Problems at Essendon?

[@Think_about_it777]

They are a shadow of the once great club that I grew up supporting. What is currently transpiring is heartbreaking.

[@everythingessendon548]

Declining membership numbers should be alarm bells that something needs to change

[@liamjenkins244]

​@@everythingessendon548 they just hike up prices & call it a day

[@macdouglas1087]

As soon as Tassie comes in I’m jumping ship.

[@peteribbotson6158]

Currently…??? You been asleep for the last 15 years..? Clubs been cooked for a very long time

[@trislong3033]

Me too. ​@@macdouglas1087

[@morkusmorkus6040]

I was happy for Stringer to part ways before I heard this news. Now, I think we shouldn't even give him 1 year. What a joke!

[@everythingessendon548]

This story has ensure most fans now want Stringer gone

[@petermcculloch4933]

I have supported the club through the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties,two thousands, two tens and now the two twenties.I have been saying this since before Sheeds was sacked The club is badly managed.Administration does not have a finger on the pulse.Administration does not know how to create a winning culture. Look at how well Sydney, Geelong and Hawthorn are run.Then look at the problems and lack of success following the Bombers

[@everythingessendon548]

You’d know a lot about what a successful culture feels like seeing all those flags, hopefully soon you notice a shift towards the right direction

[@piledrive]

Now it makes sense as to why Nick Hind was delisted.

[@everythingessendon548]

That and the fact he lost his place in the team, hard to know how connected this all is for his delisting, but you wouldn’t be surprised if it played a part in it.

[@piledrive]

@everythingessendon548 100% agree. Could be a possible reason for the breakdown in the 2nd half of the season too.

[@r.mhaych5021]

Who gives a flying shit if hindy or anyone on the dons hangs out with gangsters. Seriously who tf do these people think they are telling grown ass men who can and can’t they hang with. I’m a huge dons fan and I couldn’t care less if fkn alen moradian was in the club rooms or Mark Buttle the heavier the better 😂

[@piledrive]

@r.mhaych5021 because first it's hanging out with gangsters, then it's matches being fixed, then the entire comp is stuffed.

[@DarkerThan00]

​@@r.mhaych5021Not a dons fan but maybe some other players don't like being in that sort of company, I dunno

[@aaronsalmon1376]

Merrett is the captain, that's it. He should absolutely NOT be talking to anyone about 'why are my mates no getting contracts', stay in your lane Zachy. I personally have no issue with Merrett asking for more money/longer contract. He's earned it. He's our best player, is setting the standards. We can not afford to lose him.

[@everythingessendon548]

The narrative around Merrett’s leadership has changed in the last few weeks

[@Morr1e]

@@everythingessendon548 In what way?

[@Realist-d6d]

@aaronsalmon1376 Absolutely right. But my main concern is why he didn't come out in the open and tell all and sundry that he has no interest in chasing money or going to St Kilda. It's a bit troubling for Essendon as a club and as a supporter of the club. He is our captain....

[@geraldfittock4301]

Perhaps he's talking to other clubs because of that divisive culture at the club that doesn't seem to be getting any better

[@slingblade8963]

I like Zach keeping tabs on where the list is headed. The media will drum it up like there's more to it.

[@GoobyBean]

Thanks for covering this.. I didn’t understand about what was going on but you made it make sense for me

[@everythingessendon548]

Cheers, glad I could help

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Damian Barret hates the Bombers, I can't stand that guy.

[@ivantrba7412]

If it's any consolation that not even Barrets own family like him.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@ivantrba7412 it definitely is 😆😆 I can die a happy man now.

[@everythingessendon548]

Tough life being a North fan

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@everythingessendon548 🤣🤣 indeed

[@guyskillen]

​@@everythingessendon548 we've had it worse

[@Ardonmachinery]

Should have kept Will Snelling. Salt of the earth type, honest and hard working, gave all for the team.

