9 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

I don’t buy the farm thing

The thing is mate, neither did thier players or their ex coach.

8 hours ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

Members had a vote in December last year. 4 out of 8 directors were up. We made a choice.

Yes and no.

Reminds me in a fashion of French justice . IYKYK 😉

Edited Thursday at 22:013 days by beelzebub

Does anyone really trust the club to make the right decisions at the present moment? I trust that once Guerra and Smith come in we will but now no. Our history is full of poor management and decisions, I hope one day we learn from them.

In respect to Goodwin I think he is a good coach and leader, with some old dogs not able to learn new tricks, or regressing into bad habits. But what is evident is one man does not have all the answers and an equally strong team of people around the coach is critical. In 21 we had Goodwin, Yze, Chaplin, and Burgess. All very strong in their roles, and leaders in their own right. I Don’t quite know what Richo’s role is in that but his role has been stable. Each year we have lost one of these keys, and equal replacement just don’t grow on trees. Add to that the playing personnel we have lost, Brayshaw, Nibbler, Jackson, again with not for like replacements, proves for a decline. Add to this an aging leadership group. A team like Geelong have maintained a strong stable off field leadership group whilst attracting solid footballers, but more so great leaders.

This off season we need to land a solid assistant, who will take over from Goodwin plus we need to move on probably Clarry with like player but with a lot more leadership (simple🫣) Maybe a Petty (Surely Adelaide’s offer is still there 🤣)

In the most perfect world we kept Burgess or got him back, Brayshaw didn’t get Ko’d and Yze stayed on to be to next coach. Oh for a perfect world.

11 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Great insight

What this highlights is the difficulty in identifying a good coach,

Many on here suggesting Longmire,Buckley and Simpson based on their media performances. It’s not difficult to review footage select clips and impress the masses with knowledge.

Let’s select Johnson because he was a gun player, Jordan Lewis what exactly has he done to suggest he wants to coach, I’d have thought he’s firmly entrenched in the media.

Mail I have is Skipworth is probably the next cab off the rank as ready to take a senior gig, it’s a tough gig but there are lots of variables and don’t kid yourself that timing and back room stability isn’t a major impact on field

I’m not sure McRae would be an instant success without Nick Daicos (an absolute game changer) coming in and Maguire moving on

Geelong are a very strong club off field and I rate Scott as the best coach going around but he had many detractors for years saying he inherited a Premiership team but couldn’t get it done on his own.

Unless we finish horrifically I’m not keen on moving him without a list change up. Like some of our kids coming through and want some tough decisions made re some senior players

Finally some sense ..

13 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yeah nah.

I'm an ex Yarrawonga boy and still have many contacts there through mates and family. He may have won them a premiership but he was incredibly toxic off field.

Club was glad to see the back of him.

Wasn't well liked at Sydney either. Guy is a grub.

Can 100% confirm this take.

13 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yeah nah.

I'm an ex Yarrawonga boy and still have many contacts there through mates and family. He may have won them a premiership but he was incredibly toxic off field.

Club was glad to see the back of him.

Wasn't well liked at Sydney either. Guy is a grub.

Interesting Daz.

After he retired I would have thought coaching was a natural move for him as he does seem to have the brain for it. I'm actually surprised to hear that he's not in the AFL anymore, last I remember he'd gone back to GWS from Sydney. Probably a sign.

On 18/06/2025 at 09:46, Pennant St Dee said:

Don’t agree with Jordan, he’s struggling this season

Agree with Oliver from last season and whilst hindsight is wonderful could you imagine if we let Clarrie go after 21/22 and hadn’t extended his contract Demonland would have exploded

Yze responsible for 21 yet had no roll in the straight sets exits of 22 and 23, that is a myth

My thing on Oliver or any player who misses preseason due to behaviours is they need to earn their stripes & fitness back in the VFL, no issue in the contract he signed though I think all should be max 4 years, Yes Yze was part of 22-23 but Goodwin didn’t tweak game plan.

1 hour ago, layzie said:

Interesting Daz.

After he retired I would have thought coaching was a natural move for him as he does seem to have the brain for it. I'm actually surprised to hear that he's not in the AFL anymore, last I remember he'd gone back to GWS from Sydney. Probably a sign.

