When numbers don't tell the real story
In his weekly column - The Word from Hird - Bomber skipper James Hird talks about the brilliant performance of Dean Rioli against St Kilda last Friday night. ""On face value you would look at his numbers and think it had been a run of the mill game of football - solid without being dominant. The numbers lie – Dean Rioli was probably the best player on the ground in my opinion,"" Hird writes. <A href=""http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/hird2004.asp?id=34"">Read the Word from Hird</A>.