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Brian Royal Poll

McQueen
in Melbourne Demons

Brian Royal - Stay or Go? 158 members have voted

  1. 1. Should Brian Royal remain as midfield coach next season

  2. 2. Should he remain at MFC in any coaching capacity?

  3. 3. Do you feel he is directly responsible for the midfield performance?

    • Yes
      46%
      55
    • No
      40%
      48
    • Neeld should take responsibility
      13%
      16

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Brian Royal has copped a fair amount of stick over the course of the season and the general consensus seems to be that he's unwanted.

Some have gone as far to say that Choco is the crux of the midfield problem and has basically poisoned every line he's worked with.

Personally, I'm of the belief that we just don't have the cattle. Coupled with all of the off-field issues this year and a whole new regime (except individual in question) it was always going to be a challenging year for anyone tasked with making sense from the senseless at the MFC.

Regardless, let's see how Choco fares in this poll.

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    If anyone just looked at their ceiling and shook their head - I'm with you.

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    His contract is up...he's goorrnn.

    The real question should be whether other assistants will walk of their own volition

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    His contract is up...he's goorrnn.

    The real question should be whether other assistants will walk of their own volition

    The rest of them just got here...

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    If anyone just looked at their ceiling and shook their head - I'm with you.

    I knew I would get that reaction.

    Gotta get me some of this poll action.....

    Now vote or go and whinge elsewhere.

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    All the talk of getting chapman for his culture building abilities gets me thinking we should go hard for Cameron Ling as a Midfield coach. This bloke knows what it's like to be in a crap team and then turn it around into a monster of a team. Many say he is interested in coaching so I say get him.

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    The rest of them just got here

    ....

    ...exactly my point,do they want to stay?

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    All the talk of getting chapman for his culture building abilities gets me thinking we should go hard for Cameron Ling as a Midfield coach. This bloke knows what it's like to be in a crap team and then turn it around into a monster of a team. Many say he is interested in coaching so I say get him.

    He's got some real appeal, Lingy. I'd bet he's on the radar of many clubs although he does seem quite at home with the media.

    Would definitley have a better vocabulary than Royal too.

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    Brian royal has a record of ruining any line he has coached. Unfortunately he has had a go at most lines and therefore has stunted the growth of the majority of our team. It's not personal the facts stand for themselves, the back line was stunted last year the midfield this year.

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    I knew I would get that reaction.

    Gotta get me some of this poll action.....

    Now vote or go and whinge elsewhere.

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    He's got some real appeal, Lingy. I'd bet he's on the radar of many clubs although he does seem quite at home with the media.

    Would definitley have a better vocabulary than Royal too.

    You'd imagine if he did want to coach Melbourne may suit him as we are starting from scratch and whoever does turn this midfield around will look like a dead set legend in the coaching fraternity.

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    Brian royal has a record of ruining any line he has coached. Unfortunately he has had a go at most lines and therefore has stunted the growth of the majority of our team. It's not personal the facts stand for themselves, the back line was stunted last year the midfield this year.

    I ve often wondered whetherh it was purely coincidental or actually circumstantial. He does seem to be there currently simply becuase he is contracted. I suppose we'll knwo soon enough once the circus hits town.
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    No better place than on a forum.

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    I want him moved on and replaced with someone recently out of the game. I think midfield set ups and structures have moved on a lot since Royal was playing. Sometimes our lack of accountability and apparent poor set up beggars belief. None more than the first game of the season where Brisbane must have handballed out the back of the stoppages to one or sometimes 2 free players and set up attacks so often it was enough to make you vomit. The Richmond game a couple of weeks later was no better.

    I know we don't have the cattle either but the set up just looks pedestrian and very easily countered or exploited by the opposition.

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    Wasn't liked at Richmond....OUSTED!

    Wasn't liked at St Kilda.....OUSTED!

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    All the talk of getting chapman for his culture building abilities gets me thinking we should go hard for Cameron Ling as a Midfield coach. This bloke knows what it's like to be in a crap team and then turn it around into a monster of a team. Many say he is interested in coaching so I say get him.

    There is already a thread on this...

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    There is already a thread on this...

    You are always going to have multiple threads containing similar content.

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    There is already a thread on this...

    Just explaining who I would want to replace Brian Royal as our midfield coach as Royal is the subject of the thread so I think it's relevant. Have you given everyone who has started a thousand Mark Neeld threads a reminder there is already an original thread?

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    Just explaining who I would want to replace Brian Royal as our midfield coach as Royal is the subject of the thread so I think it's relevant. Have you given everyone who has started a thousand Mark Neeld threads a reminder there is already an original thread?

    No, I think you are on the money with Ling. He would be great but on the Ling thread a few others said that his business commitments may be a problem and that is the reason he is doing special comments this year and nothing more. Ling has the inside knowledge of all the mids of the last decade because he has had to stop them, he would bring enormous knowledge of how they go about the craft. Not to mention how respected his is in the football world.

    If he is a no go then maybe a Simon Black or Lenny Hayes who are both approaching retirement would be good options.

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    No, I think you are on the money with Ling. He would be great but on the Ling thread a few others said that his business commitments may be a problem and that is the reason he is doing special comments this year and nothing more. Ling has the inside knowledge of all the mids of the last decade because he has had to stop them, he would bring enormous knowledge of how they go about the craft. Not to mention how respected his is in the football world.

    If he is a no go then maybe a Simon Black or Lenny Hayes who are both approaching retirement would be good options.

    Agree we need a fresh face who is just out of the game. There is no point teaching an old coach new tactics when a young coach already knows them.

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    Fallure follows this bloke. I have said it for years

    On a side note, many would say the same about Cameron Schwab.

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    Underperforming midfield, smashed in the clearances. Time for another change, so a Republic for me .... no Royals at MFC

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    The midfield has failed. Heads must roll.

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