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Impressive Grimes interview on SEN

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Impressive interview - went for 18? minutes...available online.

Reasonable summary on AFL web site here. He backed Neeld to the hilt.

He spoke impressively....also said Neeld had the 'full' support of the board(!) ..not sure how he would know that, but.....

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    lol so what if he backed Neeld

    what the hell else is he going to say?

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    lol so what if he backed Neeld

    what the hell else is he going to say?

    Exactly he hardly gunna say he's shite and the players don't wanna play for him is he.

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    He plays the party line because he is the Capt FFS. I like the young man but his coach is covered in poo and drowning in it as every week passes.

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    Frawley also came out and said he has no plans to leave.

    Some more details would be nice. When and where was this stated? Cheers in advance.

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    Frawley also came out and said he has no plans to leave.

    He cant leave, hes contracted in 2014

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    Frawley not planning on leaving just yet.

    Says he's happy where he is right now.

    Interesting that Grimes admits to being worried about how a captain should play when he first got the job. Not what you'd expect from someone just sticking to the party line. :P

    Thanks. Wasn't exactly a Demon for Life statement but right now I'll take it.

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    Frawley not planning on leaving just yet.

    Says he's happy where he is right now.

    Interesting that Grimes admits to being worried about how a captain should play when he first got the job. Not what you'd expect from someone just sticking to the party line. :P

    I think that's pretty normal, watching Murphy at Carlton the other night there were a few times when he should have and would have taken the game on but instead tried to bring a teammate into the game.

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    Frawley not planning on leaving just yet.

    Says he's happy where he is right now.

    Interesting that Grimes admits to being worried about how a captain should play when he first got the job. Not what you'd expect from someone just sticking to the party line. :P

    So those people saying he's unhappy and doesn't like Neeld can eat their words. As I suspected much of that talk has just been hot air blown by media commentators.

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    So those people saying he's unhappy and doesn't like Neeld can eat their words. As I suspected much of that talk has just hot air blown by media commentators.

    what are you on about

    Frawley is contracted or 2014

    Why can people not understand this

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    what are you on about

    Frawley is contracted or 2014

    Why can people not understand this

    Preaching to the choir mate, I've never given the Frawley talk much credibility because as you said he's contracted. Doesn't stop the media from talking absolute crap.
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    All this talk of the club now having elite training standards begs the question - Does having elite training standards in any way guarantee good performance?

    The jury's out.

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    All this talk of the club now having elite training standards begs the question - Does having elite training standards in any way guarantee good performance?

    The jury's out.

    I cringe every time the training is mentioned in interviews

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    All this talk of the club now having elite training standards begs the question - Does having elite training standards in any way guarantee good performance?

    The jury's out.

    Of course not, but I'd hazard a guess that having poor training standards just about guarantees that you will not be able to compete for long enough.
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    I cringe every time the training is mentioned in interviews

    Me too. Also cringe when Rod an is complimented for being a great character to have around the club. Shame he is hopeless on the field.

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    All this talk of the club now having elite training standards begs the question - Does having elite training standards in any way guarantee good performance?

    The jury's out.

    Not at all, and the club learnt that in rounds 1 and 2 this season. "We didn't see that coming" is because the club thought that having a playing list with the right attitude and work ethic combined with the right training standards and fitness would be competitive.

    As well as the above, we now have our KPPs sorted (forwards, defenders and rucks). We now need the next ingredients: top line mids and runners. Adding those into the mix plus the final ingredient of experience and familiarity (with team mates) will see improvements. Will it deliver a flag? That depends on other factors but it will get us playing better footy and will allow us to judge the game plan and the coaching.

    One thing is for certain - not having elite training and fitness will leave you in a Steve Bradbury like situation, we may compete we may be thereabouts, but we only have a chance if everyone else falls over ie injuries, form etc.

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    Me too. Also cringe when Rod an is complimented for being a great character to have around the club. Shame he is hopeless on the field.

    Pre game on SEN they were talking to Melbourne fans and via SMS and one on the SMS was "training is good" or something similar.

    Made me laugh.

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    He isn't going to come and say that he doesn't back the coach - no player is.

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    Classic quote from today's game:

    Tourist - 'it says there that Melbourne Football Club Rule the MCG - how long ago was that?'

    Local - 'A very, very long time ago'

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    So those people saying he's unhappy and doesn't like Neeld can eat their words. As I suspected much of that talk has just been hot air blown by media commentators.

    The proof will be in the pudding...

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    He cant leave, hes contracted in 2014

    I'd suggest you google the term 'confirmation bias'.

    You seem to have it in spades.

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