Just saw the Roos comments on Classifieds... He's coming, no doubt. That was a man telling a lie!

Just saw the Roos comments on Classifieds... He's coming, no doubt. That was man telling a lie!

They didn't even show the tell either. That was the following line once Sheahan rephrased.

Anyone of the posters with ( inside info) like grand new flag have any updates

Why won't you love us Paul? Why?

We can change, we promise.

He actually said at one point tonight, "I think Melbourne, as funny as it sounds, is an attractive prospect for an aspiring coach".

It was the equivalent of, "it's not you, it's me".

Llyod - He's (Roos) said no, so move on - unless he has said something behind the scenes

Carro - Get Williams very strongly

Hutchy - He says we are looking for a saviour and we shouldn't. We dont need a saviour and re-build with the right coach from the ground up. Then tried to say we have been terrible forever and Gary and Carro shut him down (I liked that)

Gary - It sounds like he thinks Roos will (links to Hird's comments)

My love for Gary returned tonight. I much prefer him standing up for the club in the media than dipping his nose everywhere in club matters internally.

Aspiring coach !!

Doesn't describe Roos

I doubt he'll be our coach next year and think we should move on; the longer this hangs around the more damage it will do to us if he finally says no which I think he will. No one wants to play for us no one wants to coach us, what a debacle.

Love him to be the coach but if he won't say he is giving it consideration then it has to be a no.

Yes I know all the other part about the Board etc. but I just can't se him accepting and at the end of it he merely has to point to his previous comments. He has never said he will and all we are doing is working ourselves in to a lather.

Craig, Eade, Williams are the most obvious options and Craig is there and will call a spade a spade without insulting or putting the players offside.

He actually said at one point tonight, "I think Melbourne, as funny as it sounds, is an attractive prospect for an aspiring coach".

It was the equivalent of, "it's not you, it's me".

He's trying to let us down gently.

Id actually like soneone else to publicly put there hand up. All this dancing around ...im over it .

They didn't even show the tell either. That was the following line once Sheahan rephrased.

Your defiently on to something AF.. you know something we all dont?

After tonight I don't think Roos is in the picture.

Id actually like soneone else to publicly put there hand up. All this dancing around ...im over it .

I agree, I'd like to flush out those that are interested, as opposed to those that aren't, so we can have something tangible to discuss; I'd like to be in a position to talk about the merits of the candidates that want to coach us.

I'm sick of the rumours and innuendo and all the lip readers and amateur psychologists that can tell if someone is lying by the fact he scratched his nose; let's get some meat on the bone and talk facts.

Nothing will be announced during the season. Either you enjoy the discussion, gossip, and conspiracies or you just avoid this thread.

I doubt he'll be our coach next year and think we should move on; the longer this hangs around the more damage it will do to us if he finally says no which I think he will. No one wants to play for us no one wants to coach us, what a debacle.

Love him to be the coach but if he won't say he is giving it consideration then it has to be a no.

Yes I know all the other part about the Board etc. but I just can't se him accepting and at the end of it he merely has to point to his previous comments. He has never said he will and all we are doing is working ourselves in to a lather.

Craig, Eade, Williams are the most obvious options and Craig is there and will call a spade a spade without insulting or putting the players offside.

Robbie, you've got a case of the old MFCSS. Roos himself said the opposite. We are still a surprisingly good destination for a coach and by extension new players. That is, if the right person signs on as coach. This seems like a case of defence mechanism. You don't wish to get your hopes up in case he declines. I completely get that. I just think he's ours. He's not a saviour, but he is an important part of the short term and hopefully long term puzzle that creates a powerful MFC.

There are a couple of reasons he's refusing to categorically say he'll take the job. Obviously, the President and board are yet to be fully settled on or even announced. There is the potential lame duck incumbent coach Neil Craig. The AFL also have to tick off our little assistance package. I maintain Paul Roos will coach the MFC in 2014.

Your defiently on to something AF.. you know something we all dont?

At the moment I'm merely looking at it logically. He has consistently avoided ruling out coaching us. Why? If he wasn't going to coach us, he would have said it by now. My admittedly external reading of him is that he is a man of integrity. It simply doesn't follow that he'd lead us down the garden path just to feed his ego.

