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Let's get one thing straight - this is only the pre-season competition! Whatever happens this weekend, the real stuff is what matters and that is still a little over four weeks away. But you can't help but be excited as Friday night looms with Essendon to tackle Fremantle in Darwin in Round 1 of the Wizard Cup. The Bombers' class of 2004 is about to make its first appearance in a competitive match and for all Essendon supporters the questions flow thick and fast.
Kevin Sheedy has lashed out at the AFL over the introduction of the Wizard Cup rule that limits the number of messages a runner can give to five per quarter. ""I think some of the new rules are a joke. Five moves off the interchange bench is just ridiculous. It is a restraint on how coaches want to coach. We go to the coaches meeting and they want us to take the Wizard Cup seriously. In many ways they are holding us back. If they want us to take the game seriously, then they should look at themselves,"" Sheedy said.
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