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Time to go Goody?

WERRIDEE
in Melbourne Demons

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2 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

Thanks mate.

I'll take that as a concession

Have a nice day

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    54 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Who has taken that view on this thread?

    As usual, you keep making stuff up to suit your own blinkered view

    Don't you think you've made enough of a fool of yourself these last few days?

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    Just now, Bowserpower said:

    Don't you think you've made enough of a fool of yourself these last few days?

    No, not at all

    But your good self? Wow!

    Just now, Macca said:

    I'll take that as a concession

    Have a nice day

    Sure.

    I mean you did clearly state that the club relegated him without a shred of evidence but ok.

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    22 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    No, it’s accountability. The AFL is a business. On-going poor performance is on the Head Coach.

    4 hours ago, Cassiew said:

    Coming from you, that comment means absolutely nothing to me👍

    Are you a child?

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    1 minute ago, Bowserpower said:

    Sure.

    I mean you did clearly state that the club relegated him without a shred of evidence but ok.

    At the time, others here were saying similar

    Watch this space as I go searching

    2 minutes ago, Macca said:

    At the time, others here were saying similar

    Watch this space as I go searching

    Alright, let us know how you go mate
     
    On 28/07/2025 at 12:58, Cassiew said:

    Just easier to blame one

    Then going to have to get rid of a lot more than him. It’s just scapegoating

    What's your solution? Head to the Winchester and wait for this all to blow over?

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    9 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

    Alright, let us know how you go mate

    Oh don't worry I will. I'm like a dog with a bone on this one

    We previously had another sack Goodwin thread that went for about 300 pages ... 2019, 2020 & 2021

    He was often hated back then so when he ended up on the bench with Yze upstairs, there were numerous comments about the why's & wherefores

    As I said, watch this space, good Sir

    Or keep an eye out for the other sack Goodwin thread

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    3 hours ago, SFebes said:

    The key word, was tapwork.....

    For eg; on the weekend, 45 hitouts, 14 to advantage. Cant knock his around the ground domination one bit.

    14 hitouts to advantage is well above AFL average. According to Wheelo ratings, here's the HTA averages for 2025:

    Witts 11.1
    Meek 10.7
    O'Brien 10.6
    Grundy 10.5
    Xerri 10.2
    Gawn 9.9
    Nankervis 9.6
    Goldstein 9.5
    Sweet 9.2
    Madden 8.7
    English 8.3

    Gawn's opponent on Sunday, Marshall, averages 6.8.

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    1 hour ago, SFebes said:

    Why does the coach keep playing them then?

    Because there's a power imbalance at the club

    He's terrified of backlash

    How did Petracca and Oliver behave in the off season?

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    17 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

    Seems like I have a fan 🥰

    You'll get used to it ....

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    All the [censored] media over the past few years probably permeated its way down to the footy department.

    The BOD may see offloading Goody a way of distancing himself from the recent past??

    Certainly Goody cannot be blamed for the playing list bad luck.

    Brayshaw retirement

    Jackson to Feo and players with the traded draft picks not yet coming up.

    ANB leaving

    BB retirement

    Tracc and Oliver issues

    May and Lever ordinary seasons via injury

    Stars getting older.

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    1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

    Sorry Jumbo but I can't in any scenario posit Goodwin in a manner whereby he's immaterial to the methods, performances and outcomes of the players.

    It may not be an intended effect but they play one way or another as a result of he being the coach.

    I'm hearing you, BB, but I think that there is something rotten in the leafy suburb of East Melbourne

    Akin to Worsfold at the WCE, where he lost all imprimatur

    Something will give and I believe that the behaviours and actions of our 'leaders' has been atrocious

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    12 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    Because there's a power imbalance at the club

    He's terrified of backlash

    How did Petracca and Oliver behave in the off season?

    The coach should be the buck stopper

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    5 minutes ago, manny100 said:

    All the [censored] media over the past few years probably permeated its way down to the footy department.

    The BOD may see offloading Goody a way of distancing himself from the recent past??

    Certainly Goody cannot be blamed for the playing list bad luck.

    Brayshaw retirement

    Jackson to Feo and players with the traded draft picks not yet coming up.

    ANB leaving

    BB retirement

    Tracc and Oliver issues

    May and Lever ordinary seasons via injury

    Stars getting older.

    On the other hand, we have pretty much had a full list this year, easy fixture and great run re injuries, often fielding a team with 15 odd premiership players. Add in Windsor, Langford, Turner as well for promising youngsters.

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    5 minutes ago, SFebes said:

    On the other hand, we have pretty much had a full list this year, easy fixture and great run re injuries, often fielding a team with 15 odd premiership players. Add in Windsor, Langford, Turner as well for promising youngsters.

    2021 premiership players with a heavy dose of 4 years of battered bodies syndrome

    Those players look cooked

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    32 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    I'm hearing you, BB, but I think that there is something rotten in the leafy suburb of East Melbourne

    Akin to Worsfold at the WCE, where he lost all imprimatur

    Something will give and I believe that the behaviours and actions of our 'leaders' has been atrocious

    Oh... mate.. Jumbo... there's definitely something afoot, if not amok among the Elms 😉

    To say nothing of the resounding silence

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    Issues within the senior playing group as those issues with Trac around standards and culture last year haven’t mended, they are not connected, coaching issues from Goodwin and footy dept, rumours wether true or not is Goodwin has his favourites and dosent engage with the younger players. The obvious is Goodwin to be moved on but whole footy dept & improve line coaches along. Need to look to trade Oliver..

    1 hour ago, Demonsone said:

    Need to look to trade Oliver..

    Would be more like an offload/salary dump with Oliver

    As it stands, I highly doubt that any club would want to pay his monstrous salary anyway (rumoured to hit in excess of $1.5Million around 2028/2029)

    Could also be that we're stuck with him

    Petracca similar but he maybe has more upside

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    Just now, Macca said:

    Would be more like an offload/salary dump with Oliver

    As it stands, I highly doubt that any club would want to pay his monstrous salary anyway (rumoured to hit in excess of $1.5Million around 2028/2029)

    Could also be that we're stuck with him

    Petracca similar but he maybe has more upside

    I hope we’re stuck with both of them to be honest, it would be shocking to see them go for not much and then they find form somewhere else tha would hurt a lot.

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