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Jumping at shadows Peter Hanlon | March 1, 2008
TIS the pre-season to be jolly, if you've won a game or two when they all said you'd be rubbish. 'Tis the pre-season to be worried, if you've seen a quarter of footy, your mob looks even slower than last year and you still haven't got a key forward. 'Tis the pre-season to be excited, if you've seen something in a rookie or two that will come in handy when someone does a knee in June.
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Essendon supporter posted a proclamation to make Matthew Knights blush: "Dons are top-four material. We have the premier forward line in the competition. We will probably take out the NAB Cup and set a platform for success."
The response from a fellow poster should be remembered by all in the month of madness: "And Elvis Presley is sitting on my lap singing Love Me Tender."
Meanwhile 12 months ago
• Seemingly everyone was up in arms over rule changes
•Neale Daniher was confident his Demons were in for a big year
•Rumours were rife that Nick Riewoldt had an injury
•Kevin Sheedy saw cause for optimism in his Bombers
•Nathan Buckley was talking of playing on in 2008
•Luke Ball reckoned his groin was great and he was raring to go
•Footballers were going down with season-ending knee injuries
Coaches were finding positives in NAB Cup defeat
SAME STUFF . . . DIFFERENT YEAR
