Williams to the Dogs

[Little Goffy 14,639]

Bye bye Williams.

Gotta say, from where I sat it looked a lot like you were boringly mediocre, and in your time took our bright young midfield backwards in the key area they looked promising in - on-ball toughness and clearance work, and defensive tackling and effort.

Still, not exactly a lucky run with the talent, and a tough time and place to be coaching. But that's all the slack you're getting from me.

Who knows, maybe at the Bulldogs, where front-running has been developed to a successful gameplan, you might be the extra edge they need.

[Rogue 585]

Our mid-field was performing well enough in 06; enough for many pundits to predict a top 4 finish in 07.

Even without the benefit of hindsight, those pundits made a terrible prediction.

We were only ever going to go in one direction after '06, and it wasn't up.

[Yencks 8]

brett lovett?

who would people like to coach our midfield?? and be realistic

ok, maybe lovett was a bad example

[praha 11,240]

You referring to anyone in particular or just blowing hot air? I have not seen anyone post that point of view here.

Nah, I just expected someone to come in here to stick up for him

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Nah, I just expected someone to come in here to stick up for him

The Nays have it here.

[deeflog 679]

brett lovett?

who would people like to coach our midfield?? and be realistic

Nathan Buckley or Scott West.....im spewing that Robert Harvey go snapped up so quickly, i would have loved him to teach our young guys gut running, and where to be and when

[Hards 2]

Schwarz to be appointed forwards coach.

Josh Mahoney to move to the midfield.

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

I would absolutely love to get Scotty West as a midfield coach at the Demons!

Whoever we get lets hope he can do a good job. That's all I ask!

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,233]

I would absolutely love to get Scotty West as a midfield coach at the Demons!

Whoever we get lets hope he can do a good job. That's all I ask!

Williams is no loss. Schwartz gives no impression to me he would be a good coach. West is a good idea. Shame we did not pursue Lappin who is now at the cattery.

[w00dy 146]

Schwarz to be appointed forwards coach.

how many full time assistant coaches commentate football games all weekend and do drive time radio in the week?

none, so unless Ox quits the media he won't be our new assistant coach

[Guest Schtacker]

how many full time assistant coaches commentate football games all weekend and do drive time radio in the week?

none, so unless Ox quits the media he won't be our new assistant coach

there's also a problem with him being thick as a brick and having no love for the MFC whatsoever

[rpfc 28,779]

Paul Williams oversaw a step back of our midfield competence.

The cold hard fact is that we were the toughest tackling group in the AFL and the next year we were playing unaccountable footy and allowing 60 'Inside 50s' a game.

Injuries were a problem, but they don't excuse a lack of endeavour and ability to stay near a bloke.

Also, don't complain about the fact that we didn't have 'first use', our clearances were down in 07 and 08 but still not our worst measurement of performance.

I have no idea who is out there but there must be someone willing to take on a promising, if lazy, midfield group.

[Guest Schtacker]

a lot of Williams bagging here but I have to say I haven't read much of it until this day!

[Mono 455]

Oh dear what the human mind will make up

I stand corrected. I had it in my head that Ratten was an assistant coach at MFC in 2006. It was of course in 2004.

(I am still pleased Williams has gone.)

[H_T 3,049]

Schwarz to be appointed forwards coach.

Josh Mahoney to move to the midfield.

Interesting. Fact?

I was kind of hoping Scott West would be considered for the midfield position. Anyway....

[Rflowerwing 0]

Question: what do Stynes, Schwab, Leoncelli, Lyon, Schwarz, Connolly, K O'Donnell, the Healy brothers and B Lovett have in common?

This is a serious question, not a rhetorical one.

Anyone care to hazard a guess at the answer (and it's a little trickier than "they all played for Melbourne except Schwab")?

[Guest melbman]

This is a serious question, not a rhetorical one.

Anyone care to hazard a guess at the answer (and it's a little trickier than "they all played for Melbourne except Schwab")?

They're all secret members of the Flying Hellfish <_<

[Rflowerwing 0]

They're all secret members of the Flying Hellfish <_<

Time on your hands after being suspended from school yesterday?

[Hards 2]

Interesting. Fact?

I was kind of hoping Scott West would be considered for the midfield position. Anyway....

Not fact, just speculating. Though Ox was coy about a potential move to Melbourne when asked about it on The Run Home a few weeks ago.

He'd chuck in all the media stuff to be an Assistant, if he wants to give it a real crack he knows that's what he has to do. In any case, I'm sure SEN would take him back in a heartbeat if he went back to footy for a few years then got out.

He obviously had the itch for it when he went down to the Bulldogs.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Josh Mahoney to move to the midfield.

I scoffed at first... But that's not the worst idea in the world. When we go through all our campaigns to land West and Buckley, and they fail as I'm certain they will, we could look into a switch...

My feeling is that MFC is USELESS at planning for the future. I rate DB highly so far, and there's no reason to suggest he can't be the next Clarkson, but we should at least THINK about being prepared for him to move, should he have a change of heart. In modern footy, as it is these days, I fully expect coaches will become like players in that they'll switch clubs on whims, if their market-value is perceived as high.

With that in mind, it would make sense to recruit a coach that is a serious long-term senior coach aspirant, such as Ratten, Voss etc etc... If they do what Ratten did, then fair enough... But if DB wishes to move on (or is axed) it would be good to have someone who can step in, instead of someone who always had a foot out the door, like Williams.

They're all secret members of the Flying Hellfish <_<

:D :D :D

[Mister Ed 317]

This is a serious question, not a rhetorical one.

Anyone care to hazard a guess at the answer (and it's a little trickier than "they all played for Melbourne except Schwab")?

They're all dedicated Melbourne people who would like to see us doing something other than languishing at the bottom of the pile and being regarded as a debt ridden basket case.

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

Plus none of them got the chance to help the Melbourne Football Club win a Premiership while they were a player in the 80s and 90s (or admin like Schwab) and they have a BURNING desire to help the Demons win a flag this time around.

[Hannabal 4]

I rate DB highly so far, and there's no reason to suggest he can't be the next Clarkson, but we should at least THINK about being prepared for him to move, should he have a change of heart.

I'm not saying you're wrong and he may well end up being very good, but I struggle how anyone could rate him highly at this juncture.

By what parameters do you make such an assessment ??

[Hannabal 4]

I was kind of hoping Scott West would be considered for the midfield position. Anyway....

You playing second fiddle again ? Refer to post #20.

It's either subliminal thinking or you're improving - slowly.

[Guest melbman]

Time on your hands after being suspended from school yesterday?

Hi Rflowerwing

I wasn't having a dig at you just in case there was a misunderstanding

And schools been out for a while for me. I was actually posting in between my sponge baths at the oldies home. They tell me its a sponge bath, smells a bit like kerosene though