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Supporters: What are you going to do about the mess the club is in?! Max: Tough love during the pre-season. Don’t worry, we have a plan. Supporters: Talk is cheap. We don’t want to hear it.

And 1 more thing it's got nothing to do with Melbourne fc. Im GOING AFTER MARK HEANEY and eastern ragers the club themselves is a great club I love Melbourne fc for giving me a chance just I just wish I said something when it happened to me I love the AFL system just needs to change

It's almost like he planned his own weather forecast. 31 degrees

Serendipitously watching post breakfast from afar. Had me totally engrossed, some excellent speeches, anecdotes and memories covering Ron’s life and footy career. Highlights Lou Richard’s joke about God aspiring to be RDB on the footy field. The interaction between Ted Whitten and Ron in Adelaide during an interstate footy carnival. “Who is Mr Football?” and Ron’s son Ron Barassi lll ‘s eulogy to his father. Tony Jones referred to the expected maximum temperature in Melbourne today at 31 degrees. Channel 9 timed out unfortunately as Mike Brady commenced playing. When l became aware of the darkness outside and the first rains of the wet season. Veni Vedi Vici Vale Ronald Dale Barassi.

Weather today, a maximum of 31, even mother nature is showing respect.

Am I missing something here ? Max is the ONLY one that I have seen so far that has admitted that there are some issues that need addressing. Yes, he said that the culture is pretty good BUT there are some things that need to be looked at. That is a helluva lot more than Goodwin & Pert said. They just kept the line going about great culture & nothing to see here. As for May: FFS, he was at a CLUB function, having had a few beers (by his own admission when he was interviewed at the time) and made a comment from the heart to HIS people (not the general football public), If not then, when the hell CAN he say something ? He has now said "okay, probably could have chosen my words better" which should appease all the butt hurt [censored] out there. If not, WGAF ? At the end of the day, the proof will be in the pudding, but slagging off players for actually answering questions ain't helping anyone.

Okay Max. Less words and more actions thanks. We've been hearing too much words for the past two years.

I loved the event and marvelled at the site of some of the olde footballers. The Carlton crew with a hobbled and hunched Percy Jones, Bruce Doull unchanged, Syd Jackson. I saw Sam Kekovich interviewed before the gate opened and delighted in his apology to Ron if he could talk to him 1 last time. Brent Crosswell was magnificent he is an orator who spoke so well. All the speeches were perfect, which I suspect being a state funeral were all written or ghosted by professional speech writers. Steven Smith spoke of Barassi's return to Melbourne and how he changed the culture and Richard Colles detailed how important Ron was in saving Sydney and moving the Barassi line. There have been many legends in the history of the VFL/AFL but in my mind none match Ron. They may have better credentials in some areas but no one could match his playing, coaching, vision, or persona and I doubt anyone ever will. I was sorry that his manager of 40 years Rosemary Long didn't get a chance to speak, she has dealt with Ron for so long and I am sure he was not always the easiest person to manage. Vale Ron, you were my first real hero

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I’m seeing a lot of tough love between posters in this thread 🤪

ffs, 3 pages of max having a little inconsequential chat at the races ... where i didn't hear any mention of "tough love". posters should take dazzles advice, stfu, and wait for something important to whine about

H He can't just leave Collingwood out of it! There was no need for a mention for the Collingwood Football Club, unless it was about how he flogged them in Grand Finals...he found snide and smug ways of getting in Collingwood references throughout. He is a tool

Very moving service, plenty of legends in attendance. The football memories were great but it was much more than footy or Melbourne. We got to see the person and his son Ron the 3rd's speech was possibly my favourite.

McGuire already found a way to make a Collingwood reference and had a dig at Melbourne’s recruitment of Barrassi. An appalling choice as MC. Has to make it about himself and Collingwood. Cannot stand him

Maybe instead of saying anything Max should have gone the full Marcel Marceau and let his actions do the talking. He could have mimed marking, kicking goals instead of points, given the goal umpires' goal signal so that it was all clear and ended with a triumphant mime of raising the cup. Imagine the headlines "Max Marceau mimes Melbourne marvellous!"

Caddy or Curtin?! Curtin every day of the week if that’s a choice.

Just so inane and cliche responses. We all know they have to perform next year. What do you expect Max to say when asked a question? "No comment".

Was great too be there with plenty of others, vale RDB31. Ch7 asked me what was my highlight, I responded with hearing how many times colonwood had suffered from the influence of RDB31.

I too like Ron the 3rds speech. RDB wasn't just a footballing legend, he was a father too. It was a human angle to the footballing legend. I grimaced when I saw Eddie M was hosting and there were many C'Wood references but then again it was hard to avoid given how many times RDB played in a side or coached a team that defeated them on the big day. However, I thought Eddie M. did a decent job and there was some genuine emotion from him at times.

