32 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Well... it might be both.

We had no idea Carlton would do a very un-carlton-like thing and retain Voss.. and we needed some 'clean air' to progress our own requirements.

Let's be real here Voss ain't turning this team into winners next year.

The pressure will come again next year for Carlton not a doubt in my mind.

When this does happen and the team completely nose dive they will give Voss his marching orders.

The process they conduct will swallow up any other clubs potential process of looking for a coach.

It will turn into an absolute chit show for them and the whole coaching landscape.

I think the timing of our boards decision was spot on and correct.

Any one who thinks it wasn't aren't aligned with the declining football operations of our great club.

Change was needed and made at the correct and appropriate time giving us the upper hand and clean air in selecting the right man.

This decision allows the board appropriate time to go through a collective process without any pressure of another club going through the same thing.

All I want from the club is a through process and the man with the best credentials who suits the needs of our club.

If and when the chosen candidate is selected, he is hungry to lead our club back up the table.

The board and new coach must share a clear direction of our playing list, hold strong input into our current list strategy,trade and draft management decisions, promote a clean brand of football and sets a strong culture within the whole Organisation to thrive in.

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caro doesnt know what shes talking about. its always "apparently" a "suggestion" that happened in a conversation she wasnt privvy to.
which means shes guessing.

Even Caro admitted that these days ‘end of the season’ refers to the end of the aflw season, as the aflm / aflw effectively runs from February through to December

She criticises the timing then admits it’s in keeping with how clubs treat ‘in-season’ these days

i'm not a Caro basher but these comments are a bit meh. Trying to make something out of nothing.

Caro's definitely pushing a barrow... for why and to where ??? 🤷‍♂️

We know the what .... 💩

4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Caro's definitely pushing a barrow... for why and to where ??? 🤷‍♂️

We know the what .... 💩

Few influential Tassie people are Richmond legends, not surprising Richmond supporting Caro starts crapping all over Melbourne when we look a huge chance to steal their number one coaching target from them.

I find that ignoring Caro and her ilk are much better for my health than allowing what they write/say to angry up my blood.

I'm not saying Caro is right, but she has a long track record of eventually being vindicated on this stuff.

Blah blah blah.

She does have very useful contacts within Melbourne FC but this looks like an opinion piece.

Smith and Green were within metres of each other most of Sunday. They seemed fine.

They don’t need to like each other. Just co-exist and get on with what they both want to achieve. More success for the club.

43 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I'm not saying Caro is right, but she has a long track record of eventually being vindicated on this stuff.

an even longer track record of playing for 'Caro' 😉

Kero is fighting for relevance and she see’s us as a soft target, who’s going to go after her, No Coach, No CEO and Green doesn’t have any mates in the ( so called) Media. She can print what she likes, at the moment, but I take her with a grain of salt.

Just now, DeeZone said:

Kero is fighting for relevance and she see’s us as a soft target, who’s going to go after her, No Coach, No CEO and Green doesn’t have any mates in the ( so called) Media. She can print what she likes, at the moment, but I take her with a grain of salt.

Yes, she can be very much the media opportunist. She's deftly crafted at weaving 'gossip' with 'mail' and blending in her own cocktail of hemlock and belladonna. The matriarch of media-football isn't the exulted one she once was.

Who doesn't love a good power struggle!

You can chalk it up to BS if you want but she usually gets good mail.

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39 minutes ago, Demonland said:

How curious..

All this sudden vitriol towards the Dees.

Who's choreographing this 💩🌪 I wonder

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6 hours ago, Adam The God said:

I'm not saying Caro is right, but she has a long track record of eventually being vindicated on this stuff.

True. She actually gets the vast majority of things right.

35 minutes ago, lorn said:

True. She actually gets the vast majority of things right.

She does.

Unfortunately speaking facts doesn't exactly sit well on this forum if you can't tell already going off the responses on here..

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

How curious..

All this sudden vitriol towards the Dees.

Who's choreographing this 💩🌪 I wonder

The criticism is legitimate

The new coach will have to ask brand Petracca if he truly committed to this club

6 hours ago, MrFreeze said:

The criticism is legitimate

The new coach will have to ask brand Petracca if he truly committed to this club

I think you missed my point.

It's the timing.

The legitimacy of the narrative is not the contention. Why now all of sudden ??

Much of what anyone could find bad about the Dees has been around for a while. Elements that are better are more recent.

There appears a deliberate 'stack on' . All a bit suss to me.

for what ever reason we still have trouble at board level MFC cant help itself

If Smith is serious he should bring the vote forward and put it beyond doubt at an extraordinary board meeting

There appears to be a trouble maker in the mix

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

I think you missed my point.

It's the timing.

The legitimacy of the narrative is not the contention. Why now all of sudden ??

Much of what anyone could find bad about the Dees has been around for a while. Elements that are better are more recent.

There appears a deliberate 'stack on' . All a bit suss to me.

It's not suspicious, they're criticising our leadership. From our leaky executive group down to the senior players. We are spoon feeding them content at this point.

28 minutes ago, Kent said:

If Smith is serious he should bring the vote forward and put it beyond doubt at an extraordinary board meeting

This is my concern. Smith has been silent. No quote claiming Caro’s stories are bs, no defence of the recent decisions from Green/board, no story stating he is, in actual fact, joining on date ‘x’. Nothing.

I worry he might not be coming on board at all. And if he is, why is he letting this narrative so easily destabilise the world he will take over?

If you take the personality of the reporter out of it, what is actually being reported here?

The transition from one President to another will happen slightly later than first reported. When there was a rumour that a transition wasn’t going to happen Brad Green specifically contacted Smith and said there’s absolutely going to be a handover (and then let that be publicly known to quell reports). Then the reporter who initially reported suspicious timing and lack of handover (both disproved) finds this all ‘odd’ - and now that’s the ‘story’?

I’m sorry. This is not a story. These late night footy shows on 7 and 9 are just creating this shouty, antagonistic vibe to create the impression of drama and upheaval.

Some players are unhappy at Melbourne, and some administration issues haven’t been handled well. Report on that. I’d care about that if someone provided new and substantiated information. This president stuff is a nothing burger. Caro was reporting herself as recently as Monday afternoon that Green sacked Goodwin so Smith could come in clean, but then hours later started saying this.

She had 2 shows to fill with content this week. She went with this.

My concern is that Smith has discovered he doesn't have the whole board behind him in support

Melbourne cant handle the simplest things

Maybe there are Machiavellian struggles continuing

1 hour ago, Kent said:

for what ever reason we still have trouble at board level MFC cant help itself

If Smith is serious he should bring the vote forward and put it beyond doubt at an extraordinary board meeting

There appears to be a trouble maker in the mix

And yet my criticism of Green on this forum has often been hosed down.

I loved Greeny as a player, and I love the fact that he has wanted to help out the club he loves just as much as us, but he has been a significant problem this year, and continues to be