Would hardly call them Dunkley level
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Itâs a nothing article that repeats everything we have known for years. The UBS priority was on the balance sheet, and on keeping the players happy, and competing in the short term.
Shock!
The last paragraph is either Niall trolling for âengagementâ or if itâs coming from Scott and the club itâs preparing the ground for Sheedy and Dodoro to be gone.
And thatâs it. Itâs the typical new coach âit was all stuffed, we need timeâ article that weâve seen multiple times now. Only time will tell if theyâre empty words.
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The draft capital bit is pertinent. We paid little for either. Dunkley wouldâve cost us Tsatas. And more.
And I donât think anyone thinks we didnât need both players in terms of player type. Especially given yesterdayâs injury newsâŚ
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Yeah kept draft picks instead of chasing big names is how I read it
Yeah, hardly âdraft capitalâ
We traded them in for next to nothing.
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No we havenât, not even close to it. Everyone has kept selling us as not being far from it. This articles says we are miles behind. That is actually new.
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captain of the vfl squad for mine
As others have said, you are missing the point, we didnât sell the farm for a big name player.
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Dunkleys just a cog in the wheel and our wheels fell off a long time ago
Fark the irony if one of the Scott brothers leads us back to success. Especially after knocking Hird out of contention
Just sack scott already. The season is over. We either sack him now or half way through next season. Just nip it in the bud and bring back Sheedy and Hird.
Sheâll be rightâŚâŚ
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THE SHAKAS MENTALITY
Itâs not the 3 years thatâs too long. But at this stage itâs just a wing and a prayer not unlike the past
To me, itâs easy to see. Consistent effort and application across the quarters. Not kicking 3 goals and then giving up 4âŚâŚ.just start with 2 consistent quartersâŚâŚdoesnât matter about personnel at this stage
Just generalising and unfair on a one or two players 
Whether itâs Scott at the helm, or someone else, it will make little difference. If you havenât got the cattle, and we most definitely do not, the changes weâve made will be like shuffling decks of the Titanic. The key figure who has built this list and the last 20, is still in place.
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nah, coaching - and culture - is absolutely important.
Both have to be fixed.
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I mean Scott even said this year was about learning about the list, with a possibility that some senior players wonât continue with Essendon post this season.
Langford has more luxury as he has a contract and has been injury interruptedâŚbut I canât imagine Heppell will last.
Thatâs the most refreshing article from an Essendon person in over a decade.
Unbelievably honest and great to have much of the inuendo and educated assumptions of the last decade publicly acknowledged.
Some things genuinely a victim or circumstance, others just plain old awfully managed and a culture rotten to the core.
While the board spill and Rutten sacking was awfully executed, the end result was beautiful and justified.
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