Bombers coach to go the way of Kevin Rudd?While it may be tempting for the Essendon Football Club to dispose coach Matthew Knight in a Rudd-esqe leadership spill following the club’s recent dismal performance, any kind of knee-jerk reaction will hurt the club indefinitely, writes Rohan Connolly.
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Anzac Day: when commemoration becomes commerce
Francis Leach asks whether Collingwood and Essendon should have the automatic rights to play footy in honour of the ANZACs if they continue to abuse it.
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Shepparton pulls together to face up to indigenous disadvantage
The statistics paint a damning picture of indigenous disadvantage in this major regional city, writes Essendon Football Club CEO Peter Jackson.
Sheedy and Essendon: A tacky end to a great partnership
AFL’s marriage made in heaven, the 27-year union between Kevin Sheedy and the Essendon Football Club that produced four smiling bouncy premierships, looks irredeemably fractured and headed for a very messy divorce.
Sheedy’s brand of reconciliation
While the AFL heartland of Victoria is still in shock with the news of Kevin Sheedy’s removal as coach of the Essendon Football Club after a 27-year tenure, his sacking will also be deeply felt in Indigenous communities around the country, writes Francis Leach.
