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Two weeks down the track and does anyone still want Sheedy?

I though that was the plan for this year as well! BTW - Moneyball is an outstanding read and well worth the time.

The Aker article on it's own is not that sensational. A professional sportsperson saying that they believe they have competed against people on drugs is pretty ho-hum. Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett have both said something similar in the past. And Aker is right to highlight the inadequacies of the drug-testing programme. 500 tests a year for 600+ plus players doesn't quite work out. ASDA is a joke. If they question Aker then they've got to ask every player in the AFL. And Aker was stupid to name a player knowing that it could be leaked and ASDA was stupid ask him. The first question that they should have asked him was, "What evidence have you got?" If the answer is none then there's no need to ask any further questions. How and why it was leaked is another matter worth discussing. The name was leaked very quickly...

Building the right corporate environment is the job of the CEO not the coach. Past flags indicate an ability...in the past! Look at the recent Premiership coaches. Worsfold, Roos, Williams. All won flags in their first AFL coaching appointments. He ain't gunna coach Essendon next year. Nor Carlton. Freo aren't looking at him the coaching role. Only club that might want his is Richmond and that's all emotion based. Why take someone no one else wants? When your neighbour puts out his rubbish, you don't collect it!

I'm sorry but Travis Johnstone simply does not do enough. His work rate is just not there. He is one of a number of blokes we've got who just happy being an AFL footballer.

Would someone be dumb enough to take Travis Johnstone?

Our tackling is shite because tackling in tiring and that's all we do - we never have the ball! If there were three teams playing yesterday we'd have been third to the ball.

True. But there's a chance he may get better. Is Davey going to get any better. Davey would be better off in a good side but not the sort of player you need when re-building.

100% correct.

And must trade Bell if anyone will take him.

Yes - trade for a first round pick.

Let's remember a few things. 1. Publicity doesn't win flags. If it did then Barassi would still be coaching Melbourne. 2. Past flags don't mean future flags. If it did then Barassi's 5 year plan would have reaped a massive harvest from 81 onwards. It didn't. Essendon's form is almost as bad as Richmond's and Melbourne's. No other club wants Sheedy so why should we? He's all hype and hot air and has run out of substance.

Make that Aquamax Hot Water thanks to Sheedy! He just wants to keep his profile high so he can sell more hot water systems.

Back it up? Essendon's been treading water since 2000.

And I should have added Camporeale as another of his dud pick ups!

Gotta look forward not back. Those 27 years are gone. Sheedy has passed his used by date. No other club would want him so why should we?

It was all over the media a couple of months ago, champ.

Neitz must retire at the end of the year. The writing is on the wall and he needs to read it.

Folks, MFC Members must unite and say no to Sheedy. He has proven over 27 years to be a self-serving, attention seeker and at nearly 60 does not represent the future of football or the MFC. His coaching record is totally over-rated. At the turn of the century he was supposedly coaching the greatest side of all time yet got only one flag out of them. In 1986 the Essendon side was virtually the Victorian side yet he couldn't get them the flag. The "Baby Bombers" went backwards after their 93 flag. Two or three years ago Essendon was a basketcase with blokes like Cupido and Zantuck running around for them. Sheedy has a long history of recruiting loose cannons and trying to turn them around. It's low percentage stuff and a waste of time. The good thing is that Garry Lyon hates Sheedy. If Lyon still has any clout then we can be safe in the knowledge that Sheedy won't be anywhere near the MFC.