Bombertalk

The other thing I noticed was how Saints players casually wandered across the mark as an Essendon player was lining up his shot at goal... Take a look at Fordhams first goal then the same thing happened when Ken Fraser kicked his first. No penalty back then or was it just poor umpiring from Crouch? ...

Yes, twas good to relive that GF on the You Tube site (thanks for that BD) The thing that really stands out for me is the almost total lack of apparent emotion or enthusiasm displayed by the players after each goal is scored. The goalkicker simply trots back to his position without any histrionics o...

Won't be putting my house on them but just have a quiet feeling about Fri night.

We've got nothing to lose. and we pushed them this season, only their freakish 21.4 beat us and 2 of those points were rushed.

My sentiments entirely j-mac. In my mind (I'm goin to California) I've kinda written the year off already. That happened after we lost to that absolute rabble Richmond. Knew we didn't deserve it after that, despite beating the Aints... Then, with a certain finals spot on the line, to not even fire a...

Robbie67 wrote ... Re: Shite Mike hates us: official by robbie67 on Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:39 pm Mike hates us for good reason. Think about it Filth, how many times has a big story leaked from inside Essendon? Now think about the other clubs. And it has always been thus Robbie. I can recall a story Ale...

Never mind TB....CB your time is now too

Actually; looking at pics of him, CB looks like he may have had TB....I'm sorry, I take that back (very poor taste Pevfan)
And I hope Christian Bock ends up smearing egg all over my face.

Yes Filth. Interestingly, Bendigo had a fair sprinkling of senior loist players running atround with them on Sunday and yet they still got thumped. It kind of adds weight to the theory that you're only as good as your worst 5 or 6 players. As for PJ and the Bombers coffers... nothing much has ever c...

Me neither Filth. But it just craps me off that we've come out of the game with what appears to be yet another major injury, this time to Bellchambers. We're down to just the one solitary ruckman now with Hille out and now that Laycock has done his other foot (stress frac) Heaven help us if anything...

Knights made an interesting comment about him recently. Says that Paddy ffrustrates him as he often doesn't even bother calling for the ball during a game. He (Ryder) seems to have great stamina, judging by the way he's rucking almost the whole game so it's obviously not a fitness issue...just a bit...

A good crumbing small forward?.... I submit that we aint had one since Darren Bewick retired. Sheeds tried to get Milne back to the club a few years ago and from what I 've read, we all but had him before Grant Thomas got the nod as coach and said 'No Way Hose'. There was a piece in the Geelong Addy...

Don't be too hard on yourself BD. Just remember, you're an explosion waiting to happen.

For your info BD.

Bill Morris played 140 games for Richmond. Won the 1948 Brownlow and came 3rd in 1946 and again in 1950. So obviously could play a bit ; so fair enough selection I reckon.

Tragically, took his own life in 1960 aged only 38.

Ok I'll bite. I haven't seen any one else raise it so I will....that old chestnut, Fletcher to the forward line, only this time permanently.

Pears and Hooks have fitted in like a glove in the Key defensive possies and with Hurley also waiting in the wings back there I reckon we could do a lot worse.

BD wrote... Very hard to "run into form" at Bendigo. He's done well to kick 7 goals in the last two games - probably from the only 7 F50 entries they had for the game“To get through 50 overs at really good pace, I’m really, really pleased with the way I bowled here” - Brett Lee after match...

Can't see much point in having him running around in what is little better than a local country league standard team (and a pretty ordinary one at that) like you would see down here in the Bellarine Pen'sla comp for example. (Actually the same could be said of any of most of our senior listed player...

Not saying that this is the case with Jay but some blokes body shape's just don't change no matter what they do. I used to work with Robbie Flower's Dad many years ago and I remember him saying that Robert used to do everything he could but could never put on any weight. Always looked like the most ...

Imagine how he would have gone playing under today's conditions...Pristine, weather proof playing arenas like the dome in stead of the crappy mud heap quagmires he'd have played on back then. The "Can't touch em" rules of today compared to the almost anything goes tactics of yesteryear. Th...

Twas the golden era for both clubs, so obviously it was meant to be a showcase game. Although sadly Essendon's magical run was just on the wane then, while Geelong's was on the rise (they, in fact, won the big one in 52 making it back to back flags) while we, I see, missed the finals altogether that...

Just out of curiosity, I checked that game out on the club's website (every game ever played) It was played at the Brisbane Showgrounds against reigning premiers Geelong. We thumped them and a bloke by the name of Coleman kicked a lazy 13. What a pity we don't have more footage of those great games ...

Dear old Dubya....And this was the man, never let it be forgotten, whose arse, John Howard believed, the sun shone out of. Totally out of his depth when it came to world affairs, then, as he would be now, if he was still our leader. (like you BD I would sincerely like to thank my fellow Australians ...