9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

basically all the phrases like you hear from a “life coaching consultant” 

Good [censored] lord. 

9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

How can 2025 be successful

“Curiousity 

Create fun 

Love and allow people to show their strength 

Love and healing and connection 

Put the pieces together to create 

Feeling intensity to succeed” 

Hmm no mention of game plan, standards or efficiency

Kumbayah

Sam Mitchell reminds me of Goodwin in the early days. Hard azz, Minimum standards, accountability, selection integrity, fast movement....

What's happened.......

Edited March 26Mar 26 by jnrmac

21 hours ago, Go Ds said:

Especially if we have another bad game this weekend and one then watches this I get the feeling  Goody  talking about healing will look quite odd. This show should have been aired pre-season.

I’m actually losing sleep thinking about the next 2 weeks.

Our one paced midfield allergic to speed and 2 way running up against:

Anderson, Rowell,  Humphrey, Weller, Dempsey, Atkins, Smith, Holmes and even Knevit who’s looking to be a seriously good player. Not even counting the older heads Dangerfield, Miller and Blicavs who’ll roll through. 

Edited March 26Mar 26 by VNightCityLegend

Yeah, yeah, actions speak louder than words. The Romans even said as much 2000 years ago and we all get it. I'm not panicking as much as some on here but I know eventually Melbourne have to play better and must improve. I still think Goody, and other coaches,  would rather be spending their time away from these PR exercises. Knock his poor coaching decisions but shrug off the rest of this which ultimately is not what a coach is 

16 hours ago, Canplay said:

He’s changed nothing -  same gameplan, same predictability and same fwd line inefficiency.  I’d like to see Hird have a crack with this group.

We have a challenger for clickbait king!

It's a fluff piece background interview, streaming fodder.

FFS people, get a grip. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

Watched it last night. 

Most of you have covered it off fairly well.

One thing that stood out to me and a good lesson to be learnt for the usual suspects on here that continue to sprout how good our environment and culture is on and off field. Matter of fact is, it hasn't been.. 

Goody actually confessed that there were a lot of internal issues going on inside the club with players and staff from about late 2022 to 2023, which then spilled into last year. Its why as he said, "Petracca didn't feel loved" 

His last answer to the question was awkward only because i do take into account it was filmed weeks prior to round one. Hamish asked, "what do we expect from Melbourne of 2025?" And Goody said something along the lines of 'Players being happy out on the MCG, smiling and loving what they're doing'. There was no reference whatsoever to change in game plan or adjusting our ball movement etc etc.

My immediate thought was obviously seeing the complete opposite last Sunday with players looking completely bereft of confidence and dejected. 

I'm actually annoyed with the timing of this being shown last night instead of a few weeks backs. You seriously couldn't pick a worse time.

Edited March 26Mar 26 by dazzledavey36

So basically what you are all suggesting is don’t show your vulnerability or admit your mistakes or recognise when someone is coming out of a s..T full year that has seriously tested the club and the person holding the bag. It’s just about the wins and talking tough and no one really cares about the issues that the coach and playing group were going through, it’s not just the media everyone is the critic. Shut up Goody take it like a man just get us wins that all we care about.

18 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

At this rate we look more suited to a season of MAFS than a season of footy

l don't sign up to the theory we have been terrible last 3 years even with the finals exits. We were banged up in one finals series and in the other we kicked poorly in front of goals which happens to everyone from time to time. If you said to me at the start of last season clarry would be unfit and trac would be missing for a large chunk and other injuries, were would we finish? l would have said we would miss finals. 

Last week and last quarter gws, seriously dumb football by experienced players bombing the ball long, it's been made clear not to do that. 

Edited March 26Mar 26 by Demons1858

You can watch the episode with Goody here: Unfiltered with Hamish McLachlan

It is free. You just need to sign up to 7Plus to watch.

16 hours ago, chook fowler said:

Unfiltered, sponsored by Coopers surely.

Or Gitanes?

6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

You can watch the episode with Goody here: Unfiltered with Hamish McLachlan

It is free. You just need to sign up to 7Plus to watch.

Thanks Demonland I watched it last night and was aware that it was pre-taped and even though I knew he was going to cop it big time for our last quarter, I still enjoyed the watch. Hamish is a much better interviewer than Gazza who gushes over you when things are going well and ice’s you out when they are not. I must admit that Simon is looking very vulnerable at present and I’m hoping that the playing group step up to support him.

8 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

So basically what you are all suggesting is don’t show your vulnerability or admit your mistakes or recognise when someone is coming out of a s..T full year that has seriously tested the club and the person holding the bag. It’s just about the wins and talking tough and no one really cares about the issues that the coach and playing group were going through, it’s not just the media everyone is the critic. Shut up Goody take it like a man just get us wins that all we care about.

Fair comments.

For me it is about balance.  One can be vulnerable but still show strength to at some point move out of the vulnerable stage and show confidence about the future.  I don't mind us being on a journey but it would be good to have a leader with a clear plan who shows confidence in how to get there.

I suspect Goodwin has that but he isn't talking about it much since the start of the season.

