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Hasn't the media nicely sucked you all in....

Absolutely!

Hook, line, and sinker!

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    You just dont understand the game plan.

    Its all about getting smashed in the first half so they will let their guard down.

    With the MFC is the second half that counts, if only the boys were a little fitter they would have had them.

    lol....that would explain our success in the 3rd quarter's this year!

    Edited by Young Dee

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    Brilliant!

    The Melbourne FC in Back to The Future! Starring:

    Mark Neeld as Marty McFly

    Peter Jackson as Doc Brown

    Ron Barassi as Lorraine McFly

    Norm Smith as George McFly &

    Collingwood FC as Biff Tannen

    Oh and Caroline Wilson as Principle Strickland!

    Edit: Wilson

    Half the backline looked line Einstein for 7 weeks!

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    Brilliant!

    The Melbourne FC in Back to The Future! Starring:

    Mark Neeld as Marty McFly

    Peter Jackson as Doc Brown

    Ron Barassi as Lorraine McFly

    Norm Smith as George McFly &

    Collingwood FC as Biff Tannen

    Oh and Caroline Wilson as Principle Strickland!

    Edit: Wilson

    Half the backline looked line Einstein for 7 weeks!

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    Matt Thompson will be beside himself.

    Nothing has happened!!

    I hope the meeting goes for hours yet. The club has serious business to attend to.

    Home delivery tonight.

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    This grotesque anticipation of someone's demise is so nauseating.

    Sure is. I wonder what percentage of the 1500 AFL accredited journos actually write about matches? Probably a small minority.

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    Absolutely!

    Hook, line, and sinker!

    I think I let go of the rod also....

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    I'm struggling to handle this and Game of Thrones tonight...

    you know nuthing PJ_12345

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    Expect an announcement soon saying that some decision will be made at the next board meeting ....... in a months time!

    Due to running out of time after Neeld tried to explain to the board the idea of KPI's

    when i went to school a KPi was a fat greek kid whos name was unpronouncable

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    when i went to school a KPi was a fat greek kid whos name was unpronouncable

    So all fat greek kids then?

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    So todays summary: ......... TBA at a later date

    http://www.afl.com.au/video/2013-06-03/footy-feed-dee-day-crow-concern-and-more

    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/football-world-waits-on-neeld-verdict-20130603-2nlfq.html

    Melbourne coach Mark Neeld has left the club board meeting at the MCG and returned to AAMI Park accompanied by player development manager Todd Viney and high performance manager Neil Craig.

    There is no word yet on the outcome of the meeting or Neeld's future at the club.

    Neeld arrived at the monthly board meeting around 2pm, accompanied by sports performance director Neil Craig and football manager Josh Mahoney.


    Coaches presentations usually take half an hour to complete, but the presentation on Monday took an hour and a half.

    Though the meeting was scheduled, it was moved to lunchtime from an evening time slot, with many expecting the case for and against retaining Neeld to be the main point of business.

    Speaking on SEN radio, former Melbourne player David Schwarz said it would be unfair to Neeld, players and supporters if a decision is not made today.


    It is believed that if Neeld is given his marching orders, his senior assistant Neil Craig will take over as caretaker coach. The large media contingent, some of whom had been outside the club's training base AAMI Park since 6am, has now moved to the MCG.

    Demons president Don McLardy declined to talk about Neeld’s future when entering the meeting this morning. "It’s a board meeting, mate, it’s been scheduled all year," he said.

    "No other expectations."

    Melbourne lost to Hawthorn on Sunday at the MCG by 95 points, kicking just one goal in the first half in fine conditions. It was the club's seventh loss by 10 goals or more this season, and its average losing margin is 76.6 points. Neeld has coached the Demons 32 times, for five wins, with six losses of over 90 points and an average overall losing margin of over ten goals.

    Commentators including Tim Watson and Kevin Bartlett this morning felt Neeld's position was in jeopardy.

    Former Carlton, Fitzroy, Brisbane and Richmond coach Robert Walls also felt Neeld's role was under threat.

    "If the board feel … (it) is falling away and disenchanted, they (will) probably feel compelled to make a move on Mark Neeld. But if they feel that the sponsors will stick fat, (and) the members say, 'We'll support you to the end of the year,' and the players aren’t dead-set against the coach, they might just say, 'Well, we just battle on for the remaining 12 games,'," Walls told SEN radio.

    Walls said Melbourne's track record could make it hard for the club to attract a well-known coach if it sacked Neeld.

    "If they sack Mark Neeld, a prospective coach would look at them and say, 'Well, they've sacked Dean Bailey, they've sacked Mark Neeld, they've sacked (former CEO) Cameron Schwab, they've sacked this one (and) that one; I don’t know if I'd want to go into that environment.

    Walls said if the club axed Neeld, it should target experienced coaches such as Rodney Eade or Mark Williamsas his replacement.

    Edited by Young Dee

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    Are the rest of the board still in the meeting? surely they have left!

    Its the all expenses paid dinner time

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    Matt Thompson will be beside himself.

    Then Clarkson will have 2 people to abuse as cockheads.

    Edited by Redleg

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    You just dont understand the game plan.

    Its all about getting smashed in the first half so they will let their guard down.

    With the MFC is the second half that counts, if only the boys were a little fitter they would have had them.

    A cunning plan then. I propose that we also find someone with the requisIte skills to hack into the MFC computer files and up the games played for all of our players, thus allowing us to say why our players can play good football rather than why they can't. Confidence is a wonderful thing :)

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    Matt Thompson could not have a worse head for tv. I'm reluctant to click any link that means having to look at him for an extended period.

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    This grotesque anticipation of someone's demise is so nauseating.

    Not for those who have an emotional investment in it mate. Whatever the decision it will have far reaching implications for our club.

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    Matt Thompson could not have a worse head for tv. I'm reluctant to click any link that means having to look at him for an extended period.

    LOL, that's my real name.
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    Not for those who have an emotional investment in it mate. Whatever the decision it will have far reaching implications for our club.

    If you think about it Neeld would be stoked to get the sack - a year and a half paid work ($600,000) for nothing!

    .......maybe he was tanking as coach? - here comes another investigation!

    Edited by Young Dee

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    I've been to meeting about dresses that lasted longer than this.

    Be patient, this is important.

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    I've been to meeting about dresses that lasted longer than this.

    Be patient, this is important.

    the meeting was not for the new MFC playing outfit?

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