I think many on here are eating there words, heaps where calling for Nathan Jones, to be sacked after his first year as midfield coach, they should be ashamed of themselves !!! Where are you now?

The "where are the (insert group) now" posts have to be some of the most painful content to read. It's bad enough when it seeps into the post-match thread, we hardly need a whole thread dedicated to it.

Was anyone calling for Jones to be sacked? I don't recall anyone calling for his sacking. A few peoole, myself included, questioned whether he should be the sole midfield coach.

Brisbane had plenty of clearances directly from Max’s hand, there is still plenty of improvement to be had in that area

Edited Wednesday at 22:592 days by BW511

2 hours ago, BLWNBA said:

The "where are the (insert group) now" posts have to be some of the most painful content to read. It's bad enough when it seeps into the post-match thread, we hardly need a whole thread dedicated to it.

Found one!

Our midfield wasn't functioning when it had two modern greats in there. Concerned people wondered aloud if a first time assistant in the midfield coach role who was famed for a now unfashionable style was part of the problem.

Hardly a cause for recriminations.

When psychologists talk about people being responsible for how they respond to circumstances, what they mean is that this thread could have been about how great it is to see a champion of the club appearing to be successfully driving confidence and energy with a young midfield group.

The absurdity of some of these threads ceases to amaze me. Why do people take it personally when a poster criticises the club, its staff or its players? It is our duty to ask these questions as fans of the club - of course it goes without saying that even criticism as its limits.

The club had an all-star midfield that was severely underperforming and getting absolutely smashed in the middle. As it turns out the midfield was a major problem and as a result the two stars and the head coach made way. Id even go as far as saying that Jonesy was probably put on watch given it was his first year and there was a need for continuity.

As for his performance so far, well i think he is doing good and is likely to keep his job for the foreseeable future.

How can anyone - other than those on the inside - know whether any assistant coach is the right person? The assistant coach's job is to implement the strategy of the senior coach. The results we see are surely the outcome of the senior coach's instructions. And, if they're not, we've got a much bigger problem.

3 hours ago, Waverley said:

I think many on here are eating there words, heaps where calling for Nathan Jones, to be sacked after his first year as midfield coach, they should be ashamed of themselves !!! Where are you now?

Calm ya farm.

You're using a small example of a couple of wins this year to pull out the old "where are those people now".. this isnt a great flex as what you think it is.

I wasn't a Jones basher last year but your argumentjust proves you have zero idea how exactly the coaching formality and functioning operates on a gameday perspective.

Edited Thursday at 00:252 days by dazzledavey36

Interesting to hear king say yesterday the extra work he & Langford do together where he comes into the club early & work on things together.

You can tell it's paying off

1 hour ago, GS_1905 said:

The absurdity of some of these threads ceases to amaze me. Why do people take it personally when a poster criticises the club, its staff or its players? It is our duty to ask these questions as fans of the club - of course it goes without saying that even criticism as its limits.

The club had an all-star midfield that was severely underperforming and getting absolutely smashed in the middle. As it turns out the midfield was a major problem and as a result the two stars and the head coach made way. Id even go as far as saying that Jonesy was probably put on watch given it was his first year and there was a need for continuity.

As for his performance so far, well i think he is doing good and is likely to keep his job for the foreseeable future.

Always find it amusing how certain posters justify their “bashings” of certain ..players..coaches..gameplans etc as their rights as a supporter blah blah & then when proved wrong can justify that as well. After listening to Voss’s press conference which I thought was excellent …mental health especially in young men is huge . Please don’t say that they don’t read the various forums because they do & sometimes it would be nice to be not so negative ..There is always a place for criticism and passion ..some of it on here is downright mean

13 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

Always find it amusing how certain posters justify their “bashings” of certain ..players..coaches..gameplans etc as their rights as a supporter blah blah & then when proved wrong can justify that as well. After listening to Voss’s press conference which I thought was excellent …mental health especially in young men is huge . Please don’t say that they don’t read the various forums because they do & sometimes it would be nice to be not so negative ..There is always a place for criticism and passion ..some of it on here is downright mean

The players are under instruction to not read the Fan forums as an occasion, they can be more toxic than other Social Media platforms such as Instagram and X

2 hours ago, The Devil Inside said:

The players are under instruction to not read the Fan forums as an occasion, they can be more toxic than other Social Media platforms such as Instagram and X

And I’m sure they follow those instructions…

1 hour ago, Deestar9 said:

And I’m sure they follow those instructions…

They were probably promulgated on, you guessed it...

