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If Essendon was a good team, Cox would be in the VFL. I'm not sure we had a choice but to mold him into a defender. We have a range of established or emerging tall forwards - and Cox hadn't shown enough to really displace anyone in the pecking order - and we lacked tall defensive depth. It was...

Happy to be involved in whatever competition needs numbers :)

Parish playing: 7 wins / 10 losses / 88% Parish not playing: 4 wins / 1 loss / 114% In games where Parish plays we finished 6W-2D-9L in clearances and when he wasn't in the team we finished 2W-2D-1L. Whatever value that Parish provides directly, it seems as though we have successfully covered...

It's a damning assessment of the list if there are no suitable leadership candidates besides a happy knacker struggling to stay in the best 22.

I cannot say I'm particularly high on Nik right now. I'm not sure what he is and I don't think the coaching staff knows that either. However, he is a big kid and they can take longer to develop. But I also cannot get too frustrated by it because that draft class is probably the worst class in...

Injury prone, scared of getting hurt and lacking confidence. This paragraph has my expectations for next year firmly in check.

Averaged 19.3 touches per game last season - adjusted for sub impacted games - but was certainly squeezed out of the midfield rotation by other players. Best season was clearly 2020 when he played more of an inside role. With Essendon having one of the smallest - and quite frankly mediocre -...

I'd hope that we'd be in Dunkley's ear letting him know that if the Brisbane thing doesn't work out we'd happily pay him a seven figure contract next year and take him in the national draft. He could put a $1.2m price on his head and we'd be in the box seat given our cap space.

We should just bug the Cats recruitment offices - maybe Brad Scott could go undercover - and then just pick anyone the Cats thinks is good.

I wake up every morning hoping that today will be the day that we give Dodoro the arse.

If Bowes seriously wants to play for Essendon - given what an absolute shitshow we currently are - I'd have big concerns about trading for him. Clearly wouldn't be in the right headspace.

He should.

This was such a massive * up that the President's role would be untenable if he himself hadn't been in the role for five minutes. The ability of this club to make absolutely stupid decisions is surely unmatched.

I was on board with Scott from day one so I approve of this hire. If he spuds it up though I'll be deleting all evidence.

It's pretty close to what we did for McGrath.

Might have to sound out whether the women's coach would also like to coach the men. Thoroughly enjoying watching this mob.

It should be a pretty sweet gig. Sign a 5 year contract - work for two years and then get an extended holiday.

Hirdy :eek:

We always look better on paper than we do in reality and I think that primarily reflects poor list management. It's never enough to just identify talent - good list management requires you to identify talent plus fit. Teams that regularly achieve that - I think Geelong and Richmond are good...

There is a fair bit of delusion in that list assessment! Some A's that should be B's. Some B's that should be C's. Some C's that should be under a new D category. And some Rising Stars that still need a lot more time to show they deserve to be on an AFL list going forward. Overall, I think...

Quite frankly, I'd be disgusted if we sign De Goey. I'm feeling nauseous just knowing that we want that sh*tstain at our club.

If Taranto was considering us then that'd be a big red flag. I certainly wouldn't want anyone that looked at Essendon right now and thought "yep, that's the environment for me" :D

Individual draft picks are irrelevant to assessing Dodoro's performance. List management is vastly more complex and there is, to date, no evidence that Dodoro is capable of doing that well. He accumulates talent without consideration of fit or synergies or team needs. Plenty of well regarded...

For a team that lacks on-field and off-field leadership, it's a good idea. Someone I'd target would be Callan Ward. Always impressed me with the way he played his football and from everything I've heard was a good leader. Also still good enough to play for a season or two.

I'm certainly not going to defend those decisions. The last few years of long tenured coaches are often pretty rough, including great coaches like Clarkson. But I maintain that Scott pretty consistently exceeded expectations while at North.

Barham had enough time yesterday before the game to tell the Essendonians how much he loved them. Also said that Essendon's coteries are the envy of the league. So I guess we know who his financial backers are.

Scott I think would be a strong candidate. He pretty consistently overachieved at North and that, to me, is a sign of a pretty good coach. All I hope is that we go through a proper process and don't do anything stupid like bring back Hird or have the role filled by next week.

Few people are benevolent enough to donate big money without expecting something in return. Members of the coteries with deep pockets typically expect access and influence and at Essendon they typically get that. Other teams have coteries but my understanding is that few, if any, have the type...

Cockcroach of the highest order and absolute plague upon the football club.

Big opportunity for a wooden spoon now that Norf have a GOAT coach. West Coast usually turns it around pretty quickly as well. Of course if we do finish last it'll end up being a thin draft with few stars or Dodo will screw things up.