Predictions, best 23: Where Dons sit after decades of pain
Essendon have been stuck in mediocrity for over 20 years. Is it finally time they rise in 2025? JOSH BARNES names their best side, breakout star, player under pressure and much more.
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‘Pure sludge and rubbish’: Hird Sr slams Dons over glory days barb
Does David Barham want to expunge the club’s successful past because under his watch the Essendon Football Club is afraid of success? Allan Hird asks big questions of the Bombers boss.
‘I don’t want to go to Geelong’: Dons fan anger boils over at AGM
Essendon has played in Geelong twice in the past 31 seasons — outside of the Covid years. But that didn’t stop fan anger boiling over about being sent down the highway in 2025 at the club’s AGM.
Barham: Any Dons living in past ‘working against the club’
Essendon president David Barham has told Bombers faithful the club must look to the future instead of being caught up in the glory days of the 80s and 90s and disunity of the past 20 years.
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Board war over: Dons prez survives, flag hero elected
The Essendon members have sent a seven-year board member packing, with a past premiership player to take their place. See the full voting breakdown here.
Solomon: Why Bombers members should vote me onto board
Days after one of president-elect David Barham’s allies questioned the need for football voices on Essendon’s board, ex-Bombers hard man Dean Solomon has outlined why he deserves a spot.
Stringer exclusive: Giant ambitions and the truth on his Bombers exit
Jake Stringer is loving life as a Giant. But, as the trade deadline neared, it seemed certain his trade would fall through. He tells LACHLAN MCKIRDY about that drama and moving on from Essendon.
Barham ally rubbishes calls for more ex-players on Bombers board
A David Barham ally says Essendon doesn’t need more ‘football voices’ running the club and the board “isn’t talking about football and who we are going to select”.
Track watch: Dons star fires up as session reaches boiling point
The clearest hints of Essendon’s forward and defensive plans yet emerged on Thursday as one star fired up during a heated pre-season session. SEE FULL TRACK NOTES HERE
Meet the Bombers fan fighting president, ex-Dons for board spot
The field includes five premiership players, the current president and a long-time director. But this Bombers fan believes it’s time to bring the members’ voice to the Essendon board.
Shock call that turned Adelaide-bound youngster into a Bomber
Archer Day-Wicks thought he’d be moving to Adelaide in 2025, before an unexpected call changed his plans. He tells CHRIS CAVANAGH how it all went down.
‘In games we give up’: Flag hero savages Dons as board war looms
‘We are no longer feared, we’re certainly not respected’ – Essendon premiership player Paul Weston has had enough. He tells MARK ROBINSON exclusively about his plan for change.
Dons president: We made significant progress in 2024
Essendon won just three of its last 11 games last season as the finals-winning drought continued. But president David Barham says the platform is being built ‘that will bring sustained success’.
The draftee who could solve Dons’ midfield woes
Essendon has been searching for a big-bodied midfielder since Jobe Watson retired. Could they have found one masquerading as a ruckman in last week’s draft?
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