[@everythingessendon548]

He had a fantastic year in the SANFL

[@Ev1l_Gumby]

18% membership price increase. This clubs lost the plot. The Devils are looking good. Reckon I'm over Essendon and their crap.

[@everythingessendon548]

Can’t see us getting 80k next year

[@senorkapowssite]

Thanks for the more complete info.. Saw bits and pieces, including Footy Classified, but it was very vague.. So, thanks again for explaining what is going on.

[@michaelbeamish-jh7pp]

Great coverage on a story that’s hard to get your head around - thank you

[@everythingessendon548]

No worries!

[@stevescott8566]

Well done mate, well covered.

[@everythingessendon548]

Cheers mate

[@tonycoz2309]

Everything has gone downhill since Sheed's was sacked. Then the monumental blunder of appointing Matthew Knights instead of Damian Hardwick as coach was a major screw up on the part of those appointing Sheeds successor.

[@everythingessendon548]

There was promise before the drug scandal, since then we have been treading water

[@underalions2023]

Let me tell you what happened there. We had choose Hardwick, he was sent a fax and told if he wanted the job it's his. He had 3 hrs to reply If he didn't we'd assume he wasn't interested and we'd keep searching.. 3 hrs came and went we picked knights. Hardwick wasn't home him and the family were out. He got home 2 Hrs after the deadline... Was too late.

[@aussie_al]

​@underalions2023 That sounds about right. Yep another of our great decisions gone wrong

[@ImGodTheMaryBanger]

The AFL as a whole needs to keep gangsters away from clubs. We don't need match fixing type bullshit to ruin our great game. I love both hind and stringer but they need to separate themselves from these types of people or separate them from the club.

[@everythingessendon548]

That’s exactly what they are trying to do here, unfortunately it just seems like our players are getting caught up in the wrong crowd

[@arsjth]

Clearly Hind and Stringer didn't listen to the club and chose their new friends

[@chrisferguson237]

Ahhh you're the subversive Uncle mate! 😉 Cheers for the content.

[@Bluebaggers859]

you'll guys will recover soon, just watch, good luck for the future

[@everythingessendon548]

I hope you are right

[@dilloncoleman144]

As much as I hope you're right, we've been hoping for theast 20 years 😢

[@Bluebaggers859]

@@dilloncoleman144 we've been waiting longer mate

[@Emersondownie-d1r]

bro i know you u make good content

[@Bluebaggers859]

@dilloncoleman144 but hope we can both return to the places we belong

[@DesmondAnthony]

Well.... glad that stringer and hind are being dealt with now

[@everythingessendon548]

Yep, makes a move seem almost inevitable

[@richardbehan8118]

That is the exact thing i suspected about Merrett 😔

[@everythingessendon548]

It’s unfortunately a part of player management

[@gallicchieftain7562]

So disappointing after what we have put up with since 2011... I want stringer gone asap.

[@everythingessendon548]

No wonder membership numbers are decreasing

[@sharpshooterluke]

This club is cooked, never shy of off field drama and speculation just to supplement its on field drama

[@everythingessendon548]

Yep, never ending cycle

[@damianval4626]

Supplement...nice sneaky pun😂 Yep my club is in a bad way 😕

[@SonyCamry]

We are literally beyond a meme now.

[@piledrive]

So i saw Laverde go live on twitch the other day for a short stream, and Nick Hind was there playing. Now it all makes sense as to why they told laverde to go looking elsewhere too.

[@everythingessendon548]

Not sure if Laverde is linked with the AFL Integrity story, but he is very close with Hind, Stringer and Merrett

[@piledrive]

@@everythingessendon548 Yea, i guess only time will tell.

[@thomes7318]

I bet dodo was the 5th member of their toxic little group lol

[@everythingessendon548]

The Essendon rat pack

[@robscriven21]

Great commentary & observations as always!!

[@everythingessendon548]

Cheers mate!

