I was once of the opinion to get rid of neeld, now I want the afl to come to the club and sort us out and go from there. I don't think a new coach would make much difference, r Collingwood good cos buckley is great, I don't think so.

I do not want to get rid of Neeld at this stage, we are into a rebuild and have been for 12 months, changing the coach will do nothing between now and the end of the season. I say he has till round 6.

His game plan - well what is it how would we know we are getting killed at the clearances and can't get our hands on the ball so it's hard to see what the game plan is when you have so little of the ball.

The team is absolutley devoid of all confidence and don't want the ball, they are absolutley terrified of truning it over. Whatever way he does it this week Neeld needs to bring in runners and rotate them through the middle and get the interchange rotations up to a record amount, Bail, Viney, Trenners, Sylvia, Jones x 2, Howe, Tapscott & Jetta all need to play and rotate through the middle constantly and Mckenzie if fit goes to shut down Scott Selwood, Bail can run with Shuey.

I would like to see the side taking the game on a fair bit and create some run, it may catch the Eagles off guard during the first quarter and just do enough to get the boys confidence up early. But for now we need to stick fat.

If anyone needs to go it is in admin not with the footy department at this stage

are you a member and if so please direct your anger at the trading of rivers to geelong and picking up rodan, this is to be brought up at committee level asap

I may have been a supporter/ member of this club a little longer (in fact 50 Years) and I assure you it WAS once a GREAT Club, which is partly the reason I am saddened to see how it has slowly virtually self destructed.

  On 08/04/2013 at 04:24, jazza said:

are you a member and if so please direct your anger at the trading of rivers to geelong and picking up rodan, this is to be brought up at committee level asap

I may have been a supporter/ member of this club a little longer (in fact 50 Years) and I assure you it WAS once a GREAT Club, which is partly the reason I am saddened to see how it has slowly virtually self destructed.

Rivers left as a free agent, he was not traded.

  On 08/04/2013 at 04:24, jazza said:

are you a member and if so please direct your anger at the trading of rivers to geelong and picking up rodan, this is to be brought up at committee level asap

I may have been a supporter/ member of this club a little longer (in fact 50 Years) and I assure you it WAS once a GREAT Club, which is partly the reason I am saddened to see how it has slowly virtually self destructed.

Rivers was an unrestricted free agent - he could go wherever he wanted/was wanted.

  On 06/04/2013 at 09:42, wattsup said:

Should have gone the draft instead of this moneyball approach

Our obsession with the draft is what got us into this mess.

Another pitiful and uninspiring display by the Demons on Saturday.

The supporters have already walked out and the sponsors are reading the fine print in their contracts.

Do this club a favour Neeld and hand in your resignation.

You have already done enough damage.

  On 14/04/2013 at 02:30, bandicoot said:

Another pitiful and uninspiring display by the Demons on Saturday.

The supporters have already walked out and the sponsors are reading the fine print in their contracts.

Do this club a favour Neeld and hand in your resignation.

You have already done enough damage.

It's the boards decision. If they don't have the courage or nous to sack neeld, we should overthrow them.

  On 08/04/2013 at 01:16, Lordweaver said:

I was once of the opinion to get rid of neeld, now I want the afl to come to the club and sort us out and go from there. I don't think a new coach would make much difference, r Collingwood good cos buckley is great, I don't think so.

I agree totally with this statement

Chaning coaches will not get rid of all our problems

I still have faith Neeld can get the changes neseccary to build a winning club........... Can he coach our current crop - jury is still out

Just to touch a little on my last statement about Neeld

1st Half was pretty solid footy against WCE - we needed a bit more compusre and experience - For mine Neeld gets through to the players

2nd half was extremely poor - player fatigue or just switched competely off?? Inensity at the contest dropped off 100% after half time. (I dont think that is the coaches fault)

I will still back Neeld, some people need to take the emotion out of it and understand where the football department was and where it is going and when it does this nonsense will stop.

  On 08/04/2013 at 04:24, jazza said:

are you a member and if so please direct your anger at the trading of rivers to geelong and picking up rodan, this is to be brought up at committee level asap

I may have been a supporter/ member of this club a little longer (in fact 50 Years) and I assure you it WAS once a GREAT Club, which is partly the reason I am saddened to see how it has slowly virtually self destructed.

Rivers walked not traded - secondly he wanted to taste some success before he left the game.

