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i suggest you direct your rather ill informed misgivings to the producers of the show. And i might be mistaken, but i thought i saw it announced at a press conference.

As far as garry goes, it seems a case of damned if he does, damned if he doesnt..

Do you actually understand what has been said ?? I doubt it.

No one ( myself including ) was expecting any fanfare.. but it was almost a non existant offering on his part. ( G-L's ) Keep in mind he'd been happy to say a lot of things in one form of medai..but when something positive happens he al lbut shirks it in another.

No is not his job per se.. but he is in the media.. he is known for his supposed passion for Melbourne.; which must be true to some extent otherwise why the meetings with Stynesy and gardner etc. So he has some vested interest.. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that he might take the liberty of giving us s bit of a pump !!.

Brayshaw is only a newby as Chairman.. but he is normally quite gung ho about things North Melbourne even last year.. and the year before etc etc etc

Your mention of the announement at a presss conference absolutely misses the point. This was an opportunity to say something in a good light.. and it was thrown in the bin. Is that ill informed is it ??

damned if does..damned if doesnt

well he DOES bring things into question... and he DOESNT use an opportunity to do exactly that he bemoans.

Often Melbourne is labeled as having no passion... and thats what I saw !!

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    In footy..like much in life...the difference between 'ok' and "great' are the One percenters !!

    to me last night was a 1%-er missed !!

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    In footy..like much in life...the difference between 'ok' and "great' are the One percenters !!

    to me last night was a 1%-er missed !!

    At the risk of reopening the who should coach debate, could you imagine Sheedy allowing us to have this lack of profile! I note with interest that the Herald Sun SuperCoach comp has had so much interest it crashed last night according to todays paper - with a big picture of Sheeds above it. Bailey may well turn out to be a good coach, but I'm more worried about the prospect of him actually having a club to lead in a few years time. Sheedy would have been brilliant for the next two to three years whilst the club groomed a long term successor and helped build the profile so that announcements like the one just made would have received their due air play! I know it's done and dusted and I hope Bailey turns out to be Norm Smith and Ron Barassi rolled into one, but I can't help but feel we missed a golden opportunity!

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