The Reality of the situation....

[stretch marks 2]

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE PLAN

They had the chance to trade Robbo and Miller for some good young kids but they didn't

Why? Because they thought they would turn the side around quickly, and would need RR and BM to be competitive straight away.

It has all come tumbling down now and those 2 players are worth less than nothing.

Massive error

I think the saddest part of this plan is that they probably deemed it necessary to keep some of the older and more experiened deadwood to ensure that the kids they keep playing dont get smashed each week by whopping margins. Unfortunately this is happening regardless.

[Pipefitter 2,159]

You cant delist/trade everyone. Im thinking they prob have a 1-2 year clean out plan depending on form etc on certain players. Why would you cash in all your chips at once?

[Jerry Lundergard 420]

Other than some improvement from the team, i think the other thing that will peak my interest this year,is whether the Blues and Tigers can win 5 or more games so they don't snipe that no.1 pick of us if we happen to(when we) finish last.

[Rogue 585]

Didn't Bailey get the gig over Hardwick because he believed that we didn't need to rebuild?

I've not heard that.

I did hear that Knights got the gig over hardwich because he believed Essendon didn't need to rebuild.

Development/Rebuild... same coin different sides....its sematics really

In this case, I agree.

[Waltham33 475]

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE PLAN

They had the chance to trade Robbo and Miller for some good young kids but they didn't

Why? Because they thought they would turn the side around quickly, and would need RR and BM to be competitive straight away.

It has all come tumbling down now and those 2 players are worth less than nothing.

Massive error

100% agree.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE PLAN

They had the chance to trade Robbo and Miller for some good young kids but they didn't

Why? Because they thought they would turn the side around quickly, and would need RR and BM to be competitive straight away.

It has all come tumbling down now and those 2 players are worth less than nothing.

Massive error

Bollocks.

We were offered a 4th round for Miller who if we had taken it would not have been realistically playing for some time (read Cheney and McNamara). Miller aint the problem as he has been fringe for 4 years now and nothing has changed.

Trading Robbo should have been done last year but more importantly should have been consider 2 to 3 years ago. If we had of traded Robbo last year the best we could have hoped for would have been pick 20 to 30. The person either would not be playing yet or would have been as green as Garland.

We should have seriously looked at refreshing the list over the past 5 years when you should have considered at senior players like Yze, Robbo, White,Bizzell, Jamar and TJ and one or two others.

We blew picks on Pickett 2 to 3 years ago.

I cant believe we could make such brave and sensible move to get rid of Woewodin in 2002 yet provide a pension for life arrangement to players who are just not up to standard.