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just cant see us gettin near brissie who r on the rebound

love to be wrong but cant see it

The MFC have been on the rebound since 2007, fat lot of good it has done us.

Today we must be on the front foot. It is up to Neeld if he wants to continue as a senior coach.

Todays game is very important.

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Trengove seems to be building every game, really hope he has a great game today

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The MFC have been on the rebound since 2007, fat lot of good it has done us.

Today we must be on the front foot. It is up to Neeld if he wants to continue as a senior coach.

Todays game is very important.

Agree with you except on one point. Gameday belongs to the players. They must take ownership of their performance. The best Neeld can do is keep them on the tracks. They've got to shovel the coal and man the whistle. Do it right and we'll roll right back into the mix.

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This is one of those interstate games that I can barely watch as I get expectations up.

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The way I look at this team, there are 6 real defenders. Where are the rotations coming from?

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Agree with you except on one point. Gameday belongs to the players. They must take ownership of their performance. The best Neeld can do is keep them on the tracks. They've got to shovel the coal and man the whistle. Do it right and we'll roll right back into the mix.

So the excuses are already starting....

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Agree with you except on one point. Gameday belongs to the players. They must take ownership of their performance. The best Neeld can do is keep them on the tracks. They've got to shovel the coal and man the whistle. Do it right and we'll roll right back into the mix.

Buck stops with the coach.

Compare Primus to Hinkley....

It's time for Neeld to do the same. We saw a glimpse last week...

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Buck stops with the coach.

Compare Primus to Hinkley....

It's time for Neeld to do the same. We saw a glimpse last week...

I disagree. The players can choose to chase, tackle, apply pressure for 4 quarters, or they can shirk contests and play unaccountable footy. The coach can only do so much.

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We play Carlton next week.

I think we'll beat Carlton next week.

They were deplorable against Adelaide, the umps got them over the line.

Carlton are a bunch of weak front runners, so if we get the jump on them, we could win next week.

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I disagree. The players can choose to chase, tackle, apply pressure for 4 quarters, or they can shirk contests and play unaccountable footy. The coach can only do so much.

i agree. But what has Hinkley done to Port?

He has inspired them to give their all?

If the MFC take another thumping a la rounds 1-3 Mark Neeld is not our man.

Today is the tipping point.

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So the excuses are already starting....

Are you excusing the players? I don't think you are, just as I'm not excusing the coach. I just think the players at the MFC have escaped blame for too long. For almost fifty years we've put the pressure on the coach, but as we've seen with Geelong whenever a playing group takes true ownership of their performance, great things can follow.

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Agree with you except on one point. Gameday belongs to the players. They must take ownership of their performance. The best Neeld can do is keep them on the tracks. They've got to shovel the coal and man the whistle. Do it right and we'll roll right back into the mix.

True the coach doesn't actually get a kick BUT it is his responsibility to lead, train and inspire players to a point where they follow a plan, know their roles and are able to adapt to changing circumstances.

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Buck stops with the coach.

Compare Primus to Hinkley....

It's time for Neeld to do the same. We saw a glimpse last week...

I'm not writing this to defend the coach as he is ultimately responsible. But Port actually have some pretty good midfielders at the moment. Boak, Hartlett, Ebert etc would walk into the current MFC lineup. Neeld has so far made tall forwards his priority in the draft & trade period. Although he has brought in midfielders through the draft midfielders have also left & not really been replaced or topped up. It may be his strategy to build the list in this way & have draft picks in mind, I'm not sure. It will probably cost him his job unless some of our existing mids start performing above what they are now.
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I disagree. The players can choose to chase, tackle, apply pressure for 4 quarters, or they can shirk contests and play unaccountable footy. The coach can only do so much.

Why even bother having a coach then if he seemingly bears no responsibility?! It's the coach's job to prepare them to do to all those things and keep them accountable in doing it.

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Are you excusing the players? I don't think you are, just as I'm not excusing the coach. I just think the players at the MFC have escaped blame for too long. For almost fifty years we've put the pressure on the coach, but as we've seen with Geelong whenever a playing group takes true ownership of their performance, great things can follow.

I'm not excusing ANYBODY.


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I'm not writing this to defend the coach as he is ultimately responsible. But Port actually have some pretty good midfielders at the moment. Boak, Hartlett, Ebert etc would walk into the current MFC lineup. Neeld has so far made tall forwards his priority in the draft & trade period. Although he has brought in midfielders through the draft midfielders have also left & not really been replaced or topped up. It may be his strategy to build the list in this way & have draft picks in mind, I'm not sure. It will probably cost him his job unless some of our existing mids start performing above what they are now.

But would you have said the same about Port 5 weeks ago. They were widely tipped to finish 17-18th.

It is Hinkley who has got them believing in their own ability again.

Neeld MUST do the same. It is his fundamental job.

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I'm not writing this to defend the coach as he is ultimately responsible. But Port actually have some pretty good midfielders at the moment. Boak, Hartlett, Ebert etc would walk into the current MFC lineup. Neeld has so far made tall forwards his priority in the draft & trade period. Although he has brought in midfielders through the draft midfielders have also left & not really been replaced or topped up. It may be his strategy to build the list in this way & have draft picks in mind, I'm not sure. It will probably cost him his job unless some of our existing mids start performing above what they are now.

They also had good midfielders when they finished 14th and 16th the last two years... Wonder what changed?

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True the coach doesn't actually get a kick BUT it is his responsibility to lead, train and inspire players to a point where they follow a plan, know their roles and are able to adapt to changing circumstances.

I said that GAMEDAY belongs to the players. Coaches do their best work during the week.

Why even bother having a coach then if he seemingly bears no responsibility?! It's the coach's job to prepare them to do to all those things and keep them accountable in doing it.

Where did I say that? Do you have a binary brain or are you just unwilling to consider the idea that EVERYONE needs to take responsibility for our performances. At the end of the day though, no coach has ever kicked a goal after the siren to win a game. No coach has ever laid a tackle to steal victory from the jaws of defeat. All a coach can do is motivate and teach.

The buck rests with the PLAYERS. They are the performers. They are the game. It is them in which we place our faith.

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I said that GAMEDAY belongs to the players. Coaches do their best work during the week.

Where did I say that? Do you have a binary brain or are you just unwilling to consider the idea that EVERYONE needs to take responsibility for our performances. At the end of the day though, no coach has ever kicked a goal after the siren to win a game. No coach has ever laid a tackle to steal victory from the jaws of defeat. All a coach can do is motivate and teach.

The buck rests with the PLAYERS. They are the performers. They are the game. It is them in which we place our faith.

The buck rests with ALL of them. If you say it's just the players then you let the coach off, and if you say it's just the coach you let the players off.

(Lol at "binary brain", not bad!)

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They also had good midfielders when they finished 14th and 16th the last two years... Wonder what changed?

The players decided to stop being flakey as they have been for years. No doubt their new coach has played a role in that, but you have to wonder what the impact of a new captain, a new leadership group and a raft of new players and administrators has done to shake up the environment there.

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The players decided to stop being flakey as they have been for years. No doubt their new coach has played a role in that, but you have to wonder what the impact of a new captain, a new leadership group and a raft of new players and administrators has done to shake up the environment there.

Just like the good the new captains, leadership group, and raft of new players have done us?

Think it's a bit naive to say the players just decided by themselves to be good all of a sudden, it's no coincidence it's all happened since a new coach came in.

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