The Flight Plan

✈️ ROUNDTABLE SEASON PREVIEW ✈️ Our friends @ScooterMcNeice & Grant from @LunchCatchUp and @Kyptastic1 from #DonTheStat join Todd and Jasper for the ultimate preview of Essendon in season 2026! #godons open.spotify.com/episode/17WRRp…

Kane is correct. Cannot fault Zach's playing ability, but his lack of leadership and accountability whilst being the captain has left this playing group in the hole it's currently in, and him not acknowledging his culpability there is disappointing, but not surprising.

@QuantumHawk666 Apologies, my mistake. Two:

Understand accounts that attempt to shitpost but are too scared...

@Bombers_Boss Those things just don't need to be said. Pointing it out as a reason we lacked passion has no basis in reality

@FlightPlanPod What about the coach singling out Caddy ffs

The 2016 ASADA suspension year was infinitely more enjoyable than the tripe we've displayed in 2026. We knew the seasoned bodies & experience wasn't there, but we showed up every week with no doubt every kid would give nothing less than 100%. When's the last time you could earnestly say that? Now we've got guys with significantly more experience and bigger contracts that you can't fully trust will give their all, much less show some pride in the jumper. There needs to be some really honest conversations going on behind closed doors regarding where exactly the club is headed and which players are up for the fight. Move the rest on - enough is enough. The acceptance of mediocrity is embarrassing to the fan base, and we've seen basically no headway made in a decade.

@QuantumHawk666 Mate, you have a multitude of tweets at this account dating as far back as last year with the majority of them getting zero response. Maybe stop doing that? It's bizarre and obsessive

Thanks for going through my feed though champ.

Actually quite different. A lack of attention to detail says a lot...

@brokenArrow28 The second they start losing, they disappear

@FlightPlanPod Hawthorn fans are most arrogant intolerant supporter base in the AFL

Nothing says "prime time footy" more than kicking off your season at 4:15pm in front of 16,157 fans in a loss to GWS (who haven't won since)

@MajicPudding Your first reply was to ridicule our podcast. If anyone is 'patronising', it's you

@FlightPlanPod Didn’t take the post to heart, thought it was weird and kinda pathetic (as appears to be the consensus). Your patronising responses on the other hand- yeh. Anyway, best of luck. Reckon it might be another 20 years. That’s a lot of hog.

He did his little best and ALMOST read the entire post

Tomorrow's pod is going to be a must-listen. "I have a lot of things I want to get off my chest"

@MajicPudding For someone with 'no dog in the fight' you're taking a post that had zero to do with you to heart

@FlightPlanPod Riteo Toddy, and you can go back to posting hog while ya team loses

@MajicPudding Sister. Your inability to infer what was actually said vs what's going on in your own mind is something you should keep an eye on.

@FlightPlanPod Brother. Theyre 2-1. Dons hurtling towards a spoon. Sounds like your pod is going as well as the team

@cdesilva23 @tbrasser7 If he was "loyal" he'd remain on the contract *he signed* rather than leveraging offers from other clubs to extract more cash on a deal Essendon reworked at your behest

I wonder why Zach Merrett seems to get absolved of Essendon's results as if he's not a part of the team. The elite guys he's compared to aren't ever on teams this bad, because they lift those around them. At what point are you a part of the problem as well?

@michaeljbeamish Ken Hinkley

@FlightPlanPod Todd It is clear that we can not continue on our current path - Brad has to go - he has lost a core grouping of the senior players and his match day game plan is unrecognisable (and has been for awhile) Who replaces him is an open ended question - but the club needs to act now

I (Toddy) have been a big Brad Scott fan since his time with the Roos, which I felt he, the players and the club punched so far above their weight, I couldn't help but be impressed. Unfortunately, he hasn't come close to replicating that club-wide mindset in red & black, & based on our two games of 2026 - the players ostensibly, have lost belief. Even worse, first round draft picks either can't get a game have been delisted or have regressed and stagnated in disastrous fashion. It is further compounded by a huge leadership void on field. I've always been glass half full guy when it comes to Essendon, but a hard decision our coach needs to be made asap. Either declare he'll see out the rest of the season to right the ship, or actively seek his replacement ASAP. Essendon fans are more than welcome to reply with your thoughts and feelings - but I'm restricting it to accounts we follow only ❤️🖤

@bdunn_77 Will never not buy my membership and watch every game, but I'd much rather watch a game with some optimism

@FlightPlanPod i wantta ride this period out and be here for when it turns. But its bloody hard and only 2rds in.

Great start to the third quarter for Caddy. Love seeing the passion too, even with the horrific margin

There's nothing to be gained by trashing our boys for the full match. Will be looking for some wins we can really hang our hats on across the second half

Any chance we can make an in-season trade to send Brad Scott into the @FOXFOOTY commentary box and give Kenny Hinkley the Dons gig?