Why James Hird really doesn’t want Melbourne to win Grand Final
ESSENDON champion James Hird thought the Demons were no chance to win this year’s Grand Final and made a big bet against them. Here’s why he’s really hoping they don’t win.
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JAMES Hird has not ruled out a return to football.
Last week, Page 13 saw signs of a thaw between the Bombers champion and AFL boss Gill (don’t mention the French au pair) McLachlan.
The former AFL golden boy now hints he may return in an official capacity down the track.
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“Never say never,” Hird said at the Crown Father’s Day lunch at Nobu on Friday.
“I love the Essendon Football Club, but unfortunately what happened happened. I have a lot of friends on the board and the CEO and people there are still close to me.”
If the Demons win the Grand Final, we may see Hird back on the MCG, but wearing a dress instead of a pair of shorts. This would not be some Mad Monday stunt but the result of a losing bet.
Hird said he would frock up and “do a dance on the MCG”.
“I thought there is no chance they will win,” he said.
“So I hope they lose by 20 goals.”
Few understand the complexities of life as an AFL coach with Hird heaping praise on Nathan Buckley.
“Nathan has done an incredible job for a guy who everyone wanted to sack in Round 2,” he said.
“They said this guy can’t coach and is only there because Eddie McGuire loves him. Now he has done a wonderful job.”
Joining in the applause was former Liberal leader Andrew Peacock, who was Essendon’s No. 1 ticketholder for 23 years. The now older Colt from Kooyong was visiting from where he lives in Texas and had some sound advice for the new thoroughbred in the Kooyong stable, the newly minted Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
The pair were at a Liberal Party fundraiser for Tim Smith.
Peacock demolished Nobu’s wagyu steak. He lives in Austin and said his steak was as “big as Texas”.
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