Big thanks to you Felix, for your great work whole season, you gave us suffering bombers supporters something to look forward to each week. Looking forward to your off season reports...Well done champ!.
Daylight second & then Martin. Shame on the Essendon recruitment & coaching. Can't hide behind injuries this year. Probably worse year than previous considering the injury list & soft draw. All this negative stuff about Stringer lately. Take his 42 goals out if this year & we woulda finished last. What did Menzie do, he gets contract extension, Wright, Weidman, Davey, Guelfi, Gresham, Perkins wot about them?? Backline are useless. All of them.Not 1 close to elite Backman. Bryan needs more time in ruck & Caddy promising. Duursma was most promising recruit.
@@SportsReplays yeh but he ain't got the eye of the tiger. Just like McGrath. athletic but soft as butter. Redman used to have it until he got the 5 year contract then put the cue the rack & in automatic pilot. Fake Edge.
Love your work mate. Your weekly videos are always something to look forward to particularly after a bad game and we had a few at the end. Watching the off season with great interest, and will keep an eye out as we head in to season 2025
Have to say that after watching the Hawks win over the dogs in the elimination final, it’s clear that you don’t need a team of superstars to be playing into the second round of the finals. The Hawks certainly don’t have a better list than Essendon. The difference is a hatred of losing, intense commitment, well drilled basic skills and a winning game plan, all of which Essendon lack. BTW thanks so much for your work this year Felix. I look forward to all your videos. Surprised your not working for one of the major networks 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I am on the same page.The Hawks won the flag in 2015.Their third in three years.In 2016 they lost the preliminary by the narrowest of margins.Since then Hawthorn sank all the way to the bottom.Now they are back and winning finals In the same time frame Essendon have loitered in the group who are hoping to scrape into eighth position. Hawthorn is a well managed football club and we are not.The first problem the Bombers need to fix is administration.We need a football department capable of creating a winning culture.Surely the club has the money to attract people who want the challenge of turning Essendon around.
Great season F. Thanks for keeping us Bomber faithful united. Looking forward to trade and draft time. No doubt you will be right on top of what's happening.
Watched the Swans Giants game yesterday. The gap between them and us is significant. Scott did well with the players we have but we don’t have enough talented players to mix it with the best. We need to build the squad with star power if we are going to really compete with the best. ❤️🖤❤️🖤
Still think Martin torches the ball when the pressure is really on just that bit too often. I'd have Caldwell and Durham ahead. Obviously Merrett the easy number one.
Merrett comfortably our best this year, how he wasn't all-australian is beyond me. Martin has been massively over-rated this season. Get's votes purely on disposal count regardless of the fact those disposals have been consistently abysmal, one of the leading turnover players in the league. He's clearly a front half player who has been played out of position, should never set foot in the back half again. In any other season you'd think Harry Jones would be a certainty for most improved, however Jye Caldwell took a huge step up to be the guy who would have won that gong in any OTHER season, if not for Sam Durham who became an absolute beast, and is the clear most improved for mine. Guelfi, Draper and Stringer the most under-rated this year. Guelfi is the only reliable small forward we have, and is the king of the 1 percenters (exc Merrett who does it all), Draper is always competing, and is one of the few players on our list who regularly takes contested marks, Does he lack polish at times? Yes, but his impact is still huge. As for Stringer, why on earth people want to let go of a 40+ goal kicking, match-winning, stoppage beast is beyond me. I didn't realise we had such a long list of players who are capable of winning a game off their own boot. It would be a huge disappointment if he's not in the red and black next year. And now, the thing that literally nobody has been waiting for..... The full season Max Power Impact Ratings for 2025: by total: Zach Merrett 256 Sam Durham 212 Jye Caldwell 208 Kyle Langford 178 Jake Stringer 171 Sam Draper 125 Andrew McGrath 119 Ben McKay 118 Jade Gresham 111 Mason Redman 107 Dyson Heppell 106 Harrison Jones 101 Matt Guelfi 101 Nic Martin 93 Archie Perkins 86 Peter Wright 76 Todd Goldstein 75 Xavier Duursma 74 Jayden Laverde 72 Dylan Shiel 69 Darcy Parish 67 Ben Hobbs 58 Jordan Ridley 54 Nate Caddy 54 Nick Hind 53 Nik Cox 48 Jake Kelly 46 Alwyn Davey Jr 31 Jye Menzie 30 Nick Bryan 25 Archie Roberts 17 Elijah Tsatas 16 Will Setterfield 16 Zach Reid 1 Sam Weideman -4 by avg: Zach Merrett 11.13 Sam Durham 9.64 Jye Caldwell 9.04 Sam Draper 7.81 Matt Guelfi 7.77 Kyle Langford 7.74 Dylan Shiel 7.67 (8.38 if you take out his sub game) Jake Stringer 7.43 Jordan Ridley 6.00 Dyson Heppell 5.89 Darcy Parish 5.58 Peter Wright 5.43 Nate Caddy 5.40 Todd Goldstein 5.36 Andrew McGrath 5.17 Ben McKay 5.13 Mason Redman 5.10 Jade Gresham 5.05 Nick Bryan 5.00 Xavier Duursma 4.93 Ben Hobbs 4.83 Harrison Jones 4.81 Archie Perkins 4.78 Archie Roberts 4.25 Nic Martin 4.04 Will Setterfield 4.00 Nick Hind 3.53 Jayden Laverde 3.43 Alwyn Davey Jr 3.1 Nik Cox 2.40 Jake Kelly 2.30 Elijah Tsatas 2.29 Jye Menzie 2.14 Zach Reid 1.00 Sam Weideman -4.00
I absolutely agree with you that Martin's kicking is horrific. I feel he's one of the most over rated players in the AFL and hurt us so badly with terrible crunch turn overs. However, that's not to say he has no potential to be a great player - they've just got him in the wrong part of the ground. He's a forward flanker in my view. Generally good goal sense and creative. I think he's a 30+ goal a year player if they leave him where he's best suited.
