Essendon Coaching Panel

Essendon has today announced that they have accquired both Sean Wellman (former Essendon Premiership player) from Melbourne and Simon Goodwin from Adelaide to be two of James Hirds assistant coaches. I think that they will be some great coaches but I would just like to see a coach like Mark Williams or Gary Ayres as an understudy to Hird and to give him a bit of guidance.

Gary Ablett

Geelong superstar of the decade Gary Ablett is set to announce today that his is moving to new AFL franchise, the Gold Coast Suns, according to reports. More information to come at 12:30 today. In my opinion, this move would change the whole dynamic of the AFL competition. It would also help the Gold Coast itself, not just out on the field, but it would give them confidence knowing that they have one of the best players in the last 5 to 7 years on their list.

Footy News

Today, James Hird as been appointed as the new senior head coach for Essendon. I feel he'll do a great job at the Bombers although because he hasn't done any type of apprenticeship, this will count against him whereas Nathan Buckley has been involved with the drawn Grand Final so this will be great for his coaching.

On to other news, Mark 'Bomber' Thompson has left Geelong for a 3 month break, supposedly to cool down. It has been leaked to my sources that he is off on a break to have a look at a position with Essendon.

It is also looking more and more likely that Leon Davis will be an omission for Collingwood to face St Kilda in the Grand Final replay while Michael Gardiner will be replaced by Ben McEvoy.