DEE fence

It never ends well does it, in other news how much do you reckon the Essendon fans are thinking they have the wrong brother and that is why the soft cap for senior coaches salary hasn't been exempted.

fair call I guess, he was early 2nd round. my point stands, young blokes have done just fine with us, it's the retreads that are the challenge. it was the career killing comment that got up my nose.

Turner, Bowey, Rivers, McVee, Petty, Bedford, Jordan were all average picks all turned out to be diamonds in the rough, our high end picks of recent times have all been strong (a watch on JVR) the only black mark would be our pick ups from others clubs post '21, has been ordinary, but Goody's career killing empire, give it a rest. Even discards like Oscar, Jayden and James get a gig, granted we have issues with the game plan, but so much else has been on point.

I hope Essendon and Carlton get into a bidding war and bankrupt their clubs of draft picks and Essendon end up with another 10 years of no finals. FWIW Smith winning would have been worse than Daicos On the other hand, Langford was robbed.

Thanks for the correction, apologies to Mr Phillips, no slight intended.

Love this post, look at higher education and health, lots more high priced managers, less doers. I've heard very positive things about how he is going about it at Caufield Grammar as Firsts coach, that would be summarized as 'Ted Lasso' style really focused on the boys welfare, finding insightful ways to communicate beyond the tired tropes and cliches. I would be very onboard with Bartel being part of the Demons.

Love this post, look at higher education and health, lots more high priced managers, less doers.

You write the book for you. I’m curious about those that can watch without emotion and see patterns in the play that the emotional supporter miss. I also am curious about the training piece, some coaches have great visions, getting the players to execute said vision is nothing short of a miracle in my mind. With a degree of self interest can I forward you to the clippings of Ivor Warne-Smith in the Argus, he has occasional gems that bring a smile, fun for comparison across the eras.

Can you imagine the sads he would crack at our delivery into fwd 50, would make Richo look like the Dalia Lama, anyway would like to have seen this tried.

this x 1,000,000,000. N one held accountable for the most obvious grift of all time.

I know he knocked it back (and I looked over the last 5 pages but couldn’t see any comment), but I was totally impressed by Troy Chaplin. I thought he stepped up so seamlessly and had a subtle difference to SG in communication. He is senior coach material.

Went to the game yesterday only 4th game in 5 years 3 wins 1 loss. Defense did plenty, dogs much better around ball. 6 Gawn 5 Tmac 4 Petty 3 Rivers (some of his kicks stopped 6 votes) 2 Bowey 1 Turner (better than McVee/Langford/Langdon/Salem) the amount of ball going in was no wonder Aaron N got plenty. Hon Mention - Frisch, Clarry got into game 2nd half, is probably deserving of a vote but our back line was enormous yesterday considering how badly we were beaten around the center and ball No votes - Picket + Windsor, such nearly games, got plenty of ball, shocking disposals, but the future is bright. Picket also missing last qtr.

If you said mentally fit enough I might agree with you, for me it is all between the ears. Dogs started on fire every quarter, then the Dees would have the better of the later part of each quarter. Nothing wrong with fitness, confidence definitely,

Will never buy another membership if it’s Hird. Horse if he wanted it. Simmo is cooked after WCE, although I think he is a decent guy. Buckley had same in game issues as Goodwin had. Personally I think Chocco, needs to go as well as Alan, not convinced Nathan has done enough either. I don’t have any insight into the untested but would love to know who has been doing the window shopping. I have no confidence the club had a plan.