We didn’t expect him to be there so we had to take him … we actually thought he’d go around pick 1
He is right, but we are still waiting for the truth to be acknowledged by the mainstream
He was not wrong.
Except instead of “bogans” he should have said “thugs”.
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“I might retire, and go and do something else like, sell frozen water or something,”
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Jack:
ESSENDON will target a return to the top four by 2018 as new coach John Worsfold starts his quest to build a list capable of winning a premiership.
Weeks into his role as the Bombers’ senior coach, Worsfold is buoyant about the talent at his disposal, despite the club’s lowly 15th-placed finish this season.
The 2006 West Coast premiership coach believes the club’s lofty aim is possible, but said the Bombers need to plan to become a premiership threat beyond only making the top four.
“Absolutely I think it is achievable, but the challenge is that you want to win a premiership. You don’t just want to make the top four and say, ‘We’ve ticked that box’,” Worsfold said on Thursday.
"And sometimes the decisions you make might mean you miss out on the top four for another year because you’re playing the younger kids to get them ready to become premiership players.
“It’s a very fine line.”
The Bombers last won a final in 2004 under coach Kevin Sheedy, having lost their past three elimination finals. Matthew Knights, James Hird and Mark Thompson have all coached the club on a permanent basis since then. They have not finished in the top four since 2001.
Worsfold said the Bombers could “load up” on free agents to target a top-four finish in the next three seasons, but that they needed to take the broader view to get back into the premiership mix.
“Top four would be wonderful, but a premiership is the ultimate aim. I would challenge – and I always have challenged – clubs to be clear on what you really want to achieve,” he said.
"Is it a top-four [finish] for three or four years in a row where you come fourth and we’re all happy?
“Or are we working really hard to say it might take two more years of being out of the top four but then all of a sudden you burst into the top two and can play in the Grand Final.”
What a fkg disgrace it was to appoint Worser as coach. One of the worst decisions in the history of the club
Jack
August 17, 2024, 12:24pm
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Preliminary_Point2:
“This club is farked”
One of the more truthful and accurate statements coming out of the club in the past 20 years.
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“I don’t want a rebuild, I just want to cut 15 players”
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Sweet16
August 17, 2024, 12:31pm
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Senior player Darcy Parish declared he and teammates are “sick” of being “mediocre”, calling on fans to stick fat as they navigate the long journey back to September through their rebuild.
“There’s a lot of us now that are sick of just being a mediocre team and we’re all striving towards success together,” Parish said before round one.
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“Vanilla panic merchants”
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sameold
August 17, 2024, 12:39pm
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Nah nah nah
Come on. The greatest of all time is no doubt -
‘Hold tight, Be Confident’
Some of Ruttens quotes got up there.
Scotts ones are ■■■■■■■ terrible. Resultist?? Yeah i ■■■■■■■ am. Just ■■■■■■■ win you spud of a coach
sameold
August 17, 2024, 12:40pm
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■■■■, But I held… and I am still holding.
“There’s a different feeling about the group this year”
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https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-players-erupt-inside-changerooms-in-brutal-end-to-season/news-story/93786507e6cdfd7d47ae3bce6bf48b61
“We know we’re clearly still a long way off the top six – and probably the top eight to be fair,” he added.
“It’s time to get past being a mediocre club and a club that falls away like that.”
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Begbie
August 17, 2024, 12:46pm
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Dodoro on Steinberg:
“He can play up forward and I think he can play as a mid as well,” said Dodoro.
“We thought that with him we could find someone who had some special traits.”
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