baileybyebye

i think watts will play as a floater,mainly high forward with a license to go anywhere.he is young i see a time wher u could throw him in the middle.i watched an old essendon game few nights back and the similarities between hird and watts astounded me9(at similar ages).im calling it now watts is the next james hird

i agree,though we have had this problem since the rule came in.if i was bailey i would give 4 guys an edict to get to that ball bag behind the goals(not the goal umpire)as soon as that ball appears to be crossing the line,especially on long running shots on goal,this is when the opposition is most vulnerable. im not a great fan of bailey,he couldnt inspire an erection out of an over the hill queen in oxford st. i always believed he was a poor choice.you need to respect and to a certain fear him.to see him standing on the boundary line patting guys on the bum after a chat says to me he wants to be part of the group,there should be a line between the coach and the playing group. give a spray. i know craig(crows) has been successful,to a certain extent,though a player will ,at least once question the coaches playing history.if the reply is he was good or hard at it,respect is gained.he was once one of us and understands the commitment he is preaching.hardwick case in point. bailey is as timid off the ground as he was on it. look at matthew knights,one of the least courageous players ever to play.if an essendon player saw a few of his games they would be asking"how can u tell me to put my head over the ball"?

I re read the post ,great point.short but rising to the ribcage.

brilliant work,thought provoking and a little beyond me.top 6 v bottom 6,offense v defense,champion team v team of champions,the best player in draft v best player for your mix. you throw up the top 6 , name the bottom 6 of each team.we will then have more empirical data either way.does the bottom 6 lift the upper 6 and conversely. blake caracella was almost elite at essendon though struggled at a successful brisbane( i dont know what that means,i think thats my point) .i think the unfortunate trend that the most recent success mix becomes a recipe for success ,i dont think there is one .luck ,luck,luck. luck with injuries(No knee reco's for Schwartz ,premiership/s for melbourne) luck with draft(hope teams miss selwood and you pick him up at 7,you pick up roughhead before buddy,should have blown your chance , hindsight should have got you but he was still there and you win a premiership cause the opposition did not kick straight) luck with everything,just ask adelaide of the nineties.im gunna b drunk before iget there seeya

are you serious about morton,skill unquestioned but the only blood you will ever see on him is if his hoo ha is leaking,WEAK.

thanks dappa,i was bored ,weather bad,had a couple of beers found demonland and wrote something.now im a [censored] and lead a pathetic existence,but i dont call people flogs.dont know what a [censored] is .pathetic existence ,that s debatable. thanks dappa dan(good movie,love coen bros)you answered a [censored] written opinion with a succinct and rightly contentious reply.i hope that doesnt make you a [censored]

yeah losing the license sucks,my machiavallian web weaved from my p.c regards Pricky Prixon

I am not a great fan of Laidley the human being,though as an AFL coach i am impressed. 1.He was part of premiership sides as a player with two different clubs and had playing attributes of many successful coaches 2HE possesses the never say die,us versus them type attitude with which Melbourne itself is absent though not foreign. It is an attitude I remember reviving our club,one that makes the force and passion our supporters and players showed in the late eighties seem like a fake renaissance.John Northey was the man and Laidley has similarities.Put a uniform on him and he will die for it. 3.He is a strategist and a realist,a rare double.Last year The Kangaroos played finals,the year before it finished top four.No one rated them for one reason,they were ordinary.Laidley pumped blood into that team.Opinions were universal though i do argue the relevance of the shin boner spirit.That spirit was a bare ether from the years of Carey. The spirit was fallacious.Carey had screwed his centremans missus ,Pagen jumped .Laidley,in my opinion was the Father,Son,and Shin boner spirit.He had to be.I rate Simpson and Harvey,one a hard worker ,the other the best dwarf ever to play,but come on. He gets a club to fourth,then seventh,the next year he is gone. There is no job offer to cushion the fall. None of the strategies used to so much benefit in the box were used to constantly give himself CPR.He thought he couldn't do the job. Honesty,loyalty and pragmatism.ARE there many more things a coach with undoubted strategic acumen needs. No psyche test for this bloke.We could be the next port of call in the resume' of a great coach.He reminds me of Malthouse.He is a work in progress,looking to develop,a word i hate. He will not sit and wait for players to arrive,he knows they may never arrive.He will have a profile if we give him the job. We will create that profile. He has experience,successful experience with a club that when put in his arms was a basket case,he had to cradle it,something that must have ABRADED THE #*%# out of him . Here he does not have to cradle the baby,a team ripe with high draft picks awaits ,he can merge that with a precocious defense. Here is a blank canvas untouched by a current coach who,with hindsight got the job through bent perceptions.That selection committee must now believe it should have tried to find a pulse,rather than muse at its absence under perceived pressure of a power point interview. laidley will see a spirit at Melbourne.One being stymied at the moment,he will understand the fact they can get up for matches.He will go about addressing this spirits absence without dire conditions and EXPECT it under all conditions.