Many moons ago we were bitch slapped by geelong, it was back in the "shudder" hird days. Total boys against men. I said to myself "**** we're soft,**** we're a pushover." We made the finals that year, god knows how and were absolutely bent over by carlton. There was a clear shift in mentality. We were the typical soft arse kids getting sand kicked in our faces. Clearly, clearly, clearly the mentality shifted, we had to get bigger, stronger, tougher, more resilient.
Essendon went, where we went and it was totally on hirds watch. But I understand. That silly campaigner hird wasn't patient, many clowns got in his ear, "ohh, I know campaigners who can fast track the process"
....and what happened happened.
Fast forward to today and I look at the list and the actual body shape of our boys and I just shake my head.
Hurley, playing hurt. No way is Hurley fit.McGrath, lightweight. Heppell, captain, not imposing. Parish, tiny. Joey ? Hurt someone, stop trying to be best buds with everyone. Zaka, who does he hurt ? Goddard ? Cooked. James Stewart, get angry son. Myers, go the **** away, you have a lethal left foot and you're pretty much told NOT to use it, do you have the guts to tell the coaching staff to **** off once in a while ? Piss weak, and always injured, not afl ready, never has been, go away.
Begley is an interesting one, he has the afl shape, he's just got to get smarter, but how do you teach that ? Tippa, afl body shape ? Too, top heavy.
Our current list are not conditioned to afl football, it's been obvious from the "shudder" hird days, he saw it and tried to fast track it.
This list are, body wise, not up to it.
Essendon went, where we went and it was totally on hirds watch. But I understand. That silly campaigner hird wasn't patient, many clowns got in his ear, "ohh, I know campaigners who can fast track the process"
....and what happened happened.
Fast forward to today and I look at the list and the actual body shape of our boys and I just shake my head.
Hurley, playing hurt. No way is Hurley fit.McGrath, lightweight. Heppell, captain, not imposing. Parish, tiny. Joey ? Hurt someone, stop trying to be best buds with everyone. Zaka, who does he hurt ? Goddard ? Cooked. James Stewart, get angry son. Myers, go the **** away, you have a lethal left foot and you're pretty much told NOT to use it, do you have the guts to tell the coaching staff to **** off once in a while ? Piss weak, and always injured, not afl ready, never has been, go away.
Begley is an interesting one, he has the afl shape, he's just got to get smarter, but how do you teach that ? Tippa, afl body shape ? Too, top heavy.
Our current list are not conditioned to afl football, it's been obvious from the "shudder" hird days, he saw it and tried to fast track it.
This list are, body wise, not up to it.
