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...
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).
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.
ball gods side
At the end of the day the footy gods were on our side and that wobbly ball went through.
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.
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.
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.
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.
fit liked obviously player ready run three weekend
He's done enough. He and obviously I would have liked him to play another two or three games, but he's a very, very fit player and he had a run on the weekend and he's ready to go.
craig
He does well for us with the rookies, Craig Cameron.
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.
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.
beat coast couple knocked last strength west western
The last couple of weeks, they've knocked off West Coast and they beat the Western Bulldogs at full-strength. Carlton are going OK.
biggest contest finish game melbourne note people sort
I'm just disappointed for our supporters. The game was never a contest and that was the disappointing thing. To finish on that sort of note is the biggest disappointment for all Melbourne people because we weren't ever in the game.