I thought Neeld would coach out the season but now I would be very surprised if he lasts the week. Let Craig coach for the rest of the season.

R.I.P

Mark Neeld (September 2011 - May 2013)

I don't think he will be sacked this season - I wish he would just go though but we would have to find a coach willing to coach us. Then there is all the transitioning with the new coach etc (in the middle of the season)

Even though I long ago lost confidence in Neeld, I didn't think anything would be gained by sacking him at this stage of the year. Now it has become an imperative. We could not possibly Fcuk this club up any further.

Without doubt the worst coach I have ever seen at MFC in over 40 years of following them. And there have been some bad ones.

He is finished and the Club needs to act.

It should have acted after round 1. This guy is an absolute dud and we have wasted 2 years with him alienating and destroying the players....and the Club.

He needs to be followed out the door by McLardy soon after.

What an embarrassment and what a complete and undeniable disaster.

I keep cutting him slack but this team is not trying at times. If the team would just have a red hot go i would be happy to wait for it to turn.

as sad as it sounds, we need toi lose this by over 100 to make sure Neeld is gone for good this time

Worst coach in the history of the game

Sorry Denis Jones. You've lost your title to the inept one. Hey sat where are you?

They don't get shepherding. The coach needs the team to understand the concept of shepherding. I am talking about when Jordie went on that run just then. They don't play as a team. So poor Neeld.

You might like this Hardnut. For our current circumstances, a more appropriate song there is not.

It is two times appropriate CBF - one for MFC and one for the country - in fact, it could be said that it is way past time for both!

Without doubt the worst coach I have ever seen at MFC in over 40 years of following them. And there have been some bad ones.

He is finished and the Club needs to act.

It should have acted after round 1. This guy is an absolute dud and we have wasted 2 years with him alienating and destroying the players....and the Club.

He needs to be followed out the door by McLardy soon after.

What an embarrassment and what a complete and undeniable disaster.

i must agree 100% with Rhino on this...Mark Neeld has coached his last game. The President & Board must vacate ASAP for the long term benefit of the CLUB.

Carlton are working hard, quick, confident and have a good midfield. We have/are none of those things. I will be surprised with losing by less than 100 points. We are mentally weak, have no on-field leaders, no resilience and little midfield talent. Really, we are 4-8 goals per quarter worse than carlton. We'll get blown away mid-late first quarter and that will be that.

This could be 186. At least it would finally force the Neeld issue.

I hate this.

Tim.. it was coming. a young team. handpicked players by people with no idea. Half the Guys are running around pretending like they give a chi t. Mc K has no talent. Is not as good as Godfrey was. Continues running around like a chook pretending.

Neeld and Craig with his gum rolling around in his mouth have f e d up big time. This is big time not Paddling about down at Ocean Grove. Neeld must fall on his sword tonight along with Craig. Both must go. Appoint a caretaker and take our medicine the rest of this year.

there is no excuse for the club keeping him beyond this week as he clearly is not up to the job. A caretaker will at least provide something different and give the supporters some semblence of hope for the rest of the year.

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Faaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrk!!!!!!!!! Just turned the telly on. We gotta pull the ejector seat on this clown ASAP. Neeld is doing major damage

please take this fool out of the Demonland banner

As long as Mark Neeld is coaching and those players don't show any passion...

The only reason this isn't going to be a 100-point loss is because Freo typically get 6-8 goals up and then shut down the game.

Next week is going to be bad.

If he was to stand down would he still get paid out? I'm assuming he would, be a man and do the right thing.

The only reason this isn't going to be a 100-point loss is because Freo typically get 6-8 goals up and then shut down the game.

Next week is going to be bad.

Melbourne are doing everything in their power to ensure Freo break all sorts of records.

Mundy, FML, more possessions than most of our team combined.

bye bye

plotocracy, love it! best thing you ever posted Bing!

(Plotocracy a freudian slip from an MFC-watcher?)

Was thinking of the Disney character ... perhaps appropriate.

I allowed Neeld more time than most but it's time. We need a real coach and we need one before the season ends.

Not disagreeing, but don't believe any "real coaches" will be available before the season ends.

That's democracy at work buddy! Like it or lump it.

Yeah, that's to be at liberty to speak, rather than "democracy" (isn't "democracy" a buzz term these days? Seems used to define "mob rules").

I don't think we should get in a caretaker coach unless we can convince someone like Leigh Mathews to come in and instill some pride, run and stability into the team until the new coach comes in, we can't go any further than the bye with Neeld now.

If we could get the right coach to start now then we should make that appointment mid season and get on with it, coaches like Williams and Eade probably have a let out clause to coach in their contracts. If no it needs to be someone with some respect in the football community short term.

We can't afford Neeld, nor can we afford to have a caretaker from within the current FD.

I don't think we should get in a caretaker coach unless we can convince someone like Leigh Mathews to come in and instill some pride, run and stability into the team until the new coach comes in, we can't go any further than the bye with Neeld now.

If we could get the right coach to start now then we should make that appointment mid season and get on with it, coaches like Williams and Eade probably have a let out clause to coach in their contracts. If no it needs to be someone with some respect in the football community short term.

We can't afford Neeld, nor can we afford to have a caretaker from within the current FD.

Its an interesting thought isnt it. I wonder if someone like Eade would take it on, on a wait and see at the end of theseason basis? I doubt it as he has commitments now at CFC. Mind you we do have Craig right there and if we needed an older wise head then who better than him. We need a stable figure now.....right NOW

I have something to confess. I was a Neeld fan. When he came in and said that he was going to make this team the hardest to play against I believed him. This is the guy we desperately need, I remember thinking. I even blindly believed him when he dropped Moloney first from the leadership group and then to Casey. Rivers went as well but I knew it was all about the future and they were part of the poisoned past. Of course the alarm bells started to ring when Trengove and Grimes were made co-captains, but I convinced myself it was a great move that will pay dividends by the truckload in the future, never mind adding enormous pressure onto a kid who has yet to play good consistent AFL footy.

Somehow the Byrnes/Rodan FA pickups made sense to me, and I just knew that once we got rid of that bad egg in Moloney our culture would be soooo much better. Of course when I went through the team in the pre-season the complete lack of midfielders was a bit of a concern but we had a plan. We were training really well, our intensity was up 30% compared to when that complete dud, Bailey was in charge. Afterall the massive increase in money spent in the FD would just naturally translate into wins. I just knew it and had complete and utter faith.

Now, some 18 months down the track it's like I've suddenly woken up in a 'Lost' episode after missing several series thinking WTF is going on, this doesn't make any sense and you lot have nfi either. We haven't gone backwards, this club has been completely dismantled. I honestly hope we've hit rock bottom but I fear who we'll lose at the end of the season. I've got to the point where I hate watching us play, it just makes me angry and sad. The glory days (ha! everything is relative) of Danihers team being labelled a bunch of soft front runners are just a distant memory. [censored], at least we occassionally made the finals. Now my biggest fear is whether we'll still exist in 5 years time, because if we continue like this we won't.

How could I be so blind and stupid? I apologise to anyone who I've argued against over Neeld, I was spectacularly wrong.

This thread perfectly summarises the differences in communication style between myself and my wife.

Me: it's time to go, Mark Neeld.

Mrs pantaloons: 3000 responses in discussion of what I felt was a pretty clear fact that didn't need much elaboration.