35 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

And there's a VFL bye this weekend

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Just now, beelzebub said:

No egg on my face lol

Senior moment.

So Jean's overheard Kennedy or something 🤔

Advice same ...

Don’t think Jeans ever repeated it.

He had plenty of his own original sayings.

I think he was famous for saying “there are three stages of football, we have it, they have it, or it is in dispute”.

Maybe Petty starts up forward.

Been objectively bad as a defender the last 3 weeks and perhaps we only need 2 tall defenders for Draper and Caddy

58 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Irrelevant when he’s now been our best forward at VFL level for the past month and can’t get a look in

Selection is absolutely cooked when we don’t reward players who are in strong form - especially when we don’t have a single forward who is in any type of form

This. Add to the list of selection integrity issues

35 minutes ago, Billy said:

I agree Fullarton needs a go, We’ve replaced a forward with a back man after kicking 6 GOALS!!!

Replace Goodwin with Bassett

The clubs going backwards

Just swap for Whitford

Casey are better drilled, structured and lead than the seniors.

Love what Simon brought us but he's well and truly run his race, out of ideas, unable to deal with and fix the elephant in the room (forward woes) and has zero selection integrity.

Edited April 10Apr 10 by Demon Dynasty

16 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Happy with the changes, Lindsay in is a plus, and backing the players in to get the job done sends a strong internal message on what's expected.

To me this sends completely the opposite message. Surely you drop players that aren't meeting expectations?

2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Maybe Petty starts up forward.

Been objectively bad as a defender the last 3 weeks and perhaps we only need 2 tall defenders for Draper and Caddy

😱

1 hour ago, Mouseymoo said:

Goodwins a pea heart.

It’s what happens when your mates with the players and not a coach.

16 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

Strongly disagree

The palyers at Casey are not better than this 23

Just curious, did you see Van Rooyen‘s “performance” last week?

We have 1 win from the past 9 games with massive scoring issues and Goodwin drops a marking forward and replaces him with a winger.

He's taking the [censored] now surely.

I like everyone else cannot fathom these selections…going in too short in perfect conditions at Adelaide Oval, wtf

23 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Happy with the changes, Lindsay in is a plus, and backing the players in to get the job done sends a strong internal message on what's expected.

The idea that we have fringe and developing players running round in the two's who'd make any more than a marginal, move-the-deckchairs difference is just delusional.

It just feels so stale to me. If the changes would make marginal difference, then by that logic, there’s no harm in picking one/two of them?

And it isn’t just about this game, if we have zero players in our VFL side that Goody deems worthy to reward form and develop at AFL level, even after 0-4 with seemingly zero chance of contending this year, then we are well and truly cooked.

27 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

A real “phone it in” effort at selections by Goodwin and Co.

Tell me who’s going to be our key forward when JVR is rucking or on the bench?

SPARGO 🤪

Seriously… should we just rename Demonland to SackGoodwin-land???

Every single chat I go in to it’s wall to wall whingeing about Goodwin.. I get it, but point made, move on.

On selection… I wonder if we just want more speed up forward, and put the acid on JVR. You’re one out.. bring the ball to ground.

Might also get a lot of peoples wish for fritsch to play closer to goal.

Goody’s forever mantra is to build cohesion among the playing group, so they get used to playing together, hence minimal changes week in week out.

While the principle appears sound, the reality is that when virtually the whole team is out of form, certain players need a fire lit under them to make them play for their place in the team, as well as for their teammates in a selfless manner. When out of form personal survival mode takes over and it spreads. At least ten players could be dropped on form.

This week team selection is compromised by Casey having a bye, therefore players being turfed out, his preferred players - that’s why they’re in the team - have no scope to work on their deficiencies and confidence.

They either play ones or they get a week off - which at this early stage doesn’t help.

It also doesn’t help the likes of Fullarton and others who are pressing, to be given an opportunity over those who are clearly struggling.

Fullarton being named as an emerging is a small reward but suspect in case of a late change in the big man department, Turner will get the nod.

As ever, if we win he will feel somewhat vindicated, but a loss, however big or small, will really mean season over, and he will really need to start turning over personnel to find out who can and who can’t.

7 hours ago, Bay Riffin said:

ye but we need to give them problems with Kozzie, Lindsay, Windsor, Sharp breaking the lines. we have pace back in now. and not play bees to a honey pot which the cats loved last week just picking free outside players at will.

Kozzie, Lindsay and Windsor all good kicks

I can't say I'm surprised. I think a belting this week might lead to major changes. Essendon is super quick with the ball so we are less heavy i guess.

Our starting forward 6 has 8 goals combined for the year.

33 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

This. Add to the list of selection integrity issues

Let’s just see what the plan is, May FF, Tommy Mac CHF, a cunning plan I would suggest, benefit of the doubt, who knows what will eventuate.

40 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

This. Add to the list of selection integrity issues

Goodwin is an absolute joke. Sooner he goes the better for us moving forward.

Rewarding mediocrity performance week after week just proves so how incompetent he is now.

Should have taken a leaf out of McQualter's book and made a statement, but no. Its the same [censored] different year.

22 minutes ago, sisso said:

I like everyone else cannot fathom these selections…going in too short in perfect conditions at Adelaide Oval, wtf

Going in very short up forward in selection is just flagging early to the Bombers that our game plan will be to kick it from longer and even higher into the F50 at every opportunity than previous weeks! I think Goodwin will be putting a big emphasis on hang time.

Harry Sharp is on par with Tom Gillies as one of te worst melbourne player i have ever seen and yet he stays in.

Melksham is officially cooked has barely had an impact and he stays in.

Fritta has been absolutely horrific and has been called out by ex footy greats for his selfish attitude but yet he stays.

Goodwin is the most stubborn coach going around. He is delusional in his method and inability to clear out the mediocrity that has creeper in by the same players..they have been left to get away with the same [censored] every week.

No wonder Petracca has had a gut full.

18 minutes ago, praha said:

I can't say I'm surprised. I think a belting this week might lead to major changes. Essendon is super quick with the ball so we are less heavy i guess.

The reality is a belting this week will cause nothing.

The MFC has no will to do Anything.

1 hour ago, Billy said:

I agree Fullarton needs a go, We’ve replaced a forward with a back man after kicking 6 GOALS!!!

Replace Goodwin with Bassett

The clubs going backwards

Nathan Bassett was a boys club appointment. Goody's mate from the Crows who was most recently an assistant coach at Sturt. Not senior coach, assistant. He was never highly regarded as an AFL assistant.