On 13/04/2025 at 05:06, Adam The God said:

No, I blame the board.

They installed Pert (a disaster) instead of those PJ put forward, and then allowed messy legal battles to play out over Goody's head for at least 12-18 months.

And every club in the land has the same constraints vis a vis COVID, that's not a reasonable excuse. We got unlucky with Burgess wanting to move home. I think had we had him across 2022-2023 we'd have at least another flag, but the personnel inside the FD have clearly let standards plummet and continue to do so.

This - 100% this. Imagine thinking you knew better than PJ! Unforgivable, and a damning indictment of the board.

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:04, Sir Why You Little said:

and what exactly do you want him to do right now Kent?

Goodwin is done, personally i wish he had been replaced after the ‘23 Season, but that wasn’t to be

Who replaces him?

They’ve got to be a serious Coach to get this list firing

Quick reactions often backfire

We need Top Shelf

I am hoping the same process is taking place with the CEO

To quote the great man:

"No, we don't need a premiership coach, but we need a very good coach" (PJ, prior to Roos being appointed)

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:04, Sir Why You Little said:

and what exactly do you want him to do right now Kent?

Goodwin is done, personally i wish he had been replaced after the ‘23 Season, but that wasn’t to be

Who replaces him?

They’ve got to be a serious Coach to get this list firing

Quick reactions often backfire

We need Top Shelf

I am hoping the same process is taking place with the CEO

I agree with you Sir was calling for new coach end of 23

Green can't do anything I suppose until the next Pres comes back from the Amalfi coast

On return if he does return we need a board spill and get some members who will act

Smith if sane would probably not continue after his holiday

I'm watching GWS vs St Kilda.

They play in a way we can only dream of at the moment (10 mins in the 3rd quarter last night... sure).

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:15, Kent said:

I agree with you Sir was calling for new coach end of 23

Green can't do anything I suppose until the next Pres comes back from the Amalfi coast

On return if he does return we need a board spill and get some members who will act

Smith if sane would probably not continue after his holiday

We need to fix the football department before a Board spill Kent

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:19, Sir Why You Little said:

We need to fix the football department before a Board spill Kent

Current board with no ceo cannot fix the football department

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:24, Kent said:

Current board with no ceo cannot fix the football department

If the Sponsors and Coterie Groups make enough noise things can happen. I don’t know the current situation with the CEO negotiations. Of Course it would be much better to have the Position locked in.

But how much longer are people prepared to wait?

We can’t play 4 Quarters

I can’t see us winning a game this year on current form

The Best thing Brad could do this week is to begin the long search….

There will be many vacancies

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:31, Sir Why You Little said:

If the Sponsors and Coterie Groups make enough noise things can happen. I don’t know the current situation with the CEO negotiations. Of Course it would be much better to have the Position locked in.

But how much longer are people prepared to wait?

We can’t play 4 Quarters

I can’t see us winning a game this year on current form

The Best thing Brad could do this week is to begin the long search….

There will be many vacancies

Great. Go back to the days when the Coterie’s have too much say in how the club runs itself.

Bring back Neeld as well 🥴

  On 13/04/2025 at 00:23, Flowergirl said:

I think all supporters and members should be writing to Brad Green. We are stakeholders and our views matter.

Hi FG, how do we contact the club? I've only ever seen a membership email address

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:31, Sir Why You Little said:

If the Sponsors and Coterie Groups make enough noise things can happen. I don’t know the current situation with the CEO negotiations. Of Course it would be much better to have the Position locked in.

But how much longer are people prepared to wait?

We can’t play 4 Quarters

I can’t see us winning a game this year on current form

The Best thing Brad could do this week is to begin the long search….

There will be many vacancies

Brad is Mia needs a strong statement of intent.we won't get it because he isn't independent of a poor board and self interested members

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:39, Kent said:

Brad is Mia needs a strong statement of intent.we won't get it because he isn't independent of a poor board and self interested members

No one is independent of the Board when they are sitting on the Board

  On 13/04/2025 at 04:58, Adam The God said:

Brad joined the board in November 2020. He and the board have been asleep at the wheel.

The FD report directly to the board. The board is accountable.

We will never know what the review unearthed, I have been calling out our inability to trade in quality exp fwds etc and unsure why they have never been linked to any names except for Houston, do they have cap space issues? Was playing Oliver in the seniors after missing preseason split the group? Question is why has it taken so long to appoint a CEO as he quit end of Oct???

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:37, Nietaphart said:

Great. Go back to the days when the Coterie’s have too much say in how the club runs itself.

