Rodney Eade
Rodney Eade
Rodney Eadeis a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is a former coach of both the Sydney Swans and the Western Bulldogs. He has, to date, coached 336 games of AFL football, placing him first on the all-time AFL/VFL list of most games coached without a premiership...
change confidence difficult games last peter played round unlucky week
Peter was unlucky not to play in round one and then it has been difficult to make a change since, but he will play this week in the ruck and we have got confidence in him because he played well in most of the last 10 games last year.
future hopefully leader player
We see him hopefully as a 200-game player for the Bulldogs and a future leader for us as well.
aim finals next rounds sooner year
Our aim next year is to make the finals and the sooner we can do that during the season, like at Rounds 18 or 19, (the better). Then we can we can re-assess our goals.
foot injuries six three
The three injuries we've got long-term are all over six foot five.
couple operation swelling weeks
We'll give it a couple of weeks for the swelling to go down and he'd probably have an operation at the end of the month.
best hopeful last minute run sure till
We're not too sure yet, that he'll have his first run today. I think the best way to put it is that we're hopeful he'll get up so we'll give him till the last minute and see how he goes.
believe dance-and-dancing dancing people worried
People are dancing at shadows. I can't believe people are worried so much about kick-ins.
moment people plain playing sailing saying
People are saying we're playing very well at the moment but there are going to be up and down periods, it's not going to be plain sailing the whole time.
advantage benefit close lindsay might people quick rules saying
People are saying we are going to benefit from the new rules the most, but Lindsay mightn't be close enough to take advantage of the quick kick-in. We might lose an advantage there.
affect maybe mental minds
It can also play on their minds and maybe affect their mental state.
past stuff wrestling
He's been doing wrestling and competitive-type stuff for the past month.
four playing points
If we were playing for four points this weekend, he would probably play.
certainly confident fairly hopefully matches pain practice
He's pain-free so we're fairly confident that he'll certainly be right by the first round, but hopefully be able to get one or two practice matches in.
match miss practice
He'll probably miss this week's practice match and then he'll be fine.