Have to say I agree with the call of Sam Mitchell being coach of the year. Hard to admit but what he did with that list was pretty special

Why didnt we have a look at Ivan Solo over goldy

Offload stringer, laverde, Weidemann, shiel, unfortunately we dont need hobbs

Got a not winning finals question - someone suggested that, apart from Kevin Sheedy, the last Essendon coach to win a final, any final - not just the big one, was Jack Clarke in '68... I've read back through finals results (research skills not guaranteed) and am unable to disprove this... can you help?

Thanks guys, enjoy the off season

Boys Ben hobs will definitely not come back to haunt us

Get stringer out!! And please no Gary Rowan or Membrey my goodness. Go get the best kid playing at the Frankston Dolphins and chuck him foward with Kako and Caddy. For God sakes we are shit 😂

Thanks for the vid gents. Lovely to have you back on the airwaves. TBH not really sure who we need & who we don’t need for the list, so exhausted am I from the last 23 years ‘talk-up’ always ends up a disappointment. I’ll take it as it comes without any expectation.

Essendon, for the longest time, was feared, and had an arrogant, 'bring it on' attitude, and was deserved. The club as a whole strived for premiership glory, over the past 20 years, the club seemed to be living off the success and hard work by strong, defiant Essendon people. This club has been lead, by the wrong type of people. Evans, Tanner, Brasher, Campbell, Woosha, Truck, Dodoro etc, sycophantic, and complicit, all while screaming, 'WE ARE ESSENDON'! Change needed to be made, and Barham is the only one to have the balls to do it. He's made mistakes but, Dave, Vozzo, Scott and Rosa are the faces to bring us back to relevance. It may take time, you can't change 20 years of accepted mediocrity around over night.

Merrett is the only one of our aging players that has draft capital. He would get twice as much as what rioli will get for richmond. Reid wont come to us, he will be looking for success

Going to be a long season next year. Have less hope of winning a game next year, than in the top up season. Every game we won if we are 1% worse, we will lose. Guess not the norf game, but they will be much better next year, while we will be much worse

What clubs usually do is trade an earlier pick for a bundle of later picks for draft capital. They were going on about some team using 3 early 40's picks to get someone that would have gone top 5 in the draft. So 3 early third rounders. Pick 28 should be good enough to trade to a team that has a lot of late picks, that want to trade up.

Interesting you mention Geelong they keep finding the same players, Max Holmes is a clone of James Kelly and wears the same number

I saw your picture with Durham 👍

I’d rather them draft than pick up hacks from other clubs been doing that for 20 years how’s that gone ?

Welcome back Gents. Firstly I would have picked Dyson Heppell's brother to go backwards in the sprint and still beat Ben Hobbs. No guarantees Stringer would kick 40 goals next year no matter which club he plays for given his inconsistent performances and bringing in Membrey wouldn't change much for us I would have thought. I'm going for Brisbane only because of my hatred of the Swans particularly for the rivalry between us and them in recent years and also because I don't want to see that sewer rat Papley win a premiership.

Sam McClure comes across that he knows everything but as a matter of fact he knows squat diddle squat when it come to footi

Premiership winning coach is automatically coach of the year... like the best player in the premiership team is automatically the Brownlow medallist?

DT so did Essendon invite you to the Brownlow? Hopefully not as a way to get you to shut up?

One of the 4 who watched till the end. Agree with everything said. What a tragic!

Can we hardly blame Joe Daniher for leaving the rabble? Not one bit of animosity towards him - he made the right move.

Tim Membrey is another step backwards - sure, he's a solid player. But, play the youth and if it means we are no good we get a high draft pick = more young talent. Building culture is much more important at the moment over ladder position at the Hangar. No more top ups.

You trade Shiel well before you trade Hobbs or Tsatas. It is insane that both of those players aren't picked every week - they are our future. Essendon doing Essendon things.

Can you do a show from a pub next time? That way DT would make it a bit more sense 😂

About 100 years ago if the team that won the final was not the team that finished on top of the h&a ladder, could be challenged by that team that did finish on top. That was called the Grand Final. If you can get hold of this years GF record (sold in news agencies) there is an interesting story about the 1924 GF and the controversy Essendon players caused, taking bribes etc. We were bad boys back then too!

Great to have you guys back! Love the wry humor.

This was a surprise! Thanks for keeping me entertained for the last hour on a Friday night after watching Melbourne Storm make the NRL final. You guys didn't mention the All Australian Team and no Zach Merritt. Not excited about the draft but I have a feeling we'll make finals next year, win a few finals, play in the grand final and win the premiership. Ok, that's wishful thinking. Thanks for the content during the year, it's given us Essendon supporters something to look forward to.

Love your work

If we let Hobbs go I agreed 100% - he WILL develop quickly into another Massimo. However, if we keep him he WILL NOT. A seemingly irrational statement, but you know it to be true.

SEN just produced a composite team of the best players of the past 25 years (2000's). Not a single player from the greatest side of all time in 2000. WTF?

Can't wait for next season of essendon episode 1 🔥🔥🍿🍿🍿😁😁😁📺📺

Don't never compare that kayo scrub to Wizard Watson.

It does feel good knowing there isn't a " _____ Days since club has won a final" profiles about Hawthorn, Essendon is still going strong though. 😂.

Great to see you guys back, missed the banter, maybe another video after the draft… yes I agree that if you win the premiership you are coach of the year… one thing you did not mention everyone’s favourite player, Jake Kelly retiring…

24:40 😂😂😂😂.

Good to see you guys. Great vid thanks for the effort.

Our players are going to the middle east to work on their soft tissue injuries..Bligh me, I've heard it all now.. just like our trip to Arizona last year to make us even less fit, what are we doing down there

Regarding commentary around the Essendon connections to Brisbane such as Joe Daniher, Conor McKenna etc... you forgot to mention Hugh McCuggage, the draft pick Adrian Dodoro decided to pass on

Good to have you back fellas, great video as usual.

"Take what the top clubs are doing and replicate it!" ..... How innovative... No wonder Hawthorn gone past Essendon, again.

Regarding Essendon connection with Brisbane such as Joe Daniher, Connor Hugh McCluggage

Good to see ya fellas

Yessss there back, going to be a powerful force all off season and will be a force to be reckoned with all of 2025. The absolutely Essendon channel that is.

Great Pod. Missed you lads. Can't wait for next year's episodes. As for the EFC well, Yeah...

I’m watching this on my phone in Singapore

A disillusioned lethal Leigh

ty guys awesome as always love your show

Good to see you back Gents. So let's get back to absolute basics. AD appears to be gone? Players are basically what will you games Let's recruit some hard nuts who have a will to win. I think Brad Scott is all over the problem but whoever we recruit let them be grunters! Come in Matt Rosa.

Greetings from Krakow DT and Smokin' Joe. I was stressed about booking this holiday earlier in the year. But I should not have worried. The Bombers came through for me after the bye, as is always the case.

Before I watch the Pod.. Fuk Stringer, let him go...