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[kruder]

Is it just me or does Essendon need some serious inside mid talent? They got blown out of the water inside and defensively in the final and they are looking to bring in 3 outside players? Its interesting, it will work well during the season but once you get to the finals basketball isn't allowed...

[GVGjr]

Is it just me or does Essendon need some serious inside mid talent? They got blown out of the water inside and defensively in the final and they are looking to bring in 3 outside players? Its interesting, it will work well during the season but once you get to the finals basketball isn't allowed...

I think so, they've got enough height and just need midfield grunt

[Remi Moses]

Is it just me or does Essendon need some serious inside mid talent? They got blown out of the water inside and defensively in the final and they are looking to bring in 3 outside players? Its interesting, it will work well during the season but once you get to the finals basketball isn't allowed...

I agree entirely . Would have thought they need more grunt, as Sydney just bullied them

[Twodogs]

Is it just me or does Essendon need some serious inside mid talent? They got blown out of the water inside and defensively in the final and they are looking to bring in 3 outside players? Its interesting, it will work well during the season but once you get to the finals basketball isn't allowed...

Yep. It's the conundrum we had with Rocket.. Great regular season team that pumped out wins but fell apart in the pressure of finals footy.

[Topdog]

Yep. It's the conundrum we had with Rocket.. Great regular season team that pumped out wins but fell apart in the pressure of finals footy.

Made 3 prelims and lost one of them by a kick. Hardly falling apart

[Twodogs]

Made 3 prelims and lost one of them by a kick. Hardly falling apart

But each time we went into a finals series it seemed like we were just further away from being a good finals team. We'd have pretty good seasons in terms of win/loss then the finals would come and we would struggle with the step up in pace and intensity.

It really struck home to me last year just how important the bottom 4 players in your team are when it comes to finals, they don't have to be stars but they have to serve a purpose. You can't afford to carry players in finals and those teams just always seemed to struggle with those last few.

[macca]

But each time we went into a finals series it seemed like we were just further away from being a good finals team. We'd have pretty good seasons in terms of win/loss then the finals would come and we would struggle with the step up in pace and intensity.

It really struck home to me last year just how important the bottom 4 players in your team are when it comes to finals, they don't have to be stars but they have to serve a purpose. You can't afford to carry players in finals and those teams just always seemed to struggle with those last few.

If Gia nailed that snap on the left foot against geelong we would been in the Grand final
If the umpires werent so biased towards sainters we would have beaten them in the prelim.

Cant recall which years they were... rather not just toooo painful.

We were in the top 3 for contested footy under Eade

[bulldogtragic]

Freo have agreed to work out terms with Wilson from GWS and Matera from GCS.

On top of the Hill brothers, Wolters and others, they're going to be very quick in terms of leg speed. Matera more than covers Crozier, so you'd think that'd get done easy and cheaply enough.

[Grantysghost]

Aaron Francis reportly requested trade back to SA. Might be worked into Smith, Saad, Stringer deals.

[bulldogtragic]

Aaron Francis reportly requested trade back to SA. Might be worked into Smith, Saad, Stringer deals.

Well if he wants PA, Impey may want us, Stringer wants Essendon. That's a great opportunity for Dodoro to stuff everyone around for the whole trade period.

[Doc26]

Well if he wants PA, Impey may want us, Stringer wants Essendon. That's a great opportunity for Dodoro to stuff everyone around for the whole trade period.

It would open up some broader trade possibilities. It might also explain Dodoro's particular interest in Jake given that he was no doubt aware of the possibility of Francis looking to return home. He did at the time of Francis's recuitment compare him to Jake.

Maybe we can oblige Wingard's desire, sooner rather than later, to join Trengove with a three way deal

[GVGjr]

Aaron Francis reportly requested trade back to SA. Might be worked into Smith, Saad, Stringer deals.

I think this might be the thing that helps get the deal done, the problem for Dodoro will be accepting that Francis being a former pick 5 (ironically the same pick number we used for Stringer) and a player that hasn't measured up going for about a mid 2nd round pick.

It gives us a lot of ammo to say Dodoro can't be too fussy if Francis is valued about the mid 2nd round when he thinks a premiership and AA player who has also kicked 50 goals in a season should be traded for their pick 28.

The newly rated destination club isn't developing players like they should be.

[ratsmac]

Haha so true. He'll argue Stringer is mid second round at best while trying to claim a first rounder for their prized top 5 pick Francis. Pick 11 it is then.

[bulldogtragic]

Balic from Freo passed a Melbourne FC medical today. Freo are going to be flat out!

[Go_Dogs]

I think this might be the thing that helps get the deal done, the problem for Dodoro will be accepting that Francis being a former pick 5 (ironically the same pick number we used for Stringer) and a player that hasn't measured up going for about a mid 2nd round pick.

It gives us a lot of ammo to say Dodoro can't be too fussy if Francis is valued about the mid 2nd round when he thinks a premiership and AA player who has also kicked 50 goals in a season should be traded for their pick 28.

The newly rated destination club isn't developing players like they should be.

Stringer is worth at least twice what Francis is, so will be interesting to see where the chips fall. Certainly gives us a good indicator of value to use as a point of reference.