Sheedy Inducted Into AFL Hall Of Fame

Former Bomber coach Kevin Sheedy was inducted in the AFL’s Hall of Fame on Thursday night.

Sheedy joined three-time Collingwood best and fairest Gavin Brown; four-time Geelong best and fairest Garry Hocking; dual West Coast premiership centre half-back Glen Jakovich; 1965 Brownlow Medallist Noel Teasdale; former Collingwood captain Des Tuddenham; nine-time Port Adelaide SANFL premiership star Geof Motley; and long-time Queensland umpire Tom McArthur as the 2008 inductees, while four-time Carlton premiership player Alex Jesaulenko was made a “Legend of the Game”.

KEVIN SHEEDY

As a Coach
Coached Essendon on 635 occasions1981-2007 (386 wins, 242 losses, 7 ties)
Essendon Premierships 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000
Essendon Pre Season Premierships 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000
Coached Australian International Rules Team 2005, 2006
All Australian Coach 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000
Essendon Team of the Century

As a Player
Played 251 games, kicking 91 goals for Richmond, 1967-1979
Richmond Premierships 1969, 1973, 1974
Richmond Best and Fairest 1976
Victorian State Representative on 8 occasions
AFLPA MVP Award 1974
Richmond Captain 1978
Richmond Team of the Century

Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 in News

Lloyd Grabs The Votes

Essendon skipper Matthew Lloyd came up trumps in the BomberBlitz.com Forumites voting for Round 7 votes in the 2008 Nobby Clarke Medal with Lloyd judged the Bombers best in their thumping at the hands of Port Adelaide last Sunday evening.

Patrick Ryder and Jobe Watson scored some minor votes against the Power to inch closer to leader Mark McVeigh.

Official results as tabulated by esteemed vote counter Mero

Final Voting for Round 7

Matthew Lloyd 175 – 1st – 5 votes
Andrew Lovett 91 – 2nd – 4 votes
Bachar Houli 76 – 3rd – 3 votes
Jobe Watson 52 – 4th – 2 votes
Patrick Ryder 18 – 5th – 1 vote
Jay Neagle 10
Adam McPhee 5
Tom Hislop 2
Nathan Lovett-Murray 2
David Hille 1

OVERALL STANDINGS after Round 7

Mark McVeigh 14
Patrick Ryder 13
Jobe Watson 12
Matthew Lloyd 9
David Hille 9
Brent Stanton 8
Andrew Lovett 8
Bachar Houli 7
Ricky Dyson 5
Dustin Fletcher 5
Mal Michael 4
Adam Ramanauskas 3
Henry Slattery 3
Alwyn Davey 3
Adam McPhee 1
Nathan Lovett-Murray 1

Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 in News Nobby Clarke Medal

Training Report - 7/5/08

By CarnTheBombers
Hey guys, popped into training today after work, thought id describe what i saw.

Main group came out around 2:30, Pev, Lovett, McVeigh came out 10 mins later.

A group of the side of the main group included Lucas, Fletcher, McPhee, Hocking, Dick, Daniher. These guys did not participate with the main group at all, just handballed then went inside. Lucas was kicking a bit on the wing, did a few twist a turns, looks good.

Hocking walked laps, then jogged at the end for a bit.

McVeigh was doing sprints on the other wing for the WHOLE session, 100m sprint, then walked back, looked at full pace.

Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 in News Training Report

Last Chance To Be A Player Sponsor!

The deadline is fast approaching for closure of the 2008 BomberBlitz.com Player Sponsorship group.

A few spots still remain to be filled however!

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A minimum outlay of $30 per person is required to join the group

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Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 in News

From The Armchair #9 - A Knights Tale "Episode 3"

By No32
Quite frankly there are few things that are really starting to piss me off with this forum and supporters. These are the things they whine, sook and complain about..

1. Game Plan (eg: “Can’t play that game plan with that cattle”, “He doesn’t have a B, C or D game plan”, blah blah blah)
2. Stanton/Watson/Hille (eg: “Can’t kick, can’t run, can’t tackle, blah blah blah…sounds like another Snipes/Harrelson movie)
3. If Sheeds ( F**** Sheeds)
4. Trade for (FFS, you can’t polish shit, stop with this mind numbing threads and suggestions
5. Who’s Our Next Hird (Thomas, stop comparing others or trying to find something, he’s gone get on with life)
6. Our Best 5 or Best Spine (How about we get some players who play their guts out, I don’t care who they are)

Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 in News

McPhee & Lovett-Murray Outed

If injuries were not bad enough, Essendon’s stuttering 2008 AFL season has suffered another setback with Adam McPhee and Nathan Lovett-Murray both hit with suspensions by the AFL Match Review Panel on Monday afternoon.

McPhee was charged with making forceful front-on contact to Port Adelaide youngster Travis Boak while Lovett-Murray was charged with striking Power forward Daniel Motlop.

Nathan Lovett-Murray, Essendon, has been charged with a Level Two striking offence against Daniel Motlop, Port Adelaide, during the second quarter of the Round Seven match between Essendon and Port Adelaide, played at Telstra Dome on Sunday May 4, 2008.

