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POSTGAME: Rd 04 vs Geelong

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15 minutes ago, layzie said:

Over 60 Cats marks by defenders.

Ouch.

Hate to say it but we really going into Mark Neeld territory with some of these numbers that are starting to appear..

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    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    Anyone else notice that we aren’t even coping it in the media?

    People expect more of North and the bombers than us.

    We are bottom 4 trash and everyone knew it but us

    Wholesale changes -starting now.

    What?

    It's literally the opposite.

    Everywhere you look, on TV, radio, in print, commentators are constantly talking about how everyone thought we were a finals contender and now it's become clear we're the opposite. The 5-14 run, Trac's body language, Gawn's words last week, Goodwin's pressers and coaching, the Oliver/Viney/Trac midfield conundrum, Rivers going backwards, it's all they're talking about.

    We are constantly analysed.

    North Melbourne will be criticised today for being flogged again, and the media will move on.

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    17 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Hate to say it but we really going into Mark Neeld territory with some of these numbers that are starting to appear..

    The thing that gets me about this though, is that with Neeld he was powerless to stop it. Whereas on Friday, Goodwin literally chose to deploy a tactic that ruined us. He could have stopped it at any time, but didn't.

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    I didn't think we would be heading back to mark Neeld territory so quickly.

    Goody's tactics look amateurish. There has to be significant improvement over the next 3-4 games otherwise it will be terminal for him.

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    30 minutes ago, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

    Max Holmes comments says it all and he's not wrong. " They don't really know what they're doing".

    I agree Max

    This comes back to the coach not communicating properly so that the players understand wtf they are meant to be doing.

    WTF WAS THE PRESEASON FOR???

    Goodwins time is up.

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    On 04/04/2025 at 21:45, YearOfTheDees said:

    Everytime we get the ball there is no-one inside 50.

    Very little forward creativity, it seems very little trained flexibility; our forwards cannot perform without space, our forwards mainly expect and receive low percentage long bombs from the midfielders. The pillar of salt mantra from behind a defending pack of opposition players just ain't gonna work. Few Demon forwards can now expect to kick three or more goals per game. The midfield kicks that are incoming are useless, half-forwards and rovers are ignored 90% of the time. It is past time for these footballers to be better coached, better systemised, better equipped.

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    1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

    What?

    It's literally the opposite.

    Everywhere you look, on TV, radio, in print, commentators are constantly talking about how everyone thought we were a finals contender and now it's become clear we're the opposite. The 5-14 run, Trac's body language, Gawn's words last week, Goodwin's pressers and coaching, the Oliver/Viney/Trac midfield conundrum, Rivers going backwards, it's all they're talking about.

    We are constantly analysed.

    North Melbourne will be criticised today for being flogged again, and the media will move on.

    i’m just going by online content. the age and sun. Only one article

    I’m sick of radio and footy shows so don’t watch/listen

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    1 hour ago, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

    Max Holmes comments says it all and he's not wrong. " They don't really know what they're doing".

    I agree Max

    Honestly if we use Sparrow to tag Merrett and play with one less forward, Goodwin can just stay in Adelaide. I'm still in shock of how dumb that move was on Holmes. He needs to put his hand up and take responsibility of that terrible coaching performance rather than try and shift blame onto the players.

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    2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Thanks for posting that footage DD. It's just so damning and so obvious. The guy just can't react in games. He sets out a system and stubbornly sticks to it whether its working or as in this case a crazy move. Every coach this season has set their team up with a plan to beat us and they've often adapted and improved it during the game. We're not seeing that and it's not his nature.

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    1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    This has to be recognised; it is not a petulant response, Tracca is seriously compromised by this team performance. How much more is he expected to contribute to the Club ... it seems that only the fans are sensitive to his needs.

