Robert Maiorana ponders the question all Essendon supporters are contemplating at the moment – who will be the next coach of the Bombers?
Almanac Cricket and Footy: So, your team are cheats – Advice from a Bombers Fan
March 30, 2018 by 1 Comment
Bomber fan, Andrew offers some friendly advice to consider if your team has been caught cheating.
Almanac Poetry: Down At Windy Hill
March 24, 2017 by 1 Comment
Tim Kemm’s view of the Essendon saga in verse.
The Foreign Legion
February 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Pre-season is a time for hope, Wesley Hull shares his optimism for Essendon’s Season
Sliding doors and Groundhog Day and Standing at the Crossroads
January 20, 2016 by 3 Comments
Rick Kane has no time for James Hird’s metaphors and suggests a few of his own.
Book Review: The Straight Dope by Chip Le Grand
January 19, 2016 by 11 Comments
John Butler provides an thought provoking review of Chip Le Grand’s book, a must read.
James Hird, Essendon and the CAS judgment
January 18, 2016 by 32 Comments
Daddsy is ahead of 99% of the rest of us, having actually read the CAS judgment and considered an opinion. A useful summary of the findings before you next read / listen to James Hird
The Fan
January 17, 2016 by 2 Comments
Davemitri has lost a fair bit of sleep over the past three years – because he is a Bombers fan. He records his response to the events of the past week.
I Don’t Love You Anymore
January 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
At once poetic and succinct, an Essendon supporter, Aussiegus, conflates the emotional and the rational in a poignant expression of his position on James Hird.
Mentoring Jake Melksham
January 15, 2016 by 1 Comment
Dam is reconsidering Jake Melksham’s year ahead following the small Swiss kerfuffle during the week. Suggestions welcome
Entitlement, Anger, Denial – Cheats and Apologists
January 14, 2016 by 18 Comments
The Essendon wash up is not so complicated, Neil Belford breaks it down for you.
If you were on an AFL list what would you do?
January 14, 2016 by 7 Comments
David Parker raises a few personal questions about the Essendon brouhaha
Essendon Saga: Statement from AFL Fans’ Association
January 12, 2016 by 22 Comments
AFLFA feels for Essendon fans.
Finally
September 9, 2015 by 17 Comments
Rick Kane laments some of the sad happenings that arose during this “sorry Home and Away season”. On the other hand, he lauds the refreshing Final 8 teams that 2015 has thrown up.
So who do I barrack for now?
August 19, 2015 by 6 Comments
Rod Oaten has kept us up to date about how an old Dons supporter has been feeling over the last three seasons. Here is his latest instalment, penned yesterday.
Not for this old Bomber.
August 16, 2015 by 3 Comments
In his eighth decade, Rod Oaten was not anticipating this. If his club had a keener sense of right and wrong it would have acted differently he argues. The Essendon players are not the only ones caught in sadness.
Some Perspective Needed For Bomber Fans
June 8, 2015 by 2 Comments
Bombers fan Wesley Hall attempts to give some perspective for all Bombers fans in light of the disappointing result for Essendon on Saturday night,
ASADA v Essendon: through the haze and fog, now what?
April 4, 2015 by 4 Comments
With the dust settling from Tuesday’s AFL tribunal decision for 34 past and current Essendon players, Associate Professor Daryl Adair from UTS examines what can be learned from the saga and recommends processes that need to be implemented to ensure that statuary bodies can better investigate possible uses of PEDs in Australian sport
Journalists have the right to resist compulsion to intrude
Ironmike provides plenty of food for thought about the dilemma facing journalists when preparing an item for publication, particularly the ethical considerations and the implications that may result from that story.