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Roos to melbourne is starting to hot up i believe. Been saying all along that Roos was never going to coach us but was told yesterday Roos was put off by the Lions in the way they handled Voss situation and how his name was basically used as part of Voss sacking. Dont get sucked in by the the media saying Brisbane and Roos is basically a done deal. We are very much still in the race!

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id rather coach mfc than the lions based on our key positions prospects, very strong spine and jack viney

key forwards, rucks, & a few handy men. & kids.

its our running carrying players that need to LIFT.

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Df26 I think your love of the dees is affecting your judgement.

The lions list is a mile better than ours.

Have you looked at the scores in 2013?

they're way ahead of us atmo. in the engine room.

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Roos to melbourne is starting to hot up i believe. Been saying all along that Roos was never going to coach us but was told yesterday Roos was put off by the Lions in the way they handled Voss situation and how his name was basically used as part of Voss sacking. Dont get sucked in by the the media saying Brisbane and Roos is basically a done deal. We are very much still in the race!

Don't know how much u can read into this but they had that male version of Julia Gillard aka Brisbanes Chairman Johnson on afl360 saying that he is EXTREMELY happy where things are at coach wise.

Both Geraldo and Robbo said he is gone considering Leigh Mathews was going to challenge him and the board and have a fresh go at Roos.

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Didnt Neeld try to put fear into them? How did that go?

Don't worry dd Choco and Laidley have previously coach Ocean Grove.

Absolutely nothing to be concerned about!!!

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Laidley is ex West Perth so nothing to worry about there

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Not a chance that the MFC is a better prospect then Brisbane, the playing group alone would get you over the line. The only thing going for the MFC at the moment is the greatest challenge in football and that the AFL is involved. We're the epitome of incompetence at the moment.

Thankfully Paul Roos knows the importance of a strong board, it creates a strong foundation to success, certainly the right decisions get made from the top.

If our board is absolutely in order - and Brisbane's board isn't - then Roos will be at MFC before Brisbane, regardless of playing lists.

Sydney WERE NOT and ARE NOT a successful club because they have the best talent...

The players at Sydney play great football because they are in the right environment - an environment created from the top on down.

Brisbane's board are a rabble at the moment and the MFC have a leg up, we have PJ and if we can get Walsh on board - Roos would be mad not to follow.

Throw in the prospect of Hogan, Aish, PP? and a pick 20 and Roos would see a great opportunity.

Our forward and backline will be solid in 2014, we just need a quality midfielder and we also have talent to develop.

MFC is a great opportunity and that is why Eade and Choc are keen and I believe that Roos is holding out till our board is right.

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The coach has already been chosen!

but is he signed ?

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they would have a fair idea by now, roos is probably making things hard though being the preference

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theres an old saying about...what you want...and what you get

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but is he signed ?

Probably wont't be Roos, coach will sign when team is finished with finals. Must have given the nod on Fitzy and indicated that Flash will no longer be required.

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Probably wont't be Roos, coach will sign when team is finished with finals. Must have given the nod on Fitzy and indicated that Flash will no longer be required.

Spoken to Cameron Ling and Adam Simpson also, any serious Coach would want to handpick his assistants

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We mightn't get Roos but he won't be in a hurry to get to Brisbane.

Whoever we do get, they will have a better chance to succeed than Mark Neeld had.

Any players who don't want to be at our club, off ya go, go on, roll along.

"F-Off to Carlton" - Brent Moloney

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theres an old saying about...what you want...and what you get

I wanted success for the MFC,

I got Mark Neeld.

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A good Board is a great deal easier to find than a decent young midfield.

Brisbane are well ahead of us.

I think we haven't been able to find either in the past. Maybe that's changed with Viney and Bartlett.

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Seems like Roos may be interested in coaching, if thats what can be read from his ceasing his academy coaching role. So now all he has to do is flip a coin. Heads we win, Tails Lions Lose.


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It seems to be starting to add up as some posters have said...

- Ling has had a few chats.

- We have approached some other assistants for possibly a 'senior assistant' role. Simpson, Ayres. etc.

- Brissy are now interested in Craig.

- List changes are happening as we speak, Joel MacDonald and Aaron Davey have been informed of their 2014 contracts.

- Fitz is required, rather than used as trade bait.

Gut feeling is that choco may have got the nod... Eades movements don't suggest its him, and Roos doesn't come across as a blatant liar.

Personally, I would be very happy with choco + a simpson, ling, hayes or ayres..

We will find out some time throughout the finals series I would say.

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It seems to be starting to add up as some posters have said...

- Ling has had a few chats.

- We have approached some other assistants for possibly a 'senior assistant' role. Simpson, Ayres. etc.

- Brissy are now interested in Craig.

- List changes are happening as we speak, Joel MacDonald and Aaron Davey have been informed of their 2014 contracts.

- Fitz is required, rather than used as trade bait.

Gut feeling is that choco may have got the nod... Eades movements don't suggest its him, and Roos doesn't come across as a blatant liar.

Personally, I would be very happy with choco + a simpson, ling, hayes or ayres..

We will find out some time throughout the finals series I would say.

Make it so !!

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If we get Choco i will do cartwheels, film them and post them up on here!

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List decisions are being made because you have to make decisions, not because we have our coach and he is whispering what to do.

The easy decisions are being made and the tougher ones will be made once we have a coach I am sure, but don't mistake a list decision as anything deeper than an easy list decision done by a club that has some easy decisions to make.

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I think you'd find Viney and Craig would be driving this process.

Wouldn't Flash love to be told that his services are aren't required next year by a Coach that he can't be told who it is. :huh:

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I agree list decisions would be made either way, but approaching assistants is a bit strange, a serious coach would want to handpick them, i'd go as far as asking why would you take a job at MFC if you didn't get to pick the assistants

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