It makes me laugh a bit when supporters talk about how much Essendon choked in that era.
We choked in '99. No question! We were the best team thay year and should have won a flag. In 2000 we were unstoppable and in 2001 we were beaten by a better team. End of story.
Kangaroos played in 7 prelims in a row and only won 2 flags in the 90's but does anyone say they choked!
It's ************ hard to win an AFL flag and apart from prelim day 99 which was the worst day ive ever had to spend at the footy ( I can hear the blues supporters laughing from here) I reckon we had a pretty good run.