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Apparently he did raise concerns. The "missing email". Sorry, letter, not email. Mentioned in this article, along with many others & radio & TV http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/switskowski-report-reveals-lack-of-clarity-about-who-was-in-charge-of-essendon-football-department/story-e6frf3e3-1226635979664#.UZ7okB2LCSo I must learn how to put links in with an abbreviated title Edited to include link

This is something I've struggled to get my head around. My understanding is that Hird & Dr. Reid are not only colleagues but close personal friends Surely Reid would have communicated his concerns to Hird. If not in an official capacity then over a bottle of red It beggars belief that the club doctor would not directly express his concerns to the coach, partucularly if they're mates

I haven't been one to criticise your contributions to date but this one is a disgrace. The context the expression "lurking" was used was entirely appropriate and a reasonable discussion could have ensued. Instead you've chosen to flame another poster and another thread will get cluttered with crap. Now, credit where credit's due. I'm not one of RRs biggest fans but be has succicntly stated why the OP is a bad idea and provided a more useful forum for supporter interraction with the board Your post further validates his argument. Read. Absorb.

Rivers ? In at least two of the few games he's played he was carted off by the trainers. DNF ! I like Rivers, hope he recovers quickly & has success with the Cats. But you are dead-set blowing smoke up his arse OD

There's no single answer. I doubt anyone is suggesting one midfielder is going to fix our woes. But if you don't think Thomas would be extremely valuable to our midfield you are kidding yourself. FFS, watch him play. Don't be deceived by the tricks & flashy stuff. He works his arse off, loves a contest & has no fear of going into the thick of things If we don't have a crack at him we'd be even more inept than the last several years have proven.

Nice to see someone watches

Consistently plays likes a bloke that hasn't reailised that it is a team game.

Right on brother !

Thanks WJ

Did you believe him ? Serious question.

If you read Rhino's version of events, which is pretty close to how I recall it, Schwab was not so much sacked as sacrificed

Wasn't that at the end of Joe's & the start of Zondy's reign ? I remember the incident but not the timing

I understand Dawes recruitment I understand the recruitment of Byrnes I get why we got Rodan This one has always escaped me. It's not as though he was being kept out of North's forward line by Carey & Longmire

Who's to say he'd be getting that in our midfield ?

Stuie, seriously, would you please fark off with the stupid gifs

Good post. A lot to discuss in it but I've settled on this line above Out of interest, would anyone know what % of members generally vote for the board ? It would be those at the AGM plus proxies I'd imagine but I'm interested in the approximate percentage of total members I'm wondering how those people decide who to vote for. My mum for example wouldn't know Russell Howcroft or Guy Jalland from a bar of soap. But if Laurie Mithen stuck his hand up, she would be front & centre voting for him faster than Ricky Jackson on a loose ball in the forward line. I suspect a lot would vote along similar lines to my mum so I wonder how we go about educating the membership as to what's needed to drive the club and come election time, why e.g. Geoff Freeman would be a better fit than Spud Dullard

The other thing people forget is that the Freo Steves (Harris & Rosich) had already pretty much stiched up Lyon for 2013. I'd assume these were talks held without Lyon's management's knowledge as well. There's an interview with one of the Steves where this is mentioned but franky I don't care enough to be arsed looking for it. It was the end of 2011 when they were so dissatisfied with Havey that they decided to try to reel in Lyon a year early.

Fair call. I'm sure he was recruited to fill that taller midfield role that Gysberts should have made his own. This looks like one we got right ! I think he's improved pretty much each week & is probably growing in self belief as well. Long may it continue

Agreed - it's been taken out of context but you can bet the media will react as most here have. Neeld will kick himself when he realises how many guns he's loaded with those words - and they will all be trained on him.

Theres a Jackson interview with Matt Burgan up on the club website

Nearly spat coffee all over my computer. Classic Old Dee. This should go in your posting Hall of Fame. Even though JB is long gone you still manage to pot him But FWIW I agree with regard to Nicho.

Which ruckman is the most lumbering is not the issue. It's about how many of your four blokes at centre bounces are likely to effect a clearance. With 50% of your contingent intent only on stopping their direct opponent, your chances of gaining a centre bounce clearance are much diminished. As a result of our midfield set-up, I would suspect Nate Jones leads the league in "tackles received"

Nah, can't have it.Harley Bennell he ain't but he was never this slow in his first two years.

I'd be moving Rawlings on first. The amount of goals we have leaked this year through defenders, particularly small defenders, not being goal-side of their opponents at stoppages beggars belief. That was an aspect of defence that Wellman was dynamite on. We should be on the phone offering to triple his salary if he'd return next year. I'm no Royal fan but he's not got much to work with. Although that said, two taggers & a lumbering ruckman at centre bounces is a nonsense. Leaves us with only one bloke trying to get the ball.

You don't HAVE to play anyone but I understand the perception created if you drop your captain or put him into mid-season training. Which is why you announce he's got a groin injury (which I suspect he has anyway).