As most of you well know, former Saints champion Aussie Jones is now senior coach of VFL team Bendigo Gold. You may also know that the Gold in it's inaugural stand alone year since it's parting with Essendon, are winless, sitting on the bottom of the ladder and will probably have another 100+ point thrashing next round.
The thing is, Aussie is absolutely throwing everything into this to make this work for Bendigo, our own VFL team. Despite his schedule, his community involvement has been amazing. He contributes to the local newspaper, has put his hand up to coach local school teams and coaches a team of disadvantaged young men.
Despite his super effort (Would you expect anything else from him?) the city of Bendigo is not embracing the team, and it's viability is now being investigated and this might see the whole thing end as soon this season ends.
This will be a shame, as it really is a work in progress, AND everything Aussie has done will be in vain
The club only has around 500 likes on it's Facebook page. It is trying to gauge interest from the Bendigo and VFL public to see if they can attract 1000 likes by Friday.
I know most of us follow Sandringham in the VFL, but if you have a Facebook account, it would be much appreciated if you could search 'Bendigo Football Club aka Bendigo Gold' and 'like' the page, it might go someway into helping our former No 5 (and 29 before that!) achieve his targets with a club that he can see a bigger picture for.
Thank you so much
Austinn Jones
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Re: Austinn Jones
Happy to obligeTriColourDisciple wrote: I know most of us follow Sandringham in the VFL, but if you have a Facebook account, it would be much appreciated if you could search 'Bendigo Football Club aka Bendigo Gold' and 'like' the page, it might go someway into helping our former No 5 (and 29 before that!) achieve his targets with a club that he can see a bigger picture for.
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He's doing a stand up job considering....
Read his grabs, seen his interviews
Honest, straight forward to the point but empathy and caring undertones.... He is really impressive considering what he's got
Read his grabs, seen his interviews
Honest, straight forward to the point but empathy and caring undertones.... He is really impressive considering what he's got
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Still proudly wear the No: 5 on the back of my Saints Guernsey! I know it's Big Ben's number now, and I'm happy for the lad, but I got the number because of Aussie! A true champ! Will do the necessary "like" ASAP!
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Re: Austinn Jones
I wish Aussie all the best but I can't see how some random guy who will never watch or support Bendigo liking their Facebook page will help them.
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I see the club is up to 750 now, and (slowly) climbing. Thanks for contributing! *That's okay Kosifantutti, Please yourself.
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Re: Austinn Jones
Tend to agree.kosifantutti wrote:I wish Aussie all the best but I can't see how some random guy who will never watch or support Bendigo liking their Facebook page will help them.
I'm more concerned about putting our energies into the formation of a St. Kilda VFL side and getting Facebook likes for that.
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I agree the Saints should be our priority. But seriously, how much time and effort is involved in hitting a like button?saintspremiers wrote:Tend to agree.kosifantutti wrote:I wish Aussie all the best but I can't see how some random guy who will never watch or support Bendigo liking their Facebook page will help them.
I'm more concerned about putting our energies into the formation of a St. Kilda VFL side and getting Facebook likes for that.
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Give me a break, how much energy do you need to press a button.saintspremiers wrote:Tend to agree.kosifantutti wrote:I wish Aussie all the best but I can't see how some random guy who will never watch or support Bendigo liking their Facebook page will help them.
I'm more concerned about putting our energies into the formation of a St. Kilda VFL side and getting Facebook likes for that.
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On a slightly different note, my son is on the coaching staff of a club that played against an Aussie coached team. They taped Aussie's withering full time spray after his team lost. (Thin walls in clubrooms!) Suffice to say that there was no paint left on the walls after he had finished. It will be very interesting to be a fly on the wall if he gets to coach at the top level. Very passionate man. 
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Re: Austinn Jones
Dr Spaceman wrote:Happy to obligeTriColourDisciple wrote: I know most of us follow Sandringham in the VFL, but if you have a Facebook account, it would be much appreciated if you could search 'Bendigo Football Club aka Bendigo Gold' and 'like' the page, it might go someway into helping our former No 5 (and 29 before that!) achieve his targets with a club that he can see a bigger picture for.
me to.