What now for Essendon?

[SunshineBoy]

Crowd looks less than when knighter was coaching, who is in the box with him?

 

[DerpWerls]

Get in Stevie J and have a last tilt for a flag

 

[Rich]

 

[Crawb]

Sign James Hird up on another contract extension.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

#StandByHird - Essendon wanted to keep Hird so they're only getting what they deserve.

However looking at this objectively putting any hatred for Hird aside what can Hird achieve for this club is the main question to ask.

He's been with Essendon for five seasons and the club hasn't improved in any areas on and off the field since they sacked Knights. Essendon has very little kids and need a rebuild but is Hird the man to take them through that rebuild and what happens if WADA finds their players guilty.

I honestly think they need a fresh start with new people in charge not only in a coaching capacity but also in a board capacity. Hird should be sacked sooner rather than later but does Little and the board have the guts to dismiss him?

 

[pinot]

Before or after the WADA decision?

Before they can standbyhird ; after, pending on CAS outcome and subsequent penalties not sure on the merits of staying in Victoria, AFL will take the keys.?

#standbyhird

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Watson needs to get out. If hes not suspended he should walk.

 

[Crawb]

Essendon fans probably hoping WADA bans the 34. Top up players did a better job in the pre-season.

 

[Foxx]

Good draft picks. Hope we finish as low as possible now.

 

[Great8]

Things change very quickly in football.
New coach, a few retirees and some decent picks, sure there will be pain for the next 5-10 years but its not the end of the world. There are clubs out there that havnt seen a flag in 30 plus years.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Should be a thread about the Saints also. They are brilliant.

Watson and Goddard should be ashamed of themselves for the sh*t they are dishing up today.

 

[BM123]

As of right now they are far worse than Carlton were at the beginning of the season.

That's saying something.

 

[galindez]

Probably time to wind them up

 

[doug85]

We'll probably just keep losing.

 

[JackFlash]

Any team that loses by over 100 points to the 14th placed team in July must sack it's coach immediately. Is Don is Bad!

 

[seanoff]

I do not know how hird still has this job. He must have some incredible stuff on people at essendon.

Should have been fired years ago. Now they have no choice. The players look disinterested and nothing he says can interest them.

If it is a wada hangover, then i suspect the players are blaming hird for their predicament.

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Highest Saints score ever against Essendon. LOL

#standbyhird

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Any team that loses by over 100 points to the 14th placed team in July must sack it's coach immediately. Is Don is Bad!

Is that the score......I'm wathcing on the TV thinking it was live...Saints currently 13 to 6!!!! BWHAHAHAHAH.

PS I still have the last two GOT episodes to watch.....no SPOILERS!

 

[The_Eagles]

Collingwood will be leading the league in cups in our lifetime

 

[Infamy]

I think Essendon would be crazy to get rid of Hird before the CAS decision
If guilty they can get rid of him for no payout and you'd probably want to know the situation regarding bans before you make a decision on the new coach

 

[Demz]

Yeah I can't see him surviving the week now.

nore can i, this will be the icing on the cake that the club needed to sack Hird, so in some ways st.kilda has done us a favor

 

[Kram]

I'm hoping Freo can look at picking Hooker and Colyer back to WA from this Essendon carcass.

 

[basil_zempilas]

I thought the Bombers were really brave today, the sooner they flush Hird the better.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I'm hoping Freo can look at picking Hooker and Colyer from this Essendon carcass.

The fairest thing all clubs an do is pick from the carcass. I'd like Hooker too. DAniher might be cheaper though with more upside.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

as Mick Warner just said on twitter
3AW Football ‏@3AWisfootball 4m4 minutes ago

.@heraldsunmick: "This is the performance that James Hird could not afford to have." #AFLDonsSaints

Wow, I'm glad he's available with such keen insight.