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LIke everyone, I have had enough of the talk ("the boys are hurting"  rinse and repeat). The only thing that counts is wins.

Mark Williams, interviewed on the Club's website:

(about 7:00min in)

"Can't wait to see to see the thousands and thousand of Melbourne fans at the G, waiting for us to show something. It's a bit of the chicken and the egg; you come, you support and we'll deliver"

I don't mind that - puts the pressure where it belongs, no talk of "hurting", or "learnings". Just footy.

He'd go alright, I reckon.

 

 

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good interview. gee he's impressive, easily one of the most important gets for us lately. far more important than bringing in any 1 player. 

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If I recall my Nostradamus correctly, the old fellow said "in the year of the plague but one, the son of Fos will consort with demons and deliver a flag." For centuries, no-one understood what it meant ... they thought it might be about JFK, or maybe Elvis ... but I'm starting to think it could something much more pertinent.

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Best thing the Club did over Summer was get this Bloke. 
Heard him interviewed last year on SEN one afternoon, talking about his Kicking Classes. The interview was at least 20 minutes. 
you could feel how passionate he was about getting it right. 
He is a teacher and we need that

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Very impressed with Choco, he is very down to earth, positive and incredibly enthusiastic about football and wants nothing but success. Hopefully he can teach our boys to work together and achieve some much needed success. 

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32 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Best thing the Club did over Summer was get this Bloke. 
Heard him interviewed last year on SEN one afternoon, talking about his Kicking Classes. The interview was at least 20 minutes. 
you could feel how passionate he was about getting it right. 
He is a teacher and we need that

He has an amazing football brain. A brilliant get by our club.

He has been one of my favourite people in football for a very long time now. Chocco is so passionate about footy and is exactly the type of coach we need in the background.

A brilliant man to listen to

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Mark Williams gives me hope that we are on the right track.  That interview was super impressive.  Dripping with passion, intelligent, humble, and driven. Finally i have trust that the whole team will get developed properly.  Putting Kossie in the middle has his fingerprint all over it.  

After watching this i feel much more prepared to say, we got some exciting times ahead!  It will not be perfect but with Williams we will continue to improve.  

If some more of our guys start feeling like they "belong,. the sky is the limit.

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28 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Listening to him makes me want him on the bench coaching the players not Goodwin.

hopefully that is art of his role on gameday, or should he be in the box!

 

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Great stuff. This is the type of commentary I have wanted to hear from Goodwin. I hope he learns from this.

Tough man is Choco. Will not hesitate to tear a player a new one if necessary. Exactly what we need. Potential coach in waiting.

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He seems like a much better motivator than Goody even from that 7 mins, even his call to arms for us supporters tops anything we’ve heard for a while

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I just watched this interview with Chocko and I've got to say I'm really stoked with everything he said. Talk is cheap, but there weren't many empty platitudes there. 

Time and time again he spoke of real examples where he has turned players around and delivered ultimate success.

 

 

If things go well for us this year, Williams will be a key reason for that. If they go poorly, well we could do worse than Williams if Yze isn't the man to take the reigns from Goodwyn.

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2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

If I recall my Nostradamus correctly, the old fellow said "in the year of the plague but one, the son of Fos will consort with demons and deliver a flag." For centuries, no-one understood what it meant ... they thought it might be about JFK, or maybe Elvis ... but I'm starting to think it could something much more pertinent.

Excellent, deep and assuring. You must write another, on GF eve. Please...

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32 minutes ago, Darkhorse72 said:

hopefully that is art of his role on gameday, or should he be in the box!

 

Nice thought.

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33 minutes ago, Darkhorse72 said:

hopefully that is art of his role on gameday, or should he be in the box!

 

The feel I get is he has less game planning and more straight coaching with players. Rather be speak to the players than goody.


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Big raps on the Weid. Compared him to Tredrea and Cornes. Hope he’s right.

 

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

If you want more Choco go to the 18:25 mark and hear choco chat with Ox and Marko

https://omny.fm/shows/3aw-is-football/twilight-zone-with-ox-marko-13-3-2021

Hearing him in this interview makes you want to run through a brick for this guy. Serious impressive.

Gee, that is impressive! Thanks Dazz.

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For 3-4 years now a lot of footy experts have rated our playing list very highly but we have continued to underperform. 

Maybe someone like Choco has been the missing ingredient. He is an old school motivator, very direct when it’s required but very likeable. 

I distinctly remember how much the Tiges players loved him when he was there not that long ago, as the club began its transformation from laughing stock to benchmark. As others have said he could be the best signing our club has made in years.

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Mark will do very good things... we may not see them all, but you can see his engagement at training and his results (and ability to bring groups together for a purpose) are outstanding...

Another name that is similar and I thought would be great at Melbourne is Gary Ayres.

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Agree with the other comments made on this thread. 

We are in the fortunate position that if Simon falls over, we have a premiership coach and also an assistant to a multiple premiership coach in the wings. 

With Williams, you have all the knowledge, skills, confidence and communication style that makes one think that a “transfer of power” could be a good thing. 

Williams has a verve and a spark that is infectious. 

Not sure about Yze. All we know is that he has been taught by the Master and is obviously a senior coach in waiting. But we have been down that track before. 

Williams in the other hand has an established track record. 

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Really glad we’ve got him, he doesn’t strike me as someone who would put up with the usual soft efforts that our team seems to consistently put up. 

I’d be wanting him him on the bench talking directly to the players with Goodwin up in the box working with Yze on tactics. 

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