[@barnii007]

and here I was thinking, gee wiz I'm really looking forward to a fun and dynamic off season... hopefully this is all just growing pains from a change of the guard. Go bombers?

[@everythingessendon548]

Always in the news for the wrong reasons

[@Dontomatios]

Nothing story honestly but get stringer out of the club regardless pay him to stay home , hind already gone , Zach merrit needs to pull his head rite in! I would still trade merrit for 3 first round picks and have a proper clean out

[@everythingessendon548]

Not many clubs would be willing to give away their draft hand this year

[@adzie86]

50 buck price increase.... Not that it matters but fair shake of the sauce bottle Bradley

[@chrisd_85]

i think i remember a roaming bryan after a friday night win earlier in the year where he went up to hind and he was talking to some lebanese guys

[@everythingessendon548]

Won’t speculate based on race, not much has been confirmed yet

[@Luke.777]

The afl invites Albenese every second week. Hypocrites.

[@everythingessendon548]

I’ll refrain from getting political

[@ruckus1142]

I'm going to reserve judgement until all the facts come out. But gee, it doesn't look good.

[@everythingessendon548]

Yep, not a good feel about the club right now

[@darrenherring7788]

I follow both codes of footy in Australia and each year it comes to membership I buy a Storm membership each year as they always deliver regardless of who is on the field. I will not reward mediocrity and once again I'll keep my money and will not be purchasing a Essendon membership I also live in in SA and I'm yet to see a good membership that caters for people outside of Melbourne.

[@charlesca5763]

On the bright side Jayden Nguyen came third in the Morrish medal

[@everythingessendon548]

Could find himself on our list!

[@jaymebruno1118]

All i know is stringer and hind have always been close, i grew up with them both in my high school days where stringer is from and hind lived only 20 minutes down the road in a tiny little town, wether they r hanging with “undesirables” or not who knows, im not sticking up for anyone but will wait to pass any one of judgment until ALL the facts have been presented and im sure a lot of important facts will be left out because that’s the media’s agenda unfortunately. ❤️🖤

[@everythingessendon548]

Fair enough, hopefully they distance themselves from these characters

[@jaymebruno1118]

@@everythingessendon548 let’s hope so, unfortunately they we’re both a little undesirable themselves at stages when they were young but hopefully that doesn’t reflect their character now as adults.

[@slingblade8963]

Pretty sure during the roaming Brian segment after the 1point Fremantle win is the issue. I remember Stringer not being keen to be on camera. And Hind looked yo be buzzing for more reasons than one.

[@zingleraster9124]

My suspicions were up when Roaming Bryan interviewed Hind in the rooms & his groupies looked suss as hell. Warnings bells should & I assumed did ring.

[@rustyhobbzy1973]

is there anyway i can watch this?

[@everythingessendon548]

Many feel the same way

[@zingleraster9124]

@@rustyhobbzy1973 it’s on 7plus, just search Roaming Brian & select Round ESS v COLL. 5:50 in. Daily catch up with Hind & Stringer.

[@zingleraster9124]

@@rustyhobbzy1973 replying again….jump onto 7plus, search Roaming Brian. Round 17 ESS v COLl. About 5:50 into the clip. First Hind with his “new” mates then Stringer.

[@stevesaunders9966]

The situation with those 4 players would be much worse than whats been reported. Otherwise there would be no story. If so, the remaining 3 must be traded.

[@brujonpatrick4779]

No mention of Melbourne, wonder why. And of course Collingwood are immune to any thing negative, jeeeez.

[@everythingessendon548]

Both clubs have had some pretty wild scandals this century

[@justinmeram2837]

So just because Hindy and stringer were interested in the religion of Islam and had Muslim friends that they called their own brothers who impacted their lives in a good way we want to get rid of them and give them a bad reputation so other clubs won’t be interested. Stop spreading fake news, instead of bashing our boys we should be protecting them. Especially if hind is already delisted, the least we can do is leave him alone. Absolute disgrace of a football club.

