Regardless of past association, he's the MFC coach and really shouldn't have been there.

Catch up later in the night by all means, but he represents red and blue and red and blue only.

Regardless of past association, he's the MFC coach and really shouldn't have been there.

Catch up later in the night by all means, but he represents red and blue and red and blue only.

Rubbish he was paying his respects, nothing wrong with it. Rhys Shaw was there as well, any problem there?

You're sweating the small stuff Exorcist.

Do you realise where he was before he joined MFC? Hmmm

I have absolutely no qualms with it at all. If it were to happen next year I would be a bit annoyed, but two weeks ago he was their midfield coach, he spent 4 years with these blokes. They are his friends. I couldn't begrudge him wanting to be down there this year. From here on in it is a different story though.

Also good for 'closure'. To see finished what he had started. To move on without a backward glance.

Ours now.

I have no problem with it at all. He's our coach now, yes, and he's a professional. Every current AFL coach should and would have been watching the game yesterday. As such, it's a brief walk down the stairs at the G to the Collingwood club rooms to offer some consolation to a former colleague and mentor. Similarly, it was great to see Sanderson able to enjoy the victory with some of his old workmates.

Rubbish he was paying his respects, nothing wrong with it. Rhys Shaw was there as well, any problem there?

Don't know, for me it melds into this whole thing of players hugging each other and staying on the ground for a good ol' matey chinwag after the game in full view of supporters.

Dermott Brereton is one who hates it. Breeds a certain matey-matey softness.

Say these things out of public view or at a pub later in the evening in my view.

* The day he signed on with us the Filth became his enemy (just as they are for the rest of us).

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Dermott Brereton is one who hates it. Breeds a certain matey-matey softness.

Then we can take it that it is OK and there is no issue.

Don't know, for me it melds into this whole thing of players hugging each other and staying on the ground for a good ol' matey chinwag after the game in full view of supporters.

Dermott Brereton is one who hates it. Breeds a certain matey-matey softness.

Say these things out of public view or at a pub later in the evening in my view.

* The day he signed on with us the Filth became his enemy (just as they are for the rest of us).

I see your point. But I think with the Dermott point of view what he's getting at is the players aren't disappointed with a loss. After a loss you should be absolutely filthy for the next half hour at least and should pay your respect to your opponent then get off the field. Have to remember in the old days the players used to have a beer afterwards as well. So I haven't got a problem with Neeld going into the rooms, but I wait to see how he reacts to losses next year.

Doesnt bother me one bit. Who cares. Its Grand Final day , he wasnt going to be at melbourne working. He wasnt going to talk to anyone about melbourne in the rooms. It was about him signing off to the club he worked with for years. he was farwelling Mick.

Also Brenton Sanderson was in the geelong rooms to. Anyone have an issue with that and he hugged the players on the boundary line fence.

Mark Neeld will be back at that club tomorrow as a demon.

For a rookie poster, the OPer sure does have a lot of very strong opinions - most of them against Collingwood...

Neeld was there as he should be. He was apart of the Collingwood 2011 team that lost a GF, have a chat to your mates about it.

The grab of Sanderson was great footy. Any Adelaide fans annoyed he was happy for them are kidding themsleves - these are people.

People the Demons and Crows have poached for the very success, and near-success, that they involved themselves in on Saturday.

They lived-breathed-died footy for their clubs to get them to the GF - they can enjoy it two weeks removed.

I see your point. But I think with the Dermott point of view what he's getting at is the players aren't disappointed with a loss. After a loss you should be absolutely filthy for the next half hour at least and should pay your respect to your opponent then get off the field. Have to remember in the old days the players used to have a beer afterwards as well. So I haven't got a problem with Neeld going into the rooms, but I wait to see how he reacts to losses next year.

Hopefully he instructs none of them to say 'losing doesn't bother them that much' like Wattsy did earlier this year. Faux pas I know but not what the supporters want to hear.

I'd like to see us start o develop a bit more of an 'us against them' mentality from now on ... not a hallmark of the Bailey years.

He had every right to be there, and I highly doubt anyone at the club had an issue.

He has a close relationship with Mick, and would have known he too was moving on from the Pies. Fair enough that he could be there for a mate at a disappointing time.

So right or wrong you ask? I'd say right.

I can't believe anyone would have a problem with this.

Talk about sweating the small stuff.

What about Brad Scott congratulating his brother on a GF win?

Maintaining contacts throughout the industry is invaluable for bringing good people into the club, when building a support team.

It's not like he was there to give them our (highly valuable) IP, or to negotiate a deal to leave us for them.

He's only been our head coach for < 3 weeks & his former team were in the GF.

There were extenuating circumstances.

As for players being "matey", you realise a lot of them have come up through juniors playing together and have established friendships before being drafted to different clubs?

Competitive nature is key, but the idea of tribalistic hatred of the opposition is antiquated.

Get with the times.

Its not like he was in the coaches box and involved in the match day preps.

When I saw it on TV i took it as a good touch from a coach that (lets face it) played a huge part in getting them to the last day of the year.

I'm sure that there is no malice in what he did, and I'm sure that if it was Melbourne in the same situation that I would have no problems in the situation.

Gippy

I can't believe anyone would have a problem with this.

Talk about sweating the small stuff.

What about Brad Scott congratulating his brother on a GF win?

Maintaining contacts throughout the industry is invaluable for bringing good people into the club, when building a support team.

It's not like he was there to give them our (highly valuable) IP, or to negotiate a deal to leave us for them.

He's only been our head coach for < 3 weeks & his former team were in the GF.

There were extenuating circumstances.

As for players being "matey", you realise a lot of them have come up through juniors playing together and have established friendships before being drafted to different clubs?

Competitive nature is key, but the idea of tribalistic hatred of the opposition is antiquated.

Get with the times.

One question for you ... are Collingwood our enemy?

lol... Strike 1, Neeld!

One question for you ... are Collingwood our enemy?

No. Only a fool would think in those terms.

They are an opposition club, with whom we have an historic rivalry.

I love to beat them above beating most other teams.

To take it beyond that is foolish.

We just headhunted their senior assistant coach to be our head coach FFS.

To think of them in such black & white terms (excuse the pun) as an enemy in the traditional sense, would completely discount that from being a possibility.

Wake up to yourself.

Cam Mooney said on TV yesterday that there had been no contact from Bomber Thompson to most of the Geelong senior players at all. Not just the finals but all year.

He said it hurt. He intimated that people should be bigger than that.

Not everyone is the same but Im at ease with Neeld soaking more experience in.

Regardless of past association, he's the MFC coach and really shouldn't have been there.

Catch up later in the night by all means, but he represents red and blue and red and blue only.

Not really.

As long as he wasn't in there during game breaks. Half time etc.

Thompson's departure was more acrimonious than that of Neeld, and an entire footy season has gone in between.

Not < 3 weeks where not a game has been played by MFC.

Chalk & cheese.

& did it occur to anyone that maybe Neeld was there to also secure the services of our new backline development coach..?

I'd be more worried, if i were a mapie fan... wounder who he spoke too? and what about?

I'd be disappointed if he wasn't there.

Very apt thing to do.

No problems here. He would have built up friendships with some Collingwood players that can continue OFF the field. Probably went into the Geelong rooms too, being an ex Cats player. Storm in a tea cup!

Na, good on him.

He would have known how many cameras were down there and he would have known the interest it may have gathered.

But as he has shown in his three weeks at the club, he doesnt really give a stuff what other people think