Dear New coach,

for Christmas, can I please have:

A team that wants to play for each other, rather than themselves.

Davey playing ONLY when he is fit and wants to. If he cant run any more, then teach him to do something else!

Build a team around Watts, Trenners and Frawley. These three are absolute quality.

A broom taken to the trash. They either shape up or ship off!

Build or buy some bodies and class.

The hardest pre-season that these guys have seen.

A final decision on TS.

(now I'm really stretching)... A top 4 finish

What do you want from 'Santa'??

Chris Dawes or Brendan Fevola

Travis Boak or Myles Sewell

A re-jig of the FD, new backline coach, new forward line coach

A coach who has the killer instinct in finals, can take a team to success

A massive pre-season and a hell of a lot of kicking sessions, gym sessions and some more sandwiches

The back of list cloggers

An active trade week and 2-4 players picked up to fill certain positions on the ground

An attitude and cockiness

A whole new gameplan

SUCCESS!

Hmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How about - Players with character that will bleed red & blue

- Strong bodies, bodies with a touch of mongrol in them.

- Players that don't have a 'that wasn't a bad quarter by us, that should be enough'

- Players AND supporters that are happy about nearly winning.

- Supporters that clap a team off the ground and say you tried hard, when you definitely didn't.

- A coach that says 'I don't a rats who you are, if you do that again, you're off the ground until you can do it my way'

- A coach that says to the team, 'JUMP' and the team says how high.

- A coach that says that he does not want his team to be a 'feeder' team (like in the EPL) for the heavyweight teams of the AFL, to come in and say come and play with us, play with a real 'friggin' team that loves to win.

- A coach that tells the FD, CEO, whoever listens, that this is the way it will be.....................

A close game against a top 8 side after Rd1.

Just a coach who gets them to play as a team, rather than as individuals (yet to see it so far, though Viney's getting closer).

I'm hoping we can trade/recruit for at least 6 players. 4 of them goal to goal line.

1: A tall brute of a FB, able to cover similar sized/bruising forwards Freeing up Frawley a little or at least allowing him to play on next biggest bodied and/or 'quicker on lead' match up.

2. At least 2 strong bodied elite mids, super quick with their reflexes and effective by both hand and foot. By strong bodied, i'd want them to be capable of moving their opponents off the ball, hold the ball up (McKenzie style) when they can't and a great chase/tackling/2nd 3rd effort ethic. Taking on the likes of chappy, Mitchel, Swan,Watson etc head on.

They'll both need super quick reflexes to feed the ball off quickly to other strong outside runners (gut runners who can spread like crazy all day if needed) and further if required, until we have it in the hands of great finish/delivery players going inside 50. If this means we go around the ground (wide) and cutting back inside 50 using the angles....so be it (Filth style). With the aim to improve our scoring effectiveness when winning the clearances.

3. A class outside runner off half back who can finish with class (strong through the body though)....in a similar vein to Burgoyne. Could be Blease after a few more pre-seasons but too early to say. Maybe a Jetta as back up or 2nd go to outside runner. Again too early to say if he'll make the grade as he's only shown this in glimpses in the seniors.

4. A key forward with one touch marking skills. Either in a pack (overhead) and/or on the lead up. Grows into the role and learns to become a great finisher (Butcher?). I'd be happy to fill this role in the short term with a Fev (provided we get a good deal $ wise, and an appropriate performance based contract with an 'out clause' for non negotiables either on or off field) while this player and other young forwards develop/grow into their roles. Alternatively someone like Dawes although i have reservations about his ability to be as effective without another big body like Cloak alongside.

5. A tough as, quick assed small forward, who knows how to read a ball off the pack and work his way into spaces for a receive on hit up as well. Sneak, scrap, scrag, tackle and chase to help with forward press (pressure) and kick goals out of his bum from almost any angle from within 30.

Oh yeah, and heapz of gym work and extra sandwhiches lol

I realise this is a tough ask. Not expecting any overnight results. 2 - 3 years shouldn't be too big an ask to bring these through though eh?

That's it Alastair....(oops sorry, bit of wishful thinking there)....i meant Mark of course.

Good luck Choco

Some heart would be nice.

Some heart would be nice.

Amen.....

My top 10 are.

1. Mick Malthouse, Alastair Clarkson or Paul Roos coming in with quality assistants.

2. Myles Sewell or Kane Cornes.

3. Brendan Fevola.

4. Our players to committ to the club.

5. If we loose Colin Sylvia or Tom Scully we replace them with someone like Dale Thomas who wants to follow their coach to our club.

6. When we play Geelong next year (hopefully round one) our players draw a line in the sand. Not necessarily to the violent extent Hawthorn did, but with the some aggression shown towards the ball and any opposition player with the ball.

7. A top 4 finish.

8. A playing list that is fit and not having to play players when they're under done (Tom Scully, Aaron Davey, Liam Jurrah, Mark Jamar and even James Frawley at the start of the year).

9. A united club, meaning players, admin and board.

10. Our club president kicking strong next year watching the dramatic improvement.

Brendan Fevola

I might start a poll soon to see if it's ignorance or desperation that results in supporters wanting Fevola at the MFC?

I might start a poll soon to see if it's ignorance or desperation that results in supporters wanting Fevola at the MFC?

Both.

1. Finals footy.

2. No Fevola.

3. No Malthouse.

4. Scully to stay.

5. A win at Etihad.

1. Finals footy.

2. No Fevola.

3. No Malthouse.

4. Scully to stay.

5. A win at Etihad.

Straight to the point. +1.