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Why Luke Dunstan came to Melbourne

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Gotta say, for a man with supposed "serious" character flaws, Goodwin seems to be able to quickly gain the respect of players. Effectively every player he's recruited has said something along the lines of "I joined Melbourne because I was blown away by Simon Goodwin and his presentation".   

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    This is just a big ad for D'Orazio's management company. Spare yourself the 2 minutes.

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    2 hours ago, Chook said:

    This is just a big ad for D'Orazio's management company. Spare yourself the 2 minutes.

    And for Stan (owned by Nine who are publishers of The Age) and its documentary about the 2021 trade period. Having said that, if it's well done, it might be an interesting doco.  

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    Oops. Wrong year

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    I think too many posters are looking for bias and jumping at possible shadows in regard to any information regarding the club in the last day or so. Fair enough with the exaggerated cr@p from Herald-Sun about Goody and the inevitable search for informants. But sometimes one should expect the simplest explanation as most probable.

     

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    47 minutes ago, Damo said:

    I think too many posters are looking for bias and jumping at possible shadows in regard to any information regarding the club in the last day or so. Fair enough with the exaggerated cr@p from Herald-Sun about Goody and the inevitable search for informants. But sometimes one should expect the simplest explanation as most probable.

     

    you are obviously a fan of Ockham's razor - as am I.

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    A higher profile for player managers is probably the last thing we need. But if they are favourable to us I guess we should take it.

    It would be interesting to know what made the Saints so toxic for Dunstan. Clearly the coach didn’t love his game nor guarantee him a best 22 spot but it seems there was more than just being a fringe player that upset him.

    Goody’s sell was surely around valuing and improving his game more than a spot in the side. We’ll soon get to see what improvements he’s made.

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    I know many unfortunate life events have challenged the Saints coach. Maybe Im wrong but I am surprised he still is the coach. The saints are showing immense faith in him. I cant rule out that my perspective is altered since our club has moved forward so much in the last few years.

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    1 hour ago, Chook said:

    This is just a big ad for D'Orazio's management company. Spare yourself the 2 minutes.

    Yep. It's a "player managers are fascinating and valuable people" ad for an upcoming TV show. Bit like the real estate sections of the newspapers, where the reporters just take dictation straight from the offices of real estate agents.

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    I just watched the trailer on Stan for said documentary series. I’ve never been so glad to not be a professional footballer in my life. Bunch of self-aggrandising salesman pretending to have an interest in the lives of young men for huge financial gain.

    Honestly this is not what our sport needs. I’d rather see a documentary about regional footy teams doing everything to survive rather than some bell end in a Bentley - telling us how hard he has to work just to make 600k a year.

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    19 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

     

    Honestly this is not what our sport needs. I’d rather see a documentary about regional footy teams doing everything to survive rather than some bell end in a Bentleigh - telling us how hard he has to work just to make 600k a year.

    The Bentleigh Bell Ends. Sounds like a good name for a suburban club. 😄😉
    Perhaps the compromise position is to film a doco on the eponymous team? 🤓🔔

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    3 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    The Bentleigh Bell Ends. Sounds like a good name for a suburban club. 😄😉
    Perhaps the compromise position is to film a doco on the eponymous team? 🤓🔔

    You know what song they run out too

     

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    20 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Dunstan and Ratten got along as well as Neeld and Moloney did.

    Neeld and everyone 

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    Does anyone really know Why Luke Dunstan came to Melbourne?

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    7 minutes ago, adonski said:

     

    Looks terrible. Are they trying to say that the 2021 trade period was chaotic and full of surprises? Because I remember it as one of the most dull trade periods I could remember.

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    9 hours ago, Davos said:

    Gotta say, for a man with supposed "serious" character flaws, Goodwin seems to be able to quickly gain the respect of players. Effectively every player he's recruited has said something along the lines of "I joined Melbourne because I was blown away by Simon Goodwin and his presentation".   

    Correct! Steven May had all but agreed to be a Pie until his manager suggested a chat with Goody. After one phone call with him, he told his manager to find a way to get him to The Dees.

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    8 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    A higher profile for player managers is probably the last thing we need. But if they are favourable to us I guess we should take it.

    It would be interesting to know what made the Saints so toxic for Dunstan. Clearly the coach didn’t love his game nor guarantee him a best 22 spot but it seems there was more than just being a fringe player that upset him.

    Goody’s sell was surely around valuing and improving his game more than a spot in the side. We’ll soon get to see what improvements he’s made.

    Astute post😁

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