With the last few weeks - there has been a stay of execution. Today we won the 'moral' victory of predicted scores.... we lost badly due to goal kicking. Absolutely terrible goalkicking from guys who are paid serious money to kick a footy.

All the good work in the coaching box was undone today. The hangman is reaching for the noose again

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2 hours ago, Billy said:

Nothing to do with the goal kicking?

Seriously??

blame the coach when if they kicked straight would’ve won by 6 goals

So WTF is Goodwin doing about this??? Its costing us games!

1 hour ago, Disco InTurno said:

Goody’s job is to implement a game plan in which players play defence and offence in a way that creates sufficient opportunities to kick more goals than the other side. He did his job. We had plenty of opportunities.

There are no adjustments on earth Goody could’ve made that would’ve stopped that amount of dreadful kicking.

What is Goody’s responsibility now, though, is making the necessary change to who coaches goal kicking going forward.

Well guess what.... I can fix it and with my Phys Ed Teacher and Grad Dip in sports science I can fix it DEFINATELY!

Just now, picket fence said:

Well guess what.... I can fix it and with my Phys Ed Teacher and Grad Dip in sports science I can fix it DEFINATELY!

That’s fantastic news I’ll call the footy club tomorrow and let them know they should expect your resume

6 minutes ago, Disco InTurno said:

That’s fantastic news I’ll call the footy club tomorrow and let them know they should expect your resume

Give it a try by all means. But i'm not sure the membership team would know what to do with that call... or the resume....

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Goody will see his contract out. We haven't had a competent board in place, and our administration has been a mess. Be interesting to see who replaces him when the time does come.

2 hours ago, Billy said:

Rubbish

That loss was totally down to goal kicking

Pressure rating in the 130s.

Kicking straight may have seen us win but the lack of pressure was the reason we lost.

32 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Well guess what.... I can fix it and with my Phys Ed Teacher and Grad Dip in sports science I can fix it DEFINATELY!

Lucky you could teach Phys Ed because you certainly couldn't teach English.

5 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Pressure rating in the 130s.

Kicking straight may have seen us win but the lack of pressure was the reason we lost.

Really ? The times I saw it, we were 230+

3 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

Really ? The times I saw it, we were 230+

I don't know where to find it but that's what they said on Kayo. They may have only been talking about the last quarter but I thought they meant the whole game. They said it was the 8th lowest rated pressure game under Goodwin and the last quarter was the worst quarter under him.

50 minutes ago, Disco InTurno said:

That’s fantastic news I’ll call the footy club tomorrow and let them know they should expect your resume

It doesn't work like that.. as you know so dont be a smartaaarse!!Yeah I can fix it but they pick knowns with NO ACTUAL knowledge of Biomechanics or let alone intrinsic experience!

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

It doesn't work like that.. as you know so dont be a smartaaarse!!Yeah I can fix it but they pick knowns with NO ACTUAL knowledge of Biomechanics or let alone intrinsic experience!

What has happened to Fritta?

He used to be straight as an arrow. Now, devoid of confidence. Did he change his mechanics?

24 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Lucky you could teach Phys Ed because you certainly couldn't teach English.

Yeah well self taught keyboard skills, shizzen application and one finger cap locks et al, but you know over a 40 plus year career.. never a complaint and many students who have made their mark on society even with my at times substandard skills in this regard!

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1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

What has happened to Fritta?

He used to be straight as an arrow. Now, devoid of confidence. Did he change his mechanics?

He is not kicking through the ball, but rather trying to guide every shot!

29 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I don't know where to find it but that's what they said on Kayo. They may have only been talking about the last quarter but I thought they meant the whole game. They said it was the 8th lowest rated pressure game under Goodwin and the last quarter was the worst quarter under him.

Pressure ratings can sometimes be misleading in high possession games. The saints had 100 more disposals than us and a 140 marks which is just ridiculous. They made the ground wide and played keepings off the whole game. Unfortunately when you play a zone defence, you just open up pockets of space.

14 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Yeah well self taught keyboard skills, shizzen application and one finger cap locks et al, but you know over a 40 plus year career.. never a complaint and many students who have made their mark on society even with my at times substandard skills in this regard!

Don't worry pf, I was only taking the p i double s, it was your spelling of definitely in all caps that got me.

Edited June 1, 2025Jun 1 by Dr. Gonzo

Just now, At the break of Gawn said:

Pressure ratings can sometimes be misleading in high possession games. The saints had 100 more disposals than us and a 140 marks which is just ridiculous. They made the ground wide and played keepings off the whole game. Unfortunately when you play a zone defence, you just open up pockets of space.

