JB

May signed for two years and kicked two.

Two genuine key forwards now.

They smacked Melbourne in all the key metrics of the game.

I thought Brad Scott coached really well.

Wright's moving to the ruck, which we spoke about last week.

McGrath everywhere with Pickett.

And the way that they were able to possess the ball and make Melbourne defend was really interesting.

So all of a sudden you go, OK, well, there's

something there when the whole sky was falling in on this footy club.

Gee, this win came at a really important time.

Yeah, and I reckon it came off the back of the second half against the Western Bulldogs.

So there's a great lesson in that, that even when you're out of a game, you can lose a game, you can still go forward as a club.

And I reckon Essendon went forward as a club despite a losing effort against the Western Bulldogs because a lot of those moves we saw, the tagging right into the ruck, they carried on the next week.

They built confidence there.

Yeah, and Roby plays his first game.

Sharp is going to play some foot.

He has already.

We've seen him.

They've got pick four now as it sits in 2026.

So if they make some really shrewd decisions in the next six months to one year, they're not going to be in a terrible spot.