Neale Daniher
Neale Daniher
Neale Francis Daniher AMis a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was the coach of the Melbourne Football Club between 1998 and 2007 and was an assistant coach for the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs. Neale's brothers, Terry, Anthony and Chris, also played for Essendon in the AFL. Daniher has been the general manager of football operations for the West Coast Eagles since 2008...
arm came fierce football last luck ran trench week
It was trench warfare, it was arm to arm battle, it wasn't pretty stuff, it was fierce football and we came out on top. We ran out of luck last week and I thought we were due.
ball gods side
At the end of the day the footy gods were on our side and that wobbly ball went through.
hands night
That was the story of the night - we couldn't get out hands on the ball.
assess forward looking morning
That's what I need to assess this morning but the blokes are buoyant; we're looking forward to this one.
match mix next round tending towards weeks
We've just got to mix and match over the next two weeks to see which blokes we want to have a look at for Round 1 while tending towards the experienced guys.
few fortunate games great lucky played start straight
It's not what you're about when you start off so long ago, but (I'm) very lucky and very fortunate to be still in this great game. After I played 66 games straight and had a few injuries, I thought it was all over.
atmosphere came finals four home last means naught super three wins year
It's really important to come into finals with momentum. We had more home and away wins last year but it means naught if you don't come into finals with momentum. Last year we came off four losses, this year we came off three super elimination-type finals atmosphere (matches).
dollar kicking mcdonald putting winning
It must be said that not too many of us would be putting a dollar on 'Junior' McDonald kicking the winning goal, but he did the job. It was great.
award eve fantastic
It's a fantastic award to get on the eve of a new season.
discussion far
We were briefed on that and that was as far as it went and we didn't have any discussion on it at all.
across chris coaches committed committee continued develop executive growth kevin levels mark paul together williams
The executive committee comprising Kevin Sheedy, Paul Roos, Chris Connolly, Mark Williams and I are committed to the continued growth of the Association and working together to develop coaches across all levels of the game.
anywhere good lesson near performance reminder required weekend
Our performance on the weekend wasn't anywhere near acceptable, but it was a good reminder and a good lesson to our blokes of the work-rate required at AFL level.
against close drive momentum next week wins
The momentum we'll get from these close wins will drive us into next week against the Cats.
collect past talk yourselves
I think you just need to go away and collect yourselves before you talk too much about the past and too much of the future.