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\u2018NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT\u2019: BOMBERS LEGEND ON HIRD PITCH<\/p>\n
Bombers great Matthew Lloyd has revealed his intel about James Hird\u2019s presentation set to be made to the Essendon board. <\/p>\n
It comes after club president Andrew Welsh recently informed Hird that he\u2019d be a part of the process as Essendon seeks a new senior coach. <\/p>\n
Lloyd, who spoke with Hird midweek, said he\u2019s \u201cnever seen anything like\u201d Hird\u2019s desire for the top job. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was with him on Wednesday night, at an event,\u201d Lloyd shared on 3AW. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe passion, the hunger, the thirst for this job – I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe spoke openly about that, and the fact that he heard from Andrew Welsh.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the fascination around whether the new coach has to have a history at the club, Lloyd said: \u201cI\u2019m not of the view that it has to be an Essendon person \u2026 I just want the process to play out.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘He might be in some trouble’ Ralphy | 00:33<\/p>\n
Lloyd shared details of what Hird was set to bring to the table when he gets his chance. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a full presentation ready to go; a holistic presentation on everything,\u201d he revealed. <\/p>\n
\u201cNot just how we\u2019re going to win a game of football, but what the club needs, and where it\u2019s been with development, recruiting \u2026 staff he\u2019d like to bring with him. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf they aren\u2019t just giving him a token interview, and they give him a genuine chance, he\u2019s going to be tough to knock off from a presentation point of view, with the thought process around what he\u2019s going to bring.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bombers\u2019 selection panel includes Welsh, chief executive Tim Roberts, board members Anthony Di Pietro and Ted Richards, and people and culture executive general manager Caroline Monzon. <\/p>\n
Curnow kicks six in Swans statement win | 02:23<\/p>\n
\u2018WON\u2019T PUT ANYONE IN HARM\u2019S WAY\u2019: CROWS\u2019 CONUNDRUM WITH SICK STAR<\/p>\n
Adelaide is considering leaving forward Riley Thilthorpe in Perth for an extended stay until he overcomes a stomach issue that kept him out of Friday night\u2019s clash against West Coast.<\/p>\n
The Crows don\u2019t want to risk him passing a bug onto anyone else.<\/p>\n
Coach Matthew Nicks said he wasn\u2019t sure what the issue with Thilthorpe was, but he was in no shape to take his spot in the side that beat the Eagles by 25 points.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not sure whether Riley\u2019s eating something or whether it\u2019s a virus, but he went down pretty quickly this morning,\u201d Nicks said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t actually know how he\u2019s doing at the moment. I\u2019m pretty sure he\u2019s out cold trying to sleep it off.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut hopefully this is something sharp and quick that rips through him, and then he\u2019s okay to go next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t put Riley on a plane straight away.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t actually know whether it\u2019s just a quick virus, whether it\u2019s food poisoning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not sure, but we won\u2019t put anyone else in harm\u2019s way, or any of the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe he stays for 24 hours, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
McQualter on glaring Eagles issue | 08:51<\/p>\n
Considering the loss of Thilthorpe and having come off a disappointing loss against Port Adelaide in the Showdown, Nicks appeared relieved to have gotten out of Perth with a win.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t mind how it came.<\/p>\n
The Crows kicked eight of the first nine goals of the game and led by as much as 43 points. They dominated the middle of the ground and were rewarded with scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n
Darcy Fogarty cashed in with all four of his goals before half-time.<\/p>\n
They were flying.<\/p>\n
But when West Coast flew home, getting the margin back to 18 points in the final quarter, Nicks said the win became the focus, no matter how they got it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we talk about slogging it out, that\u2019s really what we went to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were forced into that game in the last quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got no doubt that we have some supporters there, and we feel very similar, that you know we\u2019re frustrated about the way the game was played, especially through that second half. <\/p>\n
\u201cOccasionally, you\u2019ve got to go to that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe actually took the game into the trenches, if you want to call it that.<\/p>\n
\u201cJordan (Dawson) led the way in that.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we didn\u2019t come over here to necessarily play pretty footy and try and entertain.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came to win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Essendon legend has made a reveal over James Hird\u2019s looming pitch for the Essendon job. Plus, Matthew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-777776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}