Bomber to Essendon

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@spyandsource just tweeted: Essendon to confirm Bomber Thompson in a coaching capacity at Windy Hill in 2011 tomorrow at a press conference

This guy has been spot on for the last month so it is probably legit.

At the start of the year I would have had no problem or opinion on this.

But, the way Thompson treated Ablett throughout the year was appalling. He played games with his best player and might have lost the locker room.

On another note, the way the cats are behaving is a joke. If you believe Balme, Geelong were the only people in Australia that had no idea Ablett was going, and couldn't make contingencies in case.

[Vagg 2,449]

@spyandsource just tweeted: Essendon to confirm Bomber Thompson in a coaching capacity at Windy Hill in 2011 tomorrow at a press conference

This guy has been spot on for the last month so it is probably legit.

At the start of the year I would have had no problem or opinion on this.

But, the way Thompson treated Ablett throughout the year was appalling. He played games with his best player and might have lost the locker room.

On another note, the way the cats are behaving is a joke. If you believe Balme, Geelong were the only people in Australia that had no idea Ablett was going, and couldn't make contingencies in case.

Personally, I couldn't give a rat's about what happens at either bomberland or the cattery. But, I DID get a chuckle out of Balme's little gem. They didn't know Ablett was staying or going, and didn't have the smarts to come up with a Plan "A" and a Plan "B" to cover both contingencies! The mind truly boggles!

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@spyandsource just tweeted: Essendon to confirm Bomber Thompson in a coaching capacity at Windy Hill in 2011 tomorrow at a press conference

This guy has been spot on for the last month so it is probably legit.

These aren't exactly spot on, yet: -

"Houli off to Tigers for tambling compo pick"

"Expect Melbourne to use pick 52 for Josh Hill"

That said, as previously stated this wouldn't surprise me one bit. Apparently he was burnt out.....

[Arrow 1,257]

I find this hilarious and truly an excellent display of what a true pig Mark Thompson is. Most arrogant piece of s**t i've ever heard in the media and hope he burns with Windy Hill.

[ox_5 163]

I find this hilarious and truly an excellent display of what a true pig Mark Thompson is. Most arrogant piece of s**t i've ever heard in the media and hope he burns with Windy Hill.

On the topic of SpyandSource however, he stated Melbourne would use pick 52 to pick up Josh Hill in the national draft. Wow. I think we have alot of players similar to Hill but he is class and may force Bennell to play better. Good idea for mine if no young talent is left on the board!

He meant on trade pick 52 for Hill. No way Hill would make it to 52 in the ND

[old55 23,860]

Thompson did say that he tried to change the Geelong game-plan but couldn't get player "buy-in". Gary was petulant at qtr time huddles. Putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5 I'm guessing the main player who wouldn't buy-in was Gary and that may be a part of Thompson's attitude towards him during the year.

Also saw Balme saying they couldn't make contigency plans because they didn't know if Gary was leaving - incredible - Plan A he stays, Plan B he goes. I guess the other complicating factor was whether they won the flag and Bomber leaving was another curve ball for them. They've tried to load up a bit on draft picks, I don't think they can win the 2011 flag and then I think they'll be on the slide, they might need to consider trading out a flag star at the end of next year to accelerate their re-build.

[TonyMelb 7]

Thompson did say that he tried to change the Geelong game-plan but couldn't get player "buy-in". Gary was petulant at qtr time huddles. Putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5 I'm guessing the main player who wouldn't buy-in was Gary and that may be a part of Thompson's attitude towards him during the year.

Also saw Balme saying they couldn't make contigency plans because they didn't know if Gary was leaving - incredible - Plan A he stays, Plan B he goes. I guess the other complicating factor was whether they won the flag and Bomber leaving was another curve ball for them. They've tried to load up a bit on draft picks, I don't think they can win the 2011 flag and then I think they'll be on the slide, they might need to consider trading out a flag star at the end of next year to accelerate their re-build.

Think back to Balme's coaching of MFC. Never had plan B then either!!

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He is from Geelong, but it ain't Bomber.

The departures from Geelong have continued as assistant coach

Brendan McCartney leaves to take up a role with AFL rivals

Essendon.

McCartney joins Essendon as a senior assistant to new coach

James Hird after the Cats had wanted him to be a development coach

working solely with the team's younger players, Geelong football

manager Neil Balme says.

Balme says McCartney informed the Cats he wanted to pursue a

match-day role.

[Summer Blease 0]

I find this hilarious and truly an excellent display of what a true pig Mark Thompson is. Most arrogant piece of s**t i've ever heard in the media and hope he burns with Windy Hill.

And this is why you wait for facts.... haha

[The Big Ticket 94]

I find this hilarious and truly an excellent display of what a true pig Mark Thompson is. Most arrogant piece of s**t i've ever heard in the media and hope he burns with Windy Hill.

Me too.

I hope they crash and burn. Hird = Voss mkII

[Radar Detector 1,347]

I must've been following the wrong SpyandSource on twitter. Can't recall a single thing he got right except stuff reported after the fact. If he was spot on all month, we would've seen Essendon land a big fish, a big name Eagle head to a Vic club, Jack Anthony to Sydney, Josh Hill to us etc. etc. Am I missing something?

[Red Sox 2]

Me too.

I hope they crash and burn. Hird = Voss mkII

Not sure it will be Voss mkII as not sure Hird will even coach

Pulling assistants from everywhere - the saying too many chiefs and not enough indians is ringing here.

No wonder they bought Danny Corcoran back, he will need to work his magic in the book keeping to continue to pay for all of this.

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Spy & source proved over time that he had no idea.

Geelong having no Plan B because of Ablett is a crock.

He is gone now, so he's an easy scapegoat. The real culprit is guys like Milburn who should really be put out to pasture.

Mooney also. Too many cats weighing up their future still, who should have pulled the pin by now.

Ablett had nothing to do with it.

And now Geelong lose Laidler for pocket fluff, so that Milburn can play 1 more year?

Smart move cats.

Obviously though, Bomba doesn't want to be the bad guy cutting his mates, so he took the easy option and bolted.

Without a senior coach in place to make these decisions, the cats are floundering.

The incumbent coach should discard a handful of players, but by the time he's in that seat I may be too late.

In fact, it is now to an extent, with trade week being over.

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Essendon are moving in the right direction and if Bomber goes back, it will make a lot of supporters very happy. But most of this stuff is fancy wrapping, making something up to look a lot better than what it really is. The reality is they are still a very long way from where they want to be.

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Hird has only been given the job to please the masses.