Essendon legend and board member Simon Madden says John Worsfold is the “right” coach to lead the Bombers and that the club’s poor form should not be blamed on one person.

The embattled senior coach has come under fire this year over his team’s performance, including after their 55-point elimination finals loss to West Coast on Thursday night.

But Madden insists Worsfold led a successful team in 2019, in which the Bombers won 12 games and finished eighth.

“We didn’t have the best and fairest of last year; we didn’t have our leading goalkicker; one game we had 10 changes; three games we had six changes; we haven’t played our best footy and we still made the finals,” Madden told RSN on Thursday night.