An open letter to Paul Gardner

[Alan Smithee 0]

The club has placed itself well to now go find a new coach, start playing the kids and decide which players won't be fronting-up in the red & blue in '08.

[Demon15 0]

What a load of crap this thread is and goes to show why we are rated a soft club in the eyes of the football world, take the emotion of out of it.

Oh and people seem to forget that ND had a clause in his contract (he had it put in) that he had to have some sought of indication by July 31st if he was to get the job next year(please correct me if I am wrong) and he could have walked at the end of the year, what would you have said then?

I am glad tha PG is conducting the review now and not later and goes to show that he has the balls to make hard decisions regarding the football department.

Thoroughly agree. (Please ignore any bias due to my Log-on name )

Yes,ND has a clause that he can start talking to other prospective employers on or after 1 August -in 4 weeks time. It was going to happen then or now.

An earlier entry talked about the flakiness of the team, unable to grab top 4 etc, from winning positions. Unfortunately this was the main issue with the team over the last 10 years. If the Board didnt finally see this last week then they should have sacked themselves.

Looking forward to the developments. Come on back Todd.

One premiership in 49 years is not good enough.

[IWAP 170]

Bandwagon,

Think Grant Thomas leaving St.Kilda

Think Terry Wallace leaving Bulldogs

Hell even think Neil Balme getting sacked from Melbourne

Trust me, this was as smooth of a coach depature as you will ever get

[Demon15 0]

Bandwagon,

Think Grant Thomas leaving St.Kilda

Think Terry Wallace leaving Bulldogs

Hell even think Neil Balme getting sacked from Melbourne

Trust me, this was as smooth of a coach depature as you will ever get

Summed up perfectly.

What about Watson and St.Kilda

Jewell and Richmond

Bartlett and Richmond (they just didnt call him back)

Jezza and carlton

Schimmelbusch and north

Blight and North

Eade and swans

Walls and Carlton

the list goes on.

Handled with reasonable dignity IMO given the above

[DEES 0]

Gardner has done the right, i don't know how anyone could tolerate the crap we have been through for 10 years

[Finks 19]

Sorry to veer off the topic, but Jaded, will you marry me?

[Jaded No More 68,867]

Sorry to veer off the topic, but Jaded, will you marry me?

I can think of at least 2 people who might have something to say about that!

[demoniac 1,330]

Handled with dignity by Daniher and the club. Gardiner said the issue would come into play once the season was done and dusted which it well and truly was after one of the more insipid efforts by a Melbourne team that I've seen last Friday night. Daniher's time was up after a 10 year stint. He is a decent and good man but that does not necessarily make him the right person to coach the Melbourne Football Club. Ultimately he is damned by the fact that not once during his 10 year coaching stint did we finish in the top 4 at the end of the home and away season - it is hard to forget that we missed the double chance last year because of 2 losses to the wooden spooners - and thus secure the double chance.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

I can think of at least 2 people who might have something to say about that!

One of them is an Essendon supporter and he does not count.

But I am sure Brock McLean will give his consent!

[Jaded No More 68,867]

One of them is an Essendon supporter and he does not count.

But I am sure Brock McLean will give his consent!

I always said that he'd be gone if McLean came into the picture, not sure we discussed Finks

Thanks for making me laugh while I'm crippled in bed!