robbo has snapped / AKA worst football article known to man

[Stalin]

But if the board points the finger at Hird — and sacks him — that would be a cop out.

It’s not about Hird, it’s about the players, and rather than appeasing the football world and making Hird the scapegoat, the football club should be devoting all its energies to supporting the players.

God knows they need it.

Some players were in tears after the game on Saturday which is generally the reserve for beaten Grand Finalists.


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To ease the pressure on themselves, their family and friends, some players have opted to bury their woes in ­alcohol.

They’re not drunks, but they’re not acting like ­professional athletes either. After 30 months who could blame them.



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Worse is the real concern that maybe up to 10 players will walk away from the game at the end of the season.

Far, far worse is the belief by some at Essendon that the daily media coverage and speculation and betrayal of trust has got to the point where club officials are concerned a player could self-harm.



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http://mobile.news.com.au/national/the-tackle-sacking-james-hird-would-be-a-cop-out-by-the-essendon-board/story-e6frfkp9-1227485805896


 

[Stalin]

Almost every sentence is worth quoting

fanboy delusional fool

[Tigeritis™©®]

Got to feel for the players here it was dumb that they trusted the club they are employed with.

I reckon all the good ones should leave and hopefully we can be smart enough to get Carlisle to the club. Then the club will be left with only the dregs of the competition and for the next 20 years they'll rightfully take their place as the basket case of the AFL.

It's important though that we all support James Hird because he deserves our support now for the stellar job he has done since the club sacked Matty Knights.   

[WilliamPowell]

Robbo is a hypocrite

Wasn't it his very own newspaper that published the confidential leaked anti-doping tribunal transcripts last wekk?

Wasn't Robbo the journo last week that wrote that nothing piece on Geelong implying they'd done something wrong when they clearly haven't in the name of fairness and news

As for the Essendon players I would suggest they get a grip on the idea of consistency,

IIRC none of them I mean none of them have complained about Chip Le Grand's book that actually paints them as the victims in this sordid mess

But now after last week's "reports" in the HUN they come out and sook about how unfair it all is, how disappointed they are it's been leak.

Seems to me to be selective sooking

Can't have it both ways

Ditto Robbo, you can't have it both ways

[cub]

Whatever the situation it is ludicrous it has gone on so long, absolute circus run by clowns all round.