Nate Caddy has re-signed with the Bombers until 2031. He is all in on the rebuild. He is backing in Andrew Welsh having been sold that vision. A huge moment for the Dons after a rocky few months @FOXFOOTY
I honestly cannot speak highly enough of what Maty Inness has brought to our football club since the moment he arrived.
From day one, he has set the standards—non-negotiable, uncompromising, and aligned with what elite high performance truly looks like!
He has genuinely taken our players to levels of high-intensity work we simply haven’t seen for well over half a decade.
He challenges, demands, and pushes— yet earns buy - in because of the clarity, consistency, and belief he brings to every interaction.
The respect he has gained across the entire club, from top to bottom, in such a short space of time speaks volumes about the impact he has already made.
What excites me most is that this is only the beginning. The foundations Maty is laying right now will shape our football club for years to come.
We may not fully recognise the magnitude of his influence immediately, but I have no doubt that in years ahead we’ll look back and circle the date on the calendar—the moment he arrived—as a defining turning point in our journey.
I’m incredibly excited and genuinely grateful that we have such a high-quality operator driving our standards and our future ❤️🖤💪
#matinness #godons #bombers @essendonfc
#afl
This might sound crazy Rick, but given his size and athletic ability, and our seemingly compromised ruck position maybe he could be tried in that role?
Keep up the good work btw
@ScooterMcNeice There is no doubt they will both be terrific long term players Scooter. I was curious as to why Johnson didn’t get more games this year but maybe due to age and wanting to hold him back?
As a kid who loved golf growing up in Melbourne, Australia my father would take me to the golf when he played in our majors. What he did for Australian golf then and still now can never be underestimated.
In the early 90s, I have amazing memories of standing in a field with a bucket 150 yards out. He would hit balls to me. I would barely have to move a few feet to collect each one.
While I was young, I do remember him in his prime, but I wish I could have seen it with the perspective I have now of the game.
@Craig_Corfield Shortcut🤔 If they’re 30 and don’t have a decade left it’s more about best chance than shortcut. Bombers could be referred to as “no-cut” rather than shortcut
Look to be completely transparent you don’t have to be Einstein to understand the issues. If your partner, kids, employees, team mates, players etc etc want to leave or assess better options it’s generally because they want to better themselves, improve, grow, develop and enjoy more. Instead of clubs getting the shits they should turn the mirror around and have long, hard look at themselves, their culture, their environment, their processes, their development, their strategy, their leadership etc etc etc and make it THE most attractive place to go and the very best place to stay. Pretty simple really…..get into the “premiership business” and stop “just playing AFL”
Adam Scott is beloved in the locker room, press room, caddie yard and on Golf Twitter. He is the classiest guy in golf and would be the most popular U.S. Open winner since Spieth 10 years ago. But this one would mean more, capping a great career. The crowd will be his tomorrow.
Why have @HawthornFC had more success than other @AFL clubs? Here’s one reason, often overlooked, this century: their record of making hard calls - on players & coaches - when other clubs flinch. https://t.co/m8jdl5IBHs