I don't think there is lack of empathy from posters.  They are just saying that now 3 weeks into the season, it is time to move on from the vulnerable stage.  Or if we haven't moved on best to balance the commentary with confidence in the future without too many platitudes.

26 minutes ago, bing181 said:

It's a fluff piece background interview, streaming fodder.

FFS people, get a grip. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

I didn't watch it ... just strongly suspected that it would be another verbal, non-specific con job. It appears from DL comments that it was just that ...

We have lost our mongrel and team carriage to defeat other contenders, as frequently exposed across the past few seasons.

We have ignored the potential of some of our past 'greats' to inspire, re-design and establish a consistent, winning culture and intent. We have moved too far from the Demon heritage and mindset. Now, we are soft, contradicting occasional and impressive onfield surges in short bursts (usually in the third quarter of games) and then, merely hanging-on to await the final siren. There are exceptions, of course; there remain, more often, capitulations and disappointments. I really wonder how the likes of Neita, the Ox and Lyon (et al) perceive this situation and analyse the steps in Demon rehabilitation. 

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

Hmm no mention of game plan, standards or efficiency

Kumbayah

Sam Mitchell reminds me of Goodwin in the early days. Hard azz, Minimum standards, accountability, selection integrity, fast movement....

What's happened.......

Complacency.

11 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Thanks Demonland I watched it last night and was aware that it was pre-taped and even though I knew he was going to cop it big time for our last quarter, I still enjoyed the watch. Hamish is a much better interviewer than Gazza who gushes over you when things are going well and ice’s you out when they are not. I must admit that Simon is looking very vulnerable at present and I’m hoping that the playing group step up to support him.

Courageous commitment, DZ, and loyal. Well posited. 

Prefer a culture of winning footy games, save the lover for the showers

3 hours ago, DubDee said:

As John Lennon wrote - All you need is love

*and wins

And George wrote - Here Come The Suns

12 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

How can 2025 be successful

“Curiousity 

Create fun 

Love and allow people to show their strength 

Love and healing and connection 

Put the pieces together to create 

Feeling intensity to succeed” 

Caaaryst sounds like the old "Hare Krishna" luuuuurve feast

12 hours ago, nextskipclaz said:

words sound good don't they

You know when you read the amount of players not playing for personal reasons ..maybe we need to understand the relentless world of media ..trolling ..out of control supporters who pile on all the negative things coaches/players do because lets face it …people seem to like that. It’s really just a game ..we support a club ..we suffer disappointments & we get enjoyment. I get constructive criticism but re Goodwin .. we have a coach that took us to a Premiership..like him/or dislike him ..he is coaching us this year. I don’t want to go back to the instability we had as a club sacking coaches etc. We are 2 games into the season ..let’s see how it plays out..

Favourite quote of the night was "Even when you're losing you're winning."

2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

So basically what you are all suggesting is don’t show your vulnerability or admit your mistakes or recognise when someone is coming out of a s..T full year that has seriously tested the club and the person holding the bag. It’s just about the wins and talking tough and no one really cares about the issues that the coach and playing group were going through, it’s not just the media everyone is the critic. Shut up Goody take it like a man just get us wins that all we care about.

The hell are you talking about? Goody and Pert denied there were any issues for ages. Hard to give him credit as a supporter base for being vulnerable now after he wasted our window with his head in the sand. 

If anyone was saying "just shut up and let wins do the talking" it was the club in 2022-23. Can almost guarantee if we didnt have the year we had last year they'd still be denying any issues. 

2 minutes ago, BringBackTheDemon said:

The hell are you talking about? Goody and Pert denied there were any issues for ages. Hard to give him credit as a supporter base for being vulnerable now after he wasted our window with his head in the sand. 

If anyone was saying "just shut up and let wins do the talking" it was the club in 2022-23. Can almost guarantee if we didnt have the year we had last year they'd still be denying any issues. 

sorry BBTD I attended all home games and finals in 2022-2023 we had excellent home series in both years, in 2022 we ran out of forwards due to injury and in 2023 we lost Gus then kicked ourselves out of the final against the Blues, what are you getting at???

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

You can watch the episode with Goody here: Unfiltered with Hamish McLachlan

It is free. You just need to sign up to 7Plus to watch.

Thanks Demonland I watched it last night and was aware that it was pre-taped and even though I knew he was going to cop it big time for our last quarter, I still enjoyed the watch. Hamish is a much better interviewer than Gazza who gushes over you when things are going well and ice’s you out when they are not. I must admit that Simon is looking very vulnerable at present and I’m hoping that the playing group step up to support him.

2 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

sorry BBTD I attended all home games and finals in 2022-2023 we had excellent home series in both years, in 2022 we ran out of forwards due to injury and in 2023 we lost Gus then kicked ourselves out of the final against the Blues, what are you getting at???

My point was despite winning it was obvious to see for anyone with a brain that the issues with the club started around this time and instead of denying any issues perhaps we should have been a bit more "vulnerable" then before it got to the stage it did last year.

Edited March 27Mar 27 by BringBackTheDemon