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I don't know how you manage it
I don't know how you manage it
Essendons Strengths & Weaknesses
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Not to mention, the Albino ..
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Better than Alf Neuman.
Best players at afl.com.au:
Collingwood: J Clement, M Clarke, H O'Brien, T Cloke, N Maxwell, D Swan
And that's why you lost to Adelaide.
You played Melbourne, Richmond, Carlton in the last 5 games.
You got smashed by Brisbane, lost to Richmond and Adelaide yet had the fortune of every other team falling over just at the right time.
West Coast were missing Judd, Kerr, Cousins, Hansen
If we are talking luck(like the other poster mentioned) then you should look at your own backyard.
as has been discussed ad nauseum, Paul Roos didn't exactly come from a successful culture; and Knights may not have been the first option, but he was the best candidate at the end.
The point is, as you've noted, it's an unknown. The guy needs to get a chance to actually coach before being written off.
Obviously this is BF, so I'm not surprised by dullards, but to claim Knights is a weakness is just wrong. He's an unknown, not a negative
He shouldnt have been named in our best because he wasnt. It was definitely his best game of the finals series, because his other two were terrible.
He retired, sadly, because he thought he couldnt give any more to the club. Our 2007 success was achieved without signifcant contributions from Clement and Buckley.
Interesting also that O'Brien and Maxwell were also named in the best. They are ready-made replacements for Clement, showing we have a succession plan in place. Maxwell is even a genuine captaincy candidate.
Melbourne were finallists the year prior. So were Adelaide - top four, if I recall correctly, and premiership favorites at one stage. Sydney played in the GF. Richmond finished ninth. Pretty tough run home based on the 2006 ladder.
Unless you are Harry Hindsight theres no way of telling whether a draw is good bad or indifferent. You can only base it on the previous years results.
AFL.com is rubbish, they had Buckley in the best in his return game!
Clarke, T.Cloke, Swan were our best
Clement no where near his best in that game.
We lost to Adelaide because we had no motivation, were assured finals and couldn't get top4......you said we played teams 'who had basically packed it in', so u were wrong.
Yep, Richmond hadn't packed it in as they beat us
Melbourne hadn't packed it in, as after Johno's unfortunate bump the dees players were all fired up.
Carlton the only team who had packed it in as u put it.
He is a candidate.
He is a member of the AFL players association executive committee
The members are
J.Bowden - Pres
B.Burton - VP
A.Goodes
L.Power
T.Harley
R.Murphy
L.Ball
Decent company that Max is keeping within AFL ranks!
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I'd prefer Scotty Burns for a year and then Heath Shaw in 2009. But yes, he's a candidate, and he's on the short list.
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after getting screwed outta the Copeland the least u could do would be give it to Lockyer
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That should appease everyone.
Also on the short list.
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if he doesn't get it after his 07 year it would an outrage, he played like he was your captain in the absence of Bucks and Clement he deserves it more that burns who would retire end of 08 anyway
We have plenty of quality candidates, and we have plenty who played fantastic in 2007. He wont get it, in my opinion.
The great thing with giving it to Burns is that it gives our younger players a chance to be made long term Captain - blokes like Pendlebury Shaw and Cloke who are no chance in 2008, might be ready in 2009.
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Can someone remind me where most people thought Collingwood would finish before the 2007 season ?
If I remember correctly the general consensus was that they would finish 12th-16th.
You would think they would be the last set of supporters to be predicting a clubs demise before a ball has even been bounced.
If I remember correctly the general consensus was that they would finish 12th-16th.
You would think they would be the last set of supporters to be predicting a clubs demise before a ball has even been bounced.
They listed Clement as best also.
So you'd be satisfied if he was named captain of your club?
But what the feck was that based on?
The pies finished in 5th with 14 wins after H&A, missed top4 by %.
They had a poor final against the dogs who snuck into the 8.
For some reason the dogs were touted as potential top 4, and the pies were supposed to drop away??
Yes. We have plenty of quality candidates. Not sure what part of that you're not understanding.
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There was a perception out there that C'wood were fairly average and had got the most out of their ability to make the finals that season.
That perception spread quickly and very shortly everyone was predicting their demise in case they looked stupid if they did finish in the bottom four. If you predict the same way everyone else is predicting then its hard to be made to look foolish.
Same thing is happening with Essendon. There is a perception that they are too slow and there is not enough depth coming through. Some people have pencilled them in for the bottom four so now everyone is doing the same thing.
The truth is the top eight fluctuates wildly and basically I would not be surprised if any team made or missed the 8 (with the exception of Geelong missing).
We've had that every year since about 1930. Thats not perception, its just hatred.
Even in 2008, after missing the GF by a kick, nobody is seriously considering us a flag chance.
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