Category Archives: Essendon

Thermonuclear Explosion!

Great. Geelong won the AFL Grand Final on the weekend. Kudos. Congratulations, and well done. As an Essendon supporter – and having seen my team win four times in my lifetime – I know the joy the fans are feeling right now. Celebrate, absolutely. However, the “media” in this town just never seem to have [...]

Pot Calling Kettle Black

So Hawthorn’s Campbell Brown thinks Matthew Lloyd is a “sniper” hey? As ridiculous and contradictory as he made himself sound in comparing Saturday’s incident with that of teammate Lance Franklin the week before – an almost identical incident – and refusing to concede that they were similar, perhaps Campbell should look in his own backyard. [...]

Zaharakis!

I have no voice. I got soaking wet. Do you think I care? Nope! Two weeks ago we defeated Carlton – yesterday, we defeated Collingwood. That’s a pretty satisfying year already. David Zaharakis kicks the winning goal with 4 seconds left on the clock. Nice. EDIT: 9 May 2009: Just took a capture from the [...]

Again? Oh dear…

Essendon have one mission during an season – beat Carlton. Once again, last Saturday, they did just that. I need to say nothing more than: “Superb!”

Farewell To Top Bombers

This Sunday, the Essendon Football Club will farewell two of the finest servants of the club – Jason Johnson, and the inspirational Adam Ramanauskas. Adam Ramanauskas Profile Ramanauskas joined the club in 1999, by way of selection 12 in the 1998 National Draft. On paper, 133 games doesn’t seem like a massive achievement, but after [...]

It’s A New Car

No, not an advertisement for The Price is Right, but in what people are already talking about as 2008 AFL Mark Of The Year, Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd took a huge one against Melbourne on the weekend. Gotta love Tony Shaw – (vomit!) – calling it “That’s A Car” – in reference to the prize [...]

Satisfaction!

There is nothing better in football for an Essendon fan to beat Carlton or Collingwood. In recent weeks, Essendon has done both of those things. Knights Savours Most Satisfying Win Essendon struggled in the early part of the season. A new coach and new game plan still settling in with the players. Now, with some [...]

Don’t Fool With James Hird

Here’s a fun video of James Hird undergoing a fitness test at Windy Hill during his final season. Since the demolition of the southern part of the ground, it’s pretty easy to get to the oval from the road outside. And as these gentlemen with the video camera soon discover, a “closed training session”, really [...]