My Patreon is $5 a month. That’s if you join via Android or by web browser. IOS is a little more. I appreciate some people are not in a position to pay this each month so I’ll be continuing to post training videos here

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: There’s some videos I take at training that I can’t quite believe. I recall one of the coaches smirked when Caddy used Laverde as a step-ladder two years ago. But there was one contested ball drill in July 2019 which I could not believe how hard they hit each

Just did a deep dive into lots of my vision of Hussien El Achkar. I’ll release some vision together with some insights in coming days. I think Huss has been underrated of late.

Thanks to everyone who’s listened. This has become our most listened to Don The Stat episode of all time!! The power of Rick Edwards (check out his new Patreon!) #DonTheStat #GoDons

Still unofficial training going on at The Hangar. Today Xavier Duursma and Peter Wright did a running session in the heavy rain. Official training starts Monday 10am for 1 to 4 year players. In other news the second oval -which is being resurfaced- now has grass on it.

Training is back on Monday for the 1-4s AND so ARE WE!!! We're going to go Live at 7.30pm to chat through the last month of news!! On the agenda for us to discuss 👇 - Training updates from the day from my lens - Draft day hopes & wishes - Dean Solomon appointment - Ted

Lachy Dovaston is probably the best small forward in this draft pool. He can hurt the opposition by scoring in a hurry. He definitely has purple patches. In the first game I saw him this year he had four shots at goal in a 5 minute period. He finished with just over 50 goals

Everyone’s excited about the upcoming AFL Draft. But what roles do the Bomber’s most need to fill? I’ve undertaken a full list analysis and come to my conclusions - you can read about them here on the #DonTheStat website #GoDons donthestat.com/post/essendon-…

Zach Merrett has not arrived at The Hangar for the first day of pre-season. It’s only 1st-4th year players required and Merrett is at a wedding in Queensland. Several senior players have come back early - and as skipper, Merrett is usually one of them. 7NEWS Melbourne 7AFL

Training starts

Clarke second in time trial, Roberts third then Saad fourth. Non-listed player first. patreon.com/cw/RickEdwards

Day 1 of 2025/2026 Pre Season. All players presented in really good nick. Our ACL recovery group looked great with Hayes, Martin and Edwards all running strongly. Cox was up and about and looked great also. Ridley looked lean and strong and moved very well. Great to see our new

Jordan Ridley looked great today. He was also joined by the likes of Ben McKay, Jye Caldwell, Zach Reid and Nik Cox in full training. More videos to come: patreon.com/cw/RickEdwards My Patreon is $5 a month. That’s if you join via Android or by web browser. IOS is a little more.

I believe this might have been the order for 2km time trial (but the last few may have changed places). Jaxon Binns (ex Carlton) Clarke Roberts Saad Nguyen Day-Wicks Tsatas Cam Nyko (VFL) Johnson McMahon Unwin Then a bit of a gap. Video from last 100m. See more footage from

Thanks one and all today: the new Patreon subscribers and my mates on here. It was good to see the Dons again. And also the lovely diehard fans who made it to The Hangar. More clips - many more - to come from today.