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Bobby McKenzie
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In a post match interview Clarkson expressed his concern for the serious deterioration of AFL football as a spectacle.

 He cited the Melbourne  V Geelong halftime scoreline of just 2 goals apiece. He said this was not acceptable from TWO TEAMS THAT HE BELIEVES WILL PLAY FINALS THIS YEAR. Obviously he has more faith in our Demons than many of our posters here. Is he speaking as an ex Melbourne player or is his opinion based on true belief in our latent potential? Remember he is an astute and highly respected and successful coach. Your thoughts please.

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    1 minute ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

    In a post match interview Clarkson expressed his concern for the serious deterioration of AFL football as a spectacle.

     He cited the Melbourne  V Geelong halftime scoreline of just 2 goals apiece. He said this was not acceptable from TWO TEAMS THAT HE BELIEVES WILL PLAY FINALS THIS YEAR. Obviously he has more faith in our Demons than many of our posters here. Is he speaking as an ex Melbourne player or is his opinion based on true belief in our latent potential? Remember he is an astute and highly respected and successful coach. Your thoughts please.

    I'd take it with a grain of salt Bobby,  he also said Geelong weren't that good after they gave the Hawks a hiding at the cattery just a few weeks ago. 

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    6 minutes ago, Hell Bent said:

    I'd take it with a grain of salt Bobby,  he also said Geelong weren't that good after they gave the Hawks a hiding at the cattery just a few weeks ago. 

    The correct interpretation, I believe was not that good that they should have won by as much as they did.

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    Can someone ask him if he thinks Goodwin and Mahoney are the right guys?

    Edited by Pennant St Dee

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    I think Clarko is probably referring to list possibilities - truth is, with our list, we should be making finals.

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    I thought he said could play finals. Which is probably true of 16 teams this year.

    Port are the standout good team so far, Freo (great effort, lack talent) and Adel the battlers. Everyone else is pretty even. 

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    28 minutes ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

    In a post match interview Clarkson expressed his concern for the serious deterioration of AFL football as a spectacle.

     He cited the Melbourne  V Geelong halftime scoreline of just 2 goals apiece. He said this was not acceptable from TWO TEAMS THAT HE BELIEVES WILL PLAY FINALS THIS YEAR. Obviously he has more faith in our Demons than many of our posters here. Is he speaking as an ex Melbourne player or is his opinion based on true belief in our latent potential? Remember he is an astute and highly respected and successful coach. Your thoughts please.

    He wants the job?

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    Number 1 golden rule of coach speak. Always over rate your opponents.

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    18 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    C’mon Clarko

    Take a real challenge...

    But he has a team with very few high first round draft picks...

    Clarko is so God tier that he probably thinks it would be too easy to take MFC to a premiership.

     

     

    Edited by John Demonic

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    36 minutes ago, old dee said:

    He wants the job?

    drunk girl GIF

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    1 hour ago, 3183 Dee said:

    I think Clarko is probably referring to list possibilities - truth is, with our list, we should be making finals.

    This is where it all goes wrong. Stop kidding yourself. Especially once you get past the first-picked dozen or so, it's only OK at best. With the players we have, at the stage they're at, if we finish mid-table, we'll have done well.

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    Clarko built his team with the shrewd and cunning trade to get a high first round pick for a bunny player in the early 00s (was it to draft Hodge) and then had the guts to select both Franklin and Roughead in the same draft and build a team around them.

    Remember it took years and it was only the catties stumble and fumble in the 2008 GF that they should never have lost that set the dorks on their way. The threepeat took over 10 years to arrive.

    There is no quick answer. It takes time. A coach needs to pick,  choose and coach his team for success.

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    8 minutes ago, tiers said:

    Clarko built his team with the shrewd and cunning trade to get a high first round pick for a bunny player in the early 00s (was it to draft Hodge) and then had the guts to select both Franklin and Roughead in the same draft and build a team around them.

    Remember it took years and it was only the catties stumble and fumble in the 2008 GF that they should never have lost that set the dorks on their way. The threepeat took over 10 years to arrive.

    There is no quick answer. It takes time. A coach needs to pick,  choose and coach his team for success.

    Clarko wasn’t coach when they drafted hodge, the Franklin draft was a few years after that when he became coach

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    5 hours ago, america de cali said:

    Number 1 golden rule of coach speak. Always over rate your opponents.

    Exactly. Clarko is a politician and a smart tactician. 

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    5 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

    drunk girl GIF

    That's terrible MURIEL !

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    1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    CLARKO LOVES US

    That's all the validation I need

    Now we can all get some sleep

    It's like being in kindergarten and the grade 4 kid says hi

    Swoon

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    5 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    It's like being in kindergarten and the grade 4 kid says hi

    Swoon

    Haha

    Sack Clarkson

    We shouldn't listen to opinion of people in the industry we should be taking notes from Demonland posters

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    7 hours ago, america de cali said:

    Number 1 golden rule of coach speak. Always over rate your opponents.

    Especially when you're trying to make a point.

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    I'm not sure that this is totally on topic.

    However ... Andy Maher has the swagger of a daggy girl who has been unexpectedly invited into the popular girls' group in Year 11.

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    Hmm, I recall the last time a highly respected premiership winning coach talked us up, they also nominated Goodwin as their successor!

    Conclusion - Goodwin is going to the Hawks.

     

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    If I had an agenda (and Clarkson does, just as we all do), I would play to that agenda. In this case the agenda is benefited by Melbourne being "a Finals Side", crippled by the rules. 

    Of course we all know that's a laughable proposition. Melbourne? Good? Meh-heh-heh-heh!!! what a larf!!!

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