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Maybe we should throw some serious coin at Robert Walls. He's a premiership coach.

Just as long as you can guarantee it HITS him !! :)

 

Maybe we should throw some serious coin at Robert Walls. He's a premiership coach.

yeah, a bagful off coppers aimed at the back of his head

he's a [censored]

You can't judge a person by what they do on the sporting field. You can only judge them by what they do off the field.

What about sleeping with a players wife when he was coach? How should that be judged?

 

What about sleeping with a players wife when he was coach? How should that be judged?

Judge as you see fit. It's not on the field (or you'd hope not) so a person's character can be fairly judged with that one IMO

Joyce would have a greater premiership percentage than Walls, so I agree Nasher. Maybe we could have Walls as a General Manager of Football. That way we will get double the premiership coach experience and will be unbeatable.

I want to start up a 'Joycey/Wallsy 2012' movement. Can we do it? Yes we can!!


I was hoping we'd be able to get David Parkin...

Only if Wayne Brittain agrees to be his assistant.

 

Fan, what role would you give Tony Jewell in our most premiershipingest football department ever?

OK, so at the moment we have:

General Manager of Football Operations : Robert Walls

Senior Coach: Allan Joyce

Youth development: David Parkin

TBA: Tony Jewell.


Really disappointed and surprised Malcolm Blight's name hasn't been mentioned in despatches. I'm all on my own on this one.

We could get him on Skype from the Gold Coast Suns board room.

Works for Laidley & Port Adelaide !

Really disappointed and surprised Malcolm Blight's name hasn't been mentioned in despatches. I'm all on my own on this one.

We could get him on Skype from the Gold Coast Suns board room.

Works for Laidley & Port Adelaide !

may as well chuck in Grant Thomas

he could be the board to FD liason as he gets on well with everyone


These names are great, but what roles would they play in our most premiershipingest football department?

After all, any role that is not filled by a premiership coach would just be another example of the MFC accepting mediocrity.

These names are great, but what roles would they play in our most premiershipingest football department?

After all, any role that is not filled by a premiership coach would just be another example of the MFC accepting mediocrity.

true, true

time to reactivate the great Barassi? (any role will do)

and then there is the new fitness conditioning coach Tommy do-as-i-do Hafey?

These names are great, but what roles would they play in our most premiershipingest football department?

After all, any role that is not filled by a premiership coach would just be another example of the MFC accepting mediocrity.

Ok.. Blighty....the "I couldn't give a rat's tossbag" role ? Interchange steward.

and then there is the new fitness conditioning coach Tommy do-as-i-do Hafey?

Fantastic. In the budgie smugglers (two fly eyes) at 5:30am port phillip bay, out to the buoy and back, followed by 200 push-ups, 200 sit-ups, daily.

Lost all respect for Leigh Matthews when as 16 year old i went to Princess Park to see us play the Hawks and Steve Smith (in a master move from Barass - i think he was coaching) was giving him an absolute bath. The ball 30 metres away, Smith had thumped the ball away from Matthews for the umpteenth time and LM round armed him knocking him out. He had no chance, never saw it coming and had to be carried from the ground.

Couldn't beat him fairly so king hit him. Don't believe the rubbish about the era etc etc. Dog's act pure and simple. Never saw Robbie do anything remotely similar (or Keith Greig, Wilson, Brian Wood, Greg Wells and any number of other top players)

Sounds like exactly the type of bloke we need involved with our club. Will do anything, absolutely anything to win, and has unbelievable talent. A modern Leigh Matthews is exactly what we need in players and coach. Maybe Leigh Matthews himself still has it in him?

Perhaps complaining to the umpire and dobbing an opposition player in for saying something mean about your mum will get us to a flag...

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Sounds like exactly the type of bloke we need involved with our club. Will do anything, absolutely anything to win, and has unbelievable talent. A modern Leigh Matthews is exactly what we need in players and coach. Maybe Leigh Matthews himself still has it in him?

Perhaps complaining to the umpire and dobbing an opposition player in for saying something mean about your mum will get us to a flag...

If my memory serves me right Rhino Richards had his best game for the club and we won the game (i could be wrong about that).

What about racial abuse, if it is the name of winning is that ok too?

What about racial abuse, if it is the name of winning is that ok too?

Depends what you mean by "ok"...

I wouldn't racially abuse someone on a footy field, nor would I talk about raping a player's mother. Neither are nice things to say. But if it's on a football field and it's something said between players it's just one of those things that can, will and does happen.

You're a [censored] if you do it but they don't hand out four points for being nice, do they?

I think abuse is abuse. You can draw lines between talk of raping a player's mother, killing someone, and racial abuse if you want.

I don't know about anyone else here but LM is the kind of guy I would do almost anything to gain football respect from. I think that speaks volumes.

I agree Mr T.

But the conserves spread around here will toe whatever company line they can find.

They don't trust anyone who's Too strong, and Not from the within the fabric.

 

I agree Mr T.

But the conserves spread around here will toe whatever company line they can find.

They don't trust anyone who's Too strong, and Not from the within the fabric.

2008 Bailey - Essendon, 1998 Daniher - Essendon, 1993 Balme - Richmond, 1986 Northey - Richmond, we haven't had a coach from "within the fabric" since Barassi left at the end of 1985 - that's 4 coaches over 26 seasons. Why do you persist with the bullsh1t "class warfare".

2008 Bailey - Essendon, 1998 Daniher - Essendon, 1993 Balme - Richmond, 1986 Northey - Richmond, we haven't had a coach from "within the fabric" since Barassi left at the end of 1985 - that's 4 coaches over 26 seasons. Why do you persist with the bullsh1t "class warfare".

Richmond, Richmond, Essendon, Essendon. I think you may've just gotten to the bottom of the problem.


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