Social media.

8 hours ago, BLWNBA said:

The "where are the (insert group) now" posts have to be some of the most painful content to read. It's bad enough when it seeps into the post-match thread, we hardly need a whole thread dedicated to it.

It's a real cheap trick on here along with demanding apologies on behalf of the person in question.

I was surprised when Jones was hired but they kept him on so they obviously saw something in him. I'd now like to think he's finding his feet in his second year and figuring out what works and what doesn't in his approach.

Time will tell if he's a truly successful line coach.

5 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

The absurdity of some of these threads ceases to amaze me. Why do people take it personally when a poster criticises the club, its staff or its players? It is our duty to ask these questions as fans of the club - of course it goes without saying that even criticism as its limits.

The club had an all-star midfield that was severely underperforming and getting absolutely smashed in the middle. As it turns out the midfield was a major problem and as a result the two stars and the head coach made way. Id even go as far as saying that Jonesy was probably put on watch given it was his first year and there was a need for continuity.

As for his performance so far, well i think he is doing good and is likely to keep his job for the foreseeable future.

Is it a possibility his thoughts were sought in the decision-making about Nos 5 and 13, and even that they contributed to that decision? For example, perhaps, that they pushed back against attempts at a beneficial connection that No 4 is evidently embracing?

apropos of nothing at all, I paid a small fee for chunk to record a video for my 99 year old mum in law, and lifetime demons supporter.

He did a really good job and brightened her day.

5 hours ago, Deestar9 said:

Always find it amusing how certain posters justify their “bashings” of certain ..players..coaches..gameplans etc as their rights as a supporter blah blah & then when proved wrong can justify that as well. After listening to Voss’s press conference which I thought was excellent …mental health especially in young men is huge . Please don’t say that they don’t read the various forums because they do & sometimes it would be nice to be not so negative ..There is always a place for criticism and passion ..some of it on here is downright mean

Read my post again. In fact, let me save you the trouble. I put it in capitals.

"...OF COURSE iT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT EVEN CRITICISM HAS ITS LIMITS".

For the record, I do accept that MH is an epidemic of significance in modern society. It is well understood by most but perhaps not accepted by all. Having said that, it is not an excuse for not being able to accept feedback, positive, negative or otherwise. They are happy to take sponsors, members hard earned to pay their salary when they are winning and performing well.

When a player is criticised for not being able to kick straight, or the midfield group is getting sucked into the inside or whatever it maybe or the gameplan isnt working. That is all fair game. If players, coaches, administration staff cannot accept that, maybe professional football is not for them. Plenty of other jobs out there where that level of scrutiny doesn't exist.

This isnt U7's its professional football.

Again - to make it clear - this isnt justifying any form of abuse, racial, sexual, bigotry, family etc or anything non-football related.

The OP was having a crack at some of the posters on here who questioned whether Jonesy had the credentials to be our midfield coach - the one area on the team - where we were stacked with premiership superstars that were critically underperforming. It was fair criticism and warranted.

37 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

Read my post again. In fact, let me save you the trouble. I put it in capitals.

"...OF COURSE iT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT EVEN CRITICISM HAS ITS LIMITS".

For the record, I do accept that MH is an epidemic of significance in modern society. It is well understood by most but perhaps not accepted by all. Having said that, it is not an excuse for not being able to accept feedback, positive, negative or otherwise. They are happy to take sponsors, members hard earned to pay their salary when they are winning and performing well.

When a player is criticised for not being able to kick straight, or the midfield group is getting sucked into the inside or whatever it maybe or the gameplan isnt working. That is all fair game. If players, coaches, administration staff cannot accept that, maybe professional football is not for them. Plenty of other jobs out there where that level of scrutiny doesn't exist.

This isnt U7's its professional football.

Again - to make it clear - this isnt justifying any form of abuse, racial, sexual, bigotry, family etc or anything non-football related.

The OP was having a crack at some of the posters on here who questioned whether Jonesy had the credentials to be our midfield coach - the one area on the team - where we were stacked with premiership superstars that were critically underperforming. It was fair criticism and warranted.

Read my post …oh I know I’ll put it in capitals “SOME OF IT IS DOWNRIGHT MEAN “