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6 minutes ago, xiss said:

Apparently what impressed Roosy about Goody when looking for his successor was he spoke more about club culture than game plans

Good on him, but nothing has really showed for it apart from our first 2 finals last year and the won against the eagles in Perth. Culture isnt built overnight, but there is barely a noticeable difference over the last few years.

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    9 minutes ago, Stretch Johnson said:

    This.

    We had major issues with the health of the list alin 2019 and i was never going to be our year.

    The mental capitulation, and our failure to eke out a couple of hard fought wins late in the season is another thing.

    If you want a prototype on how to build up the mental strength of a list look at this years premiers.

    I'm a great believer that great culture is built with a strict adherence to doing it the hardest way possible.

    Train hard,  play hard and never forget to enjoy the moment.  So party hard too but butter-up immediately.

    The bloke in charge (Goodwin) has got to get real tough with his best players.  And we need to recruit some more 'best' players.

    We as supporters concentrate way too much on non-difference-makers.  Not that we have any influence at all.  We're just chatting in the pub internet style.

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    It’s a boring culture - Max and Clarry about the only two characters in the place. Where are our indigenous wizards?

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    Nothing comes easy in life, as our young inexperienced coach and players found out in 2019.

    Success is earned, not awarded and relies on increasing effort and desire, increasing skills, developing game plans for the cattle available and no small measure of good old fashioned luck. These in point,  the Bulldogs who claimed glory in 2016 and have been able to repeat it.

    MFC has been given every leg up to be successful.  Ok, we lack a "home base" but that does not win flags. We have facilities at AAMI that put that discussion to bed as am excuse.

    No, we where led by leaders in Roos and PJ who framed the outline of success on and off the field. Since the departure of Roos we have lost structure on the field. Goodwin's chaos ball,  is nothing more than a shunt and grunt game plan, that will inevitably lead to players being injured, as we have seen for 2 years straight. 

    We have got talent, but not oodles of it, so a succesful, evolving gameplan needs to be built around what we have. That is observably lacking. 

    Precision disposal does not appear as high on Goody's wishlist as guts. Until it does, we will fall short of success just as any team in any sport will, where ultimately, execution of the game's fundamentals sort the best from the rest. 

    I believe we will do better in 2019, against poorer opposition. But we are unlikely to be great.

    After nearly 60 years of supporting this club,  with the exception of just a few bright spots, such is the way it has been,  and possibly such is the way it will be in the years ahead. 

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    I agree that the only way we are going to get through this is through more blood, sweat and tears.

    Lots of money will help too.

     

    Plus getting good quality football people involved at the club. People like Mark "Choco" Williams and others that strive for excellence.

    This is going to be an extremely difficult challenge but we can do it if we have the right people at the Melbourne Football Club.

    I still believe that we can win Premierships but it is going to to be a long and hard journey with lots of pain still to come but nothing is ever easy in life.

     

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    19 hours ago, xiss said:

    Apparently what impressed Roosy about Goody when looking for his successor was he spoke more about club culture than game plans

    “Don't forget the good gear today buddy."

    “Don't forget the good gear mate."

    “Bring some of the good stuff in buddy."

    “Sorry mate forgot to see you yesterday. Am heading to Adelaide today can you please bring some of the good stuff in buddy."


    These are some of the texts Simon Goodwin sent to Steve Dank when he assistant coach at the Bombers. I could be wrong, but I think the “good stuff” he is referring to in these texts, is “club culture”. 

    Edited by Mel Bourne

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    Was I the only one that noticed the AFL webpage this morning had the Saints down for two premierships?

    I see it's corrected now, but seriously if you don't have a basic grasp of AFL history and your job is to display that in a graph... yikes.

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    5 hours ago, Superunknown said:

    Sent by a bulldogs mate

    I actually chuckled at that.

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