6 hours ago, Supermercado said:

By default I know Ben Beams started on the bench because he might not have ever come off it.

I'd like to follow on from this contestant's work and do the Bailey/Neeld years as a subject. SBS has shown a lot of sad, depressing shows over the years but they'll have to put a warning up before this one.

A couple of years ago a contestant did something like Melbourne 2015-20

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I had also completely forgotten who Mark Riley was, too. Which makes me wonder, who else has been a caretaker senior coach for Melbourne? Am I right in saying Greg Hutchison and Todd Viney? Was Neil Craig? Who else? (I'm sure there have been plenty)

http://demonwiki.org/Coaches

I had forgotten Yze coached for one game. Believe it or not Barrassi and Chubby Checker Hughes are on that list. (The format of the list is a little off. The "C's" are in the far right column.)

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I had also completely forgotten who Mark Riley was, too. Which makes me wonder, who else has been a caretaker senior coach for Melbourne? Am I right in saying Greg Hutchison and Todd Viney? Was Neil Craig? Who else? (I'm sure there have been plenty)

I still prefer to consider Neeld a caretaker coach.

52 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

I still prefer to consider Neeld a caretaker coach.

Probably a bit harsh, but I think he was closer to an undertaker than a caretaker.

10 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Probably a bit harsh, but I think he was closer to an undertaker than a caretaker.

Honestly if someone like Hardwicke had instead started his senior coaching career in Neeld's place, even with assistants he'd brought with him, he might have done almost as badly. The coach is just one factor and we'll probably never know Neeld's true ability.

Edited May 30, 2025May 30 by Go Ds

On 30/05/2025 at 16:00, Go Ds said:

A couple of years ago a contestant did something like Melbourne 2015-20

Good, means there's a gap in the market for a 2008-2014 misery session.

On 29/05/2025 at 09:44, Tim said:

Yeah, the draw was at the Cattery; it was the day that Tom Lonergan copped the kidney injury, and the year after we beat them by a point when Robbo went nuts. So, our only wins at Porkbarrell Park this century were that one, Max’s breakout game in 2015, and Max’s hero game in 2021. At least they were memorable wins to go with all the bad stuff (incl. 186). In fact they are our only wins there since 1988 (3 from 26 attempts).

Still probably a lot more wins there than quite a few teams – pies, dons, Hawks…

On 29/05/2025 at 09:40, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I haven't seen it, but the contestant must be some sort of obsessive-compulsive, schizophrenic, manic depressive with a fine taste in football teams!

I can’t wait till the end.

So, who was it?