How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

[Daughter of the West]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

I just really like the thought of us "circling". I have mental pictures of bulldogs running circles round Carlisle to the theme of Jaws.

[KT31]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

Would love if we extended the circle around Heppell as well.

[azabob]

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Would love if we extended the circle around Heppell as well.

Heppell is an out and out gun. He seems like such a level headed guy looking from the outside in.

[Webby]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

Heppell is an out and out gun. He seems like such a level headed guy looking from the outside in.

Heppell is a life long Essendon nut & Hird worshipper. He's drunk the Kool Aid all his life. I heard a story that Essendon got him at pick 8 or 9 or whatever as a slider after Hirdy had visited his home... Word was that a rumour of a chronic groin or knee injury existed with Heppell soon after that visit. It was a rumour that was checked by other clubs and not denied by the Heppell camp...

Crux of it was, the club he supported as a boy picked him up on the cheap.... that's how rusted on he is.

And he was rewarded like a lab rat!

[KT31]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

Heppell is a life long Essendon nut & Hird worshipper. He's drunk the Kool Aid all his life. I heard a story that Essendon got him at pick 8 or 9 or whatever as a slider after Hirdy had visited his home... Word was that a rumour of a chronic groin or knee injury existed with Heppell soon after that visit. It was a rumour that was checked by other clubs and not denied by the Heppell camp...

Crux of it was, the club he supported as a boy picked him up on the cheap.... that's how rusted on he is.

And he was rewarded like a lab rat!

Come on Webby that's a bit rich, I couldn't see Hird or anyone at Essendon being that unscrupulous.

[Twodogs]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

Come on Webby that's a bit rich, I couldn't see Hird or anyone at Essendon being that unscrupulous.

They still reckon they threw that 1924 Champion's of Victoria game against us. That's a pretty dodgy history.

[ledge]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

A little note .. Happened to be talking to a truck driver at work about footy, asked who he barracked for , he replied Essendon and the dogs. , I replied why Essendon and he said my son plays for them .. His son is jake Carlisle .. He went on to say he isn't happy a lot not right at Essendon and not just the WADA thing.. A WHOLE lot isn't right and a lot of inside stuff, wouldn't elaborate but obviously it's deep.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

A little note .. Happened to be talking to a truck driver at work about footy, asked who he barracked for , he replied Essendon and the dogs. , I replied why Essendon and he said my son plays for them .. His son is jake Carlisle .. He went on to say he isn't happy a lot not right at Essendon and not just the WADA thing.. A WHOLE lot isn't right and a lot of inside stuff, wouldn't elaborate but obviously it's deep.

You can do a little recruiting for us now Ledge. I thought his family were Bulldog supporters. Good conversation piece.

[hujsh]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

A little note .. Happened to be talking to a truck driver at work about footy, asked who he barracked for , he replied Essendon and the dogs. , I replied why Essendon and he said my son plays for them .. His son is jake Carlisle .. He went on to say he isn't happy a lot not right at Essendon and not just the WADA thing.. A WHOLE lot isn't right and a lot of inside stuff, wouldn't elaborate but obviously it's deep.

I think that helps alleviate the concerns that he's a sook who only wants to play in his preferred position

[FrediKanoute]

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If he leaves Essendon then the propaganda machine will call him a sook. If he stays he will be the next reincarnation of Jesus Christ

[jeemak]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

If he leaves Essendon then the propaganda machine will call him a sook. If he stays he will be the next reincarnation of Jesus Christ

It's funny how it works on that front, and I think this is the problem facing the EFC players right now.

Others have called it a cult like mentality and I kind of agree. The pressure on Crameri prior to when he left was out of control from what I've heard, to the point where a physical confrontation was brought upon him by certain senior players. That's not the behaviour of a healthy and professional environment.

[Twodogs]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

It's funny how it works on that front, and I think this is the problem facing the EFC players right now.

Others have called it a cult like mentality and I kind of agree. The pressure on Crameri prior to when he left was out of control from what I've heard, to the point where a physical confrontation was brought upon him by certain senior players. That's not the behaviour of a healthy and professional environment.

He also had a lot of pressure put on not to break ranks and make deal with ASADA I read in a couple of articles.

[jeemak]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

He also had a lot of pressure put on not to break ranks and make deal with ASADA I read in a couple of articles.

Which he didn't do, and that was probably a reasonable move at the time.

[Remi Moses]

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Thought it was a bit deeper than the wanting to play back stuff
I think he's gone, and the rogue supplement injectors will portray him as a sook

[Remi Moses]

Re: How Essendon lost the chance to draft Marcus Bontempelli

It's funny how it works on that front, and I think this is the problem facing the EFC players right now.

Others have called it a cult like mentality and I kind of agree. The pressure on Crameri prior to when he left was out of control from what I've heard, to the point where a physical confrontation was brought upon him by certain senior players. That's not the behaviour of a healthy and professional environment.

I'd heard similar in that they were going to disclose some condition Stewie has, and really f*** him up .
What a pack of campaigners they are