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@FlightPlanPod Successful clubs know that development is far more important than draft picks. Every player drafted has talent, especially the high-end picks where most clubs all agree anyway. The difference is what those players become when they get to the club

Essendon's list is in a precarious position after failing to nail two first round draft picks in consecutive years (Hobbs & Tsatas), leaving a void in the playing group. When things aren't going well at the club, it becomes a vicious,seemingly never-ending cycle that's hard to envisage getting out of. However, that self-destructive streak can be broken. Brisbane in 2013 faced one of the worst offseasons in club history, with the 'go-home five' requesting trades after a poor season for the Lions, culminating in Michael Voss being sacked. The go-home five were: *2010: Jared Polac at 5, Patrick Karnezis at 25 *2011: Billy Longer at 5, Sam Docherty at 12, Elliot Yeo at 30 Ostensibly it was rock bottom for Brisbane, and after an ill-fated appointment of Justin Leppitsch from 2014 to 2016, a dramatic paradigm shift had to happen. In 2017 the club appointed Chris Fagan, bringing stability and experience to a coaches box in desperate need of both. In that time frame the Lions drafted well, made astute trades and became a destination club for free agents. Brisbane laid out the blueprint for turning a floundering club into a powerhouse - something Essendon should look at very closely ❤️🖤

An interview with an Irishman in 1962. Absolutely brilliant. "Irish people have gone all over the world, it'd be bad if they were discriminated against in the countries they went to, why should we discriminate anyone coming in here then?"

@PatrickRyen @FootyLock6 Year on year imporvement of individual players just hasn't happened. We can all debate the state of our list, but if the game plan is this dysfunctional and players aren't improving depsite doubling the coaching staff, then there are other issues at play

@FootyLock6 Most critically a clear strong, sustainable game plan everyone understands and year on year improvement through the entire squad.

Something I don’t agree with: The team performing poorly means everything off field is wrong. I think we’ve improved our list management, S&C (better late than never), executives, some off field standards. I just think we’ve got a couple of things to improve, and it’s on field

@FlightPlanPod TBF Ben Rutten had a similar injury year in 2022 and only half as many staff and assistant coaches to help him; and he was shown no leeway. He also had something Brad doesn't have, a prior track record of establishing an elite defence

Brad Scott has been an asset to Essendon off the field. He's made a strong attempt to build culture, lift standards and get our great club back to its best. However, whilst we've made strides in the right direction off the park, Brad was hired to coach, and that's been disastrous since mid 2025. Yes, the mitigating factor of an unprecedented injury crisis does garner leeway, but the lack of willingness for 'leaders' (either via name or stature) to knuckle down, set the tone, elevate the player standards from the group and negotiate the maelstrom as an united front has been downright diabolical. Based on the first two games, there seems to be a communication breakdown between the coaches and players. A factor that precedes almost every AFL coach dismissal. Some very frank discussions are happening behind closed doors. If the board cannot see Brad Scott as the man who's best equipped to overcome the maelstrom, we need to act swiftly and begin the search for a motivated coach that really gets it. No more half measures

@PatrickRyen @TheBackPocketAU Scott had previously offered Solomon a job at North, this is not some old guard political play

@TheBackPocketAU What would you have done when a senior assistant coach departs on the eve of the season? This occured when all other clubs (as per the collctive bargaining agreement established by the coaches association) had locked in their assistant coaches for the 2026 season?

On the weekend Essendon only had 3 players from 22-25 on the field. Their injury list includes Redman, Ridley and Martin - arguably three of their best five or ten players - as well as Clarke, Bryan, Sharp and Setterfield.

@SilentGhost263 what else will players say? They're put up by the club to speak and if they say anything about the coach, their career is over

@sprint_quick Its not the whole team though, especially when a player has come out TODAY and said there no confusion on what the coaches want.

If you piece together what Cal had said (wish eddie would've shutup & let him finish) + what Langers said today: If i have it right the players have been coached to defend one way but onfield some players did differently. Causing both systems to fail and the ensuing confusion.

