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More top ten picks will not be our salvation

cowboy_from_hell
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What's really hare-brained is thinking that we were that bad on purpose and we had a choice.

I don't think any coach at MFC has ever said to the players he doesn't want to see pride, commitment or "the will to win."

Also ignoring the part development has played in our recruits disappointing output to date.

Didn't it come our of Baileys mouth? To position the club for draft picks. Where is the pride, commitment and will to win in that? Your head is not buried in the sand but in concrete.

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    Didn't it come our of Baileys mouth? To position the club for draft picks. Where is the pride, commitment and will to win in that? Your head is not buried in the sand but in concrete.

    You know what, you're right - we could easily have made finals...

    Bailey's footnote was an out clause for his pathetic coaching record.

    He was attempting to salvage his career.

    There may have been 1 or 2 games, where some positional moves were made to make sure we positioned ourselves well to maximise draft picks, but in the large scheme of things the impact would've been negligible.

    Pride, commitment and will to win do not enter the equation for the majority of it.

    Those 1 or 2 games where we feasibly COULD have won, wouldn't have changed the culture one iota, but it would've made it harder to acquire the tools to build a better list that can compete.

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    Not all picks have to be high for success. I don't want to but I will mention Jack Darling and throw in Richard Tambling at the other end as proof.

    To nitpick: how well did Darling do on Saturday, when expected to shoulder the same burden Melbourne's young recruits have been expected to?

    Just a thought.

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    WELL SAID O.D.

    No game to this club is meaningless. We need to win often. So sponsors and members keep giving $$$

    The Jim Stynes honeymoon is over. Jim is a total legend, but the board he left in place is definately on notice. 0-7 is not acceptable.

    So perhaps you have tips for the team on how to win? Because currently, we don't look like beating the Frankston Dolphins. I don't go into a weekend hoping that we would lose, I want us to win, I don't want to be a laughing stock at work for who I support.

    The simple fact is, we're not going to win. We have to deal with that.

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    So perhaps you have tips for the team on how to win? Because currently, we don't look like beating the Frankston Dolphins. I don't go into a weekend hoping that we would lose, I want us to win, I don't want to be a laughing stock at work for who I support.

    The simple fact is, we're not going to win. We have to deal with that.

    The team (on paper) is better than the current output. There is still problems within the club i have no doubt. If these can be isolated and dealt with then the club may then move forward. The midfield is getting smashed weekly. How can any gameplan be implemented when the engine is not running.
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    To nitpick: how well did Darling do on Saturday, when expected to shoulder the same burden Melbourne's young recruits have been expected to?

    Just a thought.

    From one nitpicker to another

    He has a dozen good games in the bank.

    That is 12 more than his contempory at the Dees

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    People talk like we were the only team that tanked - kruezer Cup, West Coast etc. And we were so bad at tanking we nearly beat Richmond that day.

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    To nitpick: how well did Darling do on Saturday, when expected to shoulder the same burden Melbourne's young recruits have been expected to?

    Just a thought.

    Wasn't clark supposed to make Watts,Dunn,Bate,Davey or any other forwards job easier?

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    I guess we'll find out if it's worked or not when the ball starts getting down there occasionally.

    Fair point

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