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Bailey doesn't strike me as a hard taskmaster of the Malthouse mould. As much as many Demons fans will hate this next statement, I will say it anyway: He reminds me a bit of ND. Now, wait. Just have a listen to what he says: "working with the players", "we have to gain respect" etc It's not exactly the fire and brimstone vitriol of somone who will accept nothing but total commitment, or else blah blah. You get what i'm saying. Malthouse. Not saying he won't be a fine coach but what I am saying is that I hope he is that teacher we have been crying out for. We had a good gameday coach in ND, not a popular theory i realise, but our run and carry and our forward line functioned extremely well at times. What ND lacked was the ability to develop players. To help them get better. Not all his fault, but the fact that Green, Bruce, TJ, White, etc have not progressed over the years was a worry. To sum up: Fire and Brimstone - Hopefully, not required Teacher and Developer - Absolutely required

I'm pretty sure that Cousins hasn't admitted to anything. Heard something about him not being ready to admit to anything because his therapist said he wasn't quite at the stage to apologise and right his wrongs. Of course, the Weagles rushed him back into a eagles jumper in the mean time, so not everyone taking his recovery too seriously...

To continue the thread theme, I would look at Murphy the longest. Try and bring him home. He's a country boy from memory, so the pull of Melbourne may not be that great. Huge, raw talent, and if you recall what he did to us in that semi last year; kicked a few, took some strong marks Very attractive option.

Meeson, a ruckman, wanting to come to a team with a 31 yr old first choice ruckman and Jamar and Paul Johnson as competition for for second ruckman... No, I can't see why we are such an attractive option...