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Richmond was too strong for last year's Grand Finalist Melbourne at the MCG
Essendon assistant coach Mark Harvey doesn't expect the Bombers to suffer a mental let-down in the wake of the lofty heights they reached in season 2000. AFL / VFL history is littered with sides who have looked like world-beaters one year and battlers the next. It is the dreaded premiership hangover - the summit has been reached, the intensity drops and opposition sides pounce. But Harvey believes the Bombers have a number of factors in their favour which he believes will count for plenty when the season kicks off tonight.
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