What we do know is that the AFL will set him up (and the club by extension) very nicely. They'll set him and the club up to succeed. That's not to say we'll win a premiership automatically, but the circumstances will play to his ego and the AFL's backing will provide him solace against any lingering doubts he may harbour. His appointment has had the air of inevitability for a while now IMO.

the thing i take from his comments is that he has given it serious consideration, yet his story suggests he hasn't really so i suppose only paul himself knows

The big question is whether this thread will reach a hundred pages by round 23,

The big question is whether this thread will reach a hundred pages by round 23,

If Mike keeps on asking him each week, it will...

Mike obviously cannot accept his answers.

Leave him alone, Mike.

In the meantime we have our committee ready.

Now, we just need the season to finish.

Well looks like the AFL Package is about to be announced and from reading this Craig seems to be on the outer and if Roos won't take the job it's Eade or Williams.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/25m-to-help-dees-get-house-in-order-20130715-2q0a6.html

The bail-out package will be used to partly fund the payouts of sacked senior coach Mark Neeld, worth nearly $600,000, former chief executive Cameron Schwab and former football manager Chris Connolly.

Interim coach Neil Craig could also fall into this category should he be overlooked for the top job and not be required elsewhere at the club. He has a year to run on his contract.

The money could also be used to help lure a high-profile senior coach, such as Paul Roos, and an experienced football department boss.

What a joke that we have to get the AFL to fund the payout of Neeld, Schwab and Connolly, I guess they are all gone because the AFL wanted them gone.

How did the club get in this mess.

Well looks like the AFL Package is about to be announced and from reading this Craig seems to be on the outer and if Roos won't take the job it's Eade or Williams.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/25m-to-help-dees-get-house-in-order-20130715-2q0a6.html

The bail-out package will be used to partly fund the payouts of sacked senior coach Mark Neeld, worth nearly $600,000, former chief executive Cameron Schwab and former football manager Chris Connolly.

Interim coach Neil Craig could also fall into this category should he be overlooked for the top job and not be required elsewhere at the club. He has a year to run on his contract.

The money could also be used to help lure a high-profile senior coach, such as Paul Roos, and an experienced football department boss.

What a joke that we have to get the AFL to fund the payout of Neeld, Schwab and Connolly, I guess they are all gone because the AFL wanted them gone.

How did the club get in this mess.

It's hard to believe that a few years ago we had Jimmy and the debt demoltion, matching it with good sides and smashing others, with a stable of fresh high draft picks, Jurrah etc coming through the ranks.. things were looking rosy there for a minute

It's hard to believe that a few years ago we had Jimmy and the debt demoltion, matching it with good sides and smashing others, with a stable of fresh high draft picks, Jurrah etc coming through the ranks.. things were looking rosy there for a minute

Yes it is, and yes we did, but somehow it all went wrong; it just shows that if you don't get the right people in charge it means nothing. Schwab was wrong, Bailey was wrong and Neeld was wrong and we are now back to where we started, but under administration, because we've shown time and time again we can't look after our own affairs.

I agree, I'd like to flush out those that are interested, as opposed to those that aren't, so we can have something tangible to discuss; I'd like to be in a position to talk about the merits of the candidates that want to coach us.

I'm sick of the rumours and innuendo and all the lip readers and amateur psychologists that can tell if someone is lying by the fact he scratched his nose; let's get some meat on the bone and talk facts.

Do you want to get the right man or do you want to have something to discuss on Demonland? We can't talk to Eade, Williams or Ratten until the season is finished anyway. We've just announced the construction of a selection panel. Buckle up. We've got a couple of months of this ahead.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/paul-roos-still-refuses-to-categorically-rule-out-a-return-to-coaching-with-melbourne-next-season/story-e6frf3e3-1226679858338#.UeRha8saySM

Interesting that the headline on foxsports is Roos refuses to rule out job

That is their take on last night !

Gary looked cagey last night. Rarely does he stand up for us so categorically.

He was the only one refusing to take Roos' comments at face value.

Does he know something? Inside info?

The $2.5Million+ rescue package from the AFL to MFC featuring in this morning's news report should focus Roos if nothing else can. The news report said that it might be announced as early as today.