Haha I wouldn’t go that far. They won’t make the same mistake again. I’m pretty sure regardless of results they have made up their minds already.
Well Webb ol’ fella
On Day 70
I see you’ve had a peek from out of the broom cupboard when Andrew wasn’t looking
We know the decision about McFail’s been made & the list’s been drawn up
...but “the ‘W’ was a bonus”
- as Mc113 says
Still equal last but great to see a modicum of pride in that RedV at last.
Forwards played great.
McFail didn’t pick that team
or make those Board & Flanno-induced changes.
(He’d’ve gotten Turnstile in but that’d’ve been the limit of his contribution)
.... & Flanno had his hands all over that win
....as the best use of a bench in 7 years confirmed:
This was his gig
( NB bench use & spine selection/management are real footy IQ markers - thus we’ve had the endless bench debacles & notorious McMuddle spine fiddling)
Anyway
Mc56/57 was strangely low key & talking about his great self awareness in knowing where his ‘role begins and ends’
- emphasising his ‘training’ & getting them ready thingo
The strategists & game planners were elsewhere on this one.
So The Waterboy’s been moved a tad sideways I would suggest Webby
- and amazingly so.
It seems the Board meeting’s recommendation to confer more power in decision making to Shep & Flanno actually happened -
... and it was so obvious
that Waterboy in his presser was almost loathe to take any credit.
Mock humility never his usual forte
Almost contrition
The smirk was gone, along with any ‘fuc/k you’ ‘I’m no quitter’ hubris
or hint of deflection
The boil’s been lanced
... even an admission that momentum could’ve gone either way early.
And it sure could’ve on a couple of occasions in this cellardweller epic
The stuffing’s been knocked out of this guy - and he’s seen the future
As you say FCD
“They won’t make the same mistake again”
- especially as the media are all over The Gordon shenanigans
& The Board’s indifference to failure
Go have a whiskey Ryan