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The final score flattered us and once again is masking the true awful picture. They had 3 down in the last quarter and still ran circles around us. 
Our skills are atrocious. We have no urgency at all. We have no idea what to do with the footy. No forward targets. 
Another horrible day in the office for the guys in the box. Bad selection going in. Bad game plan. 

 
1 minute ago, Youngwilliam said:

Pack your bags Goody, you're not going to Sydney.

this is confusing ?

The lack of progress is very disheartening.

Seeing the dysfunctioning forward line for 26 games in a row, with no visible change in methodology, makes for a defeated outlook.

 

I have been looking for a word and I h ave finally found it. 

Inept:

          Selection

           Skills (especially by foot)

          Teamwork

         Coaching

         Game plan

To name a few

 

 

This team can stay up in NSW for the rest of the year for all i care.

Playing group is a joke, footy department is incompetent, and if our board allow this to go on for much longer then they are asleep at the wheel.

Fun times at MFC.


Ugly and embarrassing.

melks had a player running to his right, tries to get around man on the mark and gets tackled. Brain fade.

Tomlinson backed out of how many contests. Chipped it inside 50 to someone with players right on his [censored]. Might as well boot it closer to goal. 

May kicks it to a player with 3 tigers on him in the middle of the ground. 

a lot of these things you can’t coach but you know what you can do as a coach? Not put up with that and have that type of player in your team. Discuss those things with that player and make them earn a spot.

goodwin changing absolutely nothing. I never see him on the phone.  Hardwick was going nuts in the box at one stage. Good! He expects more!!! 
 

smith wtf??? I just can’t. But hey, goody will keep him in  for the rest of the year. Why not! It’s the goody way.

tmac was our second forward option in 2018 and had the second best defender hence why he was fantastic. Either put him down back, bring a big tall in or p**s him off. 
 

I just can’t deal

Alistair Clarkson couldn't coach this side with all the poor decision making and skill errors.

2 minutes ago, reynolds46 said:

Sad to admit it but we are a bottom 4 side 

Yep this group peaked in 2018 , can't see the current list making finals again without some major personal changes

 
4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Goodwin banged on that Harley needed to work on his defensive pressure.

Melksham 3 disposal 0 tackled

Hunt 4 disposal 4 disposal 1 tackle..

We are a garbage football club. Something is rotting at the football club. We have the talent on paper, but our coaching is a shambles.

I think the talent has been overrated and Goodwin can’t develop players


To hell and back?? 
 

We’ve gone feckin nowhere. 

Sugar coat that one biatches

VDB done

Smith never to be seen again. Cost us at least 5 goals

Lever - what a mistake

Oliver - overated lair that can't kick or handball

Brayshaw - turnover merchant who goes missing

Viney - courageous but limited footballer who excels at hitting up opposition players

TMac - Is it possible he is worse than his brother?

 

 

Half way through the 3rd qtr there were 9 Melbourne players with 3 disposals or less.

 

Hibberd best game in 2 years

Trac  hold your head up.

 

1 minute ago, loges said:

Alistair Clarkson couldn't coach this side with all the poor decision making and skill errors.

Might be able to give them some belief though

The lack of change from teh coaches box was so stark today.. i cant defend it anymore.. what has changed in 18 months.. nothing and players are now regressing.. Oliver, brayshay, tom Mc, Lever is teh biggest bust in our recent footy history. Joel Smith selection and positioning in teh back line is mind blowing.

What change did Goodwin make in play today.. did Hunt get a run on teh ball? did Melksham move from the 50m arc, why not put smith fwd, give picket a run on teh ball.. its was a disgrace and im almostr done with this club. Im so angry. the club set itself up for a sustrained period of success and something has turned horribly wrong and it starts in teh coaches box.. the p[layers love Goody apparently thats great, but he cant coach. Period.

2 minutes ago, Buzzy said:

Might be able to give them some belief though

How?


3 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

This team can stay up in NSW for the rest of the year for all i care.

Playing group is a joke, footy department is incompetent, and if our board allow this to go on for much longer then they are asleep at the wheel.

Fun times at MFC.

Might be reasonably competitive in the NEAFL!

That Oliver turnover just summed up the game.

We lose games by turnovers, i say this every week  all our opponents need to do is sit across our half forward and we will kick it to you.

We dont have the foot skills to play a 4 or 5 man forward line

Sums up my feelings right now.

 

Vandenberg - rugged suburban footballer

Hunt - skinny suburban footballer

Viney - pack busting suburban footballer

Smith - promising suburban footballer

Forget sending the team to the hub. Lock them down in the housing commission towers so they can get a taste of real life.

They are living in fantasy land if they thought they played an AFL standard game.


6 minutes ago, Jaded said:

The final score flattered us and once again is masking the true awful picture. They had 3 down in the last quarter and still ran circles around us. 
Our skills are atrocious. We have no urgency at all. We have no idea what to do with the footy. No forward targets. 
Another horrible day in the office for the guys in the box. Bad selection going in. Bad game plan. 

We're going backwards at a rate of knots.

7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Goodwin banged on that Harley needed to work on his defensive pressure.

Melksham 3 disposal 0 tackled

Hunt 4 disposal 4 disposal 1 tackle..

We are a garbage football club. Something is rotting at the football club. We have the talent on paper, but our coaching is a shambles.

Get Clarkson to coach. 
no one else has any hope

Spend Big money

I will not watch another Rookie Coach

It has gone on and on since i was at school...

 

Not sure where we go from here.

Board has endorsed Goodwin for the foreseeable future.

Our best players should be making up an elite midfield, but there basic skills are untrustworthy.

Our new skipper is busting his gut but see very little leadership from anywhere else.

Our recruiting of Lever, Tomlinson and Langdon - which looked to be such good planning and team building - is looking like the worst trade/recruit waste in a long time.

Little development of younger players.

The messages from the Footy department and coaches gives the supporters nothing - no hope, no energy, no new thinking.

We are stuck. The way out could be long and painful... again.

 

Guys on the chopping block:

 

Smith 

Tomlinson 

Lockhart 

Melksham

Hunt

and Oliver.

We need to play Harmes in the middle, as evidenced in the last quarter. 
 

We must add a KPF next week. I am not sure Kozzie is ready. He will be a star and the chase down tackle was his highlight. He has not hit the scoreboard enough. 
 

we lack scoring power and I’d try Bennell as a forward, at the expense of hunt or Melksham 

 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Demon3 said:

The lack of change from teh coaches box was so stark today.. i cant defend it anymore.. what has changed in 18 months.. nothing and players are now regressing.. Oliver, brayshay, tom Mc, Lever is teh biggest bust in our recent footy history. Joel Smith selection and positioning in teh back line is mind blowing.

What change did Goodwin make in play today.. did Hunt get a run on teh ball? did Melksham move from the 50m arc, why not put smith fwd, give picket a run on teh ball.. its was a disgrace and im almostr done with this club. Im so angry. the club set itself up for a sustrained period of success and something has turned horribly wrong and it starts in teh coaches box.. the p[layers love Goody apparently thats great, but he cant coach. Period.

He doesn’t have experience. It all fell apart at the end of 2018, and he refused to face it. 
i knew we were in trouble then...


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