Brian Royal demoted from midfield coach, Aaron Greaves to take over (rumour)

[Cards13 9,117]

Another bloody teacher!! Does he have a beard and a sleeve and a desk....

[stuie 7,374]

Trying to ask about this rumour on the MFC chat, funnily enough with Aaron Greaves, but the question isn't getting published for some reason...

[Gorgoroth 12,712]

Lol, I thought asking the same Stuie

[Moonshadow 17,558]

A number of 'landers were calling for Cameron Ling a while back. Would cost us, but I think he'd be far better than Royal..

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,424]

Our midfield is shizne because we have three players in it with 3 games to their AFL record. We arent gonna in any games with that lineup as much as I reckon all three are gonna be good value long run.

[Goodvibes 3,596]

I'd target Adrian Fletcher at the end of the year. He's had experience at quite a few clubs and has had a long stint with the Lions and has helped re-build their midfield to be a competitive outfit again. I'd like to see what Clark, Hogan and Dawes could do with a midfield on a par with the current Brisbane engine room. Like ours it doesn't possess any big names but they work hard and stick to their structures and win plenty of contested ball. There spread from stoppages has been impressive over the last 12 months. I've heard Fletcher speak at a coaching course and was very very impressed.

[demonoid 317]

Where did you hear this?

i mentioned this on another topic a couple of days back. It was on sports news first and dwayne Russell mentioned it on radio too. Not great sources but it wouldn't surprise me

[Deecisive 1,709]

One wonders if the real damage from the tanking saga was not so much the fine and the headlines but the fact that we have probably kept people at the club for a year or more to keep them quiet on tanking allegations.

[Demon Dynasty 17,098]

If so where do we move him? We've already got Connolly and Viney in sideways roles.

And does anyone at all expect any difference?

I've heard he's going to take over Dr Bate's role

[Ron Burgundy 8,584]

There might be some truth to this.

The following is an excerpt from the article on the official website about strengthening the ties between Casey and MFC.

"On match day, Nichol is also the Casey backline coach and Melbourne forward line development coach Paul Satterley is also the Casey forward line coach. Melbourne midfield coach Aaron Greaves also works closely with Casey midfield coach Steve O’Brien, and provides feedback at games.

Throughout the article, the other MFC assistant/development coaches (ie, Nichol and Satterley) are mentioned as such. Greaves, however, is referred to as the Melbourne midfield coach - not as the assistant midfield coach.

Suspect it's no accident.

[The Great Pretender 454]

No accident or a right royal blunder?

[rpfc 28,052]

lol RB.

[Adam The God 29,446]

If this is true, how long has Greaves been in the role? We certainly showed no signs of structure improvement in the midfield last week. Still horribly disorganised.

Edited April 27, 2013 by AdamFarr

[Lil_red_fire_engine 10,859]

If you watch the quarter time huddles last week it was still Royal marshalling the midfield when they broke into their huddles.

[rpfc 28,052]

If this is true, how long has Greaves been in the role? We certainly showed no signs of structure improvement in the midfield last week. Still horribly disorganised.

It isn't true, it is a BS rumour and people are starting to look like idiots by buying into it.

[mjt 640]

It isn't true, it is a BS rumour and people are starting to look like idiots by buying into it.

Coulnt agree more, garbage rumour.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,081]

A number of 'landers were calling for Cameron Ling a while back. Would cost us, but I think he'd be far better than Royal..

Pay the money. Grunt run and experience.He'd get a game immediately.