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@SilverTopHurls @CraiG_Mc Part of the midget fleet, getting push around, I am really concerned about Duz & Calders they can’t find the footy

@kurtmans @CraiG_Mc No doubt he did, but he’s struggling massively against real midfields

Appreciate those who’ve been respectful in the comments. Feels like Parish can be a bit of a whipping boy at times, so I just wanted to get a gauge on what fans are assessing with regards to him. For me, his best is good enough, so hopefully he can get back somewhere near that. 🙏 #GoDons

@Splendiferoo90 Pretty sure Dons are 1 from 5 wins in red shorts in modern times

Possible the greatest decision the club has ever made and ever will make.

@SilverTopHurls @CraiG_Mc He dominated inter club practice matches so he is our of our best mid options, if that’s league standard is another conversation

@CraiG_Mc 2021 parish would be invaluable in this team What we are seeing now is miles away Sure that’s understandable, but why does he get a guaranteed game Maybe he should be the one made to go back and rediscover himself in the twos and swap him with Tsatas and see what happens 🤷🏻‍♂️

@essendonfc E-sports?

Our newest Dons… X fam, what do you think? 👀

@GrantLavac Loved it

I’m pleased I was able to participate in the ABC’s Australian Story episode on the Westall case. If you haven’t seen the episode, watch at: abc.net.au/news/2026-04-0…

This is the part to the Ben Roberts-Smith story that makes my blood boil. On the night of August 29th, 2012 a Taliban sleeper agent in the Afghan National Army massacred three Australian soldiers in cold blood as they prepared to sleep on their own base. Their names were Private Robert Poate, Sapper James Martin and Lance Corporal Rick Milosevic. The rogue Afghan soldier was named Hekmatullah. It was the fourth insider, or ''green-on-blue'' attack by Taliban sleeper agents in the Afghan National Army against Australian soldiers in 15 months. Out of the 41 Australians who died in Afghanistan, 7 died by way of these insider attacks - attacks which technically constitute the war crime of perfidy. Hekmatullah's attack was a war crime under Article 37 of Additional Protocol I (1977) to the Geneva Conventions which prohibits perfidy as an act of war. By enlisting in the Afghan National Army and wearing its uniform, Hekmatullah presented himself as a co-belligerent fighting alongside Australian forces - not against them. He invited the confidence of Australian soldiers so as to lead them to believe that they were entitled to protection under international law, and then betrayed that confidence to massacre them as they prepared to sleep. Ben Roberts-Smith was one of the first on base after the attack. He was ordered to find and apprehend Hekmatullah in order to bring him to justice. Acting on intelligence, Roberts-Smith and his men were led to the village of Darwan, where Roberts-Smith is then alleged to have committed a war crime, supposedly kicking a farmer named Ali Jan off a cliff and ordering his execution. Roberts-Smith has always maintained that Ali Jan was a Taliban spotter in a village that was a Taliban stronghold. It is a matter of historical fact that there was confirmed armed Taliban presence in the village of Darwan the day of the raid. Robert Poate's father Hugh defended Ben Roberts-Smith and his actions: ''These citizens in the village could well have been a civilian one day and pulling the trigger the next, that‘s the way the Taliban operated. This perspective should have been included to provide some balance and context.'' The Taliban fought by blending into the civilian population. They pushed sleeper agents into the Afghan National Army and murdered our soldiers in moments of vulnerability. Where is Hekmatullah today? He lives in Afghanistan as a free man, feted as a hero by the Taliban. They don't give a fuck about international law or human rights or war crimes. They openly boast about the way they slaughtered our soldiers through acts of betrayal and perfidy. So my proposal is this: Australia can put Ben Roberts-Smith on trial when the Taliban hand over Hekmatullah, preferably dead, his head on a silver platter. Until that time, FREE BEN ROBERTS-SMITH.