[@adb1950]

The dude killed a guy!

[@everythingessendon548]

I don’t think this has anything to do with religion, there were no complaints when Stringer went public with his newfound faith, it’s just players mixing with bad eggs it seems

[@mariozammit330]

we are AFL luffing STOCK

[@bomberhill_05]

I believe the whole Merrett situation will just blow over, I feel like this is just clickbait but I believe the integrity warning will gradually gain more attention. I think in terms on what our 2025 list and how much members we are getting, we should be ok but I think Brad Scott will have a look at this list and try keep the professional and important players and get rid of the unprofessional players. Laverde, Stringer and Hind are too unprofessional to be in the AFL system. Merrett is apart of that friendship group but he is the more mature one of the group not because he is captain but you can tell that he really cares for the club. It seems sus how Stringer wants 3 years, $500K as a 30 year old and im pretty sure same goes with Hind, I think he wanted 3 years $500k too. Seems sus. Lets see what happens in these next couple of weeks

[@arsjth]

Hind wasn't even getting a game

[@bomberhill_05]

​@arsjth If you were reading reports and listening to this video, this was reported after the Collingwood V Essendon game (when we won) and Nick Hind was playing in that game, after that game he wasn't gifted barely any games. Scott knew from the start on what was going on so he didn't play him and now look at him, delisted. The AFL warned Essendon that someone bad has been in and out of the change rooms for ages and finally something good is happening. Stringer was apart of it, Laverde potentially apart of it (although he wasn't reportedly apart of it) and mainly Hind. All close mates, all wanting ridiculous contracts with ridiculous money for their age, skill and maturity. Something is up either them 3

[@everythingessendon548]

Hopefully Merrett can distance himself, would hate for the captain to be caught up in this

[@matthewlay9221]

Whether Stringer stays or goes to somewhere else, I can't see him getting as much as he could have.

[@everythingessendon548]

Not worth much anymore

[@SATANSWHORE666]

The AFL said nothing to Richmond with the Rebels mc and hawthorn with the commos

[@everythingessendon548]

Not too familiar with those stories unfortunately, I’ll look into them a bit in case I need to make another video

[@aussie_al]

​@everythingessendon548 I'm not 100% sure but wasn't Dustys old man and bikie or crim of some sort??

[@Realist-d6d]

​@aussie_al Yes it's true. That's why Dusty had to fly to New Zealand to meet his dad.

[@underalions2023]

​@@aussie_alhis old was a ex president of a Rebels chapter in Sydney

[@stavio12]

What about Jake King's association with Toby Mitchell?

[@Realist-d6d]

I am sure we heard many stories circulating about Stringer. As one of my Western Bulldogs supporter friend told me that he has so many skeletons in his closest. I wouldn't go into details of what he told me. Because I like Stringer but I'm not really sure if I want him to stay.

[@everythingessendon548]

Thought he was past his off-field antics

[@andykerass3695]

Media stories aside, ive been worried. 6 spots opened up, now possibly a 7th with 2 draft picks and absolutely no news on any trades. The media stories give me more concerns, whatever the truth is. Doesn't make us an appealing club to join. What are we doing??

[@everythingessendon548]

I believe we are choosing not to participate strongly this trade period to preserve our draft hand

[@andykerass3695]

@everythingessendon548 I'm good with that if we can go hard at the draft. Excuse my ignorance, with 2 draft picks..., how do we get more?

[@MarkZX14R]

Messy no matter what way it shakes out

[@everythingessendon548]

Seems like an unavoidable story for a little while

[@RoBot9491]

Its a garbage story. Didn’t Dusty Martin get accused of this sort of shit years ago? You get all sorts going through clubs and locker rooms, good and no doubt less so in some cases. Nonsense

[@everythingessendon548]

These are role models for kids, the last thing you want to see is them end up like Jake King after his career ended.

