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Essendon captain James Hird says David Hille's last quarter heroics in Saturday's Elimination Final could be a defining moment in the big man's career. In his latest column - The Word from Hird - the Bomber skipper also laments his side's inability to put four quarters together and says it must happen this Saturday or season 2004 is over. <A href=""http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/hird2004.asp?id=23"">Read The Word from Hird</A>.
Adam McPhee was a nervous man in the Bombers’ coaches’ box on Saturday. The 21-year-old watched his teammates do battle against Melbourne and could hardly contain himself in the dying minutes when the result could have gone either way. Luckily for McPhee he and the Bombers have lived to fight another day after Essendon got across the line by five-points.
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