Are we Essendon 2011?

[Ageing Demon]

Just watched Brad Green interview on MFC site.
We love Bailey
It is not his fault
The game plan is fine
The playing group has to do better.
Does this look like Jobe Watson press conference last year when he was in a love fest with the coach
It is not his fault
We are just not playing hard enough
Game plan is ok we are just not implementing it well.

Looks like back to the future to me!

 

[d33my]

IIRC Essendon made the finals before the wheels fell off

 

[Crimson Azure]

Everything he said is true about the players currently & what else can he say? If he bagged Bailey (if he does think it is DB's fault) it would just create huge problems within the club, not fix anything.

 

[Ageing Demon]

Everything he said is true about the players currently & what else can he say? If he bagged Bailey (if he does think it is DB's fault) it would just create huge problems within the club, not fix anything.

That is exactly why I raised it, same as last year at Essendon the captain has to say those things.
But the reality may be totally different.
Funny how the same basic group at Essendon has grown an extra leg under Hird.

 

[Crusty Demon]

He can't come out and tell the world that Bailey has lost the players. What else is he supposed to say.

For now, everyone involved in the football department, players and coaching staff has to take responsibility for what we have served up so far this year. Amazingly, we are still in the 8, and the next 3 matches are all winnable if we miraculously find some form.

The next 3 weeks will tell the full story. Not just this week against Adelaide. I couldn't care less what Brad Green says this week, or what Dean Bailey preaches, it's all about actions! Words are useless unless you can back them up, and I guess the next month will decide if Bailey and his players are full of shit, or full of hope. The football world will be watching closely...

 

[wowlace]

We are Essendon 2010. Would love to be playing like Essendon 2011 op.

 

[demonfan9]

IIRC Essendon made the finals before the wheels fell off

They were finals pretenders though. Snuck in with 10.5 wins then got belted by 16 goals. We won 8.5 last year so probably weren't far off matching Essendon of 2009.