Kevin Sheedy threads [merged]

[blaisee]

miller wasnt desparate to trade polo. He was just one of the "few" players we have that have currency.

Thats funny, opposition clubs dont say that.
And you will find that Danny Meyer will get picked up by another club to, ala David Rodan

jack

what are you saying?
That opposition clubs were saying that miller was desparate to trade polo?
What a load of poo, if he was that desparate, he would have done it, because I know that offers for both tuck and polo were knocked back.

Please stop the constant lies, because nothing you have said has come true, none of it will, and the rest of it just crap.

[WilliamPowell]

Sheedy hinted at the fact today that he may not coach next season as he has taken up the role with the AFL to help promote the 150 year celebrations.

If Sheeds doesnt coach next year it will really put Wallet under the pump BIG TIME.

So Bull are you know thinking/saying that Wallace will remain as coach of the RFC for 2008 ???

[tigersalive]

miller wasnt desparate to trade polo. He was just one of the "few" players we have that have currency.

Thats funny, opposition clubs dont say that.
And you will find that Danny Meyer will get picked up by another club to, ala David Rodan

jack

what are you saying?
That opposition clubs were saying that miller was desparate to trade polo?
What a load of poo, if he was that desparate, he would have done it, because I know that offers for both tuck and polo were knocked back.

Please stop the constant lies, because nothing you have said has come true, none of it will, and the rest of it just crap.

Thanks for clearing that up.   

Trading Tuck would've been nice however, but we need him for 1 more year.

[mightytiges]

Sheedy hinted at the fact today that he may not coach next season as he has taken up the role with the AFL to help promote the 150 year celebrations.

If Sheeds doesnt coach next year it will really put Wallet under the pump BIG TIME.

Even if Sheeds' last 3 years as coach are bottom 4 finishes which is likely with a far more mature list and better resources than would be available at Richmond.   

[mightytiges]

Another 10 goal flogging for the Bombers on a big ground. So much for them playing out the year for Sheeds  .

[Bull]

Be interesting to see how they go against us in Rd21.

Would love to give Hird a nice touch up in his last Melbourne game.

[WilliamPowell]

Another 10 goal flogging for the Bombers on a big ground. So much for them playing out the year for Sheeds  .

Winning the close ones as the did earlier in the year can hide some (or alot of) a teams defieciencies.

That's what you are seeing with the Bombers at the moment.

I could go on but I wont

[mightytiges]

Be interesting to see how they go against us in Rd21.

Would love to give Hird a nice touch up in his last Melbourne game.

Over the last 8 weeks both clubs have only won 2 games a piece so we're a good chance. They're not sitting bottom 4 for nothing.

[one-eyed]

Time to come home, Sheedy
27 August 2007   Herald Sun
Sam Edmund

RICHMOND fans have called for Kevin Sheedy to come home. While the Essendon faithful rose as one at the MCG yesterday to say goodbye to "Sheeds" and captain James Hird, Tigers supporters were begging the master coach to return to where it all began.

Sheedy, who played 251 games for Richmond, including three premierships and a best-and-fairest, is revered at Tigerland.

He was appointed Essendon coach in 1981 and guided the Bombers to back-to-back premierships in 1984-85 before tasting ultimate success again in 1993 and 2000.

Despite more than a quarter of a century at Windy Hill, Sheedy has never lost his passion for the Tigers. He is a regular at Richmond functions and was named in the Tigers' Team of the Century.

The yellow-and-black army were unanimous in their praise for the Essendon coach.

"I want Sheedy, I want Sheedy, I want Sheedy," Richmond fan Tony McGrath said.

"Even if they just made up a job for him, sweeping the floor or whatever, and then they can sit him in the box next to (Richmond coach) Terry Wallace."

Peter Hoffmann said the former Richmond back pocket would bring a winning feeling back to the Tigers.

"He's got a good recruiting record, which we've been very poor in, and his marketing and PR nous would be invaluable," Mr Hoffmann said.

"I reckon our membership would go up by 10,000 if he came on board."

Joe Farrell was adamant Sheedy was still Richmond through and through.

"He's still got yellow and black in him," Mr Farrell said.

"We need his know-how and his guts and determination around the place.

"If someone could put up $1 million to get him down there I think we could get him."

An electric atmosphere gripped the MCG in the hours before the first bounce as Essendon and Richmond fans massed for the great Bomber pair's last game together at the home of football. Long lines snaked back from the MCC Members Reserve, while thousands poured in from Richmond and Jolimont train stations.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22312401%255E19771,00.html

[Hellenic Tiger]

No we don't
Last night proved categorically the game is up for Sheeds.
He has nurtured a team that his slow and his on field moves such as Lucas in the backline??
I was even surprised by that though not disillusioned by it.
 He seems more satisfied in promoting himself on past successes and trying to manipulate media throngs and galleries with rhetoric and dogma from a bygone era of success at Windy Hill.
He has left Essendon's on field team a mess with useless ageing players
and a threadbare group of youngsters whom other than 2 or 3 will not have a prolonged AFL career. Furthermore once Lloyd Fletcher and Lucas retire their stocks will be even more dilapidated. With those 3 players they may scrounge 6 or 7 wins but without them their stocks are thin real thin and the future is extremely grim for them courtesy of the Sheeds quick fix over the last few wins and as I have mentioned the pain will get even more unbearable for the Bombers  now and over the next few years beyond 2010.
The way I see it let him go to Melbourne or wherever and let him turn them into a basket case like he has done with Essendon in the last few years. He had his chance to return and chose to stay at Essendon. Its not sour grapes but at those points in time he was the right fit for us now he is not. It is as simple as that. Don't even dwell on it, in terms of the romance and the nostalgia and warm fuzzy feeling the many Richmond fans will associate with it.
We do not need him to stir the pot at Richmond or use our name to distabilize a regime that off field is working and on field is on the ump.
If it aint broke don't fix it.

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i think sheedy should give up coaching. i believe he has alot to offer a club but not as a coach.

for him to come back to coaching woudl be like a heavu weight boxer making a comeback, always ends in disaster.

sheedy had a gr8 send off, he should leave it there so he is rememered as gr8 and not end in disaster

[wayne]

"He's got a good recruiting record, which we've been very poor in" Mr Hoffmann said.

 

Make sure you wear sunglasses when you go past Windy Hill, the future is bright! 

[blaisee]

Last night showed why Sheeds is finished.

He couldnt get the bombers up on such a huge occassion. They were never going to win, and were downright insipid in parts.

Have to say, last night wss one of the most enjoyable night of football I have had in many a year.

Its been a while since we ruined somebodies party, couldnt of happened to a nicer bloke!

[Tigermonk]

give him some credit his a champion coach & without a bench last night a 27 point defeat was not much to brag about

We Won We Won        

l love to see Sheeds back at our club in some capacity but it wont be while Wallace is there
Sheeds you can come sit next to me in the stands anytime 

[Passionfruit]

Last night showed why Sheeds is finished.

He couldnt get the bombers up on such a huge occassion. They were never going to win, and were downright insipid in parts.

Have to say, last night wss one of the most enjoyable night of football I have had in many a year.

Its been a while since we ruined somebodies party, couldnt of happened to a nicer bloke!

Are you twisted Blaisee ?  Last nights crowd showed the respect for someone who has contributed heaps to the game.
As for the bombers couldnt get up. they had no bench in the last quarter, have yet to see a side win a quarter of modern day football without a bench.
I might add that the best team won on the night and should of won by more and that James Hird has retired at the right time as his defensive pressure last night was poor, as was Lloyd and Ryder, thus the tiges dominace in rebounding out of D 50.