Bombertalk

With the NAB Cup thankfully out of the way, I thought it would be a good time to look into the crystal ball for 2009. Let's 'time capsule' these predictions for review at the end of the season.


1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season?
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal?
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009?
4 Who will win the goal kicking award?
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games)
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? - 12th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? - Watson
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? - Dyson
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? - Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) - Houli, Zaharakis, Myers
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate - Adam McPhee
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 - Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 - West Coast

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? - 10th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? - Stanton
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? - Winderlich
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? - Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) - Houli, Lonergan, Hurley
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate - Lovett-Murray
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 - Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 - Melbourne

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 12th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Houli
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Houli
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate Laycock
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Melbourne

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 11th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Lovett
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Davey
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Houli, Myers, Lonergan
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate? McPhee
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Melbourne

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 10th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Back to Back for Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Myers
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Lucas
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Houli, Myers, Hurley
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate McPhee
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Sydney

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 9th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? David Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Sam Lonergan
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Matthew Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Jay Neagle, Scott Gumbleton, Bachar Houli, Kyle Reimers
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate? Jason Laycock (again)
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Melbourne

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season?10th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal?Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009?Jetta
4 Who will win the goal kicking award?Lucas
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games)Hurley, Neagle, Gumby, Houli, Reimers
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidateReimers (for opponents), Chook (for so called 'EFC fans')
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009I'll Go a roughie - Dogs
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009Wet Toast

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 8th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Fletch
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Myers or Bellchambers
4 Who will win the goal kicking award?Stanton
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games)skipworth ... oh!!! less than 25 AFL games - toss up between Pears & Myers & Atkinson
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate NLM with McPhee close second
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009Hawks (beating Doggies in the GF)
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009Melbourne (just beating Freo to the bottom)

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 6th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Houli
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Neagle
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Hurley, Jetta, Davey (think he's had less than 25)
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate Jay Nash
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Hawthorn (beating Carlton)
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Adelaide

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 8th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Mark McVeigh
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Lonergan, he has already gone up a notch this pre season.
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Leroy Jetta
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games)Hurley & Zaharakis
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate Adam McPhee
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Melbourne

That green is hard to read patrick...is that the Irish in you coming out ahead of St Patrick's Day?

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season?10th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal?Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009?Houli
4 Who will win the goal kicking award?Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games)Hurley Daniher Neagle
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidateMcPhee
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009
Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009Melbourne

swoodley wrote:That green is hard to read patrick...is that the Irish in you coming out ahead of St Patrick's Day?

1 week to go!! I am starting the celebration early

I'll preface this by saying that I think we've had an horrible pre-season and I can't see us winning many games until May. All of our best players have had their preparation interrupted and we've got loads of guys coming off surgeries or long term injuries. Welsh is a HUGE loss and about half of our "guns" (McVeigh, Lucas, Lloyd, Davey, Stanton) are underprepared. The only guys in our top 12 that are coming off strong bases are Hille, Ryder, Watson, Fletcher and Lonergan. McPhee is fit but seems to be completely down on confidence.

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 12th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Hille with Watson a close second
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Davey or Lonergan
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Lloyd... but I'll be surprised if he kicks more than 45
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Dempsey Myers Hocking Houli Reimers
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate Laycock *if he plays
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Melbourne

I'm a bit doom and gloom at the moment which is unlike me - hopefully I'm reading things incorrectly.

Not a lot of love for the Dons this year - looks like 10th-12th on the ladder is the hot tip

Windy_Hill wrote:Not a lot of love for the Dons this year - looks like 10th-12th on the ladder is the hot tip

Our lead up form has probably made us a bit gun shy

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 13th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Jobe
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Dempsey (But I've said that the past two years...) [-o<
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Lloydie
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Houli, Lonergan, Hurley
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate Smoke Hopefully none, I hate this shite from our fans. But probably Smokie because the Cock's injured...
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Dawks back to back (sadly)... It's a butt ugly game-plan but it wins matches.
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Us... No er Melbourne...

1 Where will Essendon finish on the ladder after the Home and Away Season? 5th
2 Who will win the club B&F award, the Crichton Medal? Hille
3 Who will be the Most Improved player in 2009? Jetta
4 Who will win the goal kicking award? Lloyd
5 Which young players are you predicting will make the most impact (players with less than 25 games) Dempsey Myers
6 Which Essendon player will be this year's "love to hate' candidate do not hate a single essendon player. all though i am consistently disappointed in Mcphee. I think he is a better player than what he has been for the last couple of years
7 Which club will win the AFL Premiership in 2009 Geelong
8 Which club will win the Wooden Spoon in 2009 Melbourne

I'm bullish, I think this year will be a good one for the Essendon football club. FINALS TIME!!!!

Before pre season I would have gone as high as 5th but yeh playing it conservative at this stage but if all goes well with a full squad we are a 4th-8th team.