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Billy
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It is pretty simple. Nobody saw it coming, everyone is confused about what happened, and to the extent that anyone can see where the problems are, they are practical and itemised and the general mood (outside this forum) is that the club is competently run and very actively setting about correcting the problems.

I know, right, maaaaadness!

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    The Media were the ones pumping us up all preseason so they would have to admit they are clueless. We just made finals last year with a young team. With two games to go in the season I was sure we wouldn’t make the finals again. Then we played some great footy in finals  

    One expert said last week we were the team most experts expected to win the flag this year! Wtf. Talk about going too early. 

    We will cope our share. But the league is so up and down. Crows in a gf then poor. Dogs win a flag then rubbish. It is not rare. 

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    11 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Apart from Melbourne Supporters, everyone else laughs at how useless this club is...

    We were useless in the ‘70’s when i was at school. To the outsider absolutely nothing has changed....

    Yep. I've been a member since the mid 60's (premium for more than 30 years}. In years past there's no way I'd miss a Vic game. I'm off to a party tonight. Won't bother looking at scores.

    We're worse than irrelevant - we're a joke.

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    7 hours ago, Hunt29 said:

    We have credits in the bank. Last years finals and the injuries this year. If this happens next year pressure will come early. 

    I’m afraid of the injuries again. New high performance manager, hoping this change is only upside, but changes in schedules could bring about soft tissue injuries etc. 

    i know it’s a W and L equation, but competitiveness will give Goodwin next year. The core of the group are still young. 

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    10 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

    Less scrutiny because:

    • Our story makes some sense.  Goody keeps things fairly level and doesn’t expose himself too much.
    • We don’t have 70,000 rabid members that buy copies of the Herald Sun to read the latest story
    • More rope - we are not at the point where the story will break the thing open.
    • The big stories are in the big clubs - the coaches going, Pies on the slide, resurgent Tiggers, Brisbane on the charge....etc.

    Happy to be under the radar, get an easy draw and a high draft pick to set things to rights in 2020.

    Solution : Offer Carlton our number 1 pick for Sam Walsh. Problem solved

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    1 hour ago, dimmy said:

    Solution : Offer Carlton our number 1 pick for Sam Walsh. Problem solved

    The only thing better would be to trade with Adelaide and then offer Carlton their own top pick back.

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