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1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The only apology I'll accept is at the trade table and their actions on the field next season. Anything else is just hollow rhetoric.

100% sick of the talk we want action . Yes improvement was there but lack of fight and hunger against lower opposition must be addressed

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2 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

where/how you listening?

 

Live updates on Twitter

Not sure how to embed the tweets so I'll summarise them here

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Jones: It's a pretty bitter pill to swallow

Jones: The players are hurting as much as our supporters are livid

Jones: The mood has been very flat. Yesterday was out of our control due to our performance on Saturday

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I don't want some half arsed apology that isn't actually meant. 

What I would like is to see the president (what the hell does he look like anyway), CEO and coach release a statement/ pressed saying

"that this year whilst an improvement was a massive failure as we had our future in our hands multiple times and failed to beat teams out of the eight. 

We will not tolerate our players coming back over weight/unfit, nor will we tolerate them drinking to excess over the rest period, players found doing so will be fined $50k.

All players will be looked at in their efforts and desires and told how they can lift/improve. Skills will be a major focus as we have too many players who butcher the ball too often.

We do not accept the lack of effort on Saturday, it was disgraceful and our supporters should never have to sit through that. 

Our leadership group will be scrutinised fiercely from ourselves down as we are no where near ruthless enough off the playing field and especially on field.

We will entertain all enquiries about all our players except Jack Viney."

 

that at would be a nice start.

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Jones to supporters: We've only got ourselves to blame - the entire result of the year put us in this position

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Jones: It's a pretty bitter pill to swallow #MFCMedia

Jones: The players are hurting as much as our supporters are livid #MFCMedia

Jones: The mood has been very flat. Yesterday was out of our control due to our performance on Saturday #MFCMedia

Jones: It's a ruthless competition. This is an opportunity to address the inconsistencies in our performance #MFCMedia

Jones: Credit to West Coast. They were able to get the job done yesterday #MFCMedia

Jones: The last 5 minutes of the Adelaide and West Coast game was very nerve wracking #MFCMedia

Jones: The blame falls on our shoulders #MFCMedia

Jones: I couldn't be more optimistic about where we are heading though. Hopefully this experience leaves us in a better position #MFCMedia

Jones to supporters: We've only got ourselves to blame - the entire result of the year put us in this position #MFCMedia

Jones: We'll address those inconsistencies though and get it right. It can be frustrating and disappointing but we'll get there #MFCMedia

Jones: You can't underestimate how good Collingwood were and how poor we were in some fundamental parts of our game #MFCMedia

Jones on season as a whole: There's definitely been improvement, both individually and collectively #MFCMedia

Jones: However, we also know that we've missed an opportunity here. It's a tough lesson to learn #MFCMedia

Jones: You can sit back and feel sorry for yourself but you get what you put in #MFCMedia

Jones: We'll go away and work hard to give ourselves every chance next season. This will spur us on #MFCMedia

Jones on Clayton Oliver: He's pretty stiff to miss out on All Australian selection but I have no doubt he'll be in contention next year.

Jones on Jack Viney: He'll be back better than ever next season #MFCMedia

That's all from Nathan. We'll have the full video available later today #MFCMedia

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I tell you what, if the players are hurting just as much as some of the supporters out there, they better bloody remember that feeling. Use it for motivation and agree that they will never put the team in that position again.

I hope Goodwin absolutely CANES them over pre-season.

 

 

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Jones: We'll address those inconsistences and get it right . It can be frustrating and dissapointing but we'll get there.

 

This kind of comment irks me big time. It has been a common theme all year 

we are heading in the right direction , we will get threre , we are a developing team. We are on the right track , we have elite training habits, the group/club is confident in the direct etc.

It feels from my perspective that the club thinks that it will just happen. We have always been a club that gets to a certain level then expects it to naturally happen.  

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I'll wait until I see the full version but from those tweets it seems his missed an opportunity to give us supporters a full apology

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2 minutes ago, ben russell said:

Jones: It's a pretty bitter pill to swallow #MFCMedia

Jones: The players are hurting as much as our supporters are livid #MFCMedia

Jones: The mood has been very flat. Yesterday was out of our control due to our performance on Saturday #MFCMedia

Jones: It's a ruthless competition. This is an opportunity to address the inconsistencies in our performance #MFCMedia

Jones: Credit to West Coast. They were able to get the job done yesterday #MFCMedia

Jones: The last 5 minutes of the Adelaide and West Coast game was very nerve wracking #MFCMedia

Jones: The blame falls on our shoulders #MFCMedia

Jones: I couldn't be more optimistic about where we are heading though. Hopefully this experience leaves us in a better position #MFCMedia

Jones to supporters: We've only got ourselves to blame - the entire result of the year put us in this position #MFCMedia

Jones: We'll address those inconsistencies though and get it right. It can be frustrating and disappointing but we'll get there #MFCMedia

Jones: You can't underestimate how good Collingwood were and how poor we were in some fundamental parts of our game #MFCMedia

Jones on season as a whole: There's definitely been improvement, both individually and collectively #MFCMedia

 

That's all I needed to hear. That's it. close the door. Focus on the progress we did make this year, in what was a challenging year. We had some horrible luck this year and created some equally horrible luck for ourselves. We are all hurting. They are hurting. We don't need apologies....are we all three years old and can't move on unless we hear "sorry" .

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1 minute ago, JV7 said:

I'll wait until I see the full version but from those tweets it seems his missed an opportunity to give us supporters a full apology

I wanted a more direct admission that they were unacceptably bad in the colliingwood game, that they failed themselves, coaches and supporters. that they felt the season was a fail and the finals next year is a non negotiable. the west coast game didnt deserve a mention.

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Just now, Mazer Rackham said:

 

 

 

WTF? Is one of our captains not a captain any more?

Well Jack didnt play on Saturday, so there's that.

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Just now, Mazer Rackham said:

Was he not captain of the club for those 2 1/2 hours?

Give Viney a break, he wasn't out there, and one captain trotting out this garbage is enough.

Instead of constantly talking and apologising and saying we will get things right, lets just shut up and actually get things right.

It is a disgrace the way we ended our season, the way we dropped winnable games, and went to sleep during matches instead of pushing our percentage up. It shows laziness, pure and simple.

I hope the players are as upset as we the fans are, but I am sure most aren't. The young players have no idea what prolonged failure feels like, and our leaders, except from perhaps Jones, don't seem to have the hunger to make things happen. 
Nobody at the club can possibility understand what it feels like to be irrelevant for so long, to spend year after year going to games, paying for memberships, following this club, and experiencing nothing but failure. So rather than cheap talk, I hope we have a ruthless off season and a ruthless pre-season and make some serious changes to the way in which we mentally prepare and approach games. 

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1 minute ago, franga said:

Rumor gathering that Jonesy calling it quits.   Please no

Mate, the press conference has come and gone. He just addressed us missing finals. Going nowhere.

 

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Same same, pull up captain/player interviews from every loss that we were expected to win over the past 3 years and you will get the same tripe. 

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That was a waste. Fundamentals? 

For crying out loud, tell us how you got it so wrong in the lead up to the game. What were you doing all week?

Learn and move on?

Losing to Freo, North x2 and Hawthorn tought you nothing?

 

 

 

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I can see why they put Jones up. 

wonder if he was alway going to talk today or the club has copped a barrage from unhappy fans they thought they should get someone to speak. 

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No idea how anyone can fault Jones for this. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. He fronted up, and didn't point any fingers. This bloke has given everything to this club every second since he was drafted, and has got dick all in return. If we had a few more with his attitude driving the team on the park, we would've won 16 games this year.

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