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Jono and Ian look into the great escape against the Eagles and what went wrong in defending defensive transition. They do a deep dive into Essendon's kicks inside 50, the effectiveness of midfielders at generating scores and look at what options are available with Andrew Phillips announcing his retirement. They then turn their attention to a rejuvenated North Melbourne and the dangers they pose in this week's matchup. 

Essendon kicks inside 50 data - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PHd59RagBCvxZkNKttJkg6o5qENlspi3dLxYBVtJiyI/edit?usp=drive_link

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Ian returns to join Jono to discuss the heartbreaking loss to the Swans. We celebrate the debut of Elijah Tsatas before doing an extensive deep dive into the way Essendon has been playing pre and post bye. We then look at what needs to be done against the cellar-dwelling Eagles.

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Jono is joined again by his brother Andrew, former Essendon and Western Bulldogs analyst. After going through the Bulldogs loss, they examine the potential Ben McKay trade, look at what Darcy Parish brings to the side and look into how we will be able to take on last year's runner's up the Sydney Swans

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Jono and Ian break down the disappointing loss against Geelong. They dive deep into some of the shallow media takes this week before looking at how we can improve against another one of our Bogey sides, the Bulldogs. 

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With Ian being struck down with the Windy Hill Flu, Jono is joined by his brother Andrew, a former Essendon and Western Bulldogs football analyst. They bask in the glow of the Adelaide victory before taking a deep look at one of the biggest challenges in football, facing Geelong in Geelong. 

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In the eleventh in our series of bonus episodes Ian speaks with Ben Jolley. Ben played 4 games for Essendon in 2006 and has gone on to become a VFL legend, becoming only the third player to play 300 games in that league. We talk about his Bomber Supporting origins, what his experience at the Bombers was like and how he would describe his leadership style. 

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Jono and Ian break down the heartbreaking loss to the Power and examine all the positives that can be taken out of the perforamnce. They then examine a team that's made similar improvements on last year in Adelaide before breaking down how the Dons can come out victorious. 

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Jono and Ian come back down to earth after our four game winning streak is broken by the Dockers. We look at what went wrong and addressed some of the media criticism of Nic Martin. Attention is turned to the form side of the competition in Port Adelaide and how the Bombers can respond to one of their biggest challenges of the season. 

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After a bye week dominated by Media Beat ups, Jono and Ian answer some listener questions before digging into the enigma that is 2023 Fremantle and how we can achieve our ninth win of the season. 

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Jono and Ian are joined live by Rick Edwards and some of our Patrons to answer questions about where the Bombers are at and what things need to be looked at going forward. 

This Episode was recorded on the 15th of June. 

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