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With all the depth on our coaching panel, it's going to be hard for Goodwin to break back in to the senior post. It's exactly like Hunt/Bowey late last year.

Imagine being Bayley Fritsch.

Send Goody to coach the Casey Demons for a couple of weeks until he regains form.

Wouldn't it be better for MFC that Yze stays within the organisation and becomes Goodwin's replacement in 4/5 years?

Forced changes: Viney in for Sparrow. Tmac in for Jackson. Bedford in for Pickett. Unforced change: Lever in for Smith.

I'm going to avoid that like the plague.

Have found the changes in the com box super refreshing. Buckley and Chunk in particular provide great insight without arrogance

Get him in.

Should we call Zaharakis and ask him to start stretching just in case?

Is Yze the right man though ... when does someone start that thread?

You know your team is good when another team’s boast is “we drew with them last year!”

I notice the Anzac Day jumpers are up for auction . There will be three I wont be bidding for :)

Idk about last week, but post-match vs. GWS Maxy walked around the boundary touching as many hands as poss. And I know coz my hand was one of ‘em. 😁 And I only had to elbow about 10 kids’ heads outta my way on the path to Maxy’s hand. 🙃

Not sure how bad the covid cases are but MFCSS has sure claimed a few.

If Goody was to get COVID any week - this is it. Yze knows the Hawks well.

So says the MFC website Well if anyone knows Hawthorn its Yze.....

So was I.

Went to the game on Sunday night, I was invited in to a club function and got a dose of covid there, there were a couple of coaches there and Robbo was the MC (?) so maybe that's where it came from. Watching the game I was seated next to one of the club Directors and he may have inadvertently contributed to the outbreak. I woke up in the middle of the night last night, with the sore throat, headache and runny nose, no big deal if that's all it is. I had a "close talker" having a chat to me and wouldn't be surprised if he spread it to a few there. As a matter of interest Lyndon Dunne was sitting in front of me and he was stirring the pot when a few Tigers fans were leaving, giving them the wave goodbye, they bit and were having a go back but Dunney just kept right on waving. There's no doubt where his allegiance lies.

The week off will clearly give him time to read and sign his new contract!!!!

Would be great when Yze walks out on the ground there is a rousing OOOOZE that greets him.

In Victoria 'close contacts' no longer need to isolate so players are safe unless they get it.

Great opportunity for Yze. I would hate to lose him, but at the same time I would be bloody happy if he was able to snag a senior coaching gig in the next year or two. Bloke deserves it and is one of the best midfield coach and game day tactician going around in the AFL.

Classic MFC fan revisionism of BB. He was fantastic at North and has been, and currently is, the best tall forward we have.

No Mercy Demons. They deserve DECADES of Pain Foot on the Throat HARD

How Shane Woewodin’s feud with Melbourne was finally healed nearly two decades later Shane Woewodin had a "complete falling out with Melbourne" after being traded while on holidays. It took two decades to repair the rift.

I don't think we'll be needing her. Our depth is pretty good.

I'm happy as long as Jake "13 - 0" Bowey is playing.

For him, maybe. For me it was a little meh, whatevs. Haven’t washed my hand since, not planning to anytime soon. Anyways, I’m more of a Steven May-restraining-order kinda gal.

Not sure about Lever but Viney is so tough he is currently running through brick walls and apparently gave Covid-19 a bad case of the Viney-22. Covid is out indefinitely

Assuming Luke Jackson and Toby Bedford could be 2 of them based on Toby's Instagram Story.

I hope the crowd gets massively behind Adem and when he walks out onto the ground there’s a big “oooooooze” from the MCC. Get well soon Goody, hope he can kinda take this as a bit of a break. If anyone deserves it it’s him!

i reckon choco or richo will take over boundary line responsibilities. Yze will stay in the box as the tactical master mind. We even have quality depth in the coaching ranks... how good is this.

We're one of the best placed teams to cover this kind of thing IMO. Goody and Yze are very much a team rather than boss and assistant. Also a great run for Yze who I reckon will be coaching either Port or GWS next year.

