Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Tom Morris, 9 News via Fox Sports:

“A major board challenge is imminent at Essendon. In the wake of an off-season of turmoil, key powerbrokers - including at least one former player - are preparing a movement which would oust David Barham as president, and other directors too,” he said on Nine News.

“I’ve spoken to one of the key powerbrokers tonight, who says this is not coterie-driven, and it’s just a manner of when and not if the challenge takes place.

“There’s a view the club has been left rudderless and the Barham era has left a legacy of division, instability, player drainage and lost opportunity from this group of people.”

‘Rudderless’ Bombers facing more off-field chaos as club boss set to be challenged

‘Rudderless’ Bombers facing more off-field chaos as club boss set to be challenged

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[NAB777]

Analysing Essendon’s Drafting History in the Adrian Dodoro era

Adrian Dodoro: An IntroductionHe’s either the mastermind or the antichrist. A master operator or the single cause of Essendon’s woes of the past 25 years. Few people have polarized Essendon fans more than departed List boss Adrian Dodoro. Having been involved in the list management of the club...

www.donthestat.com

Here's a good article that looks at it from a data perspective and not a recency bias perspective.

That analysis is ridiculous.

 

[brutus76]

During the Flak of Jacket Dodo Head era that had me seeing red:

2006 - Travis Boak

10

Travis Boak

Age

37

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

or Joel Selwood instead of Scott Gumbleton

Scott Gumbleton

Age

37

Ht

197cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.0

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.0

4star

- we still had Lloyd & Lucas at this point for at least another 2 years (they ended up retiring end of 2009) - still baffles me to this day

2007 - David Myers

David Myers

Age

36

Ht

191cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

3.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.2

5star

- I wanted Cyril or Dangerfield who both had that X factor and could change a game in a quarter

2009 - Jake Melksham

18

Jake Melksham

Age

34

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.2

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

2star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.8

4star

- as mentioned previously Lloyd and Lucas retired at the end of this season. Jack Gunston

19

Jack Gunston

Age

34

Ht

193cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

(whose Dad Ray was involved with Essendon for a number of years) should have been picked here

2010 - Dyson Heppell - no offence but we needed another key forward and we should have taken Tom Lynch here. Imagine Lynch, Gunston and Ryder/Hurley up forward. Frightening.

2011 - Eliott Kavanagh - after scraping into the finals and getting flogged by Carlton we needed pace and skill = Bradley Hill was who we needed here

2014 - Kyle Langford

4

Kyle Langford

Age

29

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.7

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

and Jayden Laverde

15

Jayden Laverde

Age

29

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.8

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.8

4star

MG

152.8

2star

D

8.8

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

116.5

2star

D

11.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

141.2

3star

. Again no offence. We lost again in the elimination final this time to the Roos by 12 points and our mids got spanked. Touk Miller

11

Touk Miller

Age

29

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.7

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

12.3

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

5.4

5star

CL

4.2

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

10.6

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.8

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

17.8

5star

K

5.8

3star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.0

5star

played juniors in the EDFL and was Vic Metro captain and was right under our nose in our own backyard and we didn't take him!

2015 - Aaron Francis - should have taken one of the Vic Country "Twin Towers" in Harry McKay

10

Harry Mckay

Age

27

Ht

200cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

2.4

2star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

D

6.6

1star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.0

5star

or Charlie Curnow

30

Charlie Curnow

Age

28

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

9.7

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

2016 - the year of the "top ups" saw us get pick 1 and take Andrew McGrath

1

Andrew Mcgrath

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

11.1

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

6.4

5star

MG

252.9

4star

D

22.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

11.1

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

6.4

5star

MG

252.9

4star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

1.2

2star

T

6.4

5star

MG

219.0

4star

when the best pure footballer in the draft was fellow Ballarat schoolboy and the dairy farm lad from Allansford in "the Suitcase" Hugh McCluggage

6

Hugh Mccluggage

Age

27

Ht

187cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.3

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

19.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

 

[yodellinhank]

If you love Adrian Dodoro so much why don’t you marry him?

Protracted dowry negotiations?

 

[Zach Package]

Do other clubs hindsight heroes every single draft pick and critique everything that isn’t sheer perfection?

Serious question, I don’t go on any other boards

 

[Lore]

Do other clubs hindsight heroes every single draft pick and critique everything that isn’t sheer perfection?

Serious question, I don’t go on any other boards

If you go to the trade board there's a sub-forum full of people re-doing old drafts over and over. It's amusing until it isn't.

 

[yodellinhank]

If you go to the trade board there's a sub-forum full of people re-doing old drafts over and over. It's amusing until it isn't.

