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My notes from the Essendon v WB match sim

Didn’t take too much out of the skills due to conditions

*didn’t watch the VFL game
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February 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Essendon draft hand before trade wk v after draft #thebombersblog #GoDons

BEFORE
-2024
Picks
8
28

-2025
Picks
1x 1st Rd
1x 2nd Rd
1x 3rd Rd
1x 4th Rd
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AFTER
-2024
Picks
13 (Kako)
37 (Gerreyn)
39 (Clarke)
61 (Unwin)
70 (Johnson)

-2025
Picks
2 x 1st Rd
2 x 2nd Rd
November 21, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Essendon players out of contract for 2026 & 2027

Next year showing even more that some huge calls need to be made this year
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June 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My review of Essendon 2025 continues on #thebombersblog

This time ball movement

What the method was with it & what improvements are needed, inc issues without it

Covers poss chains, speed, territory + more, vs the oppo & Rd1-11 vs 12-24 #GoDons

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Part Four
Intro. This review follows on from Parts One https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/2025-vs-2024-vs-2023Two https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/part-twoand Three htt...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
19 year olds (or younger) who’ve averaged 3 or more centre bounces per game playing as a ruckman
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July 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Another magnificent day outside today & no better way to spend the morning than at Essendon training, the 2nd last session for the year

Here are my notes on the morning #thebombersblog #godons

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December 12th
One fine summer’s morning. The final week of pre-Christmas training offered another stunning summer morning, and I made my way down to observe the second-last session of Essendon’s training for the ye...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Essendon plays Adelaide Round 2 at the MCG in 2025

Ess hasn’t played Ade at the G’ since round 14 1995

The Bombers hold a 3 win, 0 loss record against the Crows at the G’

Hope it continues 🤞🏻
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November 13, 2024 at 6:36 AM
If there’s any other KPI’s people want me to track through the year, let me know (can’t promise anything tho 😊)
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February 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Now Kicking Efficiency Differential

Champion Data’s explanation
-Percentage of kicks that were effective
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March 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Essendon 2025 review Part 3 🆙on #thebombersblog

TBH this one’s long, so much content on Possessions I had to get off my chest inc
Groundball
Uncontested poss
Post clr contests
Team selection & more

HUGE barometers here, some promising, some not #GoDons

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Part Three
Intro. This review follows on from Parts One https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/2025-vs-2024-vs-2023 and Two https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/part-two, and co...
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October 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
2025 ave age of teams list

Coll 26.4
Bris 25.4
Melb 25.3
WB 25.2
Gee 25.1
Carl 25
Syd 24.9
Ade 24.82
GC 24.8
Port 24.68
Haw 24.65
Freo 24.4
GWS 24.29
Stk 24.24
Essendon 24.1
WCE 24
Rich 23.8
Nth 23.7

2024 Ess 24.4 rank 12th
2023 Ess 23.8 rank 17th
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November 24, 2024 at 12:30 AM
My Essendon 2025 review continues on #thebombersblog as I look at Marks, comparing 🔴⚫️ method change with ball in hand even more from ‘23 & 24’ to Rd11 ‘25

This covers in50, intercept marks as well as contested & uncontested marks
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Part Five
Intro. Following on from parts one https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/2025-vs-2024-vs-2023two https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/part-twothree https://thebomber...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🧵1.
1st yr down on #thebombersblog & want to thank everyone who subscribed, signed up to the mailing list, read or just visited the site throughout the yr 🙏
Been great fun interacting off it, hopefully everyone got something out of it at some point, good or bad🍻
December 22, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Opposition Strike Rate from turnovers

How well are teams defending their turnovers from becoming a scoring shot
*last 5 games

Essendon 👀 💦
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May 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
First shoutout goes to the Essendon defenders 👏🏻

Intercept Poss & % of Poss won from Intercept

McGrath 8 - 33%
McKay 8 - 50%
Roberts 6 - 23%
Prior 6 - 54.5%
Reid 5 - 23.8%
Ridley 4 - 16.6%
Redman 4 - 21%
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April 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Got to my first look at Essendon training for 2025, & while the wind played a factor in the session, twas absolutely pleasing to see the pink boots on for the first time this preseason, & they certainly stood out
Here are my notes
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January 22nd
Intro. My first training session for 2025, and the wind certainly made its presence felt. Today’s session was the lightest i’ve attended across the off-season and pre-season, featuring a warm up drill...
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January 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Great weather outside today & I enjoyed it by spending the morning & early afternoon at Essendon training

Following up from last weeks review on how that session went, here are my most important takeaways from this weeks
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November 28th
The sun is out. A beautiful Thursday morning to have another look at Essendon training.Unlike last week, when the focus was primarily on first-to-fourth-year players, today’s session featured a much l...
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November 28, 2024 at 6:56 AM
2025 ave games experience on each teams list

Coll 102
Gee 87
Bris 85.8
Syd 82.8
WB 78.4
Melb 78.1
Carl 76.2
Haw 75.1
Port 74.5
Essendon 72
Stk 71.9
GC 71.6
GWS 69.2
Ade 68.9
Freo 68.1
WCE 62.4
Nth 61.3
Rich 53.8

2024 Ess 73.7, 7th
2023 Ess 55, 15th
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November 24, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Continuing my end of season review of Essendon 24’ on #thebombersblog

Here’s part 1 of my look at the forwards of 24’

Here I write about what worked, what needs improving & what I want from them in 25’…with the aid of upstairs #GoDons 👇🏻

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The Forwards Part One
This review serves as a companion to my earlier analysis of *The Essendon Forward Line of 2024* https://thebombersblog.wixsite.com/thebombersblog/post/forward-line where I explored the team’s strategi...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:50 AM
My review of Essendon’s practice match now 🆙 on #thebombersblog
Like 2024, it’s concentrated on process over outcome

Here I balance the good ( a lot of them) with what needs improvement (as expected in late Feb) 👇🏻
#GoDons

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2025
Expectations. At its core, a practice match is about preparation and testing game plan adjustments, giving coaches a chance to assess players, and experimenting with different combinations to shape th...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Essendon players currently unsigned for 2026 #GoDons

Davey
Hobbs
Shiel
Prior**
Laverde
Menzie**
Lual
Bryan
El Hawli*
Draper
Goldstein
Visentini*
Setterfield
Reid
*Rookies <10 games played can stay on the list for 5yrs (5.5 for MSD)
**Menzie 43 games, Prior 47
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May 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Here’s my thoughts & details on who stood out & importantly why in Essendon’s match sim

A few new names bobbed up last wk & I’m glad to say backed it up this wk, one in particular 👀
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February 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Twice in a week, lucky me!!

Unfortunately I missed the early part of Essendon training & match sim today but still got plenty of information out of the last 3 qtrs, here are my notes with some standouts really shining #thebombersblog #godons

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January 24th
Introduction.Unfortunately, the start time was much earlier than advertised, so I missed the early warm-ups, training drills, and the first quarter of match simulation. While I was there, I witnessed ...
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January 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Community Series
Gee v Essendon Tues Feb 25 GMHBA 7.10pm

Comm Series games are 4x20 min qtrs + time on, squads of 30 players inc 8 on the bench & 4 emerg

Clubs have the opportunity to play in an optional match sim at a date determined by the clubs prior to the Comm Series
#godons
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December 10, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Top 50 players ranked by the average number of time on ground adjusted minutes between score involvements

*Full 100 on the website 👇🏻

For Essendon fans 👀
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May 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM