Message from the President...

[rjay 24,848]

The whole 'Neeld is our man, he's a strong character who will make these guys work hard' reaks of local suburban football to me. That is not how you get the best out of elite athletes.

That's true Dannyz but I sure as hell hope Neeld is not so one dimensional.

It has always bothered me that Gary Lyon was looking to add some defensive steel to our team and went with the Collingwood (Malthouse) model where as the Geelong model if you like has been far more successful, even Nathan is heading a bit more towards it. Eades was seen as too attacking where I would have viewed him as a great tactician who got the most from his team, someone who has set the agenda and not just followed.

I truly hope in Mark Neeld we have someone that can be ahead of the pack, a good thinker of the game. We hear that he is very well organised and driven but those qualities can also be seen as too rigid and maybe not able to adapt. I want him to have a good chance to succeed but he won't get that until things change within the club.

[JT9 104]

Thought it was good of Don and the club to acknowledge that the fans are hurting, could have easily ignored us in all of it