Great Neale being there

someone with some class

I've taken today off to go to the service. Have said a number of times on here that I never saw him play but he just meant that much to me.

Like I said, the usual suspects will go on and on about Max and his mouth. Imagine the outrage if he just ignored the question at a public function and walked away. Media would’ve loved that. I was more concerned about T Mac’s pink suit, he does pink well though.

Why? You get a player this year, who could get you Reid in a couple of years and even if not, is the type of player we need and you have him now. WC could rise a few spots and you don’t know who is where next year and you are a year behind in development of a player. Not for me.

Not a great fan of Ed’s but acknowledge his knowledge and love of everything football. RDB is a multi layered legend, hero, coach, family man and above all fierce competitor in everything that he pursued. I loved the broad cross section of people that spoke on Ron’s behalf the stories, anecdotes and love for the man was heart warming. I had never heard his son Ron Jnr speak before and he delivered a wonderfully warm and insightful speech which honoured Ron in so many ways, he would have been so proud of Ron Jnr and his amazing memorial. As his manager said he was part General Patton and part Star Trak visionary. I watched it on Ch7.💕❤️💙

Daniel if there is anything any of us can do for you, please shout out. We don't want you to be abandoned by the system or left to deal with this. My heart breaks for you. And you absolutely deserve justice.

I was disappointed he only mentioned 3 GF defeats. 6 of Barassi's 10 flags were against Collingwood. I be happy to talk to Eddie about them any day.

Was hoping to see best 22 from each year ...

Walked into a deli near home where they were showing the memorial service on a tv only to see Eddie McGuire's massive boofhead filling the screen. That sanctimonious git shouldn't have been anywhere near our hallowed ground today let alone be the MC.

I was promised tough love once. It cost me a fortune, but gee it was fun.

Ed's only dropped the name of Collingwood 7-8 times..... he's obviously really trying to hold it in.

I suggest Max takes the boys out for a proper p*ss up in the off season. Let the hair down and not be so serious all the time. Forget tough love. Have some fun.

I get the talk is cheap comment. But if anyone at the club has earned the right to talk it's Max. I think it's good that the club is saying we are disappointed and pulling out all the stops.

Went to Guildford today for lunch. Never visited before and did not know this memorial existed

Here is the State Funeral in Full

I thoroughly enjoyed his comments & at HIS B&F he is entitled to say what he felt & if you think we all have to be so politically correct… then maybe get over yourself. It’s supposed supporters like you who make such a big deal out of it.

Personally I see the tough love line as a nice diffuser on the Goodwin interview. They carried on afterwards that goody didn’t reach out to smith (he interviewed the morning after returning back from overseas, understandable to still be p’d off) happy max is personable enough to not ignore media. He wasn’t alone on the ledge for missed shots in finals, and I’m sure he’s open to receiving it back. Plenty of talk this preseason please dees. Professional words and advice to build each other up further. And action to show you’ve heard and respected it. Never forget Aaron vandenBergs contribution to the flag.

Despite the occasional frustrations and annoyances, today was a reminder of how great our sport and the general football community is. To me, it also emphasised that Melbourne sits clearly on top. Loved the man. Love the club. ❤️💙

Here is my gameday beanie

Well, not really. I put my money where my mouth is, by purchasing family memberships for both men's and women's programs. Of course, I'm happy to do so, but will also call out when the same old rhetoric gets trotted out.

Premiership or Bust 2024 That is the job of next year

Whether he mentioned 'tough love' or not, the better question is whether 'tough love' would work? Gone are the days when players would do everything a coach asked without question, even if that question was internalised and never stated out loud. That's the coaching style of yesteryear and was highly successful for John Kennedy, Denis Pagan, Mick Malthouse and others. Today's generation of players (and that generation generally) have different expectations as to how they should be treated. I suspect the handling of Clayton Oliver needs to be very different to that of Angus Brayshaw which would be different again from Steven May. It's been said before, but a good coach understand the game; a great coach also understands his players.

We have such a similar draft hand this year as Port did that Night. Let’s hope we can pull off something similar.

Thanks Lexinator my thoughts as well, last thing that I would like to see is our boys develop a siege mentality. They are on their break it is the Spring Carnival time to dress up and enjoy themselves and their friends, come back relaxed, fit and healthy for another crack next year.!!

Enjoy the races, ignore the media and don't give them the time of the day. Simple.

I think I’ve missed something here. Is there a longer interview where Max actually states he’s putting his teammates on notice? The clip posted above shows Max answering a couple of questions about our ‘culture’, does it not? Mates organising catch ups through WhatsApp is what I got from it but it won’t stop the usuals coming out with the “we are sick of talk, yadda yadda yadda “ I swear this happens every time Max answers questions in the off season.

Yep, when all is said and done, more is said than done. No talk, just walk.