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What are you referencing, rjay?

Wallet was all but signed sealed and delivered to replace Rocket....right until the swanny players kinda held a mutiny semi demanding Roos stay on..

The rest as they say is history

lesson.. nothing, NOTHING is until it ...iS !!

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For the record, and for people not to be carried away, from my understanding the current odds are not a bad reflection on reality. Perhaps $1.50 would now be the fair market.

A deal has not yet been done yet.............. but its looking dam good.

Odds , mean nothing, the maximum bet is 50 bucks, you seem to think you know whats happening, but my bet is its just another ghost with pie in the sky, put up or [censored] shut up.

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Wallet was all but signed sealed and delivered to replace Rocket....right until the swanny players kinda held a mutiny semi demanding Roos stay on..

The rest as they say is history

lesson.. nothing, NOTHING is until it ...iS !!

Hindsight is great in these types of circumstances.

I can't see a person like Jackson jerking someone's chain.

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Wallet was all but signed sealed and delivered to replace Rocket....right until the swanny players kinda held a mutiny semi demanding Roos stay on..

The rest as they say is history

lesson.. nothing, NOTHING is until it ...iS !!

So what you're saying is... Nothing "Is what it Is"... Until it is?

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So what you're saying is... Nothing "Is what it Is"... Until it is?

pretty much , thats what it is :)

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What if the betting agencies simply listened to what Jackson said last week - that only Roos has been contacted.

So, in a one horse race, surely the only horse offered the job would be pretty short odds, wouldn't you think?

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Odds dont drop like that unless something concrete has happened.

His views on the players are not as critical as they have been, IMO he is forming opinions on players from a keep or throw away perspective, his take on terlich and matt jones was text book coaching... who ever we get I hope they instill that into the players... Keep chasing your man.

These 'novelty' bets are all about PR. The reality is they have maybe a $20 or $50 bet limit. It wouldn't take much to wind the odds right in. Maybe a few hundred. Its a good story - it got in all the papers. Mission accomplished. Its the cheapest advertising you can get.

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I can confirm this by another source who was spot of with a couple of other things, start of the season is what I'm hearing.

Ah, McLardy and Schwab on the front foot again ... ahead of the game.

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Exactly. I took rjay's post to mean that PJ had spoken to more than one.

Maybe he's spoken to out of work Coaches directly, & to working coaches, via their managers.

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As a tea-totaller who had never smoked anything of any substance not sure how Craig will feel about that comparison why you little!

It would be hilarious if the AFL in their infinite wisdom awarded us a priority pick at the front of the draft - ie the Boyd pick - thus gazzumping their golden child GWS.

Won't happen, but it would be so, so sweet.

The more time that passes without him ruling himself out the more confident I am about Roos being our man in 2014 and beyond.

One of the reasons why I'm such an advocate for him is that I believe he'd be a 'whole of club' coach.

Craig has already worked hard - using Barassi's maxim that if you want to be a footballer, look like a footballer - and if Roos comes in then I hope he stays on.

... exactly, & this is why I was pushing the Roos brand so hard 2 years ago, after Bailey..

I wanted Roos or Matthews, followed by Clarkson. didn't want malthouse or Lyon.

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Tim Watson has just said on SEN that he has a source who believes the chance of Paul Roos coaching MFC next year is getting stronger and stronger by the weeks.

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They are talking about it again now Yeata, Watson is also saying we have offered Roos alot more money than Carlton did last year

Tim Watson has just said on SEN that he has a source who believes the chance of Paul Roos coaching MFC next year is getting stronger and stronger by the weeks.

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There's a reason the likes of Manchester United and the New York Yankees are always in the mix.

It's money.

So I have absolutely no problem with the Dees writing the fattest cheque in the history of the game to land Roos, particularly if it's back doored by the AFL.

This could be a game changer for this club. Get it done.

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There's a reason the likes of Manchester United and the New York Yankees are always in the mix.

It's money.

So I have absolutely no problem with the Dees writing the fattest cheque in the history of the game to land Roos, particularly if it's back doored by the AFL.

This could be a game changer for this club. Get it done.

For the first time in years I'm excited about this club:

1 - performances are getting better and we're having a crack;

2 - don't see players on the field with their heads dropped and looking as though they want to be somewhere else;

3 - what appears to be a proper direction and plan for the FD;

4 - CEO, what do you say...brilliant job to date;

5 - overhaul and bringing in the right people; and

6 - and the cream on the cake, hopefully Roosy...

I know people will say, don't get ahead of yourself. But, I feel like dancing in the street and giggling like a little school kid!!

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Whatever we pay him we will make it back threefold in extra members, sponsorships and crowds.

the MFC has always been weak in that regard. Always looking to save money with the cheap unproven coaches. Pathetic really.

I hope Roos signs tomorrow and I dont care how much we pay him.

Bring it on.

I like the way u think HH.

Hopefully some good news is around the corner.

PS dont forget the AFL will be bankrolling this so money is not an issue. (for once)

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The rumour mill says he has purchased a house in WA.... Eagles fans will tell you its because Woosha isnt going to coach next year.

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The rumour mill says he has purchased a house in WA.... Eagles fans will tell you its because Woosha isnt going to coach next year.

He laughed that off a few weeks ago.

Said apparently he's bought a house in Perth without even seeing it.

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The rumour mill says he has purchased a house in WA.... Eagles fans will tell you its because Woosha isnt going to coach next year.

Confirmed as 100% BS by Roos. Not only did he confirm that he had he not been to Perth of late, nor seen any houses but also had never heard of the suburb of the house he was meant to have bought. He found the rumour very funny.

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While I would marginally prefer Mark Williams as coach, I think Roos would provide a wonderful uplift for the club. I also think there is a good chance that the terms of his appointment will include draft assistance, which I will be the real boon. Roos knows the AFL want him to coach MFC and he knows that success will only come with an influx of on field talent. If Roos is smart he will use that leverage to our advantage.

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Someone else brought it up earlier in the thread but the reason Roos would be a better choice and the first option over Craig, Williams or Eade is because he would "coach the club". The others will still be good coaches but we don't just need to fix the team, we need to fix the club.

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The club turned 155 years old today... surely we deserve a decent gift..

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The club turned 155 years old today... surely we deserve a decent gift..

it arrived this morning

lifetime pass to the Essendon gymnasium

all supplements supplied for free

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