Footy Dept. NEW! Head of High Performance & Medical: Dr Mathew Inness

[faible]

Hired the WCE guy:

Mathew Inness joins Bombers as Head of High Performance and Medical

Essendon Appoints Head of High Performance and Medical.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Unfazed]

Hired the WCE guy:

Mathew Inness joins Bombers as Head of High Performance and Medical

Essendon Appoints Head of High Performance and Medical.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Our most important draftee of the year

 

[Donflicted]

Was hoping we would get Austin but Inness seems to have a good track record as well hopefully we bring more then just him in

 

[Petrify]

West Coast fans seem quite sad to lose him. Took over after their top up years which was as bad as ours and turned them around good apparently

 

[Zach Package]

Bustling left arm fast medium, very effective at the G

 

[BratPack]

Bustling left arm fast medium, very effective at the G

Tendency to break down at key moments though, so a perfect fit for us.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Appointed in a timely manner. Seven days after the last game. Good luck to him. We have got everything crossed and I hope the fortunes change.

 

[wirra44]

Out of all our losses this year this could be our biggest, completely changed our fortunes on the injury front since he took over, and even tho we didn’t win many games the boys seemed to be in games for longer in 2025. Would have loved to seen how they went with another preseason under him.

May not be completely fixed by 2026 but by 2027 I’m sure you’ll notice some significant changes in fitness and injuries.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I wanted the Brisbane guy

 

[Corleone]

He's going to need to be Asclepius in human form to get our list back up and running.

Good signing, here's hoping it works.

 

[Squeaky]

Bustling left arm fast medium, very effective at the G

At least one of them will be...

 

[Donflicted]

Out of all our losses this year this could be our biggest, completely changed our fortunes on the injury front since he took over, and even tho we didn’t win many games the boys seemed to be in games for longer in 2025. Would have loved to seen how they went with another preseason under him.

May not be completely fixed by 2026 but by 2027 I’m sure you’ll notice some significant changes in fitness and injuries.

Appreciate you sharing this info with us

Thank you

 

[Squeaky]

He's going to need to be Asclepius in human form to get our list back up and running.

Good signing, here's hoping it works.

Googles Asclepius
Yeah...

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

I wanted the Brisbane guy

The Brisbane guy wasn't going anywhere. Of everybody available, this seems like a very good choice.

 

[the PILL]

Interesting, would seem he was at the Bulldogs for their last Premiership too.

Fingers crossed our soft tissue injurie numbers fall and our genuine fitness levels elevate.

 

[Lore]

I know he doesn't officially start until the week before the players come back but I hope he's on the blower with our injury prone disgruntled folk to see what there is to be done for them, if anything. I rather think his insight would be valuable to any list management decisions in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Zach Package]

Tendency to break down at key moments though, so a perfect fit for us.

Doesn’t tend to be a new ball wicket at the G from April until September though, bit of a graveyard for the quicks.

Is this position new? I don't think the previous turkey had 'head of performance AND medical' in his title

 

[dank420_]

Just getting this warmed up:

#sackinness

 

[MattyB3150]

If he can turn our injury prone list around and help us begin to be competitive again he will get a statue at The Hanger.

 

[Lore]

Doesn’t tend to be a new ball wicket at the G from April until September though, bit of a graveyard for the quicks.

Is this position new? I don't think the previous turkey had 'head of performance AND medical' in his title

The previous turkey wasn't head of medical no. And notably, this new bloke isn't a medical doctor, he's a PhD with a bunch of other degrees as well. So ultimately the doc would be answering to him... insofar as a doctor answers to anyone in an administrative position.

 

[MarshawnLynch]

The previous turkey wasn't head of medical no. And notably, this new bloke isn't a medical doctor, he's a PhD with a bunch of other degrees as well. So ultimately the doc would be answering to him... insofar as a doctor answers to anyone in an administrative position.

Including medical in his role is pretty interesting. Wonder if the club could see some issues between previous S&C and medical staff not being on the same page?

 

[Lore]

Including medical in his role is pretty interesting. Wonder if the club could see some issues between previous S&C and medical staff not being on the same page?

I was just googling a bit and I don't think we've had a head of medical services since Dave Rundle was appointed to it in 2019 and then left the role for family reasons in 2020. Perhaps they chose not to replace him because of covid cuts?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Hopefully Reid doesn't end up like Yeo. Welcome aboard!

 

[Zach Package]

The previous turkey wasn't head of medical no. And notably, this new bloke isn't a medical doctor, he's a PhD with a bunch of other degrees as well. So ultimately the doc would be answering to him... insofar as a doctor answers to anyone in an administrative position.

That structure makes sense, I don't really recall references to our medical department at all or even a club doctor since the halcyon days of Bruce Reid telling them to 'get ****ed'.

 

[Lore]

That structure makes sense, I don't really recall references to our medical department at all or even a club doctor since the halcyon days of Bruce Reid telling them to 'get ****ed'.

position was created for Rundle too so ya. A short-lived job title.