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Sandringham CEO John Mennie welcomed Gilbee’s appointment.
“The Sandringham Football Club is very excited with Linday’s appointment as our senior coach,” Mennie said.
“As a St Kilda development coach he has worked with our coaches and players over the past three years.
“Lindsay is respected by everyone at the Zebras and we look forward to him guiding the club to a very successful season,” he said.
Gilbee said he was looking forward to the new coaching challenge.
Meanwhile, development coach Lindsay Gilbee will take on an additional workload by also coaching Sandringham in the VFL next season. He replaces Paul Hudson, who led the Zebras to the second week of the finals this year.
Paul Amy @PaulAmy375 Nov 4
Sandringham VFL players Elliot Le Grice,Kade Answerth,Dylan Weickhardt,Cam Banfield,Jack Noone and Luke Verma invited to train with St Kilda
StReNgTh ThRoUgH LoYaLtY
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly..!!
A quick look at those FIXture start times tells me that Sandy aren't on TV at all next year (as far as I can tell) - or have channel 7 stopped showing the vfl?
As ex-president Peter Summers said:
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
Gilbee often played for the Bulldogs’ VFL affiliate Werribee early in his AFL career and also represented Williamstown in his final years, and with the removal of the rule restricting St Kilda-listed players to filling a maximum of 15 spots in Sandringham’s senior team, he’ll likely be dealing with plenty of Saints unable to break into the AFL side.
“I’ve played 50-odd games myself at VFL level, so I can understand the St Kilda players’ perspective when they come to Sandringham,” Gilbee said. “It’s not where they ideally want to be, and I know where they’re coming from and how disappointed they are.
“I think that’s an advantage I’ve got. Having played the game, I understand how hard it is. That’s one thing that sets you in good stead as a coach.
“With the way St Kilda finished last year (9th with a record of 12-10) and the list they’ve assembled, there’ll certainly be a good side running around at VFL level this year along with the guys we’ve got at Sandringham such as Kade Answerth, Myke Cook and Jack Noone.
“We also recruited (delisted Saints midfielder) Tom Curren, who we really wanted because he’s such a good person. He’s a guy who’ll set really good standards around the footy club and he’s well respected at St Kilda.”
Stocked with talent on the alignment’s AFL and VFL lists, Gilbee will look to add to the ranks of young, recently-retired AFL players who have enjoyed success as senior VFL coaches, such as former Footscray coach Ash Hansen who guided the Bulldogs to last year’s VFL premiership and 2016 Essendon VFL coach Matthew Egan who has moved into a top role with Melbourne’s AFL team
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StReNgTh ThRoUgH LoYaLtY
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly..!!
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!