In his latest column, 'Off The Long Run', Essendon assistant coach Robert Shaw takes a light-hearted look at the week that was at Windy Hill and the observations of some well known media correspondents. The most bewildering aspects of the week, according to Shaw, were the news of James Hird's apparent groin injury and the suggestion that Dustin Fletcher shouldn't play on the reigning Coleman Medallist. Read Robert's column in Off the Long Run.