess Park by myself with five absolute Carlton flogs behind me, who gave it to me all game apart from a few minutes at the end. When Scum was still two goals up, they opened a bottle of Bollinger complete with flutes and started singing the Scum song.
Of course the rest is history with Glen Hawker and Neil stealing the game from right under their noses. When I turned to commiserate with them, they had vanished!!!
The only evidence that they had been there was the half bottle of Bolly which had been thrown to the ground. I pounced on it and finished it off.
Cannot recall a drink tasting so good!!!!

Long before the days of Training courses regarding Infectious Diseases!

[nudder12]

Thank, Benny. Desired effect achieved.
What year was that ???

2013.

The year from hell.

Where they finished 9th, we got kicked out of the finals, and they got in…

Yup.
Watching....remembering the players, and their era.....and then as as soon as I saw Hird in the box I knew 2013. And right away I saddened
This was the only game we won for the rest of the season, after playing for Top spot in Round 18.
I can't remember what happened that week (Round 18), but I'm sure I remember SOMETHING happened .... and our wheels totally fell off after a season of resilience.
Don't want to re-hash the saga at all, but does anyone remember what hit us the week we played the Hawks??

I suspect it was when the AFL handed out their penalties on the club and Hird / Thompson / Reid. We were kicked out of the finals, and that was that. Nothing to play for.

Nah, that wasn't it. AFL only announced the penalties in the week before finals began.
Evans resigned the day after the Hawks loss. Coincidence? Or something happened that week, and then the Hawks result, and he resigned.
Probably I'm mistaken, since I can't work out what happened, but it's stuck in my mind that something did. Oh well.

Best I can come up with.....

"The pressure on Evans grew significantly last week after revelations of a phone call from AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou to Evans the night before Essendon announced they would come under investigation.
That in turn led to reports of a rift between Evans and his long-time friend, Essendon coach James Hird.
There were also reports that some board members were unhappy with how Evans was managing the crisis."

"Evans' resignation caps off a dramatic few days for the club, starting with an apparent difference in evidence given to ASADA by Evans and coach James Hird over whether AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou tipped off the Bombers in early February about a pending ASADA investigation of their supplements program.
Then a Fairfax Media report on Saturday said that Essendon players may have been duped into a study testing anti-obesity drug AOD-9604 without their knowledge."

"Suspended fitness coach Dean Robinson quit on Friday and is set to sue the club."

It was also reported that the ASADA investigation report was due within days. Maybe the Club had been fore-warned of it's outcome???

None of that seems seismic given other events during the saga, but perhaps it was just a bunch of straws that broke the camel's back?
Anyway, I'm done trying to fathom it out. Was just a curiosity to me from the video you posted.
Onwards and upwards against the Blues this week hopefully.

[BenDoolan]

2013.

The year from hell.

Where they finished 9th, we got kicked out of the finals, and they got in…

Yup.
Watching....remembering the players, and their era.....and then as as soon as I saw Hird in the box I knew 2013. And right away I saddened
This was the only game we won for the rest of the season, after playing for Top spot in Round 18.
I can't remember what happened that week (Round 18), but I'm sure I remember SOMETHING happened .... and our wheels totally fell off after a season of resilience.
Don't want to re-hash the saga at all, but does anyone remember what hit us the week we played the Hawks??

I suspect it was when the AFL handed out their penalties on the club and Hird / Thompson / Reid. We were kicked out of the finals, and that was that. Nothing to play for.

Nah, that wasn't it. AFL only announced the penalties in the week before finals began.
Evans resigned the day after the Hawks loss. Coincidence? Or something happened that week, and then the Hawks result, and he resigned.
Probably I'm mistaken, since I can't work out what happened, but it's stuck in my mind that something did. Oh well.

Best I can come up with.....

"The pressure on Evans grew significantly last week after revelations of a phone call from AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou to Evans the night before Essendon announced they would come under investigation.
That in turn led to reports of a rift between Evans and his long-time friend, Essendon coach James Hird.
There were also reports that some board members were unhappy with how Evans was managing the crisis."

"Evans' resignation caps off a dramatic few days for the club, starting with an apparent difference in evidence given to ASADA by Evans and coach James Hird over whether AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou tipped off the Bombers in early February about a pending ASADA investigation of their supplements program.
Then a Fairfax Media report on Saturday said that Essendon players may have been duped into a study testing anti-obesity drug AOD-9604 without their knowledge."

"Suspended fitness coach Dean Robinson quit on Friday and is set to sue the club."

It was also reported that the ASADA investigation report was due within days. Maybe the Club had been fore-warned of it's outcome???

None of that seems seismic given other events during the saga, but perhaps it was just a bunch of straws that broke the camel's back?
Anyway, I'm done trying to fathom it out. Was just a curiosity to me from the video you posted.
Onwards and upwards against the Blues this week hopefully.

Without diving back into the archives… in my mind, I felt like Evans knew something about what was about to happen. IIRC, he stated to a reporter on his resignation “what happened to this club is a tragedy”… and that was it.

I think the club was briefed (before the public announcement), that we wouldn’t be playing finals that year. That’s where is got nasty between Hird and Evans, and the Hawks game is where it all happened.

That’s my current memory of it. Hopefully that memory is just getting confused… and eventually… just disappears…