In summary, his previous poor record means that his one-match sanction cannot be reduced with an early plea.

The incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Two offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has an existing bad record of three matches suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 30 per cent and 37.50 points to 162.50 demerit points. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to 121.88 points and a one-match sanction.

Adam McPhee, Essendon, has been charged with a Level One making forceful contact from front-on offence against Travis Boak, Port Adelaide, during the fourth quarter of the Round Seven match between Essendon and Port Adelaide, played at Telstra Dome on Sunday May 4, 2008.

In summary, his previous poor record means that his one-match sanction cannot be reduced with an early plea.

The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level One offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has an existing bad record of one match suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 10 per cent and 12.50 points to 137.50 demerit ponts. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to 103.13 points and a one-match sanction.

Posted Monday May 5, 2008 in News

Essendon Fined 5 G

Essendon have been fined $5,000 by the AFL after captain Matthew Lloyd approached the umpires at the quarter-time break of Sunday’s AFL Round 7 clash with Port Adelaide.

Essendon players and their coach Matthew Knights were unhappy with the umpires’ interpretation of the holding the ball rule.

Under AFL Regulation 16.3, players are not permitted to approach the umpires at any quarter break, or when the umpires are entering or leaving the ground.

The fine was imposed by AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson.

Posted Monday May 5, 2008 in News

Powers Punch Out The Bombers Lights

Essendon were handed their second successive thumping, this time at the hands of Port Adelaide, who condemned the Bombers to their fourth successive loss with a 64 point victory at the Phone Dome in AFL Round 7 on Sunday evening.

Port Adelaide kicked six of the first seven goals in the opening term and the match was as good as over from that point, even as the Bombers scored 15 goals for the game, with a five goal haul to skipper Matthew Lloyd, but as has been the case during the 2008 AFL Season, the Bombers defence bled goals, giving up 24 goals for the game as Port Adelaide forward Daniel Motlop had a career best seven goal game.

Posted Sunday May 4, 2008 in News Match Review

Final Teams Selected For Sunday

The final teams are in for Sunday’s Essendon & Port Adelaide clash at the Phone Dome with Tom Bellchambers, Jason Johnson and Tayte Pears missing out from the initial named squad.

ESSENDON
B: Bachar Houli, Mal Michael, David Myers
HB: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Patrick Ryder, Ricky Dyson
C: Jarrod Atkinson, Jobe Watson, Henry Slattery
HF: Andrew Welsh, Adam McPhee, Darcy Daniher
F: Tom Hislop, Matthew Lloyd, Andrew Lovett
Foll: David Hille, Leroy Jetta, Brent Stanton
Int: Courtney Johns, Angus Monfries, Jay Nash, Jay Neagle
Emg: Tom Bellchambers, Jason Johnson, Tayte Pears

In: Atkinson, Hislop, Jetta, Myers, Neagle, Daniher
Out: Dustin Fletcher (groin), Jason Laycock (omitted), Adam Ramanauskas (virus), Kyle Reimers (foot), Jason Winderlich (groin), Pears (omitted)

New: Jarrod Atkinson (Bendigo – 2007 Rookie Draft), Darcy Daniher (Calder Cannons – Pick 39, 2007 National draft (Father-son)), David Myers (Perth – Pick 6, 2007 National draft)

PORT ADELAIDE
B: Michael Pettigrew, Alipate Carlile, Jacob Surjan
HB: Peter Burgoyne, Toby Thurstans, Domenic Cassisi
C: Travis Boak, Adam Thomson, Kane Cornes
HF: David Rodan, Warren Tredrea, Brett Ebert
F: Daniel Motlop, Justin Westhoff, Brendon Lade
Foll: Dean Brogan, Steven Salopek, Shaun Burgoyne
Int: Troy Chaplin, Danyle Pearce, Tom Logan, Robert Gray
Emg: Nathan Lonie, Nick Lower, Paul Stewart

In: Gray
Out: Chad Cornes (hand)

Posted Friday May 2, 2008 in News

Round 7 - Port Adelaide Match Preview

By smooth
Last time I wrote a match preview for B-Blitz, Bomber fans were on a high. An impressive Round 1 victory over recent bogey side North Melbourne, kicking 19 goals with 11 players scoring majors, conceding just 9 in the process, and a near full-strength side to choose from.

Oh, how things have turned. And quickly!!

In the space of 5 weeks, we have been beaten 4 times by an average losing margin of over 10 goals, have leaked scores that teams in the IPL would be happy with after their 20 overs, (even in our only win during this period, against Carlton in Round 3, 23 goals were scored by the Blues), conceded the 2nd most amount of inside 50s in the AFL (only woeful Melbourne have allowed their opponent greater entries into their back 50) and there are more players in the medical room than out on the Windy Hill training track. Somehow, Matthew Knights and the Essendon match committee have to find 22 fit and able players for Sunday’s twilight match-up against a Port Adelaide side that is just starting to hit its straps.

Posted Friday May 2, 2008 in News Match Preview