Craig Murphy

@Martin_Flanagan We’ve finally hit the future, and it’s not a pretty site. Run for it Marty!

This is how cultures degenerate

@BomberBanter_au There are only about five players that you’d consider of a high quality at any stage in their career. A sad indictment on the clubs recruitment and development.

⬛️🟥Essendon's List Turnover in the Brad Scott Era: 2022-2025 ⬛️🟥 39 Players Out: Inclusive of Delistings, Trades & Retirements. 6/39 of these players are currently on AFL Lists. *Will Setterfield would have been number 40 at the end of 2025 had Nic Martin not re-done his ACL. #GoDons

@TotalVilla_ A high end premium brand that is instantly recognisable. Crap shirt sponsors that nobody has heard of diminish the overall view of the club for fans and players. We deserve better than what we’ve had given our recent performances.

Who would you like to see as our front of shirt sponsor for next season? 🤔 #avfc

@BomberRicko @FootyonNine While you’d expect more from some on this list, the Covid draft was chook lotto, and there’s no picks in the top 3, where the real gold lies. If anything a year in which we finish bottom & have a bid matched for Walker thus giving us a free end of 1st round pick is what we need.

Why wouldn’t you include arguably our best draft pick just two years ago in Isaac Kako? @FootyonNine He was also a first-rounder (pick 13).

@DonCaldwelll Not sure this is the week for it given we will get mauled by the Dogs. Would love to see him against Melbourne for Gsther round, and all going well, an extended run in the team. All some of these players need is faith from the coaches and some much needed confidence.

Elijah Tsatas, now 21 years old, played 16 AFL games. Many which he’s named sub or get’s subbed. He still hasn’t played more than 2 full games of AFL in a row Should have played 50+ by now. WTF are they doing? VFL stats: 34 Disposals 16 Contested 10 Clearances 6 Tackles 🟥⬛️

@ScooterMcNeice @FootyfanRoberto This will be the year in which we have an unblemished injury record! Which will actually be a really favourable outcome even accounting for the MSD.

@FootyfanRoberto We dont have a list spot available for MSD this year currently

What date is MSD @ScooterMcNeice ? That Richmond game will be for pick 1 in MSD if just after and looks a good prospect out of Sandy Dragons. I really hope we don’t get meaningless wins this year and allow us access to high end picks and a priority pick also

@7Sport @mickgleeson “Came up behind him like a librarian” - Dennis Cometti

Insane finish in the men's 3000 last night 🤯 Jackson Sharp chases down local boy Seth O'Donnell in a crazy finish!

@mitchellnash92 Any ‘expert’ claiming that was either the right deal OR that it was the right thing for Essendon to do given how deeply they’d already cut, is not an ‘expert.’

How many times does it have to be said before "experts" become correctly informed?

@thebendingone @benlee1979 If they want to keep Langford in the team they’d be better to send him to half back to cover Redman and have a small forward, even Nguyen up there. Langford is an okay defender and his foot skills are okay. So tall, so slow up for are currently. Still like the Farrow in.

@benlee1979 Caddy is the only one likely to kick multiple goals and should play closer to goal. Wright should ruck and Langford out of the forward line

Hope I’m wrong but that forward line looks too slow to be effective

@ScooterMcNeice Nguyen as a small forward tackling machine. We are too tall up there.

Nguyen forward pressure a real stand out so far. Rids calmness with the ball. Edwards has clean hands. He will only get better next 3-4 weeks. I still think he is a real smokey for us Gerreyn ball use on song today too Bombers up 32-26

@absoessendon Not sure we needed to be going any taller. A mid for a tall didn’t really make sense.

Sharp out May in. Elijah Tsatas must be feeling a tad “demoralised “

@benjamindonks @tommorris32 @onepercentas @1116sen @AFLNation @AFL Union is more structured. 2 x sets of players facing off trying to move from one end to the other, with intermittent breakouts. Aussie Rules is ballistic, unstructured, with random head clashes common. I had five concussions before I was 18, which is another problem in itself.

@Murfolator @tommorris32 @onepercentas @1116sen @AFLNation @AFL In Rugby Union - where the players are vastly bigger, faster and the tackles are physically much harder and occur more often - they’ve been able to protect the players. The AFL can easily do the same. You shouldn’t become disabled going to work.

A bombshell for hundreds of AFL players... From May 1, Zurich will no longer cover head trauma. Not once cent. "They cannot continue to support this high level of claims," leaked email. Details👇 sen.com.au/news/2026/03/2… @1116sen @AFLNation

@BellaBaddie__ Went to the US for work. Was so nice to be anonymous. You get to be whoever you want to be. Totally unfiltered.

Honest question: Could you travel alone for a week with no friends, no partner, just you? Or would that feel uncomfortable?

@ScooterMcNeice Top ten players in the VFL were all Geelong listed players trying to kick the door down plus Farrow. The residual Essendon listed players were nowhere near it. Amazing to think we had a supposed crunch on list spots end of last season with tough decisions on who to cut.

Brad Scott's biggest issue is the VFL team played even worse than the seniors. I realise people can question selection integrity but the VFL game was horrific to be blunt. With Redman and possibly Sharp out...I am not sure you have much left available that deserved a call up also

@ColeFusionHQ We were walking past the girls change rooms in a group & one kid walked around the back while everyone else walked around the front The female PE teacher yelled out “What’re you doing back there? Sniffing undies?” Forever after known as Sniffer. Teacher would get sacked now!

British nicknames are an unregulated industry. a 5'6 tradesman called Anthony is professionally known as Shetland Tony. a man who lost an eye is called Keth. a quiet man wore a yellow jumper once and became Mumblebee. what's the best nickname you've ever heard

@colonelhogans Had to go to emergency in the US as I thought I’d had a heart attack. Had to see their accountant before I saw a doctor! She was very honest: “I have to warn you today sir, whether you are here for an hour or here for a week, it will be a substantial amount of money”

One of a thousand reasons why I believe The Sopranos is the greatest TV series in history, is the truthful way they portrayed the US medical system. If someone went to the hospital, Tony Soprano would hand someone $3,000 to pay their bill at emergency. If he was in emergency he’d say “I can afford to pay”. They showed how Tony Sopranos Dr told him and his Carmella that his insurance had peaked and he had to leave. They always talked about the huge financial cost of healthcare. 99% of American TV series or movies never mention the cost of drs or hospitals. The Sopranos exposed it with great detail.

@onepercentas Former players in media saying Essendon are no longer a big club……. because their employer has sai to talk about them because they are a big club. As a long suffering Essendon fan, it’d be nice to watch a footy show that’s talking about actual footy!

Big Vics Get Clicks etc. but there's an *insane* amount of Essendon discourse around and... it's actually not all that interesting? They're very bad because they have bad players and are badly coached. Plenty of better stories around.

@DonCaldwelll Rutten was sacked, yet his defensive outcomes were far superior to Scott. Maybe he had better or older cattle, but even so, my chief concern is a very young list learning poor habits that become bedded in if not coached to improved performance.

It is SO easy to score against Essendon when they turn the ball over. 2026: Ranked #18th 91pts against Essendon’s last 10 games: Ranked #18th 68.2pts against 2025: Ranked #17th 59.3pts against 2024: Ranked #15th 51.4pts against 2023: Ranked #13th 51.1pts against 🟥⬛️