A new chapter, that's all they've asked for. It's got nothing to do with redemption or forgiveness, there is no amends to be made. Essendon just want something new to talk about.
This was the second year of the Essendon pre-season pantomime, replete with heroes and villains; characters submitting themselves to the judgement of the masses. Distorted, often beyond recognition, by the hazy lens of the various scribes assigned the task of disseminating facts when precious few are known. It's exhausting and obsessive work, you can spend days analysing the various prognostications without realising how futile it all is. Nothing has happened, something might, but nothing has.
Despite all that, we've still got Friday night. Essendon, remodeled both of coach and player, will present for the kind of examination that they must so desperately crave; immediate, ruthless and finite. Their dalliance with North Melbourne shapes as an intriguing clash, two highly credentialed teams with ample question marks. Potential in spades, consistency in doses. What is for sure is that when that siren goes, there will be - definitively - a winner and a loser.
And, finally, there'll be something new to talk about.
In the news...
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Guy McKenna has been rewarded with a one-year contract extension at the Gold Coast Suns. "A lot of the hard work's been done and is still being done. It's building all the foundations, mixing the cement, now we're pouring it and it's starting to take shape" he Bob-The-Buildered.
Lions midfielder Jack Redden has defied the scourge of homesickness and re-signed with in Brisbane until 2016. "I love the club and I love Brisbane" said the South Australian.
Carlton's Andrew Walker will miss the Richmond clash after accepting a week on the sidelines for illegally disposing of Angus Monfries.
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