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Truck’s Tradies: Essendon coach Ben Rutten wants his side to play ‘blue-collared’ footy – Fox Sports
Incoming Essendon coach Ben Rutten has flagged a major philosophical shift for his side next year, wanting them to become a hard-nosed, “blue-collared” team.
Amid a difficult 2020 season, which saw the Bombers lose nine of their last ten matches and finish with the AFLs third-worst percentage, one major point of contention was the teams style of play.
From the pre-season the Bombers relied more on handballs to gain territory, trying to emulate the success of the Tigers, but by the end of the year new club president Paul Brasher was declaring were not Richmond and calling for a more defined game style.
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