@@droquet6961I made a bet with a mate that he would be all Australian this year (until his season was ruined by injury). The guy is a freak and if he gets a proper run at a season he can be the next Nic Nat. Incredible overhead, a lovely tap ruckman, but most exciting is the way he roves the ball like another small mid. There's no other ruck in the comp like him.
Archie Perkins earning 6 in round one and finishing with 6 at the end of the season is upsetting. He really needs to step up next year.
Yep, lots of pressure on him next season
We were expecting him to step up this year and he took a step back. Trade trade trade.
Not acceptable.
Big thanks to you Felix, for your great work whole season, you gave us suffering bombers supporters something to look forward to each week. Looking forward to your off season reports...Well done champ!.
Cheers mate, means a lot
Well done! Look forward to following next year. First timer this season with your channel. Thankyou to all who put in the hard work. Go Bombers!
Cheers mate! Glad you joined the community
The gap between 1-2 is depressing 😂
The sad thing is it probably should have been larger
Daylight second & then Martin. Shame on the Essendon recruitment & coaching. Can't hide behind injuries this year. Probably worse year than previous considering the injury list & soft draw. All this negative stuff about Stringer lately. Take his 42 goals out if this year & we woulda finished last. What did Menzie do, he gets contract extension, Wright, Weidman, Davey, Guelfi, Gresham, Perkins wot about them?? Backline are useless. All of them.Not 1 close to elite Backman. Bryan needs more time in ruck & Caddy promising. Duursma was most promising recruit.
@@gunlean7738 Ridley is good once fit.
@@SportsReplays yeh but he ain't got the eye of the tiger. Just like McGrath. athletic but soft as butter. Redman used to have it until he got the 5 year contract then put the cue the rack & in automatic pilot. Fake Edge.
Love your work mate. Your weekly videos are always something to look forward to particularly after a bad game and we had a few at the end. Watching the off season with great interest, and will keep an eye out as we head in to season 2025
Cheers mate! Hopefully the videos will be happier next year
Have to say that after watching the Hawks win over the dogs in the elimination final, it’s clear that you don’t need a team of superstars to be playing into the second round of the finals. The Hawks certainly don’t have a better list than Essendon. The difference is a hatred of losing, intense commitment, well drilled basic skills and a winning game plan, all of which Essendon lack. BTW thanks so much for your work this year Felix. I look forward to all your videos. Surprised your not working for one of the major networks 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I am on the same page.The Hawks won the flag in 2015.Their third in three years.In 2016 they lost the preliminary by the narrowest of margins.Since then Hawthorn sank all the way to the bottom.Now they are back and winning finals
In the same time frame Essendon have loitered in the group who are hoping to scrape into eighth position.
Hawthorn is a well managed football club and we are not.The first problem the Bombers need to fix is administration.We need a football department capable of creating a winning culture.Surely the club has the money to attract people who want the challenge of turning Essendon around.
Unfortunately we just don’t seem to have a winning culture like Geelong or Hawthorn
Great season F. Thanks for keeping us Bomber faithful united.
Looking forward to trade and draft time. No doubt you will be right on top of what's happening.
Its my favourite time of the year :P
Role Player of the Year - Jye Menzie for cosplaying as an AFL footballer.
He conned us into offering him a contract, fair play
100% correct.
Watched the Swans Giants game yesterday. The gap between them and us is significant. Scott did well with the players we have but we don’t have enough talented players to mix it with the best. We need to build the squad with star power if we are going to really compete with the best. ❤️🖤❤️🖤
100% agree.
I was thinking the exact same thing while watching, we would have crumbled
This list is so far from being competitive. That is the biggest list of absolute plodders. Another rebuild required
Already moved on a few of our older players, could be a few more on the way out
Perkins didn’t get one after the first round ahah
He's a spud. Hope we trade him or delist him when his contract is over.
Didn’t even get close
Thought Jones would have finished a little higher. Only had role player votes?
