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Rutten said what .......... ???

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I almost choked on my Corn Flakes the other day when I heard the Essendon coach Brett Rutten say of their smashing at the hands of the Cats  " We didn't see that coming "

Now where have I heard that said before by an AFL coach ?? 

What other Neeld influence has rubbed off on the Bombers ?

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    1 hour ago, pineapple dee said:

    I almost choked on my Corn Flakes the other day when I heard the Essendon coach Brett Rutten say of their smashing at the hands of the Cats  " We didn't see that coming "

    Now where have I heard that said before by an AFL coach ?? 

    What other Neeld influence has rubbed off on the Bombers ?

    I guess they're on the reality bus....

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    But does it look any better if he said they saw it coming but were unable to do anything about it?

    I think it's more about how they perform this week - if they don't get a bounce it will be a bit of a concern.  Although they did go 0-2 last year and something like 2-6 in their first 8 games last year and made finals so who knows.

     

    I found the change in the cats style interesting.  I've always thought they looked dangerous when they moved the ball fast in previous years but they only did that when they were behind and in striking distance.  I thought that's because Scott thinks they don't have the cattle to run out games for a full season playing this way.  I hope this is the case - would love to see them fail in finals after getting their supporters hopes up in the H&A again!

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    2 hours ago, pineapple dee said:

    I almost choked on my Corn Flakes the other day when I heard the Essendon coach Brett Rutten say of their smashing at the hands of the Cats  " We didn't see that coming "

    Now where have I heard that said before by an AFL coach ?? 

    What other Neeld influence has rubbed off on the Bombers ?

    I thought the exact same thing.Neeld what a dud

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    7 minutes ago, forever demons said:

    I thought the exact same thing.Neeld what a dud

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    His doppelganger ... Philip Lowe ... head of the Reserve Bank.

     

     

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    25 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

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    His doppelganger ... Philip Lowe ... head of the Reserve Bank.

     

     

    Hahaha, you got me there, I saw that photo and was like ‘geez, Neeld has aged about 25 years’

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    2 minutes ago, BoBo said:

    Hahaha, you got me there, I saw that photo and was like ‘geez, Neeld has aged about 25 years’

    He made me age 50 years in one footy season,and i was already 60yrs

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    38 minutes ago, deelusions from afar said:

    But does it look any better if he said they saw it coming but were unable to do anything about it?

    I think it's more about how they perform this week - if they don't get a bounce it will be a bit of a concern.  Although they did go 0-2 last year and something like 2-6 in their first 8 games last year and made finals so who knows.

     

    I found the change in the cats style interesting.  I've always thought they looked dangerous when they moved the ball fast in previous years but they only did that when they were behind and in striking distance.  I thought that's because Scott thinks they don't have the cattle to run out games for a full season playing this way.  I hope this is the case - would love to see them fail in finals after getting their supporters hopes up in the H&A again!

    I have always thought the same but they are an ageing side and my view is that they have been seasoned this year into coming out of the blocks in a positive vein and believing they can hang on after half time in the third and fourth ? I also hope this is the case.   

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    I'm not really sure what the motivation is in bringing Neeld back up as a point of conversation again. And why are we doing it based on the flimsiest of coincidences? Are we masochists or sadists? It's not like he has a feasible future in AFL coaching. Hence why he took up a job as the CEO of the Geelong Supercats in the SEABL.

    It's nearly been ten years since he got sacked. It hurt the club for sure. But let's not forget that those 11 or so weeks that he was coach in 2013 were genuinely hard to watch. I was genuinely worried for his wellbeing. 

    He signed up for the job but having his shortcomings laid bare for one and a half years would have been humiliating in the extreme. The bloke has a wife and kids. Do we really still need to lay the boots in one year after we won the flag and his reign is very much in the rear view mirror?

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