In our truly horrible years I went to a Dees v Hawks game at the G on a Friday night with a couple of colleagues. They were both Hawks supporters and insisted we sit next to the cheer squad. I slammed 6 pots before the game at Y&J as I knew I couldn't watch our team sober in that environment. We got smashed by a huge amount, no surprise What I have not forgotten is how nice the Hawks supporters were towards me. At one point I had my head buried in my hands and a couple came up and patted me on the back and told me things will come good etc. and at the end of the game a few shook my hand for sticking to the bitter end. I bare them no ill will, although I still hope we smash them

Shows the importance of banking early wins and nailing close games. Given how we handled the last two years in the hub and 2021 I feel we have been very mature about rolling with the punches and just getting the job done

People still want Smith dropped even when the changing rooms are as ripe as a Wuhan wet market? OUT - Jackson, Sparrow, Kozzi IN - Lever, Viney, Bedford

The straight forward way of dealing with what would otherwise have been a problematic situation. In: Jake Lever Tom McDonald Jack Viney Out: Luke Jackson (H & S Protocols) Kysaiah Pickett (H & S Protocols) Tom Sparrow (H & S Protocols) Joel Smith becomes the Medical Sub and Toby Bedford goes into the starting 22 effectively covering Kozzy while Jake Lever effectively replaces Smith. Alternatively, if we get some heavy, wet weather, then possibly go with Jake Melksham rather than Tom McDonald. The result is IMO just as good a line up as the one that beat Richmond last Sunday night.

In a way it’s not a bad thing for a few players coach etc to be going down through the season. Worst result would be an outbreak pre or during finals . That being said .. get well soon. Good luck to yze.

Mitch Clark was doing pretty well for us until he was injured. I think May would have to take him. 2022 team would just have Lever picking off any passes anyone tried to send to Watts. At the other end, Frawley would have his hands full with a fit BBB. I'd definitely pick 2022 Tom McDonald in my team, just so that 2012 Tom could be sent to him. I'd back the 2012 version to keep himself quiet. Nathan Jones was at peak power in 2012 but our 2022 midfield would absolutely smash them. And as a desperate tactic if I was Mark Neeld, I'd pick 2012 Max, have him wear a fake beard and try to fool the 2022 team into passing the ball to him. 2022 by 276 points.

With Goodwin out there is no doubt that Lever and Viney being experienced on field leaders will be a welcomed addition to the side. The boys have risen to every challenge and this should be no different. You know your roles and you know your game, just stick to it and back each other.

I doubt it. He is the eyes and tactician in the box. In an interview recently he described the coaching role on the bench as giving player feedback and keeping their spirits up. We have Williams on the bench who they players are very used to having there so it should be fairly seamless.

Agree Roy11 it may just provide that extra edge against the Hawkes and it looks like it is going to be a very wet encounter. I am out of isolation today and looking forward to seeing how Yze (one of my all time favourites) clinches our 7th on the trot. Good luck Adem and good luck Simon, try and take it easy.

Given the health of our list and winning form he’ll be the proverbial cherry ripe come game time. Whatever is needed, he’ll get. Loading on damaged/filled joint surfaces has to be done with progressive care, otherwise the surface starts to degrade irreparably…..Clint Bartram’s early career end being an example.

More heartwarming smiles! I was gonna start an MFC Smiles thread but thought better of it on the off-chance there’s someone here who has visiosubrideophobia (fear of smiley faces). And god forbid I should offend anyone. 🙄

Are you sure they were actually Hawthorn supporters Hatchman? The type of Hawthorn supporters I remember from back in the day were over boisterous, arrogant AF. Memories seared in my brain as a kid from walking out of games at the G or Waverly after any kind of loss and them telling us how good they were and how crap we were - and this is even during the mid 90s when we had an average to good side. I guess it's typically of life that we remember the 1% and they are the ones that ruin it for the majority.

Jamar would give Gawn a decent opponent in the ruck. Taps directly to Beamer (every single time). Moloney would burst forward and throw it on the boot which would be easily intercepted by Lever, Petty and May. This is no way a dig at Moloney. He cops a bad wrap on here at times but his throw it on the boot tatic at stoppages would be destroyed by our current team. After it happens three times in a row the vein in Mark Neelds neck explodes from yelling into the phone too loud. Before Mark can make it to the ambulance, Cam Schwab notices that the blood coming out of Neelds vein is the perfect colour he has been looking for the players guernsey. Unfortunately we are still playing in the purple one with the fake collar. The following week Moloney is dropped and replaced by Magner

Funny, I saw this and immediately thought they are isolating together and have got Covid. Others see a contract signing. Art is in the eye of the beholder…

Update of defensive stats. Definitely seems to be locked in to some averages now with only minor movement each week. Freo are putting up impressive numbers. Carlton were ranked third for i50s before last week (56 per game). Freo restricted them to just 38 i50s which is pretty impressive. If Freo's system stands up against Geelog this week then I'll call a Freo v Melb grand final. Brisbane are dangerous offensively but when finals pressure hits their mids are too loose and slow (bottom 6 at conceding i50s).

I really really despise of the Hawks. During their dynasty, they often gave us a spanking (a lot of teams did - but the Cats and Hawks were without mercy) i want us to register a 10 goal+ win.