"Essendon of 2000/01 are the best side ever"

Robert Walls and Gary Lyon label Essendon of 2000/01 as the greatest side ever after they came back from 69 points to win the game.

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[thegreekboy4800]

geelongs era of dominance versus ess era of dominance, speaks volumes, geelong hands down, to come out and win the flag after losing thompson and ablett, essendon never recovered after 2001, a power house team always bounces back and recovers, thats what super teams do, all the afl experts hav said geelongs era versus brisbanes not mentioning essendons one great season.

They had no opposition grand final day, that year no one was good enough for es, but lethal always outcoached sheedy 1990 2001

[thegreekboy4800]

not one, not 2 but 3 successive prems, 4 straight grand finals, ess made 2 and one prem from it all, the blues with a mediocre list kk=nocked them out of a prelim,there have been the pies in the 20s with one season lost only a single game, geelong in the 50s won 23 successive games, something ess has never done.

Then you look at geelong pf the last 5 years, 3 premierships, 4 grand finals, 2 brownlows, 3 norm smiths, the greatest winning margin in afl grand final, 100 wins from 127 games.

[thegreekboy4800]

ess had a full side in that grand final, they were darn lucky to pinch it against the hawks, if the lions had kicked straight in the first term the game would have been over.

3.7.25 to the bombers 3.2.20 5 more scoring shots, then at half time 5.10.40 to the dons 8.6.54

brisbanes inaccuracy was the only reason ess stayed in the game, but history shows the greater team won, they still won by 5 goals, had 14 more shots at goal, the margin was blown out to 39 points at one stage,

[0532MOET]

@CrimzonXDevil Yep, best forward line ever, one of the best defenses ever, geelongs midfield was better but I always thought midfields were overrated anyway, Bombers win by about seven goals!

[0532MOET]

@thegreekboy4800 We kicked 21 behinds & were in cruise control, we could easily have won that by 100

[0532MOET]

@thegreekboy4800 Sorry, I dont even have to look it up to know that Essendons average winning margin in 2000 is easily the best ever & Essendon of 2000 would have smashed any team since

[0532MOET]

@shanedungey Agreed! Umpiring drives me insane

[AFFTL]

If Essendon Had a full side in 2001 Grand Final they woulf of smashed Brisbane. That Essendon side was better than the Brisbane side of 2001 to 2004.

The only reason that Brisbane side was sucssesfull is because they where allowed way over the salary cap. That's why Essendon went down affter 2001 because they had to trade a lot of stars because the couldn't fit them in the salary cap.

[MultiBuzz9]

To come from 70 points down is fukin amazing... Essendon of 2001 were hell better then the shit magpies of 2010/11

[shanedungey]

You heard right! Best Team Ever!!!

Too bad the game is unbearable to watch these days due to a couple of rules & in consistent umpiring :(