Sheedy, glad to see the cretin go

Yaban · Joined: 10 Dec 2004

Don't really understand the adulation for this thug. As a player and coach sniping was his forte. Modus operandi for him was making a hero out of gutless thugs like Merret and Wallis and the like then crying when the favour is returned. Notice how many Essenscum dogs were KOed in the 1990 grand final. Ask Rowdy and Starca about the game. As the cheap snipe was eradicated from the game Sheedy became less relevent and more of a media whore headline. Glad we retired him and glad we took a flag off him. He deserves no respect from us so I can't see why so many are jumping on the media bandwagon and saluting him. I have one finger I reserve for this salute

Harrysz · Joined: 15 Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne

This posting is a disgrace. Clearly Yaban is Yobbo.

Tannin · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:18 am

So, Yabban, Leigh Matthews is your hero, then?

Cam · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:02 am

Yaban does have some valid points about Sheedy's style.

eg He instructed Essendon players to knee Hawthorn ones in the quad to slow them down in their breakthrough win in 1983.

Merrett, Wallis, Duckworth, Walsh, Mark Johnson, Fletcher - all snipers.

And it is also no surprise that the cleaner the game has got, the more ineffectual his methods have become. He has a typical Bomber outfit, sprinkled with recycled hacks and some guys that can't play but under normal Sheedy circumstances would be able to thug their way through a career.

Sheedy the entertainer is a different person to Sheedy the coach, who would do anything to win. More like Jeckyl and Hyde than Zig and Zag.

ad4eva · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Location: The 'G'

Piethagoras' Theorem · the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk Joined: 29 May 2006

Shane Whelan · Joined: 01 Jul 2007

I know Peter McKenna refused to talk to Kevin Sheedy for many years because of some of the disgusitng things he did on the field to him.

Cam · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:53 am

Just on that, a guy that played against Ted Whitten Snr told me Ted would make Hopoate look like an inquisitive 18 month old.

Prometheus · Joined: 21 May 2007

I agree with what has been written above. Sheedy was a tool , but was smart enough to survive.

Sheedy has been lauded in the media simply because he has stuck around for so long.

Its a bit like ex prime ministers , when they are in power their supporters love them and everyone else hates them , the media thrives off them. Then when they lose power or retire , history tends to be alot kinder to them , glossing over the details of their lies and F#ckups.

Piethagoras' Theorem · the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk Joined: 29 May 2006

Love the analogy Cam Laughing

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Piethagoras' Theorem · the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk Joined: 29 May 2006

LOL DL

Big Dan · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Location: The Outside World

Sheedy and Pagan.

Could the media have wasted anymore space on a couple of guys whose time is over.

Yes, great careers and so forth but hey, they were not saving lives for a living!

Sheedy was and will continue to be a smug hippocrite. Glad to see the back of him and his gin soaked nose.

Pagan, well, at least he has provided with 5 years of Carlton floggings to enjoy. I know I openly cheered when Hawthorn just belted them by the 100 points, and Brisbane's belting of the Blues was damn hilarious.

Good bye and good riddance.

stui magpie · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:44 am