Mark McVeigh

Sullivan Orobhi will be really strong player.

Um, and I'd like to see now under Mark McVeigh, Sam Durham get back in, in amongst the, um, you know, the, the clearance side of the, of the game for, for the Bombers and his toughness around the ball was pushed to the flanks a little bit at different, uh, at different stages.

So that's the engine room side of things.

Their spine, it goes Mackay, Reed.

The next category you, uh, rate and rank here, Jono, is, is game style.

What are you expecting under the new coach?

[laughs] Well, it's, it's gotta be an identical brand, ident- identifiable brand straight away that we see under, under Mark McVeigh.

Maybe a little bit harder contest at the source.

do you look at the history of your club and i think we're actually behind schedule it's what your 29th year this year there's still no premiership there's been one grand final and i think only one season in which you've won two finals

yeah of course yeah of course there's no doubt about that bugs me every day i haven't lost faith that we're building a list to help us get that sustained success that we're after and we want to be up near the top of the ladder year on year and if you do that you give yourself an opportunity at the ultimate and That's what we're building towards.

And obviously disappointed that we've taken a step back this year.

But like I said many times, I haven't lost faith.

I also want to apologise to Scott Pendlebury, who broke the game's record.

There was controversy around the games he was selected to play, the gold number...

The salary cap issues, the ultimate decision to join the Gold Coast, they don't make it.

I'm starting up with number 10, and it's a coaching merry-go-round and the sackings within three or four weeks of each other of Michael Voss and then Brad Scott.

T- VFL Team of the Year last year, VFL Team of the Year this year, crucial in the premiership win on Saturday-- on Sunday, sorry, at Princess Park, but hard to get a game at Hawthorn, just the one senior game this year and 11 across four years.

What can you tell us about Jack Bowes? Because Essendon in the mix, as you reported, set to meet with Mark McVeigh, uh, later this week or in the coming days, but obviously North Melbourne in the hunt for him as well.

It doesn't appear as though he's gonna be at Geelong next year.

He's got options, doesn't he? He's got offers at all three clubs.

St Kilda has a three-year deal on the table for him.

Essendon hasn't tabled a deal officially, but I think they've made it clear it'll look like a three-year deal when it comes to that.

He's got a link to the Bombers through Mark McVeigh, who coached him as a bottom ager at the Allies.

I think that's a, a thing that'll hold Mark McVeigh in good stead when he does start officially in his role.

He was so close at Carlton this year.

He was so close and really highly thought of at Essendon as well before Mark McVeigh got that job.

I think, I think...

I've got the sense from people around North Melbourne the players have had a big say in wanting someone that's new and modern with fresh ideas.

So they've, they've pulled some big, big levers at the Richmond Footy Club.

Um, the Bombers have appointed Brett Prismall as the head of development under Mark McVeigh, and the NRL says it's prepared to have no pre-match entertainment at its Grand Final this year.

We spoke about that after Tones and I.

And it would appear Push ahead Pete had a differing of opinion of what was to be played.