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    On 04/04/2025 at 23:03, dees189227 said:

    Cannot believe we could not kick a goal in the final term

    Seeing is believing. As a matter of fact, here are Melbourne's last quarter goals for the first 4 rounds this year ... v GWS (1), v North Melbourne (1), v Gold Coast (2), v Geelong (0). That's a total of 4 goals in 4 final quarters. In contrast, Melbourne's opponents recorded a total of 21 goals. That's 21 to 4. That statistic puts some perspective on just how poor Melbourne are so far after only 4 rounds. Add to that a low scoring first quarter against Geelong registering a total of 8 points followed by a total game tally of 46 points and it's very clear that Melbourne FC (which has been going backwards for the last year or so) continues to go backwards, only at a much faster rate. There's no papering over the cracks now.

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    4 hours ago, layzie said:

    Over 60 Cats marks by defenders.

    Ouch.

    Well done Simon.

    Great coaching FFS

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    The most frustrating thing is we played the game not to get belted, not to win but not to lose by too much. There's only one way to play when you have our list and that is to win. Give the players some licence to play on, to kick into the corridor to run. We have nothing to lose and if you want to learn to transition fast then set your defence and go for it. We're better off turning it over going for it than bombing it down the line and turning it over. So frustrating.

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    11 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    The most frustrating thing is we played the game not to get belted, not to win but not to lose by too much. There's only one way to play when you have our list and that is to win. Give the players some licence to play on, to kick into the corridor to run. We have nothing to lose and if you want to learn to transition fast then set your defence and go for it. We're better off turning it over going for it than bombing it down the line and turning it over. So frustrating.

    Closest thing I have read on here to my thoughts. We are so uninspired and the senior players seem inert and incapable of inspiring any attention of the younger players to a display a consistent commitment to how Goodwin and Chaplin wants them to play.

    Who’s fault it is immaterial - this is leading in only one direction…

    And the fitness aspect (last qtrs) is just maddening and a shock. We should be one of the fitter sides after last year.

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    2 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    Closest thing I have read on here to my thoughts. We are so uninspired and the senior players seem inert and incapable of inspiring any attention of the younger players to a display a consistent commitment to how Goodwin and Chaplin wants them to play.

    Who’s fault it is immaterial - this is leading in only one direction…

    And the fitness aspect (last qtrs) is just maddening and a shock. We should be one of the fitter sides after last year.

    I don’t think it’s fitness as much as the way we are playing. It’s deflating, playing a slightly different way every week is not helping

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    1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

    I don’t think it’s fitness as much as the way we are playing. It’s deflating, playing a slightly different way every week is not helping

    Fitness seems a clear part of it to me. There's always a mental side to fitness but to my eye we don't seem to be capable of running and spreading to the required level, and it manifests late in quarters and late in matches.

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    3 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I don’t think it’s fitness as much as the way we are playing. It’s deflating, playing a slightly different way every week is not helping

    It’s both but a % of 22 in 4 qtrs is beyond staggering.

    A prognosis of multiple cancers.

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    1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

    Fitness seems a clear part of it to me. There's always a mental side to fitness but to my eye we don't seem to be capable of running and spreading to the required level, and it manifests late in quarters and late in matches.

    I’m not convinced we know where to run and spread to. I’d release the shackles. Just play on, set your defence and then handball or kick forward at all costs. Everytime we start chipping it around the back half we just give the opposition time to set.

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    Just now, rpfc said:

    It’s both but a % of 22 in 4 qtrs is beyond staggering.

    A prognosis of multiple cancers.

    Possibly but by all accounts of the preseason we should be fit.

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    The most frustrating thing is we played the game not to get belted, not to win but not to lose by too much. There's only one way to play when you have our list and that is to win. Give the players some licence to play on, to kick into the corridor to run. We have nothing to lose and if you want to learn to transition fast then set your defence and go for it. We're better off turning it over going for it than bombing it down the line and turning it over. So frustrating.

    Coach trying to salvage his job, it reeks of that.

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    1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    Coach trying to salvage his job, it reeks of that.

    And protecting what little confidence the players have left.

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