Yep, polled nothing but role player votes all season
Love your work mate
Cheers for the support!
Sorry for the misunderstanding, but was their a way for the comments to put in votes or was the votes recored somewhere else?
Yep! I tallied commented votes in every match review video.
top 4 is really unsurprising, Ridley and Duursma wouldve been up there without injuries
Hopefully they stay fit next year
Still think Martin torches the ball when the pressure is really on just that bit too often. I'd have Caldwell and Durham ahead. Obviously Merrett the easy number one.
Was super tight for 2nd place
Jr well deserved..
Yep, the clear best
Apart from a very few, this is a sad tale of inconsistency of performance. Methinks most enjoy the big dollars ahead of the work needed to win a flag.
Yep, only a handful of players who can actually hold their heads high this year
No votes for Parish all year wow
He got 1
Had a couple, need more from him next year though
Merrett comfortably our best this year, how he wasn't all-australian is beyond me.
Martin has been massively over-rated this season. Get's votes purely on disposal count regardless of the fact those disposals have been consistently abysmal, one of the leading turnover players in the league. He's clearly a front half player who has been played out of position, should never set foot in the back half again.
In any other season you'd think Harry Jones would be a certainty for most improved, however Jye Caldwell took a huge step up to be the guy who would have won that gong in any OTHER season, if not for Sam Durham who became an absolute beast, and is the clear most improved for mine.
Guelfi, Draper and Stringer the most under-rated this year. Guelfi is the only reliable small forward we have, and is the king of the 1 percenters (exc Merrett who does it all), Draper is always competing, and is one of the few players on our list who regularly takes contested marks, Does he lack polish at times? Yes, but his impact is still huge. As for Stringer, why on earth people want to let go of a 40+ goal kicking, match-winning, stoppage beast is beyond me. I didn't realise we had such a long list of players who are capable of winning a game off their own boot. It would be a huge disappointment if he's not in the red and black next year.
And now, the thing that literally nobody has been waiting for.....
The full season Max Power Impact Ratings for 2025:
by total:
Zach Merrett 256
Sam Durham 212
Jye Caldwell 208
Kyle Langford 178
Jake Stringer 171
Sam Draper 125
Andrew McGrath 119
Ben McKay 118
Jade Gresham 111
Mason Redman 107
Dyson Heppell 106
Harrison Jones 101
Matt Guelfi 101
Nic Martin 93
Archie Perkins 86
Peter Wright 76
Todd Goldstein 75
Xavier Duursma 74
Jayden Laverde 72
Dylan Shiel 69
Darcy Parish 67
Ben Hobbs 58
Jordan Ridley 54
Nate Caddy 54
Nick Hind 53
Nik Cox 48
Jake Kelly 46
Alwyn Davey Jr 31
Jye Menzie 30
Nick Bryan 25
Archie Roberts 17
Elijah Tsatas 16
Will Setterfield 16
Zach Reid 1
Sam Weideman -4
by avg:
Zach Merrett 11.13
Sam Durham 9.64
Jye Caldwell 9.04
Sam Draper 7.81
Matt Guelfi 7.77
Kyle Langford 7.74
Dylan Shiel 7.67 (8.38 if you take out his sub game)
Jake Stringer 7.43
Jordan Ridley 6.00
Dyson Heppell 5.89
Darcy Parish 5.58
Peter Wright 5.43
Nate Caddy 5.40
Todd Goldstein 5.36
Andrew McGrath 5.17
Ben McKay 5.13
Mason Redman 5.10
Jade Gresham 5.05
Nick Bryan 5.00
Xavier Duursma 4.93
Ben Hobbs 4.83
Harrison Jones 4.81
Archie Perkins 4.78
Archie Roberts 4.25
Nic Martin 4.04
Will Setterfield 4.00
Nick Hind 3.53
Jayden Laverde 3.43
Alwyn Davey Jr 3.1
Nik Cox 2.40
Jake Kelly 2.30
Elijah Tsatas 2.29
Jye Menzie 2.14
Zach Reid 1.00
Sam Weideman -4.00
Completely agree that Drapes has been underrated and copped too much criticism.
I absolutely agree with you that Martin's kicking is horrific. I feel he's one of the most over rated players in the AFL and hurt us so badly with terrible crunch turn overs. However, that's not to say he has no potential to be a great player - they've just got him in the wrong part of the ground. He's a forward flanker in my view. Generally good goal sense and creative. I think he's a 30+ goal a year player if they leave him where he's best suited.
@@droquet6961I made a bet with a mate that he would be all Australian this year (until his season was ruined by injury). The guy is a freak and if he gets a proper run at a season he can be the next Nic Nat. Incredible overhead, a lovely tap ruckman, but most exciting is the way he roves the ball like another small mid. There's no other ruck in the comp like him.
Love your work mate, I have been paying close attention to your match review comments all year for the player ratings, keep it up!
I agree with u
Great minds think alike ;)
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god we have a shit list
Definitely needs work
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