We've got a forward in Casboult, don't need, nor want, Cloke.

What do you expect from over-rated gutless players who don't play for the team, the fans just the cash.

Give them something to play for and they fall apart, they are soft, soft, soft.

Don't they want to succeed.

Bring on Trade week and piss off a lot of these handbaggers

Caddy, Daniher...help us.

Nothing has changed, absolutely nothing in 7 years. Our recruiters are the most pathetic in the comp. Can change all the coaching staff you like but you can't polish a turd (the players)

This is one of the most disappointing efforts I have ever seen from Essendon*.

Essendon* "Origami" Bombers. They fold under pressure.

Hey , not being a cock , but in hindsight or whatever , does anyone now think knights was hard done by in his dacoI mean, hird and co are a better face in the box , but knights had a great record against this team, he had a worse list than what we do now and worked what I now see as some magic. Sure we wanted fairy tale because hird said he could fix the rubbish hird was sick of seeing.

So where do we go as a club? How do we recover from such a disappointment (another cock tease of a start to a season) ? This is uncomprehensable. Everyone can blame injuries but if we have a structure of general play how can we not execute with whatwe had ?

Another year, another embarassing smashing by Carlton. We are Richmond and don't anyone fkn tell me otherwise.

No excuse for the team, which by the way is SHIT.

However, you cannot tell me the game wasn't spun on its head in the 2nd term, when we were legitamately working hard to score in our forward line. Monfries was ridden in the back, no free. Judd was tackled twice and throws the ball out, no free against. Umps pluck some bullshit free for carlton. Then Melksham gets done for less than the Judd non free in Carlton's forward line. Add a 50m penalty because our players justifiably question the decison. Game over.

This game has reached a point of corruption I never thought imaginable. Those umps knew what they were doing. This game has become a fkn sick joke and Vlad and his legal bitch Anderson are criminals.

Essendon* is really a shit club these days, but the AFL itself is a dirty corrupt whore that needs a clean out.

Knights was sacked after his first big loss to Carlton. Hird has had 3.

Royal Box my arse!!! Simpson didn't have an opponent all day and all their fowards had free shots at the footy. Disgusting playing and coaching effort

I think Jimmy and Bomber should swap roles for a year or two. BT has the experience. Aslo,Wallis should make way, the defensive skills are hopeless. And the kicking skills......

Lonergram celebrated like he kicked the winning goal in the GF. Flog.

Anyone heading over to bombershits tonight?

They finished the game with only TWO on the bench too

Better personnel available plus accidentally unearthing McInnes, Casboult and Bell has made a world of difference.

If those guys were fit earlier in the season and not injured would it still be an accident?

Gillard gone = Essendon* win.

Lonergram celebrated like he kicked the winning goal in the GF. Flog.

Yes, according to Brett Ratten this morning when asked about Bell, Casboult, McInnes, White:

"Gee, as a Match committee you sit back and wonder if we didn't cop those injuries, at the end of the year how would we be able to make an assessment of some of those boys?"

That's straight from the horse's mouth: no injuries and guys like Bell, Casboult, McInnes and White wind up rotting in the VFL because there's no proper system to rejuvenate the senior team with younger guys. Amateur hour.

Yes, according to Brett Ratten this morning when asked about Bell, Casboult, McInnes, White:

"Gee, as a Match committee you sit back and wonder if we didn't cop those injuries, at the end of the year how would we be able to make an assessment of some of those boys?"

That's straight from the horse's mouth: no injuries and guys like Bell, Casboult, McInnes and White wind up rotting in the VFL because there's no proper system to rejuvenate the senior team with younger guys. Amateur hour.

Yes, according to Brett Ratten this morning when asked about Bell, Casboult, McInnes, White:

"Gee, as a Match committee you sit back and wonder if we didn't cop those injuries, at the end of the year how would we be able to make an assessment of some of those boys?"

That's straight from the horse's mouth: no injuries and guys like Bell, Casboult, McInnes and White wind up rotting in the VFL because there's no proper system to rejuvenate the senior team with younger guys. Amateur hour.