Like many who have expressed anger over the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith at the airport today, the presence of media camera crews, apparently tipped off in advance, gives the whole scene the feel of something staged for maximum impact, headline, and humiliation. Any reasonable person would be asking why. While Anthony Albanese was right not to comment on the specifics given the matter will be before the courts, his failure to clarify whether his Attorney-General, Michelle Rowland, was consulted before charges were laid raises further questions. The absence of a clear denial invites the inference that she was. If not, it would have been simple enough to say so. Compounding this unease is the High Court of Australia refusing leave for Roberts-Smith to appeal the findings in the defamation case brought by The Guardian and others. For many, that decision raises broader questions about the consistency and fairness of legal processes in this country, particularly when reputations and due process are so deeply intertwined. Regardless of where the legal process ultimately leads, the optics of today’s events, played out in full view of cameras, risks eroding public confidence in the impartiality and dignity of our institutions. It is, for many, a troubling moment, and one that may well be remembered as a dark day in our history.

@PazzaDons2012 @PaulineHansonOz Righto boomer

@kurtmans @PaulineHansonOz Fuck off

I remain steadfast in my support of Ben Roberts-Smith despite news of his arrest today. Ben, his immediate and broader defence family need the Australian people’s support right now and I will not abandon him like so many other politicians. Ben was disgracefully arrested in front of his twin 15 year old girls. He will be held in jail for 7 days. He gets just one bail application. If that application fails, they can hold him for 2 years. AFP and OSI have spent $300 million dollars over 10 years to get to this point.

@UncleLe30986678 @jgrogan222 With a mobile in his pocket to give up their location you cracker

@jgrogan222 Ben Roberts shot an unarmed, one legged farmer in the back. Anyone that supports Ben Roberts is a piece of shit.

Just remember, this Turnbull lover testified against Ben Roberts-Smith.

@Danlrcc Wing or fling

Peter Wright cannot play forward anymore. Ruck or bust

@westerndogbulls @jimmywilliams03 You are retarded

@jimmywilliams03 tackled over but he had ample time and space to get rid of the ball? there was almost no pressure from dogs players until he was taken over the line?

how this wasn’t a free was bizarre

@terrypunter5 105 games averaging 0.6 goals. A 6’2 Teddy bear. Looks utterly lost. Can’t remember the last time he attacked a contest. Grow the hair back!

Archie Perkins #16 doesn’t have it in him to bring effort. End of story 🤭😡 🔴⚫️

@BomberBanter_au They have lost 17 in a row, the board to bench deserves the full force of anger from its members.

Some of you in my mentions week after week continue to keep trying to reel me into your doom and gloom, but I will not be led. I am actively choosing to feel joy where there is joy to be felt, it is not my fault you are choosing not to do the same. If after last night you want to live in the dungeon of “ThEY toOK The FOot Off THE GaS” and disallow any of the light to get in, your choice, but don’t project on to those choosing to see and feel the positive after what has been 14 previous quarters of yuk footy. It’s not about accepting mediocrity or suppressing the reality, it’s about acknowledging the present, and damn do we deserve to feel some joy irrespective of what comes next. ❤️🖤

@Bomberbuzzer Perkins is the first out.

Out: Prior Guelfi Reid In: Ridley Tsatas Caddy Chopping block: Perkins Langford Gresham Need to change midfield mix

@rohan_connolly Had more impact on the wing tbh

This. Makes him compete harder, gets him involved more, not just mark or bust then. Leave May and Edwards as KPFs, Blakiston can go back.

@rohan_connolly Must have photos of Brad

I seriously don't know what's happened to Archie Perkins, but he was invisible again tonight (8 disposals) and only once in past 24 games has he had any more than 19 touches. Don't know how that is sustainable at senior level for a player of his type, to be frank. #afldogsdons

@rohan_connolly Perkins Farewell Game

Edwards has shown more in five minutes than a few of his Essendon teammates have in five weeks. #afldogsdons

@1116sen A win

Bombers fans, what would you consider the pass mark for tonight's clash against the Dogs? 🤔 READ: bit.ly/4mb8L9h | #AFL

@terrypunter5 @essendonfc Terry give Baxter the year off!

@essendonfc #Baxter Okay Baxter do your thing 😳🤭 Who wins? 🧐🤔 🔴⚫️