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

[Lore]

Hahaha he signed it from Welshy

And backed the coach and the CEO and talked about stability

 

[Lore]

Dear Members,

I am excited to write to you for the first time as President of our Football Club.

While it's been a whirlwind few hours, I wanted to immediately write to you, our members, whom I am now privileged to represent.

Having worn the red and black with great pride as a player for 162 games, I feel a deep sense of commitment to this club. It has shaped who I am, and having the opportunity to lead the Club as President is an honor and a privilege that I don't take lightly.

I want to take this opportunity to firstly thank and acknowledge David Barham for his incredible service to our football club. He has been selfless in his approach and has driven significant change that has fundamentally reset our club. Under his presidency, we've achieved the stability and alignment that he fought so hard for. Dave's impact will continue to grow as we build on these strong foundations, and I want to thank him for his dedication, passion, and unwavering determination for Essendon.

I also want to acknowledge Dave’s family: his wife Tash and daughters Mia and Sophie. These roles are a family affair, and we look forward to seeing Dave and his family back at the 'G in Round 1 next year as one of us in the stands.

This brings us to where we are today, and I want to make one thing very clear: we are in a strong position. The work of recent years has given us stability and, most importantly, the right people in key roles.

We have an outstanding CEO in Craig Vozzo and exceptional coaches in Brad Scott and Natalie Wood leading our men's and women's programs. I have complete confidence in our senior leaders at the club to continue to drive a culture of excellence, passion, unity, and respect - our core values as a football club.

We have a real opportunity at this Club, and I will bring a fresh approach as President, focused on challenging what we’re doing and encouraging all our people to think, act, and be progressive. I will continue to provide alignment and clarity to everyone at the club so that football is our core focus, and I will work with our leaders to accelerate this area.

Our current stability gives us a great foundation, but stability doesn’t mean safety, we need to get moving and get to work with a sense of urgency and purpose.

To our members, your support is more important than ever right now. It’s not lost on any one of us that it has been 25 years since the Club has tasted the ultimate success, and every person connected to Essendon is working extremely hard to deliver this to our members and supporters.

The power of Essendon has always been in our unity. When we stand together as one, as players both past and present, coaches, staff, volunteers, partners, members, supporters, and our Essendon community - we can be formidable again. As I’ve touched on, good work has been done, but hard work and hard decisions lay ahead for us, and I’m energised to represent you and am up for that challenge.

This Club has an incredible history but it's time to write our next chapter and if I have one message for you, it's this: be optimistic, be excited, and be part of this journey with us.

Our goal is to build a Club that you feel proud of, one that puts itself in contention on the field year after year. Let’s stick together. I look forward to leading this Club as we write an exciting new chapter, which can be our best one yet.

Thanks for your support.

Go Dons

Welshy

 

[Runk]

Sorry Welshy but I'll only get onboard if you let me in on a land package deal.

 

[srobbo]

As requested, barham gonski, let’s hope Welshy punts Scott now & we grab the best available coach off draft & not a bloke who’s already torn a club apart.

Do the right thing Welshy & put the broom through thr joint where necessary.

 

[Lore]

We have an outstanding CEO in Craig Vozzo and exceptional coaches in Brad Scott and Natalie Wood leading our men's and women's programs. I have complete confidence in our senior leaders at the club to continue to drive a culture of excellence, passion, unity, and respect - our core values as a football club.

No mention of the captains but it’ll do.

 

[Atavistic]

Sorry Welshy but I'll only get onboard if you let me in on a land package deal.

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

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Wow, just made the mistake of scanning through some Facebook comments about this change.

Jesus christ we have some absolutely mentally impaired mouth breathers supporting this club, staggering...

possibly the nuffiest supporter base in the league

 

[ydc55]

As requested, barham gonski, let’s hope Welshy punts Scott now & we grab the best available coach off draft & not a bloke who’s already torn a club apart.

Do the right thing Welshy & put the broom through thr joint where necessary.

Do you seriously think getting rid of Scott would help our footy club?
He has to coach next year at the very least.

 

[fishardansin]

If they bring back Dodo then that's it for me.

Lions or Suns?

Collingwood. I'm not giving up Anzac day ... having said that, they about to hit a list cliff with Tassie coming in!

Maybe Tassie cause I might be able to afford a house down there and perfect place re climate change.

 

[faible]

Do you seriously think getting rid of Scott would help our footy club?
He has to coach next year at the very least.

Far too many supporters seem to think we're just a coach change away from a premiership.

Probably the same guys who scream 'JUST KICK IT LONG' at the footy because they don't know what zone defence means.

 

[fishardansin]

Don't need to suck the coach but we do need a massive upgrade in assistance.

 

[The Dustbin]

The power of Essendon has always been in our unity. When we stand together as one, as players both past and present, coaches, staff, volunteers, partners, members, supporters, and our Essendon community - we can be formidable again. As I’ve touched on, good work has been done, but hard work and hard decisions lay ahead for us, and I’m energised to represent you and am up for that challenge.

Interesting

 

[Here_we_come]

Reading Facebook and X is enlightening. It baffles me that so many supporters want to remove Scott only to replace him with Hird.

I love Hird, but could not think of a more destructive move the club could make right now, along with bringing dodo back.

 

[fishardansin]

How about we flex our muscles financially get a million development coaches fitness people etc. Also invest in things that make the life better of every player such as financial advisors and business opportunities etc. The exodus of players like Ridley is not just our lack of success. We want people to think if I come and play at this club my body is looked after and my future is very well looked after. Clearly a key to Geelong's success. Having a consistent finals side picking up two out of top three trades in last 15 years is ridiculous, in a supposedly even comp. We can use ours massive supporter base and proximity to new suburban development. I don't like it, but this is the system we find ourselves in.

 

[thebigboy]

Don't need to suck the coach but we do need a massive upgrade in assistance.

I dunno.. might help his morale

 

[joey_jo_jo]

possibly the nuffiest supporter base in the league

nah more-so facebook is where the nuffies from all supporter bases naturally gravitate to (that and the herald sun comment section).

 

[Runk]

As requested, barham gonski, let’s hope Welshy punts Scott now & we grab the best available coach off draft & not a bloke who’s already torn a club apart.

Do the right thing Welshy & put the broom through thr joint where necessary.

 

[The Dustbin]

Don't need to suck the coach but we do need a massive upgrade in assistance.

I agree. We'll leave that to Brad' other half.

 

[Runk]

Don't need to suck the coach but we do need a massive upgrade in assistance.

 

[jmoo wan]

that why he’s called the head coach, I guess

 

[Mercurial89]

Not as blunt as it was done. You can disagree without telling them to **** off.

I'm more wary as to why that story came out.

To fuel the spill?
Welsh was the one patching things up with Zach, how much of this is the change to head off the board spill and how much of this rumoured spill involved Welsh anyway?

Welsh is too heavily connected to old essendon groups that I don't know if this is a positive move just yet.

We will see what the actions say.

 

[Duckworth]

I agree. We'll leave that to Brad' other half.

I know it was a typo... but still amusing.

 

[dank420_]

Don't need to suck the coach

This is why Menzie got delisted.

 

[fishardansin]

I'm leaving the typo, it may have been accidental, but the point stands.

 

[Squeaky]

You should sign up again so you can show them by cancelling, again.

Yeah! That'll learn these ****wits!