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

Our real enemy is 40 odd years of soft self satisfied complacency that comes from within.

I echo what most people in here are saying.

I have no problem with it.

Hope he felt the hurt in the rooms, and when he gets us to the granny he remembers that feeling.

And hopefully gave Pendlebury rub down and slipped him a key to a vacant locker at AAMI Park.

Edited October 2, 201113 yr by Deestroy All

the real reason is player poaching.....

I echo what most people in here are saying.

I have no problem with it.

Hope he felt the hurt in the rooms, and when he gets us to the granny he remembers that feeling.

And hopefully gave Pendlebury rub down and slipped him a key to a vacant locker at AAMI Park.

LOL, and love the Pendeldlebury comment ;-)

you have to wonder how much impact neelds depature had on c/woods performance

Its school holidays inst it.

Non -issue . Sanderson was there for Scott too.

Still glad they lost .

My thoughts also Oldman. One could argue with distractions like MM and Neeld departing the club could've tired the filth players, adminstrators,etc mentally, shown against West Coast and HFC & this is a good thing...

Neeld must now understand this ol rivalry we have with CFC and now lift the players to respect this and motivate us to sustain performances in big clashes like Queens bday

If we win the flag next year, would the OP begrudge Dean Bailey coming into the rooms to congratulate some of the young players he helped nurture?

If we win the flag next year, would the OP begrudge Dean Bailey coming into the rooms to congratulate some of the young players he helped nurture?

if success came quickly i'd like dean to be acknowledged

If we win the flag next year, would the OP begrudge Dean Bailey coming into the rooms to congratulate some of the young players he helped nurture?

I don't care what Dean Bailey does. He doesn't work for the MFC.

The issue of whether he really helped "nurture" them is another kettle of fish altogether. Very debatable.

Are you for real!

Not worth responding to!

If we do find the success we are after the OP should get used to seeing newly appointed opposition coaches coming into our rooms as Neeld is finding coaches who want to have a head coaching job in the future. It's A non issue.

Are you for real!

Not worth responding to!

Why is that not worth responding to? (which you just did anyway)

Bailey was an atrocious coach. Hello McFly ... he was sacked mid-season. Mr 186 himself!

He absolutely should have been there. He may not be their coach anymore, but he is their friend and has been a mentor for many of their players. The season was over and they were shattered. It had nothing to do with his job at Melbourne, but I'm thrilled that he has the sort of relationship with the players and staff there that he was still welcome in their rooms after he's moved to another club. It speaks well of his abilities as a coach and a manager.

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.

He might have been there on oficial duties. Confirming that Leigh Brown will coach at the club and Pendles will play his last year at Collingwood. Yes, maybe those were accurate but as RR rightly stated he would have been there playing his respects to all and sundry but especially Malthouse.

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.

Turn it up Exorcist

Neeld was simply working the room & checking who was up for a fresh start in Red & Blue 2012

Best time to enquire when they are emotionally spent & vulnerable.

I don't care what Dean Bailey does. He doesn't work for the MFC.

The issue of whether he really helped "nurture" them is another kettle of fish altogether. Very debatable.

if you have a close look at the past 2 premiership teams; bonding, commitment, relationships are the stand out features. it's a culture and it's nutured, not manafctured.

we need quality people at the club who respect each other and it starts from there.

i personally have an issue with it, but if the club gave him their blessings to go down ther after the game then i am comfortasble with it

Our real enemy is 40 odd years of soft self satisfied complacency that comes from within.

Yep, Here here.

Why is that not worth responding to? (which you just did anyway)

Bailey was an atrocious coach. Hello McFly ... he was sacked mid-season. Mr 186 himself!

Why is that not worth responding to? (which you just did anyway)

Bailey was an atrocious coach. Hello McFly ... he was sacked mid-season. Mr 186 himself!

Why are you turning Neeld going into the pies room into a negative? whats the big deal?

He was paying respect to his former coaches who helped him in his development

Lets start talking about all the positives which have taken place over the last few weeks

1 New coach from a successful club & under a 3 time premiership coach

2 Neil Craig, fantastic sports science,coaching mentor

3 Mission & his assistant, fitness expert part of Swans flag & almost pinched one with the Saints

4 Appointment of new/extra coaching, we now can spend what other big clubs have had over us

5 New record sponsor 6 mill over 5 yrs

Edited October 2, 201113 yr by dees64

As long as he washed the filth off him after , who cares ?

I was pleased to see him there. Shows the level in which Collingwood hold him. No doubt Neeld will chat with Malthouse next year as a mentor. I think we all want that beneficial part if the relationship.

He had been a part of that place for four years, if he was not there it would have spoken in far more volume to me, in a negative way.

Collingwood like any club want to attract best in market assistants, the culture of wanting them to become senior coaches at other clubs only assists this. It's part of having the best people early in their career.

Collingwood gave him the skills to be fantastic for us, deal with it.

He will be fantastic.

Lol it's been a day since the footy's finished and people are losing their minds!

Maybe Colingwood are training their assistant coaches to go out in to the market place and sabotage other clubs; maybe Neeld was there for his final briefing before he starts on his mission of sending us to the bottom. Hang on that's not much of a job we're nearly there.