@wheelreinvent @HawkerMatty1701 @AntonyGreenElec actually no, it favours minor parties and independents somewhat, who otherwise could never muster obver 50% of the vote call that corrupt if you like, or not, but for the opposite reason to what you say

@HawkerMatty1701 @AntonyGreenElec So you agree the system is designed to give the major parties a v disproportionate amount of seats and power? That’s corruption

Australians will tell you there’s no propaganda here then turn on the TV to watch @AntonyGreenElec tell them that this sort of thing is fine

@wheelreinvent @Sarah_Alice_X @AntonyGreenElec that's definitely not caused by preferential voting

@Sarah_Alice_X @AntonyGreenElec They got 20% of the votes so should get 20% of the seats. I think they’re terrible, but democracy is democracy

@wheelreinvent @AntonyGreenElec Preferences are a reflection of what voters prefer (duh) You need >50% to win a seat, if no-one gets that, then preferences choose which alternative people can live with, even if it's not their first choice I'm yet to see a better system in single seat based Parliament

@Miss_Ruby11 @kebab_chris @NoticerNews The decision was made 1st March 2022 and was recommended by the then Minister Angus Taylor. It's technically true that the sale wasn't finalised until after the election, so it "could" have been stopped. But most governments won't ever undo a prior commitment to another country

@sprint_quick @kebab_chris @NoticerNews No they didn't!! Albo sold our 90day supply to the US when he came inti Power.

Petrol stations across Australia are running out of fuel, the government has admitted prices are set to hit $4/L, and experts are blaming both major parties for shutting refineries. "Dumb way to run a country"

@Miss_Ruby11 @kebab_chris @NoticerNews I think you need to look outside party talking points

@cdesilva23 isn't that what Fiorini was brought in for?

Essendon needs to look around the league and figure out who could be to them what Luke Hodge was to Brisbane — an experienced player who can be an on-field leader and teach the young players what a winning culture looks like, because I know Parish, Merrett and co don't know.

@jacksonbrigga @FlightPlanPod Hard agree. He was never going to be any more than handy, and I also didn't think he was an upgrade

@FlightPlanPod he has got a lot of work to do… he hasn’t been an upgrade on what we had there realistically which is very damming

Harsh or Fair? Brayden Fiorini's first games in the red & black have been underwhelming to say the least. There's a grace period for new recruits, but given the club placed him in the leadership group, he needed to be much better as a player & as an on-field leader. Thoughts?

@FlightPlanPod He has always been a fringe player until having a breakout year last year at 28yo. Expecting him to be anything more than just a serviceable player is unrealistic. Having said that, he's been very poor and needs to lift

@Peter_Fitz There are not yet enough old car batteries to develop a full scale secondary market, but re-purposing old car batteries to household use is quite easy, and occurs in some more advanced markets. All that's lacking in Australia is the supply of older batteries

The problem will be what? Current projections are my battery will last for another decade or so, making it, say, 18 years. At current cost to replace, about $20K. Amortised, my battery cost = $1K a year, and they're also developing ways to rejig disused car batteries to solar.

@Lex_Jurgen @CitizenCohn @WIRED most people can get 150kms range cgarging from a normal power point overnight, no fancy charger required a plug-in hybrid gets full charge that way if you charge your car like your phone, 95% of people have no issue and rarely (if ever) need a fast charge

@CitizenCohn @WIRED I'd settle for normal EV charging being compatible with standard household wiring. If most EV owners could slow-charge overnight at home, that'd take care of a huge number of them without the need for supercharging, and use electricity overnight when the grid is less burdened.

BYD just unveiled an electric car that can charge from 10 to 70 percent in five minutes, and all the way in nine More proof that EVs are going to dominate the future, just a question of how long it takes — and who will build them Via @WIRED wired.com/story/how-byds…

@sandboata @CitizenCohn @JHWeissmann @WIRED you really need to learn how percentages work

@CitizenCohn @JHWeissmann @WIRED u know the E stands for electricity which comes from oil , gas , coal , rivers , solar and lastly windmills

@AnthP_ I go every week, but stopped being emotionally invested a couple of years ago when I saw no prospect of improvement I think the plan is to improve to be a consistent 50-50 side that beats the bottom handful and doesn't challenge anyone any good, and maybe finishes 10th in 2029

@sprint_quick It’s probably saying something that the council would get it done quicker… I’m always a realist & while there still is a flame of optimism, it’s flickering, a lot

Essendon Rd2 review 🆙 on #TheBombersBlog Covered a few things here (had to pick and choose from about 500), which looks at zoning issues (not council-related) starting behind the 🎱 again and why, and then the method to get out of quicksand #godons thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog…

@kebab_chris @NoticerNews The oil reserves at the start of the Iran attacks were actually higher than before the climate activist was put in charge they were still clearly too low, but had actually improved a bit on his watch

@NoticerNews Both parties are at fault for not meeting the minimum reserve requirements. We *should* be fine… however Labor put a climate activist in charge of the fuel supply task force so maybe this is actually all intended for their wet dream of phasing out fossil fuels.