[@petert330]

The demons would be relieved, they’re off the spotlight for a while

[@riley.holmes]

Honestly, Jake Stringer has been nothing but a money sucking player that brings nothing to this club I’m also glad we are gutting all these senior guys that aren’t really adding value/future success. Sounds like they are trying clean out all the waste!

[@windyhillbomber]

And this is the worry about Zach Merrett who allegedly protested the treatment of Laverde and Stringer over their contract extensions.

[@icarusdb58]

the slow and steady approach to the demise of essendon

[@everythingessendon548]

At least the drop off is minimal because we never reached the top

[@icarusdb58]

I'm afraid your going to be in for a real shock come 2025

[@RoBot9491]

What the fuck are you on about?? Is twenty years of zero success on field and tabloid headlines your only measure? Fan base, membership, revenue and net profits mean nothing? Jeez you’d think Essendon was the only club to ever go a period of shit!

[@stavio12]

@@icarusdb58 Won't be no shock come 2025 because we're going for a complete rebuild by the looks of it so it will be at least 2026 or even 2027 till we start to look decent. If it goes to 2028 then I'm out.

[@icarusdb58]

​@@stavio12I was referring to the exodus of members and supporters

[@hawkey92]

Disappointing from Merrett.

[@everythingessendon548]

Without knowing the full story I’d have to agree

[@jwalt2345]

Get a grip. If Stringer wasn’t a star Nick wouldn’t be even brought up. Dump stringer or keep him as he’s the issue.

[@SteveRogers-z9b]

Culture is everthing … we dont have it

[@eggeggeggeggeggeggeggegg]

Clubs a mess

[@eggeggeggeggeggeggeggegg]

Most captains around the league take less money to help out the club

[@everythingessendon548]

Unclear whether Merrett himself was directly involved or not

[@rustyhobbzy1973]

jeez this clubs falling apart. it all makes sense why hind is delisted and now stringer is in the mix. i love merrett he leaves we are cooked.

[@everythingessendon548]

Ominous signs right now

[@arsjth]

Bikie gangs and certain religions have a tie in. The afl wouldnt randomnly mention this to essendon like "we dont like guys with beards, they are undesirable" its no doubt more like jake king 2. So we beat Collingwood comprehensively and roaming brian spots hind and the undesirables, afl then gives a warning, hind plays his last game for essendon and we win 1 of the last 7. Coincidence?

[@everythingessendon548]

Hard to pin down a drop in form on that, but it would potentially shift the tone a bit at the club

[@dansharp2860]

Considering we did exactly the same thing last year it's most likely just a coincidence.

[@arsjth]

​@everythingessendon548 I can't help but think it would be an issue. Look how bomber Thompson got caught up with bikies and drugs. I imagine there would be a bit of "they are my friends" "Get rid of them" banter

[@aussie_al]

OMG not another drug saga. I would go insane. I bet Andrew Demetriou is behind this. One thing is for sure, they certainly weren't taking performance enhancing drugs. I thought Stringer was content cause he found god. I for one wanted him re signed but something like this could end his career. As for Merritt, just pay him what he wants to stay. I cant see him being involved in anything untoward.

[@everythingessendon548]

Different type of drugs at least

[@BJM125]

Double standards - no one was worried except Bruce Reid when Sir James Hird brought in Dank and Robinson (and Charter all those years ago)

[@everythingessendon548]

And people still want Hird back as coach

[@liushuai2993]

@@everythingessendon548 Not around here they don't.

[@stavio12]

What I don't understand is why is Merrett sticking his beak in contract decisions? If this was a Caldwell or Durham we were talking about then I'd understand but this is Stringer, the most unprofessional player in the league and Hind who wouldn't even get a game in the VFL. Merrett does hold some bad blood from previous decisions made by the club and I believe he's lost his way a bit. Best player yeah but as a Captain I'm having doubts.

[@matthewgreen3448]

Damn this is much much worse than the hawthorn racism scandal

[@everythingessendon548]

Which one?

