I assume that was not sarcastic. Thanks

RATTEN (CARLTON)=BARTLETT(RICHMOND)
favourite son who cannot coach. Would Richmond have thought in 1980 that 29 years later they were still a rabble?????????
A couple of us believe that we are becoming another Richmond. 14 years since our last flag and still years away.
Right now we have a hack of a coach and take a good hard look at our list.....no flowering depth
I love Fev but Carlton will not get within cooey of a flag while we have Fev. He demands the ball, we kick it to him, they triple team him and so on and so on and so on.......
Judd can only get crunched so many times before his body packs up.

The signs were there against the Bombers in round 3
HE'S LEARNING GIVE HIM TIME!!!!
Then against the Freo at Carrara.......you know, that night that apparently saw our Prez boozing with the lads til 3.00 am alledgedly
HE'S LEARNING GIVE HIM TIME!!!!
Then there was that great strategic ploy against the Crows
HE'S LEARNING GIVE HIM TIME!!!!!!!
Sorry, forgot the Swans......"Wev'e got to beat them at the stoppages............"
HE'S LEARNING, GIVE HIM TIME!!!!!!

In between all that were a couple of honorable losses and wins against the Collingwood VFL side and WC......oh that the win against Brizzy, you know that win that we are all used to by now, the one that Fev gets us over the line witha about 7-8 goals. We can always count on those every 5 or 6 weeks. Unfortunately, it won't get us into the finals.
I said it about 6 weeks ago and I'll say it again. Forget finals in '09.
I thought Ratts was going to work. I was wrong, he's nothing more than a good assistant coach.
It all starts again round 1 2010 cos 2009 is done and dusted

Some are saying Ratts doesnt learn from previous games and then say lets get Roos are not making sense.
Roos has been owned buy Malthouse for some time and Eade is starting to have it over him. No matter what he tries he just cant beat the Woods.

Ratts will be ok. Dont have to go nuts because of one loss and things not meeting the ideal. Both he and knights are still coaching teams they mainly inherited. We are still 3 or 4 players short. Stevens, Houla, Bannister all need to be replaced by better younger faster players who have been taught the modern game.

All the top sides over the last decade had a core of young players that have come through the sysem together. When they reach the 23 -24 years old and have 80+ games under their belt thats when they the team really fire. I see us being at our peak in 2012-2013. Before that we will be learning lessons, riding bumps and be up and down.

Its sad that our arch enemy have a style that destroys ours and it is hard to work out why our coaches and forward scouts cant work out how the bomber create the spare loose man but its just one of those things we need to keep working on.

Looking forward to the future but fully aware that there are going to be plenty more ups and downs.

Whats sad is we have a coach who does the same things over and over again...and allows the same things to happen over and over again.

We're Essendons bitch!!!

Cos we wanna be...

Some are saying Ratts doesnt learn from previous games and then say lets get Roos are not making sense.
Roos has been owned buy Malthouse for some time and Eade is starting to have it over him. No matter what he tries he just cant beat the Woods.

Ratts will be ok. Dont have to go nuts because of one loss and things not meeting the ideal. Both he and knights are still coaching teams they mainly inherited. We are still 3 or 4 players short. Stevens, Houla, Bannister all need to be replaced by better younger faster players who have been taught the modern game.

All the top sides over the last decade had a core of young players that have come through the sysem together. When they reach the 23 -24 years old and have 80+ games under their belt thats when they the team really fire. I see us being at our peak in 2012-2013. Before that we will be learning lessons, riding bumps and be up and down.

Its sad that our arch enemy have a style that destroys ours and it is hard to work out why our coaches and forward scouts cant work out how the bomber create the spare loose man but its just one of those things we need to keep working on.

Looking forward to the future but fully aware that there are going to be plenty more ups and downs.

He should have played Cloke, Warnock, Jacobs and Bentick

You are obviously in denial. She will be sweet alright ! Its 4 - zip to Knights, and it is not the first time this season we have dished up this insipid crap, it just about every second game. There is a problem with the coaching team, the situation needs to be addressed. Lets not waste a year by living in denial.

IMO, whilst there are issues within the FD that need fixing , I think it's too early to be making definitive calls on Ratts future worth as Senior Coach.

If we keeping boning Senior Coaches every 2 years we will end up like the tigers.

I'll make a call on him later next year.

“Sometimes if you don’t move the ball quickly in the back 50 then you play into their hands and they manned up very quickly and we played such slow footy.”

Why are you including Warnock in that group when he hasn't played a game and isn't a lumbering ruckman?

Another educated comment like the comment you made about Austin not lining up against the Saints...

Lets start by delisting
Houlihan Stevens Scotland and Bannister

If anyone can tell me that these guys are going to play in a flag for us in 2 years when they are all over 26 have reached their peak are not up to it. Stevens and Houlihan in particular

then you are a genious.

Get rid of them for god sake

This is not an over reaction because its been going on for years.
The game has passed all these guys by.

Feel sorry for Banno and bagpipes not the other 2.

Play kids