Lunchtime Catch Up Podcast - 2024 Player review Part 2 now out

I WANT SOME PASSION AND A ROCKET THIS WEEK. We should be having the end of season pod this week.

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Announce roco already

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No anger this week sorry. I canā€™t do that on repeat multiple times at this time of year.

They are an incredibly mentally soft club. Itā€™s more about addressing the list on who will take the club forward and who wont in this area.

Kind of over it myself emotionally tbh. More numb and almost non caring

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The senior players are no good

Unfortunately the list manager has massacred us further by signing a lot of the mentally weak senior players to long term deals

Not sure how/if we can move on some of these players. I doubt we will regardless, because that will mean egg on the face of the board/list management teams

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you can have a few players like that, they just have to be surrounded by absolute competitive beasts.

way too many prefects on our list

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Chin-up @CJohns. Pre-season is almost done and we move into our main season, the off-season.

You made comment that itā€™s really interesting what Brad Scott does with this list now. Indeed it is. This will be the offseason that he gets to make informed changes. Thatā€™s a really exciting thing.

So the last two games are opportunities to finalise those decisions / changes.

Looking back, there will be a lot to like about this year. Turning points.

Back the coach in.

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Ohā€¦ and feel free to pass the below quote onto Grant.

Pierre de Coubertin, known as the father of the modern Olympics, famously said ā€œthe most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but taking partā€.

And rightly so.

You gave it a good go a couple years back and it actually made the club take some notice, but I think with the benefit of hindsight we all know there isnt really the vision, the drive or sadly the intention to face into our systemic flaws with honesty and to actually commit to doing things properly and rebuilding this football club (not just the list) the right way.

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Itā€™s like this hasnā€™t been pointed out over the last 10-15 years.

I feel like weā€™ve been drafting players with a ā€œhappy to bring home to meet Mumā€ attitude :joy:

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We need our Matt Rowell. He is an animal

Here it is!!! Combined Patreon and main show this week. We recorded this on Sunday morning and just relayed frustrations of a fan base feeling like itā€™s Groundhog Day again. Can Essendon get over the lack of mental toughness thats plagued them for years?

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thanks guys

We need collective minds so our players can cup each other balls

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Just listened. Grant is closer to ceasing defending Dodoro than heā€™s ever been.

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Grant is slowly coming around.
This is the first step.

Iā€™m not so sure.

Grant usually blames the players.

He sooner blames development. He right. But itā€™s our recruitment too.

That was a depressing listen

Not in a bad way at you guys, in a totally ā€œi get itā€ way

What else could you say

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