#10 St Francis de Agressi - up to 2021 round 2

[tinhillterror]

edit god wouldn’t load

[redbull]

How do you know how much other clubs have done that?

Because I follow football other than just Essendon. The only time other clubs use the rookie draft to recycle players is to keep an injured or contracted player. Yet we have used it many times to give a player another chance to prove themselves.

You can’t clean out ALL the coaches in the middle of the year, so we picked the one we felt was an issue. And guess what? It proved to be the right choice. What happens at the end of the year is another issue and has nothing to do with the current argument of this club being weak.

So you’re claiming getting rid of one coach is strong. I counter that by asking was it left until we lost to Carlton? Why did we allow the coaching structure that clearly wasn’t working (as proved by subsequent results) allow us to win just 2 of 8 matches and ruin another season. I agree the club has the chance to right this wrong come year end yet decisions like today leaves me with little faith it will happen.

On your trade points I was merely pointing out we don’t win every time. You claimed we are great and I showed you we have always been.

[Stallion]

Prob didnt contest because hes leaving at years end.

I’ll tell you what! You go, Francis stays.

[theDJR]

Prob didnt contest because hes leaving at years end.

YOU’LL FADE AWAY AND CLASSIFY YOURSELF AS… OBSOLETE!

Fixed.

[Maxx]

Just on the coaches, it couldn’t have been done that much faster. Richardson was new to the club and there is laws in place for termination. From the outside it seemed to be handled well saying he chose to leave and didn’t lead to any suing. There’s no way you could have moved on more than one 2 months into the season.

[Houli_Dooli]

They should be giving Francis some royalties for creating the highlight $2k should cover it.

[BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS]

Mmm, … top pressure act of the game carries a $2k award doesn’t it?

[Humble_NSW_Fan]

Did we thank the MRP for their efforts?

we usually do in these situations.

reminds me of #sagadays

[wimmera1]

shrugs
I wouldn’t have challenged it.

I mean…the idea of Essendon standing up to protect the game from the AFL…

[ROOKIE]

Wouldn’t it cost more in Lawyer fees etc to challenge than the fine?

[dingus]

Do you think not appealing the Francis fine was “strong”?

Do you think Richardson’s statement added anything?

It was neither strong nor weak, it is a nothing issue.

Firstly people bleated for something to be said, then bleated when something was said. You get what you asked for, a nothing statement about a nothing issue. Oh and if you go back and look at comments from other clubs you will find the same basic statement, even Hawthorn.

I can kind of agree to you first point about the magnitude of the issue.

But nothing was said in that statement. It was response to substantial noise with noise lacking substance.

[stander2]

If you became aware that Aaron preferred to let the matter go for personal reasons and didn’t want that disclosed, would that “nothing”statement transmogrify into a statement of some substance ?

[daf]

Would have thought the club would challenge that fine.

[JBOMBER]

If you became aware that Aaron preferred to let the matter go for personal reasons and didn’t want that disclosed, would that “nothing”statement transmogrify into a statement of some substance ?

Does anyone actually believe the statement helped the matter go away?

[premature_rookie_ele]

Unless you were in the chat, and heard the advice and knew the wishes of club and player, I just don’t get how people can use this as yet another way to bash the club.

Remember where you are…

drink…

[stander2]

Maybe in your world it hasn’t.
Just casting my eye over the Herald Sun, can’t see Aaron emblazoned over the front or back pages.

[Bishop]

I’m happy for the club to pay $2k every week if Francis bumps like that each game.

[JBOMBER]

Maybe in your world it hasn’t.
Just casting my eye over the Herald Sun, can’t see Aaron emblazoned over the front or back pages.

And you believe the reason for that is the statement? A brownlow medal favourite just got handed the biggest tribunal sentence this decade but of course a meaningless statement from the club has prevented Francis from upstaging that. Your world is a strange strange place.

[JBOMBER]

I’m happy for the club to pay $2k every week if Francis bumps like that each game.

The problem of course is that next time he fairly bumps somebody this incident will be used against him to show a poor record & he will be suspended.

[Bacchusfox]

I can never understand those who post on Blitz spewing out hate and bile for our Club.

Then I read a post on Facebook, that even spews out more abuse and hate, from one who pretends he loves the Club.

I suppose at least he did it under his own name.