AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
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Originally Posted by head67
Sorry to hear about the extent of the injury ibis. No one like's to finish that way. Hopefully with some rehab you may play again. Hope you can take some thing pos back home about our league. Talking to the pres the other day and the league is only to aware of some of the probs out at gumly. To all others who tend to brand the squawks based on a 4 or 5 remember our league will go backwards if they are not in it. we need 10 sides for our league to go forwards.
QUOTE FROM Ibis100
Thanks for that. Unfortunate but them the breaks. It broke in to six pieces over a 6 inch area and needed a plate the length of my arm with 9 screws to hold it together. I've got 28 staples in the cut the doctor had to make. Also broke my wrist which apparently is unavoidable when you break one of those bones in your arm. The damage was caused by the the arm rotating and flexing at the same time making it basically explode.
I hadnt enjoyed my footy for some time but I really did enjoy it there. The comp is pretty good other than eastern hawks very fair. I think you are right and I have said previously that they only need to get rid of those fools and the team not just the league would be better for it. There are some good footballers that get tarred with the same brush at that club that dont deserve it. Hence why I name or put the number of the player I talk about.
I am the first to enjoy a good donny brook, but their pack mentaility and inability to do it one on one shows how pathetic and gutless they are.
Riverina is a good league, just needs some ironing out as all leagues do in some area's. Perhaps the president could sit down and have a look at the video and take action rather than make ridiculous comments over a whole quarter of footy that he watched. Perhaps I should follow Braun and sue for defamation after seeing his comments in the paper. (Wouldn't that be interesting.)
Does not look like ibis100 will be seen on the track again in any league by the sounds of this.
If you go into Riverina site which is on the NSW & ACT footy thread there is more on the incident which has caused some headlines not on the injury but the game between Wagga Tigers & Eastern Hawks.
Apparently ibis was meant to have donged a few players and an offical has come out and said he should of been reported etc.
Ibis has defended his actions in another post but this does little to fix his arm or career in football.
Maybe a chance to be a non playing coach at SFL level or another league??
Good luck with the recovery ibis as no one wants to see any player go out like that and no doubt you still have something to offer the game.
The question answers itself!!
To get off the bottom of the ladder.
To bolster playing stocks because at the moment they are playing a lot of 2nds footballers & Juniors that are not ready.
To avoid being the laughing stock and easy beats of the SFL.
Neagle might have robbed the joint blind a few years ago but he did get them a flag.
If there isn't anybody of his calibre available to coach the club you would think he would have to be considered.
All clubs are measured on a win/loss ratio and all supporters like to be spectating their club come september.
Clubs are proud and i am sure Merbein is no different.
Potenial players to the club would be Matt Chilton/Matt Hooker/Matt Harndoff/Leigh Riordan just to name a few that could come back if Merv was appointed.
And i am sure you can add quite a few more to this list with the contacts he has.
To get another coach from say SA or Melb you will be paying bigger bucks just to get them here without other players.
Merv is already a proven premiership coach in the SFL & CMFL so its a no brainer in my opinion.
Don't know the guy or his style or past history just an interested onlooker who wants to see the league & merbein improve!!
Manage it a bit better like have contracts/sponsorship in place so that they are not caught with a huge debt at the end of it.
Surely the people/committee at the football club have learnt a fair bit about the mistakes they have made previously and will put in the measures for it not to happen again??
Things like working out your budget before the season starts not at the end and putting a business plan in place so each of the members/committee/players know which direction they are headed and have a 2/3/4 or 5yr window for success not just a quick fix it flag.
Take Souths as an example they suffered badly after 98 but with the right people in the key posts they are out of debt. Yes there footy has gone backwards in the last year or so but they do have good kids coming through and have signed a proven coach to take them places.
Maybe if they sign Merv he will have to go through 2 or 3 years of development and only recruit a handful of players each year.
Remembering the club has the power to direct its coach to what it wants from the playing group and that might mean limited funds for the 1st couple of years to further develop juniors and what they currently have.
Anythings possible with the right people and surroundings in place and maybe Merv might be up for a challenge instead of a star studded side ready to win a flag next year.
You wont know until the 27th of August.
