Essendon great Matthew Lloyd has once again urged the club to conduct an external review, saying “the time has come for people to be honest”.
Amid a disastrous start to the season, Bombers president Paul Brasher indicated last week that an internal review would be implemented, but suggested the changes would be “incremental” rather than “transformational”.
However, Lloyd wasn’t pleased with the president’s message to fans, pushing those at the club to have an honest look at themselves and where Essendon stands.
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“I just don’t think there was any need for it. You should be reviewing every week, as they would be, but I’m not sure why you need to make it public for starters,” Lloyd said of Brasher’s message on Nine’s Footy Classified.
“If they’re going to do a review I would bring in outsiders, because I think it’s time that everyone within the club opened up honestly.
“If you’ve got internal people doing the review, you’re always fearful that it could come back on you. I think a review should be done where outsiders come in and players can open up honestly on what they think of coaching, what they think of the club.
“I’d love to see the fitness staff (being reviewed) because they’re getting a lot of injuries, I’d love to see list management (being reviewed), I’d love to hear everyone open up.
“No one should be saying, ‘Yeah, he’s going OK because he’s the CEO, we’ve signed him for two years, Adrian Dodoro’s OK’. You may as well not have mentioned it.
“If you’re going to do one, I think the time has come for people to be honest. Otherwise you just make the odd change here or there and you don’t really get anywhere.”
When questioned by Footy Classified host Craig Hutchison on whether he’d be open to being a part of a panel that could conduct an external review, Lloyd said his media commitments would not allow him to do so.
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“I’m probably not the right person (to undertake the review) because of where I sit here and now. I wouldn’t put myself in that position,” Hutchison said.
“I think there’s some great football people out there and I just think having an outsider’s opinion, if they do it properly, is what they should do.”
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