1 hour ago, jane02 said:

I still remember my trip to Europe the year when there were whispers about Paul Roos being appointed as coach. I visited every chapel and cathedral I could find, lit enough candles to start a fire and did several hundred Hail Marys. 

I am so grateful to whatever power bought him to our club????

 

The pyjama, PJ.

Hope the boys put up a good fight for his last match today. Disappointing we weren't able to make finals this year but we have improved a lot and Roos has done a great job getting us on track.

Enjoy Hawaii Roosy!

He was no Neeld but gee I'll miss the bloke

Has revived my passion for football rather than the routine of going cos thats just what you do. He could have easily put wins this year ahead of development and setting us up for sustained success. I think this says the most about him. 

Thanks Roosy but more-so PJ in persevering and getting the right man for the job.

 

Might be a good team manger but not a great coach. I won't miss the game style. Failed to have a modern game plan 

The players clearly liked him with this send off they are giving him.  

What an insipid performance.  A typical Melbourne performance.

Nice send off Dees players over the last 2 weeks, poss fing poor.

What a way to thank the coach.

Just an appalling showing.

How after 3 years do our forwards not know how to lead? 

Hunt is a star. Everyone else is dead to me today. 

Garlett you're drunk. At least I hope you are. 

Oh my god. We are hopeless. Wtf is going on with us? 

 

This is atrocious. If I were Paul Roos, I'd be on the phone to Peter Jackson saying: "My job is clearly not over. Let's do another year."

Poor Roosy. Wish I could apologise on the players' behalf for today's performance. 

Wish I could tie the umpires to a chair and stick hot pins under their fingernails.

It really hurts.

I'm so sorry Paul. This club doesn't deserve you and the hard work you've put in. You must breathe a sigh of relief not having to deal with the losers loitering round the place anymore. Enjoy retirement!

Marshmallows... pathetic. Demons farewell to Roos is a disgrace

No senior players that lead the way. 

I hope goody has the magic touch we are a long way off finals 

Nice game we played for Roosy's end off. Are we going to get back to our old ways (crap) ,perhaps we love being pathetic. I also remember we played a match in honour of Stynes against Geelong and that ended in a 186 pt loss. I actually think we should trade Hogan for a 1st round pick  that will improve our bargaining power for the future.It is also about time to change the Captain for a more aggressive one. If this junk club starts off like this next year,I for one will quit. 

9 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

I'm so sorry Paul. This club doesn't deserve you and the hard work you've put in. You must breathe a sigh of relief not having to deal with the losers loitering round the place anymore. Enjoy retirement!

Not a fan of the "we're not worthy" attitude at all.

Anyway, thanks Paul. It's a shame we part on a sour note, but like others have said, you have put the building blocks in place to at least give us a shot again. We owe you plenty.

35 minutes ago, qwerty7 said:

Poor Roosy. Wish I could apologise on the players' behalf for today's performance. 

He was paid handsomely to minimise this sought of debacle. Perhaps I'm being harsh.

Edited August 27, 20168 yr by Return to Glory

11 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

He was paid handsomely to minimise this sought of debacle. Perhaps I'm being harsh.

I think you are.  We have been playing Goodwin's game plan since just before the bye. 

We have gone so far into 'taking the game on' we have forgotten all the lessons of 'defence first' that Roos taught in his first year (when Goodwin wasn't at the Dees).  I don't think we can pin it all on to Roos tbh.

Roos has achieved what he promised.  Today does not diminish that.  Its terribly sad that this is the last game of his tenure and there is no chance to redeem the situation for him.  Just so sad - he deserves so much better.

I still tips my hat to Roos for everything he has done for our club.  I will be eternally grateful.

16 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

He was paid handsomely to minimise this sought of debacle. Perhaps I'm being harsh.

Fair point. I'm sure initially he took up the job for the attractive salary, but I think now he has a genuine interest in the club. He seemed emotional in the final press conferences and to finish off the year like so, is a huge travesty. Our worst loss under his coaching, yet our year has been so much more than what we put on display today. I expected to lose today, but not to the extent we did and actually thought we would be competitive. Oh well, bring on 2017 and I'm hoping that maybe Goodwin's more modern approach to football sees us improve even further on what Roos has already established for us. 

32 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

He was paid handsomely to minimise this sought of debacle. Perhaps I'm being harsh.

No. you are being honest.

When the players realise that only they can change things then even the reincarnation of Knute Rockne wouldn't help.

Discussion of Roos' speech at the B n F: http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/paul-roos-says-melbourne-united-richmond-in-disarray-in-farewell-speech/news-story/115f12006df77c0be0f041f29f1e68e8

Roos' own farewell message to the players:  “Decide to be great. It is a decision, it doesn’t happen by accident,”...“You have to want to be great. And greatness is not going to happen when you turn up on November 1 or whenever you turn up and Simon has got the whistle in charge...“Greatness is going to happen when you walk out of this room tonight. That’s when greatness starts...“You have to commit to it you have to want to do it and I would love nothing more than to see Simon and Nathan holding up the premiership cup.”

He has laid down the challenge:  Greatness.  Up to the players now.  Hope they want it as badly as we do.