Hints of a near or complete full strength side to be played.

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Essendon-Only team to have ever been found guilty of salary cap breaches in a premiership year!

Squad of 24 for this match, 90 rotations from a 6 man bench with regular time-on rules (quarters will be about 8-10 minutes longer), so it'll be a much refined match experience for player and spectator alike.

Oh and the protected area will be out to 10 metres (original rule was 5, last week was 8 ).

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Awarding a 50 m penalty for a player barely encroaching on the protected area is a load of crap

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

Particularly when a team mate can encroach. Should be for both. As with playing opposition teams an equal amount of times in the season which doesn't happen. Will never happen an equal competition. A bit like calling drug cheats .... drug cheats.





Oh yeah this is the Swans game got a bit off topic. Sorry.

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

It will be interesting to see what squad will be named. I'm hoping something along these lines, along with naming a much more extended bench. I think White and Armfield will get a run, would also like to see McKay and/or Charlie in the lineup; wouldn't surprise me in the least if 1 is named in the Round 1 lineup.
B: Weitering Jamison Byrne
HB: Docherty Rowe Tuohy
C: Boekhorst Gibbs Simpson
HF: Walker Everitt Thomas
F: Wright Casboult McKay
R: Kreuzer Cripps Murphy
Int: Buckley Graham E. Curnow C. Curnow Kerridge Whiley Smith Armfield Dick White Gallucci

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Essendon-Only team to have ever been found guilty of salary cap breaches in a premiership year!

I read elsewhere (think i was the Afl site) that the Swans are already suffering a lotof injuries for round one so I imagine they will be under strength this week.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Any chance we'll see Plowman? Is he fit?

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

He will be at the oval next door preparing it for part of our master plan at Princes Park.

Will be good to finally play at a regular AFL venue.

Because he has the word plow in his surname.... amiright?

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

I don't have any links to the news I have heard the same thing as TNO too.

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Essendon-Only team to have ever been found guilty of salary cap breaches in a premiership year!

I'm a sad man. #dadjokefail

what's happened to Jaksch?

Has been sick.

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dane's trolling again

I still reckon he'll be fully sick at some stage this season...

What does that entail?

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dane's trolling again

Caro will demand a ranking enquiry if we don't win by 60

I heard today the AFL are concerned if Carlton don't do well this year ie. finish bottom 2 with less than 4 or 5 wins, they might have to trigger the PP pick. To top it off they are seriously concerned it will affect the druggies rebuild. I nearly threw a tantrum ...... how far will this organisation go to 'not help' us?

Friends in high places. cauliflower

1 draft pick will break the drugcheats?

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