5 minutes ago, Gibberish said:

Whilst I am not disagreeing with any of your points, I am concerned that we need to make so many changes and wonder if anyone within our organisation has the capacity to make the right changes and appointments.

There's only a few weeks left in the season, we have some time between then and trade period but it is still not far away? When do we start making changes? Who is going to start reviewing our personnel?

I think the head of the football department needs an immediate review. There needs to be some urgency in our plans for change (improvement).

I'm not sure that the Board will make many changes sp it's a bit academic.

What should happen comes down to what could happen then what might happen then ...

It's about the Board recognising where we sit with an accurate appraisal. I don't have a lot of faith

Goodwin will probably go first you'd imagine, but if we go with an experienced coach like Longmire for instance, then he'll need the right support staff

A rookie coach? Good luck with that

41 minutes ago, Gibberish said:

Whilst I am not disagreeing with any of your points, I am concerned that we need to make so many changes and wonder if anyone within our organisation has the capacity to make the right changes and appointments.

There's only a few weeks left in the season, we have some time between then and trade period but it is still not far away? When do we start making changes? Who is going to start reviewing our personnel?

I think the head of the football department needs an immediate review. There needs to be some urgency in our plans for change (improvement).

An extremely valid concern. Who would push a button to unleash such change ?? 🤔

This reminds somewhat of someone finding a loose thread and begins to pull at it only to discover the thread keeps unravelling and as it does one segment after another falls away. Before too long the wearer is standing starkers holding nothing but a very long thread and a total look of incredulity .

Whosoever decides to push that button had better understand the problem is a tad deeper than superficial.

Going back to your originating concern I wonder if we actually have anyone , or a team of such ilk, as to have the acumen as well as desire for buttons !!

Looked upon thoroughly it would be daunting.

The club has needed some significant change for a while. Last year we swapped out a couple of assistant coaches. Hardly a surprise it didn't do the trick. This year all we've heard about is how an interem CEO and interem president couldn't possibly make any decisions despite the clear need for action after round 5. The longer we wait the harder things get.

It's easy in hindsight but it was evident last year and obvious now that the review was grossly insufficient.

The scope was too narrow and those in control to close to the issues and their causal factors.

It was perhaps, or could now be defined as a final shot at making it work with what we already had. Sadly it has failed, more sadly many could see it was destined to fail.

Maybe there was no way it could have succeeded in the absence of new CEO to carry out the actions?

Edited August 1Aug 1 by Dee*ceiving

15 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

He actually did say this, which stood out to me. He said “we get another opportunity this week against a football club to show - not talk - show what we’re about”.

I’d say that concept, of doing what we need to do and not just saying we’ll do it, came up internally this week, as that’s often what ends up coming through in his pressers.

Yeah vs a team so brilliant and injury decimated they have only won a game

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

Yeah vs a team so brilliant and injury decimated they have only won a game

A win tomorrow tells us nothing. I have been reluctant to shift SG at the end the season purely on the basis of the cost. However after watching his comments about the good things in the last 4 minutes I am now firmly in the " it's time Simon". Honestly how can he even think that let alone say it. Please remove him, take the money out of the Caulfield fund. We won't need that any time soon. To not remove him at seasons end means more of this year till somewhere around June next year when it cannot continue any longer and another year is lost like this year and 2024.

6 hours ago, Macca said:

I'm not sure that the Board will make many changes sp it's a bit academic.

What should happen comes down to what could happen then what might happen then ...

It's about the Board recognising where we sit with an accurate appraisal. I don't have a lot of faith

Goodwin will probably go first you'd imagine, but if we go with an experienced coach like Longmire for instance, then he'll need the right support staff

A rookie coach? Good luck with that

Richardson is out of contract so I would at least expect someone to have started a process of evaluating his position and made some inquiries as to the availability of possible replacements.

If we're waiting for the CEO and President to arrive first then we may have missed opportunities.

2 minutes ago, Gibberish said:

Richardson is out of contract so I would at least expect someone to have started a process of evaluating his position and made some inquiries as to the availability of possible replacements.

