The website Bomberblitz is one of Australia's most important sporting websites and is well known in the Australian media.


BomberBlitz is a website dedicated to, but not connected with, the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

What distinguishes BomberBlitz from other fan sites is its effective self-regulation, quality posters, range of topics and, since it's populated by Essendon Fans, because it's just better (see: SEA level).

Forums.

The Windy Hill Hangar.
Football related topics only. Anyone straying from this simple rule will find their threads shunted to The Dog's Breakfast or worse, Regurgitated.

Members vote for the Nobby Clarke Medal - in honour of Neil "Nobby" Clarke, a ten year player at Essendon in the 70's and 80's, including the '84 and '85 premierships. Was a runner for the side in Essendon's 2000 premiership success, but, unfortunately passed away a few years ago.

The Shane Harvey Experience.
Pops its head up from about August till after the end of the draft period. Frequent discussions regarding the possible trade of Henneman and Bolton for Chris Judd's jockstrap abound. Players who've played 3 or 4 good games 2 years ago before destroying their knees and/or entering drug rehab are seen as a good trade for us.

The Pool Room.
TV, Radio, Movies, Music, Tech Talk, Gaming & Internet plus 'more serious discussion' topics. Also quizzes, funny links and the debate on the existence of God, which normally gets a run every eight weeks.

The News Room, The Sports Bar,

Essendon FC History This section provides a rare insight into the past of Essendon, including discussion on former players, historic matches, personal history andd things like trade history. The "Best Posts Of The Week Thread" gives an opportunity for posters to record posts that either tickle the funny bone or touch into something worth talking about. Many posters have had posts nominated in the thread, since its commencement in 2003.

BomberBlitz.com Fantasy Sports Leagues.

The Dog's Breakfast.
A forum for all those topics that don't quite fit, or aren't fit for, the regular forums. Home of the world famous, 79 page Hot Chick Thread.

Notable Elite Members

Forum members are typically referred to as Blitzers. Becoming an elite member is the ultimate goal of every new poster, though few are worthy of such respect.

Captain Jack. Father figure, audio and cinephile. Resident of Thailand and China.
From the Himalayas to Hanoi, from Hoi An to Ha Long Bay, from Angkor Wat to Ayutthaya and all stops in between . . . just travel, meet a few people, make a few friends and take a few pix along the way. Did l forget to mention movies and music ? l have the biggest audio - visual library in town.

Portable Mink - formerly Steady Teddy. Random surrealist and Ice Hockey fan. Apparently unaffected by any substance known to man, in any quantity. Stays up later than you, believe it.

Insanely Deranged - formerly Worthless. Resident devil's advocate and worst-case-scenario provider. If he's not the President of the SSAF, he should be. If anything good happens to the EFC, it's not due in any way to Kevin Sheedy. The converse also applies.

Alan_Noonan_#10. The strict and scholarly voice of reason. Doesn't suffer fools at all, just puts them on his ignore list.
Interests: Abusing ****wits, including those with most current players' names as part of their user name, and particularly druggies and lefties. Taking the top off it over pictures and memories of old Essendon players. Llama porn. Agreeing with mcdav.

bugman5 Lives in an ivory tower. Apparently can be "a bit loud" when barracking for Essendon. No one really saw him throw that cup. Bugman is rumoured to look identical to Chris Judd - captain of the West Coast Eagles in the AFL. The fact is, the appearance is not "uncanny" - Judd has a larger nose, is taller, has far superior football talent, and a less attractive girlfriend.

megz Responsible for the "Kiss of Death" - since every favourite player has subsequently left the club. Well known for her dietetic advice service "Ask megz" which has saved the life of numerous posters. Likes shiny things.

free spirit - formerly Rasta Don Most likely to start his own religion, despite despising religion in all its forms. Posts less nowadays due to having his heart broken and a cash flow problem. Writes incomprehensible essays that no doubt earn huge kudos at university.

bomberjez Henneman worshipping Emo. We love him anyway.

Koala Loveable marsupial who provides extensive photo collations, usually figuring multiple shots of Courtney Johns (AKA The Messiah) and Jobe Watson. Also suspected of doing the player interviews which are such a feature of the site. Members are invited to provide the questions - relevance to football is not necessary, including the mandatory "what type of doughnut do you prefer?"

comebackdimma His love of Ralph Wiggum is nearly as legendary as his love of KISS. His cat's name really is mittens.

Mog Technically a Richmond fan. I say technically, since he has an unusual habit of attending Essendon games, as well as being photographed in Essendon guernseys. By season's end, he will be singing "See the Bombers fly up"

Stargazer5 One of the originals on the site, dating back to when the site was in 2 parts before the 2002 merger.

donna27 Hailing from Bendigo, Donna's contribution also dates from the early days of the site.

smythyhatesforgettingpasswords With by far the longest user name causing an ever expanding avatar space, this is not the only annoyance other posters have to put up with from this particular user.

Media Significance

Bomberblitz has been a frequent source of inspiration for major Australian newspapers and football television programs. Most famously, Bomberblitz was the original source for a false rumour published in The Age in 2006 - that former Sydney ruckman Ricky Mott would be drafted by the club. The Age reported the story with an incorrect attribution to affiliated newspaper, the West Australian.

Catchphrases.

The following posts are acceptable no matter what the context:<br />
Racist <br />
We should pick him up<br />
This should be a poll <br />
Sounds like my parents' custody battle<br />
This wouldn't have happened if Funky Town were playing<br />
Our season is over<br />
Get on us for the flag<br />
Jesus Bolton<br />
No changes for mine.<br />
I hear he barracked for Essendon as a boy.<br />

Newcomers.

New members are always welcomed and treated with respect. Choose your new user-name carefully. Puns involving exciting new players names are always well received. Make yourself known by starting as many threads as possible. Why not start a poll?
Just who will be Essendon's next captain? There are no ivory towers here (except the one that bugman5 resides in - its a pretty big ivory tower) and older members find challenges and new points of view invigorating. You should express yourself in your own way, or yr one wya lololol!!!!
Come in and enjoy the fun.
While you're there starting new threads, getting abused and ignored by AN#10, don't forget that the liberal use of emoticons signifies to other users that you are, indeed, the master of computing and the internet.

Exclusive insights

Bomberblitz members are privy to inside information from the Essendon Football Club. The most frequent source is from the father of player Adam McPhee, also known as McPhee's dad. Any information being sourced from McPhee's dad is to be treated with the highest respect.

Training Reports

Members are provided with exhaustive training reports both in and off-season by the likes of jackie mihocek, ant555, sandbelt, lloydyfan18 and pictures by Koala. Since these have been provided, opposition clubs see no reason to send spies, as everything is provided.

External Links

Bomberblitz.com