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BRENDON Goddard has said believes the external expectations around Essendon heading into 2022 are \u201ctoo big\u201d saying they\u2019re still a little \u201cbit off\u201d.<\/p>\n

After making an unexpected finals appearance last year, Goddard said his former side is a couple of players short of being a competitive team consistently.<\/p>\n

Former Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse made a huge claim last week that the Bombers are his tip for the premiership this year, while Richmond great Matthew Richardson believes they will be a genuine contender.<\/p>\n

Goddard doesn\u2019t agree, saying he is worried they don\u2019t have the personnel when it comes to going deep in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably too big of expectations externally, I\u2019m the other side of the fence being a former Essendon person and still am, just trying to cull expectations and I still think they’re a little bit off,\u201d Goddard said on Sportsday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they out-did their own expectations last year, they did really well and made some real in roads and we saw what the future holds but I still think they\u2019re a couple of guys thin on being a competitive team consistently and particularly when it comes to talking about September and going deep into September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re one team that I think will be in the bottom half of the eight or competing for those last couple of spots as we\u2019ve seen in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be fiercely competitive at that end \u2026 there will be five or six teams battling for those two bottom eight positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Essendon will kick off their 2022 campaign against Geelong on Saturday, 19 March at the MCG.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

– BY HUGH FITZPATRICK\/ SEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRENDON Goddard has said believes the external expectations around Essendon heading into 2022 are \u201ctoo big\u201d saying they\u2019re still a little \u201cbit off\u201d. After making an unexpected finals appearance last year, Goddard said his former side is a couple of players short of being a competitive team consistently. Former Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse made a […]<\/p>\n

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