ESSENDON midfielder Darcy Parish is itching to make his long-awaited comeback in the AFL crunch clash with Carlton but still needs the final tick ... Parish has played just 46 of a possible 78 games ...

Isaac Kako and fellow first-round draft picks Nate Caddy and Elijah Tsatas have given Essendon a tantalising glimpse of what their AFL future might become. Kako kicked four goals, Caddy contributed ...

Still, he’ll need to replace the bonus hitouts with goals to reach value against Essendon, and that’s not an easy task with the Bombers’ Back 7 going well even before highly-respected ...

The current logo with the Bomber plane in it is the second-oldest in the AFL behind only St Kilda, and has been in place since 1997, and is essentially just a grey plane with ESSENDON written in ...

Brad Scott Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images ... Essendon coach Brad Scott in front of the Bomber logo. The research project could take more than one year to complete as Essendon ...