  On 14/04/2013 at 02:36, Unleash Hell said:

Just to touch a little on my last statement about Neeld

1st Half was pretty solid footy against WCE - we needed a bit more compusre and experience - For mine Neeld gets through to the players

2nd half was extremely poor - player fatigue or just switched competely off?? Inensity at the contest dropped off 100% after half time. (I dont think that is the coaches fault)

Are we any differen't to other teams of our experience - look at GWS playing against the saints who were not in form. They had very few winners. Our team is too inexperienced -

A pretty reliable source from the inner sanctums of the MFC said that, "if we lose this sunday to GWS, Neeld WILL be sacked."

This same source last year informed me mid season that Stefan Martin had a falling out with Neeld and that he WOULD be traded come seasons end..

Obviously a handful of us already think he will suffer the same fate, but this is still a big call.

If Neeld was to survive a loss to GWS, he wouldnt survive past the end of the season.

loosing to GWS is unacceptable when accompanied with 2012 and the first 3 rounds

Merged with current Mark Neeld thread...Die Hard Demon.

  On 17/04/2013 at 04:02, Die Hard Demon said:

A pretty reliable source from the inner sanctums of the MFC said that, "if we lose this sunday to GWS, Neeld WILL be sacked."

This same source last year informed me mid season that Stefan Martin had a falling out with Neeld and that he WOULD be traded come seasons end..

Obviously a handful of us already think he will suffer the same fate, but this is still a big call.

This week? Next week? Next month? Next year? I'm more concerned about how we (MFC) extract ourselves from the very deep hole we have created.

I guess the first step is to stop digging, but what next? It would be fantastic for the club (not so good for Neeld) if sacking the coach guaranteed a turn around but I can't see that happening without a bigger plan around the future

Truly, the most fundamental concern to me is that we have gone backwards, on all fronts, under MN - something I wouldn't have thought possible.

We were totally uncompetitive last year - not even any honourable losses if there is such a thing - and now we have, essentially, hit rock bottom 3 games into a new season.

Everyone wants him to succeed, but this is a results driven business and we have been sloshing around the bottom of the pond for 6 or 7 years now.

Stating the obvious, current performance is a fail. Here's hoping we can turn it around this weekend.

  On 17/04/2013 at 04:02, Die Hard Demon said:

A pretty reliable source from the inner sanctums of the MFC said that, "if we lose this sunday to GWS, Neeld WILL be sacked."

This same source last year informed me mid season that Stefan Martin had a falling out with Neeld and that he WOULD be traded come seasons end..

Obviously a handful of us already think he will suffer the same fate, but this is still a big call.

Theres alot pretty reliable sources at the club,how much turmoil do they want to put the supporters through,people shouldnt be spreading [censored] like that, we had reliable sources spreading there hate through the tanking investigation,at least give him to the end of the season, they gave him 3yrs, the least they can do is give him2yrs,if Mclardy sacks Neeld before the end of the season he has to step down.Melbourne by 60 points.

Neeld is gone, its just a matter of when

Can believe anyone wants to keep him, we are worse than Fitzroy at the moment

  On 04/04/2013 at 05:51, dee_star said:

The first part of your quote is exactly what people were saying about Port before Hinkley eventually got the job - the right Coach can make improvements straight away. Look at the difference in the Crows from 2011 to 2012. Even in the most difficult cases (like the Bulldogs right now) it can take 12 months to see improvement, but they are clearly going in the right direction.

Even Justin Westhoff said on SEN today that the new structures Hinkley has put in place has given himself and the team confidence in themselves.

Neeld must be supported for the three years of his contract.

If the board form the belief that they got is appointment wrong 18 months ago, the first thing they should do (prior to sacking Neeld) is to resign their positions on the board.

They bought into the plan Neeld presented, his approach, and him as a person. If, after 25 games, they are convinced they got it wrong, then the indictment is on them more then on Neeld and they should go, let a new Board decide on Neeld, and make changes if they deem it necessary.

  On 17/04/2013 at 04:37, DeeZee said:

Even Justin Westhoff said on SEN today that the new structures Hinkley has put in place has given himself and the team confidence in themselves.

Justin Westoff wouldn't be saying that if Mathew Primus hadn't perservered with him when supporters etc were baying for his blood, hindsight ah a wonderful thing

  On 14/04/2013 at 02:34, tonatopia said:

It's the boards decision. If they don't have the courage or nous to sack neeld, we should overthrow them.

Let's storm the ramparts and tear down the flag. Let's behead the bastards who've ruined our club! I'm with you Tonatopia - bring on the revolution.

Oh, hang on, just explain how this will help. Are you nominating for president?

On second thoughts, count me out. I'll just try the common sense approach and have a little patience