If we're waiting for the CEO and President to arrive first then we may have missed opportunities.

I'm thinking of the new coach as we need to surround him with the best possible FD ... a new team

And I'm not baying for blood re Goodwin, but it's hard to see him surviving into next season now, unless we finish off the year with a flourish (unlikely)

And those who will know the above to be true are none other than the players themselves. They are quite literally playing for the coach's future

What's been forgotten is that we played very well in the first 3 quarters against the Saints. And there's been another half a dozen games this season where we could have won if we possessed some killer instinct*

*Another factor sadly missing from our team this season (and last year as well)

Another error of judgement that stems back to early 2022 has been our inability to crush teams when in a commanding position at 3/4 time

We've often gone into cruise mode and then it became a habit (in my view)

Edited August 1Aug 1 by Macca

Something that has been lost in all the Goody discussion is that (I hate potting Jones), but our midfield is unimaginative and not for the first time thrashed in the last quarter at Marvel. I am not convinced that the move of Chaplin from back to forward coach has worked and Jones, who has never coached before, has not shown me any flair or innovation in that role.

9 hours ago, DemonOX said:

What’s the bet Petty starts forward this week cause it’s worked so well in the past.

Not sure why but Goodwin just doesn’t want to change certain things when it’s clear as daylight THAT IT AINT WORKING.

This is part of the problem and does my head in.

Thats the most mind numbingly frustrating thing. Losing is bad enough, losing the same way over and over with the same players in the same positions, no throwing around magnets, no young players getting stretches if games etc

It's demoralising and it's boring as hell.

11 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

The board and the entire club need to be fair dinkum about what was promised. Was it Pert who said we would become perennial contenders? No more embarrassments?

Actions speak louder than words/letters.

Apart from all the FD positions that need to be looked at, we need to trade aggressively to improve the list

The thing that stands out to me is that we don't play as a team like we once did

Players have an obligation to bring their teammates into the game. It's a non-negotiable even at suburban level. But it's something we don't do (aside from 3 or 4 games in the first half of this season)

In 2021 and for the most part of 2022 & 2023 (Finals losses aside) we played team football and our team defence was excellent. Selfless football for the most part

Our record over that 3 year stretch was 52/21/1. Lots of joy but that ship has sailed

Since the 2023 finals we have lost our way

John Longmire* is the man to chase. He's just what we need. Down the track maybe even a succession plan

*If the Board makes a move on Goodwin

Edited August 1Aug 1 by Macca

Need a new coach full stop. The team is not performing... Just a group of players playing for themselves

Give him another 5 years!!

Go dees!

Yeah go on, sack the coach

Can’t take much out of today, other than our youngsters are good and JC might be the real deal!

Live it up. The next three weeks will tell us more about The coach and the club

Just now, frankie_d said:

Can’t take much out of today, other than our youngsters are good and JC might be the real deal!

Live it up. The next three weeks will tell us more about The coach and the club

Just glad the boys played out the game. Well done. We aren’t a top 6 side but we looked good today

Nek minnit - contract extension.

1 hour ago, Maximum Gawn said:

Yeah go on, sack the coach

OK 😀

20 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Nek minnit - contract extension.

That first half is the reason he needs to move on. The group look uninspired, uninterested and unmotivated.

3 minutes ago, inanunda said:

That first half is the reason he needs to move on. The group look uninspired, uninterested and unmotivated.

it was terrific coaching to turn all that around at half time

I’m sure all 16,000 loved today.

That shows to me that the fans are well and truly off the team.

Was a lovely winters day to be out and about.

2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I’m sure all 16,000 loved today.

That shows to me that the fans are well and truly off the team.

Was a lovely winters day to be out and about.

Yep, a 14 goal win - a great day to be negative about the club.

I know they are the wooden spooners, but it was 14 goals. Can't we just enjoy it?

28 minutes ago, DubDee said:

it was terrific coaching to turn all that around at half time

....against a half baked outfit that's just asked the AFL for ANOTHER pick 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Guy's a genius

Goody has achieved something that no other coach including Neeld has, made me disinterested in a footy result. He is a genius