For the love of Essendon.

[Topdog]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

They can't be punished again because they have already lost draft picks. As much as I would hate to see it they do qualify.

I disagree with this. They were punished for poor governance not for drug taking.

They lost something like pick 10 and will now pick up pick 1. Not a bad trade really and if you asked Essendon which pick they'd like to lose I'm certain they would say 10.

Shouldn't benefit for being drug cheats

[hujsh]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

What so NOW the AFL is meant to care about rules/integrity? Bump them down to pick 10 or something and be done with it.

[Bornadog]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

I disagree with this. They were punished for poor governance not for drug taking.

They lost something like pick 10 and will now pick up pick 1. Not a bad trade really and if you asked Essendon which pick they'd like to lose I'm certain they would say 10.

Shouldn't benefit for being drug cheats

That is just the same as typical AFL, make it up as you go along

[azabob]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Todays crowd 14,463.

[westdog54]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Todays crowd 14,463.

Both our home games against GWS have had larger crowds than that.

[Webby]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

So let's look at this:

Club who is struggling on field
Club whose fans have little to expect
Club who play the graveyard late Sunday arvo slot at Etihad
Club that has to host interstate club

Gets a poor attendance figure....

Puts some perspective on our seemingly modest numbers in years gone by..
Great to see how modest the big clubs are when the "shrinkage factor" is in play!

Hopefully the AFL can take note of this and begin treating clubs equally...

Sad thing is, despite the terrible crowd, Essendon probably still turned a profit due to their far superior Etihad deal!

[Twodogs]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

So let's look at this:

Club who is struggling on field
Club whose fans have little to expect
Club who play the graveyard late Sunday arvo slot at Etihad
Club that has to host interstate club

Gets a poor attendance figure....

Puts some perspective on our seemingly modest numbers in years gone by..
Great to see how modest the big clubs are when the "shrinkage factor" is in play!

Hopefully the AFL can take note of this and begin treating clubs equally...

Sad thing is, despite the terrible crowd, Essendon probably still turned a profit due to their far superior Etihad deal!

That'll be the equal competition we play in.

The one where the evil convicted immoral systematic drug cheats get looked after better than the rule obeying co tenants playing against the same teams in the same competition.

[merantau]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Todays crowd 14,463.

Speaks volumes re ... join the dots.

[Webby]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Interestingly, the very next game in Melbourne was Collingwood's 20,300 against the Dockers...

.... and some Dogs supporters get down on us for being fickle! Just shows what a bit of success (or the opposite!) does to a club!

[Bornadog]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Interestingly, the very next game in Melbourne was Collingwood's 20,300 against the Dockers...

.... and some Dogs supporters get down on us for being fickle! Just shows what a bit of success (or the opposite!) does to a club!

Bloody cold night to go to the MCG - doesn't help

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Bloody cold night to go to the MCG - doesn't help

Even though it was cold, how much would have been heaped on us if we ever had such a poor Friday Night crowd.

We don't get the chances that Collingwood get and they should cop heat for this poor attendance.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Ladder Percentage Leaderboard: Updated After WCE Loss:

2016: 58.2% Essendon**
1913: 57.6% University (within 4 years of start up/closing)
1963: 57.5% Fitzroy
1920: 57.2% St Kilda
1912: 57% University (within 4 years of start up/closing)
2011: 56.2% GCS (within 4 years of start up/closing)
1966: 53.8% Fitzroy
1911: 52.1% University (within 4 years of start up/closing)
1930: 51.8% North
2013: 50.9% GWS (within 4 years of start up/closing)
1931: 50.8% North
1950: 49.8% Hawthorn
1996: 49.5% Fitzroy (within 4 years of start up/closing)
1914: 47% University (within 4 years of start up/closing)
2012: 46.1% GWS (within 4 years of start up/closing)
1955: 45.4% St Kilda
1919: 43% Melbourne
1897-1900: 28-31% St Kilda (within 4 years of start up/closing)


Ladder Percentage Leaderboard (less start up clubs & clubs about to be closed):

2016: 58.2% Essendon*
1963: 57.5% Fitzroy
1920: 57.2% St Kilda
1966: 53.8% Fitzroy
1930: 51.8% North
1931: 50.8% North
1950: 49.8% Hawthorn
1955: 45.4% St Kilda
1919: 43% Melbourne

[bulldogtragic]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

Updated:

Lowest percentage in 50 years at the moment with Geelong, Dogs, Carlton & GCS to come. #standbyhird

[ledge]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

I had a thought yesterday .. They have 12 players out . So do we through injury. The quality of players is debatable but it's still 12 .. They Cheated and get replacements we honestly lost ours through injury and get nothing, so we are in a hell of a lot worse situation than them.
I look at the media and how supporters cry about the bombers all year and I think.. You know what .. Their whole culture is stuffed , look at us 12 players down, still fighting from the president down. The bombers seems to be a forlorn defeated club with no fight back or grit.. Does anyone see what I mean ? Maybe it's part of them being a silverspoon club and being spoilt, having everything handed to them through history and maybe it's because we have as a club have fought and battled hard all our history to just survive.
Im proud of our club , we might not be successful but we fight no matter what the odds.

[merantau]

Re: For the love of Essendon.

It's against all sense of fair play that they get rewarded for cheating. They should have been excluded from the 2017 draft, only being allowed to select from the players overlooked by the other 17 clubs.