Retired #31: Dustin Fletcher - Legend & VFL Assistant Coach

[Towno78]

Was surprised to see Fletcher in the GF cavalcade - Very surprised.

 

[citizen-erased]

"For training today boys, we'll just be lining up from 60 out and launching torps through the big sticks."

and it would be our best forward strategy since "kick to Lloyd"

 

[yaco55]

Why?

Seeing he didn't farewell Essendon supporters in Round 23.

 

[daffo]

Last place in the long kick comp.......

 

[Little Jerry]

Last place in the long kick comp.......

Delist.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Suprised he didnt get the Madden Award. Only committed 40 years of his life to footy..

 

[frenchfri12]

discraceful that this thread is in the dustin of history section

 

[silk]

Suprised he didnt get the Madden Award. Only committed 40 years of his life to footy..

Yep. Reckon they well and truly got it wrong.

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2015-10-31/fletch-is-back

He's back! Doing something.....

 

[Resistor]

Shed a tear when he was carried off tonight. Such a legend!

 

[Old Campaigner]

Didn't get a coaching job at Essendon apparently.

As much as I'd love to see the guy continue at the club, I reckon he'd be a far more effective coach in the long term if he does his apprenticeship under different coaching regimes so he ends up with a diversity of ideas and methods.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Disappointing....

Essendon champion Dustin Fletcher will sever ties with the Bombers after the AFL coaching aspirant wasn't offered a job with the club.

The well-respected defender has coaching aspirations and was keen to remain with the Bombers in a coaching capacity but is looking elsewhere after no offer to join John Worsfold's staff was forthcoming.

"I would have liked to have helped out at Essendon a bit but that didn't go down," Fletcher told radio station SEN after Australia was defeated by Ireland in the International Rules Series in Dublin.

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[Doss]

He'll be back one day.

 

[eth-dog]

Yep. Go work under Lyon/Hinkley IMO

 

[Andronicus]

Yep. Go work under Lyon/Hinkley IMO

Pretty sure the only option if you ever want to get anywhere is to work under Clarkson these days.

 

[eth-dog]

Pretty sure the only option if you ever want to get anywhere is to work under Clarkson these days.

I would say him, but I don't want Fletch associated with that club...

 

[monty1104]

So according to Dave Culbert, because players were ineligible in 2015, it means technically Fletch only played 393 games.

I say technically Dave Culbert is a campaigner and can GAGF.

 

[Doss]

So according to Dave Culbert, because players were ineligible in 2015, it means technically Fletch only played 393 games.

I say technically Dave Culbert is a campaigner and can GAGF.

If we're going down that stupid path, then every opposition player who played in those games shouldn't have those games count towards the total either.

And nor should our non-suspended players.

In summary, he's a ****ing pillock of the highest order.

 

[monty1104]

If we're going down that stupid path, then every opposition player who played in those games shouldn't have those games count towards the total either.

And nor should our non-suspended players.

In summary, he's a ******* pillock of the highest order.

Would also need to review Brownlow votes, goals kicked, etc.

 

[Doss]

Would also need to review Brownlow votes, goals kicked, etc.

Let's just go all Stalin and airbrush it all from history like it never happened!

 

[eth-dog]

Would also need to review Brownlow votes, goals kicked, etc.

Fyfe still wins the Brownlow.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Using that same rationality, Ryan Crowley should be stripped of all games he played post R17 game vs GWS in 2014.

What a stupid suggestion.

Also, doesn't Culbert have a reputation for being a plonker?

 

[Doss]

Yes.

Plonker. It's my new favourite insult.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Yes.

Plonker. It's my new favourite insult.

Mine too now.

It's such an undervalued word.

 

[yodellinhank]

Let's just go all Stalin and airbrush it all from history like it never happened!

Be more than happy for everything post 2012 to be struck from the records. Its the only way.