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In his latest column - The Word from Hird - Essendon captain James Hird says coach Kevin Sheedy was well wthin his rights to ""bake"" the players after a lacklustre second half against Fremantle last Friday night. ""It was a timely reminder for us all that what we produced on Friday night won’t win you big games of football at the business end of the season,"" Hird writes. <A href=""http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/hird2004.asp?id=12"">Read the Word from Hird.</A>
Kevin Sheedy doesn't regret the verbal barrage he unleashed on his players in the wake of last Friday night's 30-point win over Fremenatle. In fact, Sheedy said the players were ""due"" for a spray. ""You won’t want to play poorly, because you will get dropped – it is as simple as that. The players know that and we have spoken about that,"" Sheedy said before training this afternoon.
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