Impatience - Examining the Essendon Finals Win Drought
22 years. No finals wins. No premiership challenge. So how did Essendon get here?
On September 4, 2004, Essendon defeated Melbourne by five points in an elimination final at the MCG. It remains the last time the Bombers have won a game in September.
With Essendon now entering another rebuild under Mark McVeigh, this is an attempt to explain how the club went from the powerhouse of the 1990s to more than two decades of frustration — and, more importantly, what needs to change.
There isn't one person to blame. There isn't one decision that explains everything. Across the past quarter of a…
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