Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Andrew Wealshy - Ted Richards joins the board

[thepokey]

I'll only get on board if he puts "P.S. DODORO ISN'T COMING BACK" at the bottom. Has to be in caps.

Across the bottom of the 2026 guernseys? sure, I can get behind that!

 

[BratPack]

Yup, bc he’s a shit coach

Like seriously, you can argue his methods, you can argue he's past the times and all, but if you honestly think he's a **** coach given his record before us, then you're not just wrong, you're idiotically wrong.

 

[giveitime]

Average player will be Average president. This club just never learns

 

[Corleone]

Oh god. It’s Dodoro. They are going to bring that rat back into the fold. I cannot believe it.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Wants to see people who left the club on bad terms welcomed back with open arms

If that means dodoro, I'm going to level the hangar

 

[DallasCrane316]

Past player sent a email telling other past players to pull their heads in and start supporting the club

 

[brutus76]

He spoke well. Hopefully that was more truth than untruth

 

[Yoda_]

Past player sent a email telling other past players to pull their heads in and start supporting the club

proudest ive felt as a Dons fan for some time when I heard that. Time for everyone to get on board and stop with the bullshit self interest.

The best success is the actual success.

 

[andleanback]

Spoke very well, except the stuff about it not being a rebuild.

 

[Petrify]

Said all the right things but the one comment about bringing people back better not be about Dodoro

 

[wiltho]

Tough road ahead, but this change in president is about as smooth as it could have been considering the state of play at the moment. Welshy spoke well.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Seems 100% behind Scott, Vozzo and mgt team. Dodoro won’t be coming back. Spoke well

 

[DallasCrane316]

Said all the right things but the one comment about bringing people back better not be about Dodoro

Think it was about past players especially.

Interesting to see how happy Bellchambers was about the appointment. Wonder if it’s similar for a few of the other players too.

 

[andleanback]

Said all the right things but the one comment about bringing people back better not be about Dodoro

Treated so poorly he got half a million pay out

 

[wiltho]

Spoke very well, except the stuff about it not being a rebuild.

The club is already on the rebuild path, he was just being careful not say that he's going to start again.

 

[Yoda_]

Think it was about past players especially.

Interesting to see how happy Bellchambers was about the appointment. Wonder if it’s similar for a few of the other players too.

doors open for players like Orazio Fantasia to James Hird and even Zac Merrett. Welcome all these people back to the club to galvanise with strength in numbers

 

[thebigboy]

Past player sent a email telling other past players to pull their heads in and start supporting the club

Would love to know who sent the email, but it’s absolutely the right message and a great step forward.

At the end of the day, the whole “new Essendon” vs “old Essendon” divide is only going to keep festering if the powers that be allow it. If Welsh’s background can be the uniting force that either fixes it permanently, or at least brings it back under control, then that alone would be a brilliant achievement.

The real proof will be in the pudding as to whether he can pull it off, but it already feels like he has more genuine support behind him than Barham, Brasher, Tanner and others ever did — and that in itself is a big win.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Would love to know who sent the email, but it’s absolutely the right message and a great step forward.

At the end of the day, the whole “new Essendon” vs “old Essendon” divide is only going to keep festering if the powers that be allow it. If Welsh’s background can be the uniting force that either fixes it permanently, or at least brings it back under control, then that alone would be a brilliant achievement.

The real proof will be in the pudding as to whether he can pull it off, but it already feels like he has more genuine support behind him than Barham, Brasher, Tanner and others ever did — and that in itself is a big win.

Someone over on blitz talked about it earlier before the show. They said it was Solomon. No reason to doubt it given they mentioned this hours before Hird spoke of it.

 

[Petrify]

Would love to know who sent the email, but it’s absolutely the right message and a great step forward.

Would think either Lloyd or Jobe as they bridge the gap across generations

 

[andleanback]

Would think either Lloyd or Jobe as they bridge the gap across generations

0 chance Lloyd

 

[eth-dog]

Someone over on blitz talked about it earlier before the show. They said it was Solomon. No reason to doubt it given they mentioned this hours before Hird spoke of it.

I mean there's one big reason to doubt it. It's from Blitz.

 

[DallasCrane316]

McGuire asked Hird to summarise the email that was sent out to 360+ past players and he said “all in, all heart” for the club.

 

[DallasCrane316]

I mean there's one big reason to doubt it. It's from Blitz.

Yes, except hours ago they posted that Solomon contacted all the past players to ask them to get behind Welsh. Well before this segment. Probably actually legit info (in this instance)

 

[Old Campaigner]

Would love to know who sent the email, but it’s absolutely the right message and a great step forward.

At the end of the day, the whole “new Essendon” vs “old Essendon” divide is only going to keep festering if the powers that be allow it. If Welsh’s background can be the uniting force that either fixes it permanently, or at least brings it back under control, then that alone would be a brilliant achievement.

The real proof will be in the pudding as to whether he can pull it off, but it already feels like he has more genuine support behind him than Barham, Brasher, Tanner and others ever did — and that in itself is a big win.

The problem with 'old essendon' and why it needed to be removed is it placed more value on being an 'old essendon person' than being 'good at your job'.

As long as 'old essendon' refuses to embrace even a semblance of a meritocracy there is no place for it at the club and there should rightfully be a divide. Or to look at it another way, 'old essendon' will always create a divide and backroom ructions as long as they remain frustrated that washed up premiership heroes are not being appointed to every job opening.

 

[bombreys]

I’m so sick of this club taking shortcuts

How ****ing hard is it to hit the draft hard this year and the next, pick up Bewick when tassie comes in and start to bring in big free agents to compliment all the draft picks from the 5-6 years prior.

I think it was more a throw away line, than to be taken that literally. He has to sell a little bit of hope.

Saying he wants to ‘push up the ladder quickly’ sounds better than ‘we’ll be tanking for a few years’.

I do get what you’re saying, but I think he’d know as well as anyone we’ll be hitting the draft to build.