They should've picked Rioli

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

During the Flak of Jacket Dodo Head era that had me seeing red:

2006 - Travis Boak or Joel Selwood instead of Scott Gumbleton - we still had Lloyd & Lucas at this point for at least another 2 years (they ended up retiring end of 2009) - still baffles me to this day

2007 - David Myers - I wanted Cyril or Dangerfield who both had that X factor and could change a game in a quarter

2009 - Jake Melksham - as mentioned previously Lloyd and Lucas retired at the end of this season. Jack Gunston (whose Dad Ray was involved with Essendon for a number of years) should have been picked here

2010 - Dyson Heppell - no offence but we needed another key forward and we should have taken Tom Lynch here. Imagine Lynch, Gunston and Ryder/Hurley up forward. Frightening.

2011 - Eliott Kavanagh - after scraping into the finals and getting flogged by Carlton we needed pace and skill = Bradley Hill was who we needed here

2014 - Kyle Langford and Jayden Laverde. Again no offence. We lost again in the elimination final this time to the Roos by 12 points and our mids got spanked. Touk Miller played juniors in the EDFL and was Vic Metro captain and was right under our nose in our own backyard and we didn't take him!

2015 - Aaron Francis - should have taken one of the Vic Country "Twin Towers" in Harry McKay or Charlie Curnow

2016 - the year of the "top ups" saw us get pick 1 and take Andrew McGrath when the best pure footballer in the draft was fellow Ballarat schoolboy and the dairy farm lad from Allansford in "the Suitcase" Hugh McCluggage

Yes some bad picks but easy in hindsight. Gunston was taken at 29 nearly 20 picks after Melksham. How many had Gunston top 10 back then? Ahead of Fyfe? We took Colyer at 26 so maybe Gunston then or Mitch Duncan who went at 28

 

[The Prosecutor]

 

[Sleepwalker]

Publish those threatening sms' Rohan. Fight fire with fire and put that campaigner back in his hole.

 

[Lore]

I listened to it earlier, I suppose I shouldn't repeat what he said in case BigFooty gets sued.

 

[bomberlegend2007]

Hey Dodo, you’re a campaigner, in my opinion.

 

[Phone]

lmao the first thing I thought when I saw his statement earlier today is that he took us to court, you think he's not gonna take you to court?

it should be pretty easy for Rohan to prove this. post the messages!

 

[DERO]

I listened to it earlier, I suppose I shouldn't repeat what he said in case BigFooty gets sued.

Hey Lore. I said exactly the same thing (although I haven’t been getting text messages from Dodoro). I am happy for you to repeat what I said!

 

[Koopa]

The glass jawed Dodo sniffing for another payout? Things are getting murky...

 

[Zach Package]

Do other clubs hindsight heroes every single draft pick and critique everything that isn’t sheer perfection?

Serious question, I don’t go on any other boards

Yeah but that is largely an exercise in discussion, it’s not to hang people based off decisions made with the best of intentions a decade down the track.

You don’t need to do hindsight drafting to prove to me Dodoro is a malaka.

 

[Lore]

RoCo repeated most of his points from the 3aw interview in the replies on twitter (aside from the bit that is apparently subject to legal threats, I suppose).

 

[jmoo wan]

I downloaded it so that Lore could transcribe it later.

This is legit, not me taking this piss

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

I listened to it earlier, I suppose I shouldn't repeat what he said in case BigFooty gets sued.

 

[Phone]

can you even imagine how much legal trouble we're gonna be in when Dodoro discovers the 20 years of posts about him here on bigfooty.com

 

[thepokey]

lmao the first thing I thought when I saw his statement earlier today is that he took us to court, you think he's not gonna take you to court?

it should be pretty easy for Rohan to prove this. post the messages!

I reckon RoCo could defend himself in court. "Objection your honour, the plaintiff is a ****head"

 

[DapperDon]

Hi Adrian Dodoro.

You sued the club for unfair dismissal

Go **** yourself

PM me for details to sue me campaigner

 

[Phone]

tbf to Dodoro, the actual headline for the article was pretty bad and it took Rohan's comment out of context to make it look like something else had happened.....so just change the headline you dumb cowards

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Do other clubs hindsight heroes every single draft pick and critique everything that isn’t sheer perfection?

Serious question, I don’t go on any other boards

Other clubs probably didn't have a list manager on a permanent salary for 2 decades+ who also sat in on match selection I suppose.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

I reckon RoCo could defend himself in court. "Objection your honour, the plaintiff is a ****head"

"The plaintiff can FRO"

 

[jmoo wan]

tbf to Dodoro,

Phone and Dodo, sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G