Would you care to elaborate how he has done "clearly better"?

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So Mike reports the news rather than rakes the muck? How dare he!!!

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

Ratten has taken a team that has been bottom 2 for the past three years to the verge of finals in his first year in the job.

Essendon* have performed poorly without Lucas - what a luxury for a first year coach when Lucas is up and running having two experienced key forwards.

Maybe i think you over-estimate the power of Mike's opinion.

LLoyd 30, Lucas 30 & Fletcher 32

Who will they replace these blokes with in the next year or two? Johns is gone.

Jeez!.......how will they ever replace Johns?

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Survey says........



Bah-BOHHHH!

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Is it Rudd?

I think what he's saying is that Essendon*'s players are flowered and that it's a miracle they've won any games at all this year.

So with that theory in mind, Knights has done well.

Beause he's taken a team of washed up hacks whose best is 3 seasons behind them, and a bunch of nobodies who most people expected to finish last, and in spite of having a horrific run on injuries in the first half of the season, has them sitting a mere win below us.

If you compare that with what Ratten has had available to him this season, I think Knights has done clearly better.

That doesn't mean that he will be a better coach, or that Essendon* has a brigher future. Quite the contrary.

Meanwhile Essendon* fans reckon Ratten is a genius for guiding our team of washed up hacks (Stevens - weak, injured; Judd - best is behind him; Fevola - 27 and groin problems) and a bunch of nobodies (Houliwho? Carrazzawah?) who eveyone expected to come second last this year, and in spite of having such an horrific list, Ratten has them sitting a mere game outside the eight.

The question posed before the season was which coach you would rather be, not, who will be the best coach. Most went for Ratts because of the cattle he had and that almost guaranteed him improvement. I think they all thought that at the end of their resepective tenures, Ratts would have had the most success and I think that's still true.

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Warby, who gives a stuff what Sheehan thinks? Total non-event.

I doubt Ratts was crying in his wheeties over that article yesterday morning.

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"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Two pages so far.....including your post..........

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..you never know, wheaties for breakfast could make him cry.. ..they're no cocopops..

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Knights has done very well for a team of average footballers. Ratten has done well with a team of young early draft picks.

I think Mike is on the money. Most expected Essendon* to finish last year and they didn't. Lets hope it was the year they were meant to bottom out but everyone played above themselves.

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I put that down to a couple of ;slow news days' on TC.

It's what happens after we win.

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