[@Dontomatios]

And the board challenge is dribble it’s a changeover that’s all to Welch nothing in it

[@everythingessendon548]

Quite a few unhappy fans with the club right now, I reckon a challenge would get board members thinking

[@kyalking1313]

Somethings been going on for a while

[@brucejensen3081]

Shit, that rules me out of ever getting in the club rooms. Lol. Seems a bit daft letting your shady friends come into the rooms. Maybe hind knew he was on his way out and thought fuck it, who cares. Merrett probably wants the club to take him more seriously and is just posturing to let them know he could have got more elsewhere

[@everythingessendon548]

As long as you don’t show up on live TV

[@MrWhitmen1981]

Essendon should bump up the captains contract after a best and fairest season he deserves a raise, but front end it.

[@everythingessendon548]

It would give player managers an easy way to negotiate extensions for the future if the club was to budge

[@taliamason7986]

Merret 100% deserves a better contract right now based on how great has been. But the club cannot afford to budge when its trying really hard to shift its whole culture to a more positive light. The other thing too is Merret is 28 turning 29 early next month (at least that is what Google says) and any contract extension would mean it doesn't conclude until potentially his late 30's by which time he would be well past his prime and edging a lot closer to retirement. Its really unfortunate especially given the recent ludicrous extensions the likes of Parish, Redman, Wright, McGrath and even Ridley who at the time still had 3 years left. But those were terrible Adrian Dodoro's decisions and it seems like his replacement Matt Rosa is doing everything to try and clean his huge mess.

[@dansharp2860]

Front ending this contract is what is causing this BS. Rumour is that he's not on a lot for the rest of it and his management decided to try and do something about it. This is the time of year when the AFL media start to become mouthpieces for player managers. It's payback for all the stories they give them through the year, they are the "sources" that are never named.

[@kennethwilkinson3589]

I lost respect for the club I’ve followed for 70 years when I saw the RAINBOW FLAG on the Essendon website! The AFL is so mired in woke politics that it’s no surprise whats happening at Essendon!😡👎🏻

[@darcy4487]

Cracks totally starting to appear, where there's is smoke there's fire

[@everythingessendon548]

Lots of smoke here

[@MichaelMcGeary-bl6yg]

Jesus, feels like every time we do something bad the club has bad karma for 10 years. Brace yourself another 10 years of being the afl puppy. We might even do the London silly nanny’s dance pre game soon.

[@everythingessendon548]

Not much has gone right for us fans the last 10-20 years

[@MichaelMcGeary-bl6yg]

@@everythingessendon548 supporting Essendon is like going for the big bully in high school that ends up being a bum. You can live off your fun memories at least. Except for anyone under 30. Then they haven’t had the fun part, yet still get laughed at for being a bum 😂

[@departmentofpoetry1416]

Heaps of smoke… where’s the fire tho?

[@everythingessendon548]

That’s the question, hard to avoid thinking about something big potentially brewing, could also be blown out by the media

[@Matthew_Scan]

Stringer and Hinds mate is a crim it turns out

[@everythingessendon548]

That is what many believe to be the case

[@Crusherbreen]

Too many passengers on this train - its going no where. As for the visitors in the rooms - if they are allowed in the ground well there is no dramas - Look at other clubs first they have crooks on their boards FFS

[@detrolman2833]

Idk I was watch roaming Brian after Collingwood win. Maybe the friends Nick Hind were with were bad news? Idk exactly what he told Brian his relationship with them but idk it wasnt friends

[@everythingessendon548]

That footage is certainly pretty sketchy, but it hasn’t been officially confirmed that those guys are the ones highlighted by the AFL

[@age-of-adventure]

Geez, and on the eve of the club trying to resign members…

[@everythingessendon548]

Shocking timing

[@Emersondownie-d1r]

carn the dons we can fix our problems

[@everythingessendon548]

We’ll see!

[@stavio12]

Going by the last 10 years, not bl00dy likely.