Given that the MFC was described as a 'fledgling club', I would suggest the quality of this article goes beyond a complete absence of editorial scrutiny into the realms of utter excrement.

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Rumors have run rife this afternoon with reports those at AFL house want premiership coach Paul Roos to be appointed head coach of Melbourne either before or at seasons end because of the lack of on and off field development.

Don McLardy has denied the reports as too has Andrew Dimetriou

It wouldn't surprise me if this sort of recommendation had been made by jackson and the AFL, they may help pay for him or something, but if it's true they are obviously going to deny it while Mark Neeld is head coach.

As I said in another thread......If the AFL is so worried about us that they appoint our coach....They can get stuffed....they obviously don't want my, or my family's memberships.....

Hopefully this rumor is true, though I doubt Roos would leave his current commitments to come coach a basketcase. What's becoming clear is we are unable to run this club without aid, and without the AFL's assistance we will go under. Here's hoping the aid they give us bares fruit.

The telltale sign will be when we say we're 100% behind the coach.

At that point and not a moment before, will he be gawn ...

i'm a Neeld supporter, but i will be honest and say that this rumour has somewhat excited me a little.

i'm a Neeld supporter, but i will be honest and say that this rumour has somewhat excited me a little.

I feel exactly the same, and this is what, bringing in Roos right now would generate.

It would also help lure some better players to the club.

I doubt this will ever happen, but my god I will weep with joy if it does.

Make that two of us

By the way this seems to be written by Tony Sheahan according to his twitter. So adds at least a tiny bit of weight to it more than being a total rumour.

By the way this seems to be written by Tony Sheahan according to his twitter. So adds at least a tiny bit of weight to it more than being a total rumour.

Just like his other hot exclusives on that page about Fev only not going to Sydney this because of Tippett and Toby Greene punching on with Jason McCartney?

According to SEN this arvo - source of the story was indeed Tony Sheahan and the 'rumour was going around'. Too good to be true I think myself - Denied by AFL sources, Roos and Don McLardy. A pity I say.

I was a Neeld fan until recently. He lost me through poor (and obviously poor) selections, by the fact he said he didnt see the Port Adelaide loss coming (despite our midfield consisting of one inside mid who is always tagged, two first gamers and another mid who can ONLY tag...)

Mark Robinson on Twitter:

Spoke to Paul Roos to check about Melb, and he says: "I can tell you, I won't be coaching Melb next year."

— Mark Robinson (@Robbo_heraldsun)

Mark Robinson on Twitter:

Spoke to Paul Roos to check about Melb, and he says: "I can tell you, I won't be coaching Melb next year."

— Mark Robinson (@Robbo_heraldsun)

Wonder what tweets went between him and Hirdy before he announced he was stepping into the Bombers...

if we lose this weekend this rumour will fly into overdrive!

Tony Sheahan,just like his ol man,Mike just wants to say he was the first to break this story back in round 7 should it get up.

Roos denied it today like Malthouse denied Carlton and Hird denied Essendon.

True or False, it is all going to be denied at this point, if we lose to gold coast by 10 goals and they sack Neeld on the spot we might have a fair idea why though

Could be.....

• A rumour spread in order to deflect the heat off the Bummers and the unfolding Dr Ageless issue today and this week; and/or

• A rumour spread to put a cattle prod up Neeldy's nether regions in an attempt to make him get a freakin' move on and start games instead of incremental development over the next 10 years or so; or

• Complete BS

I'm betting it's probably the latter

Given what Roos has said in the past about coaching I cant even come near to a plausible reason why he would come and coach MFC.

From the Board down its an organisation that has more fleas than a rancid dog.

I am all for a competent experienced coach (no more Mark Neeld "comes with a good reputation") but lets be realistic.

Given what Roos has said in the past about coaching I cant even come near to a plausible reason why he would come and coach MFC. From the Board down its an organisation that has more fleas than a rancid dog. I am all for a competent experienced coach (no more Mark Neeld "comes with a good reputation") but lets be realistic.

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One things for sure, if the Afl and Vlad are really fed up with the situation at Melbourne, and really do want to do something about it, they will.

 

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We dont have $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. We dont have $$$$$.

We are lining up for about a $1 to $2 million loss this year IMO. We cant throw the $$$ around loosely

And you just cant buy someone who doesnt want to coach a basketcase.

And I wouldnt want a coach who would only do it for the money.

We have seen that with Malcolm Blight at St Kilda.

One things for sure, if the Afl and Vlad are really fed up with the situation at Melbourne, and really do want to do something about it, they will.

They did.

They parachuted in a CEO (we opened the retractable roof) and he will oversee the next 6 months.

INCLUDING what we do with the coaching situation.

This should also allow one's rational brain to reason that this Roos rumour is BS as I highly doubt that Jackson would have arranged this in such short order, or that the AFL would go over his head and interfere with his job.

It's just a journalist throwing gasoline on a fire that he may get a kick out of 'blogging' and then 'tweeting' about but he isn't the one whose job is in the frame here.

Mark Neeld may not be working out right now but he does not deserve this kind of crap, and nor does his family.

Tony Sheahan should be ashamed of himself but I know he won't be and that is infuriating.

Does this rumour mean that we now don't want Dimwitreo to resign cause he might do something to help our club? And that Roos might be a saviour, despite dissin' the hell out of us over the last couple of years?

We're a fickle bunch.

Oooh, I love a good club-destabilising rumour, especially when it is meta-rumored to come from a source which has been admonishing others for circulating club-destabilising rumours.

If the AFL really have been planning to use their temporary leverage through Peter Jackson to seize control of our football department in fundamental ways, it is actually a breach of the fundamental articles of association of the Australian Football League as established between it and the existing clubs. (Not GWS, for example)

THAT would be interesting times.

Not sure why Roos would leave his cushy spot to become the subject of much scrutiny by Demonland.

It would be awesome if we were able to somehow get him onboard though.

... well Barassi went to the Aid of the Sydney Swans, at the request of the AFL.

that Club hasn't looked back, once they were set a Direct Course.

but Roos would still do what Neeld is doing. & IMO would Not shaft Neeld mid year.