46 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Stability is great when things are working. Disruption is necessary it's not.

True.

I'm not sure we have the same stability over the last couple of years though. We need to get back to a functioning club and FD all on the same page

Just got the Bring a friend for free to Round 22 text ....... any ideas on who to bring?

3 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

It’s also the players that haven’t been performing so it’s fair to say that they don’t know what they need. Being hum-hah with the coach isn’t necessarily the key ingredient for success.

Wow so Goody’s gone & you now attack a senior player a day after gut wrenching news. Do we just need to keep finding people to blame ?

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

You're arguing against something @MrFreeze didn't say.

He never said he had an issue with Langdon's comments or whether he should be honest or not. He said it speaks to the comfort level of the playing group under Goodwin and the need for some "disruption" to kick them into gear (not "distraction").

It had been less than 24 hours since learning his coach whom he and his teammates love and respect had been sacked and you wanna read a level of complacency into his comments? Poor Ed was probably still shocked and had yet to get his head around it. You say it speaks to the level of comfort of the playing group under Goodwin. I say it speaks to the sadness and shock of the playing group immediately upon learning of the loss of Goodwin.

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Who's idea was it to put Ed on the presser?

He is clearly not the most savvy media guy out there. Remember the 'all duck no dinner' debacle?

Not blaming Ed, he is a lovely guy, was honest and wanted Simon to know he loves him.

We should have used Max or Lever who would have answered in a way that respects Goody but also does not directly conflict with the clubs decision to make us look (more) foolish.

how does it make us look foolish? why should everyone bow down to the board? he clearly said he didnt believe we needed a new voice but the board did. there is absolutely nothing wrong with that and didnt make anyone look like a [censored]

2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

So you’d rather he’d lied? Because that’s exactly what he would’ve been doing had he said what YOU expected him to say.

You don’t like what he said. That doesn’t mean what he said is wrong. He was expressing HIS feelings, not YOURS.

I can tell you are upset by what has happened my little sheet rack please ignore the junk that is posted on here by people who have no compassion or soul

Lots of folks here seem to really want it to still be 1985 in terms of how coaches coach and how players are expected to convey their thoughts.

Has anyone listened to the entire interview? Because Langdon also goes on to say that it's exciting to have change and it will be good to have a fresh start.

Seriously get off his [censored], he's a footballer not a politician.

It's his 200th game and he was probably booked in for this press conference weeks ago. I'm sure he was looking forward to fronting the media today as much as anyone looks forward to a colonoscopy.

Different response to Langdon but again, good honesty from Viney.

Jack says he fully understands that its a cut throat industry and he and the players are fully supportive of it moving forward.

4 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Results speak louder than words. Loving your coach is not mutually exclusive with needing a fresh voice.

Also who can take him seriously in that beanie 😂

You could say Goody and the players, were a bit "'all duck, no dinner"

8 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Different response to Langdon but again, good honesty from Viney.

Jack says he fully understands that its a cut throat industry and he and the players are fully supportive of it moving forward.

Good interview by Jack.

Shouldn't be too many complaints about that interview but I’m sure some on here will whinge about something in it. It’s the demonland way!

Edited August 6, 2025Aug 6 by DemonOX

6 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

It wasn’t a player, the players found out via Facebook and other socials at the same time everyone else did.

You're guessing

Gawn was told by Goodwin and likely Gawn told the leadership group

47 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Different response to Langdon but again, good honesty from Viney.

Jack says he fully understands that its a cut throat industry and he and the players are fully supportive of it moving forward.

Over the past 24 hrs I’ve had this nagging feeling that we made the wrong call, despite believing we had to do it… That interview helped ease my concerns. If that is representative of the broader feeling among the players, then hopefully the damage to the playing group is contained.

Finding myself quite anxious about this weekends game.. would be so disappointing to be blown off the park.

Edited August 6, 2025Aug 6 by watchtheeyes

25 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

You're guessing

Gawn was told by Goodwin and likely Gawn told the leadership group

Seems you’re guessing too

28 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

You're guessing

Gawn was told by Goodwin and likely Gawn told the leadership group

At least one member of the leadership group found out via socials. Not guessing, this is a fact.

Edited August 6, 2025Aug 6 by Ghostwriter

Special board meeting at Carlton tonight has just st been announced. Looks like it might be spreading.

4 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Seems you’re guessing too

So you're both guessing.
Got it.

3 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

So you're both guessing.
Got it.

Guessing is the new Black

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

What do you mean “couldn’t rouse those players”?!! You seriously think they found out on Facebook because they slept through a video meeting??!! At least three players were wide awake and found out while scrolling on their phones. One found out when his mate told him he heard about it on the radio.

Ed said in his presser the zoom call involved the senior players and they then managed to get around to most of the other players"before it dropped"....... perhaps not all?

2 minutes ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

Ed said in his presser the zoom call involved the senior players and they then managed to get around to most of the other players"before it dropped"....... perhaps not all?

Clearly not all

8 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

At least one member of the leadership group found out via socials. Not guessing, this is a fact.

The much bigger issue is who is the rat that is leaking everything out of this club?

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

The much bigger issue is who is the rat that is leaking everything out of this club?

We may never find out. Speculation is all we’ve got and that only causes more angst.

Didn't Langdon say the senior players got told the same night as Goodwin?

10 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

We may never find out. Speculation is all we’ve got and that only causes more angst.

It's been going on for far too long, ever since Jackson left we've been leaking like a faulty tap. It's really insane to me how we haven't managed to make it stop.

It is so detrimental to the club.

It also doesn't excuse the club not informing players in a timely manner, or indeed the paying members. Nobody wants to find anything out from Tom [censored] Morris, except that he's resigned from the media.

24 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

It's been going on for far too long, ever since Jackson left we've been leaking like a faulty tap. It's really insane to me how we haven't managed to make it stop.

It is so detrimental to the club.

It also doesn't excuse the club not informing players in a timely manner, or indeed the paying members. Nobody wants to find anything out from Tom [censored] Morris, except that he's resigned from the media.

It's been a long day and I thought you meant Luke Jackson at first.