Bring back Neeld as well 🥴

Coterie Groups have always had a fair voice at Board Level

Many of them put in 6 figure amounts each year…

We had 16 premiership players in the team

This is not a lack of talent despite many players being out of form.

This is squarely on the coaching dept. 10 losses from the past 11 games is ALL on the coaches

They are clueless

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:50, jnrmac said:

We had 16 premiership players in the team

This is not a lack of talent despite many players being out of form.

This is squarely on the coaching dept. 10 losses from the past 11 games is ALL on the coaches

They are clueless

They are compromised.

Goody, Fd, Board ... clueless

This IS salvageable.... for 26 onwards... but time is now...... NOW

  On 13/04/2025 at 05:09, Sir Why You Little said:

I know you blame the Board. Your Candidate wasn’t elected.

Losing Burgess was a HUGE loss that was out of anyone’s control, yes i believe it cost us a Flag… But you cannot blame the Board for that

Losing Burgess and Brendan Mc Carthy has really cost us BIG TIME!

  On 13/04/2025 at 07:12, picket fence said:

Losing Burgess and Brendan Mc Carthy has really cost us BIG TIME!

Brendan McCartney seemed to be the one person that could keep your lovechild in check

  On 13/04/2025 at 05:46, BDA said:

wasn't green the football director? the board member that understands football and independent of the footy dept.

Why didn't he see this train wreck coming?

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:50, jnrmac said:

We had 16 premiership players in the team

This is not a lack of talent despite many players being out of form.

This is squarely on the coaching dept. 10 losses from the past 11 games are ALL on the coaches

They are clueless

Sorry you are wrong it is a lack of talent and skills and run, as I said in an earlier post decisions on senior players need to be called

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:50, jnrmac said:

We had 16 premiership players in the team

This is not a lack of talent despite many players being out of form.

This is squarely on the coaching dept. 10 losses from the past 11 games are ALL on the coaches

They are clueless

Sorry, it is a lack of talent if the club is serious hard decisions need to be made on senior players by dropping them, Viney is a liability in the midfield Oliver just jogged around chasing stops we have players who lack football smarts, and we were in the right spot right time for a flag and it's gone downhill since, Goodwin mentioned the problems with the forward line in 22 onwards and it's been the same thing and we haven't solved it now.

  On 13/04/2025 at 07:16, BDA said:

Brendan McCartney seemed to be the one person that could keep your lovechild in check

Choco did this with Dusty at Richmond, I had always hoped he would do the same with Clarry.

It appears, not so much.

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:50, jnrmac said:

We had 16 premiership players in the team

This is not a lack of talent despite many players being out of form.

This is squarely on the coaching dept. 10 losses from the past 11 games is ALL on the coaches

They are clueless

  On 13/04/2025 at 05:46, BDA said:

Sorry, it is a lack of talent if the club is serious hard decisions need to be made on senior players by dropping them, Viney is a liability in the midfield Oliver just jogged around chasing stops we have players who lack football smarts, and we were in the right spot right time for a flag and it's gone downhill since, Goodwin mentioned the problems with the forward line in 22 onwards and it's been the same thing and we haven't solved it now.

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:50, jnrmac said:

We had 16 premiership players in the team

This is not a lack of talent despite many players being out of form.

This is squarely on the coaching dept. 10 losses from the past 11 games is ALL on the coaches

They are clueless

Sorry, it is a lack of talent if the club is serious hard decisions need to be made on senior players by dropping them, Viney is a liability in the midfield Oliver just jogged around chasing stops we have players who lack football smarts, and we were in the right spot right time for a flag and it's gone downhill since, Goodwin mentioned the problems with the forward line in 22 onwards and it's been the same thing and we haven't solved it now.

  On 13/04/2025 at 07:12, picket fence said:

Losing Burgess and Brendan Mc Carthy has really cost us BIG TIME!

We have not had any players put on bulk muscle for years. Petty and Jed Adam’s can’t play key position as they are not strong enough. We need some proper sports high performance trainers

  On 12/04/2025 at 21:40, dazzledavey36 said:

Our list on paper still has enough talent on there to bounce back up immediately

Don't disagree with all you're saying, though there's some serious cherry-picking going on there.

But this for me is the crux of it and a point I'd disagree with. Our list has massive holes in it. Massive. And until that's addressed, the rest is just window dressing and deck-chair-moving.

  On 13/04/2025 at 06:19, Sir Why You Little said:

We need to fix the football department before a Board spill Kent

We just had an independent review of the football department, and have apparently implemented its recommendations.