"Steve Johnson" and "brain" are not two things I typically expect to see related to one another.

15 hours ago, Superunknown said:

  On 17/06/2025 at 19:19, hardtack said:

All of this talk about changing coach must be making Kossie a bit nervous; particularly if one of Trac or Oliver (or both) were to be traded out for picks. These are the people who he has a good relationship with, and it was those relationships that probably played no small part in getting him across the line.

I’m confused… how did I get involved in some discussion I don’t recall being involved in?

19 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

"Steve Johnson" and "brain" are not two things I typically expect to see related to one another.

At first glance I'd agree but I remember a lot of people saying at the time how much he never shut up about tactics and stuff, seemed like he was very keen on it as well.

Doesn't always translate though.

3 hours ago, layzie said:

Interesting Daz.

After he retired I would have thought coaching was a natural move for him as he does seem to have the brain for it. I'm actually surprised to hear that he's not in the AFL anymore, last I remember he'd gone back to GWS from Sydney. Probably a sign.

Sydney players were glad to see the back of him.

37 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Sydney players were glad to see the back of him.

He has certainly got an attitude when i have heard him on MMM

But would that be a bad thing for the MFC??

What’s happening now is not working….

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Edited Friday at 06:253 days by Redleg

I am still suspicious with the Outcome of the Review I am sure that we wernt told the Truth Goodwin has had his time and we must refresh

A suggestion Ange Postigolu

6 hours ago, hardtack said:

I’m confused… how did I get involved in some discussion I don’t recall being involved in?

It’s the forum software. I was quoting someone else and it went haywire. I deleted all comments/quotes 3-4 times to resolve and it was having a wack attack

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Edited Friday at 08:372 days by Billy

1 hour ago, Ferghus31 said:

I am still suspicious with the Outcome of the Review I am sure that we wernt told the Truth Goodwin has had his time and we must refresh

A suggestion Ange Postigolu

Don’t think he’ll help our goal kicking

2 hours ago, Ferghus31 said:

I am still suspicious with the Outcome of the Review I am sure that we wernt told the Truth Goodwin has had his time and we must refresh

A suggestion Ange Postigolu

he'll improve the standard of the soccer training

1 minute ago, BDA said:

he'll improve the standard of the soccer training

He will prob have us training with basketballs😂

4 hours ago, Ferghus31 said:

I am still suspicious with the Outcome of the Review I am sure that we wernt told the Truth Goodwin has had his time and we must refresh

A suggestion Ange Postigolu

My opinion of the review is ... it failed.

Someone got some easy $$$

You take Jeremy Cameron out of Geelong and they are just a mid tier team who punch well above their weight.

Fagan has ripped Scott a new one tonight.

Forward half pressure and compressed defensive methods have squeezed the life out of the Cats.

I’ll call it Bailey Smith is not fit for whatever reason when the pressure is on. He jogs back, avoids any contact in backline, sprints forward for an easy possession, up and under kick with no strength, then hunched over hands on hips like an under 15 year old. Media hasn’t picked it up, just looks at possessions and kilometres run.

Don't people like Pennant St Dee realise we are in nosedive mode, irrelevant and putrid?? Jaheesus, fish rots first at the head. This coaching regime should be dead and buried, why are we putting up with LESS than mediocrity!?? NODDY LAND STUFF!

Edited Friday at 12:442 days by picket fence

26 minutes ago, 48 Year Now said:

I’ll call it Bailey Smith is not fit for whatever reason when the pressure is on. He jogs back, avoids any contact in backline, sprints forward for an easy possession, up and under kick with no strength, then hunched over hands on hips like an under 15 year old. Media hasn’t picked it up, just looks at possessions and kilometres run.

Um Daicos like? And um both in spite if these facts are having great seasons!

3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Don't people like pennant St Dee realise we are in nosedive mode, irrelevant and putrid?? Jaheesus, Fish rots first at the head. This coaching regime should be dead and buried, why are we putting up with Less than mediocrity!?? NODDY LAND STUFF!

I hate stats

Find them a poor guide as there's far too many nuances to the game and some very rubbery interpretations to consider them valid. But the one extrapolation possible is where we are and where we're headed and as you suggest Mr Fence we're not pointing upward.

If that doesn't change ... well change must happen