That's only part of the story, look at our work around stoppages. Looked at the number of broken, slipped or ineffective tackles. Look at the easy possessions they got out the back because players weren't running hard enough to cover space. Our pressure was deplorable.

Not the greatest coaching by Goody today. Lyon parked the bus and played rebound footy at which we failed miserably.

Too many quick defenders pushing high leaving only the plodders to defend.

The goal inaccuracy has become a coaching issue no matter what is said.

Anyway the thoughts of final 8 are now over. Let's see if we can work on the gameplan.

The big test comes in the first half of next season

Just now, Dr. Gonzo said:

That's only part of the story, look at our work around stoppages. Looked at the number of broken, slipped or ineffective tackles. Look at the easy possessions they got out the back because players weren't running hard enough to cover space. Our pressure was deplorable.

Yeah I agree their intensity was way off. But surely to allow an opposition 140 marks comes down to coaching too? Surely it's just not a matter of asking the players to close down space but not being able to. Clearances were relatively equal and contested possessions were too.

After the frustration of the Demons in Alice yesterday I had to delve into the data of how bad our kicking has been since the start of the 2022 season to date.

Since this was completed between screaming kids getting to bed on a Sunday night, there might be a 2% error rate in the data but you'll get the gist of what I was trying to find out.

Since the start of the 2022 season till after todays match:

• Melbourne has played 84 matches.

• Melbourne has kicked more points than goals in 32 of those matches. (approx. 40%)

• Melbourne has won the Inside 50 count 25 times in those 32 matches.

• Melbourne has won 13 matches and lost 19.

• This year alone Melbourne has kicked more points than goals 8 out of 12 matches.

I'd be curious to see wether our numbers are compared to the rest of the league for the same period?

I'm worried that we are the clubhouse leader by some margin...might be time to head to the chalet!

1 hour ago, VoiceOfReason said:

Goody will see his contract out. We haven't had a competent board in place, and our administration has been a mess. Be interesting to see who replaces him when the time does come.

Rubbish, he’ll see his contract out because unless we totally drop the bucket he’s doing a reasonable job transitioning the game plan. Today hurts, no doubt about it, one of the more frustrating days at the footy but I’m putting today fairly at the feet of the players. I reckon they thought it was going to just happen and then they shti the bed kicking for goal.

1 hour ago, 13thFlagIsComing said:

After the frustration of the Demons in Alice yesterday I had to delve into the data of how bad our kicking has been since the start of the 2022 season to date.

Since this was completed between screaming kids getting to bed on a Sunday night, there might be a 2% error rate in the data but you'll get the gist of what I was trying to find out.

Since the start of the 2022 season till after todays match:

• Melbourne has played 84 matches.

• Melbourne has kicked more points than goals in 32 of those matches. (approx. 40%)

• Melbourne has won the Inside 50 count 25 times in those 32 matches.

• Melbourne has won 13 matches and lost 19.

• This year alone Melbourne has kicked more points than goals 8 out of 12 matches.

I'd be curious to see wether our numbers are compared to the rest of the league for the same period?

I'm worried that we are the clubhouse leader by some margin...might be time to head to the chalet!

READ THIS SIMON

YOUR GAME PLAN SUCKS

47 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

READ THIS SIMON

YOUR GAME PLAN SUCKS

Which part of the gameplan sucked today?

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

READ THIS SIMON

YOUR GAME PLAN SUCKS

I was agreeing with 13thFlags assessment

3 hours ago, 13thFlagIsComing said:

After the frustration of the Demons in Alice yesterday I had to delve into the data of how bad our kicking has been since the start of the 2022 season to date.

Since this was completed between screaming kids getting to bed on a Sunday night, there might be a 2% error rate in the data but you'll get the gist of what I was trying to find out.

Since the start of the 2022 season till after todays match:

• Melbourne has played 84 matches.

• Melbourne has kicked more points than goals in 32 of those matches. (approx. 40%)

• Melbourne has won the Inside 50 count 25 times in those 32 matches.

• Melbourne has won 13 matches and lost 19.

• This year alone Melbourne has kicked more points than goals 8 out of 12 matches.

I'd be curious to see wether our numbers are compared to the rest of the league for the same period?

I'm worried that we are the clubhouse leader by some margin...might be time to head to the chalet!

We are scoring 14% of our inside 50 (goal conversion).

AFL average is 24%.

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