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Its a Grand Old Flag is also the club song for West Perth (WAFL). Which is a good thing as I only need to remember one song for both my AFL and WAFL teams. I just a simple country boy after all. To be honest, when I stopped supporting the Eagles back in 1998 because they started the host club arrangement in the WAFL. I started supporting Melbourne because it was red and blue, the same colours as West Perth. So I don't sing the Dees song, I was singing the Falcons (West Perth) song. Which I love to do after a win. You should have heard me singing the song when we beat the Fremantle Dockers Reserve WAFL side (PEEL Thunder) two weeks before under our new coach. My dislike for the Eagles and Dockers is strong as they have damaged the WAFL by making super teams. They have all the current AFL players with a ton of coaches. Last season PEEL won the flag, I wonder why? -
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Well there will be more seasons like this one to come Red! At least my WAFL club saw this type of danger and took the brave decision to part ways with its senior coach. We had a hugh win on the weekend as a result. While it was sad a club champion lost his position, the club needed to make the change. Beating a host club is always satisfying.
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Even my brother in law who is an ex Victorian and a loyal Saint Kilda supporter did not enjoy the game and they won! Words fail me about our performance, but I think there is a solution. But it may not be a popular one. While this season will be a write off, maybe 2028 will be a better one for us provide we can recruit and retain better quality forwards who can kick straight. Or accurately around the corner which is the Modern way of playing football. The Japanese do strange and weird things! I don't understand why anyone would put a banana in cellophane. It just doesn't make sense to this simple country boy.
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The issue is likely both the players and coaches but the accountability always stops at the head coach. Plus he come to us via Essendon, that's reason enough to replace him. We should NEVER recruit players and staff from Essendon/Collingwood (excluding Jackson). It generally ends badly for us.
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Retention and recruitment will definitely improve if we can win a finals match or two let alone a GF or three. Since Melbourne is falling down the ladder, I feel there needs to be some major changes in the football department before we can turn the slide around. I guess this is another, time will tell situation. This season appears to be a write off. So I hope the 2026 season shows some improvement for us.
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Based on the past 3 seasons, we should replace the head coach. So if you're not into sacking Goody, what do you think about an early retirement 🤔 at the end of this season. One or two good games should not be enough to save him, but we are Melbourne so maybe it is. IMO a successful season is one that involves winning another flag, anything else is just background noise. We only won one flag in the past sixty seasons! I feel it time for another four or five GF wins, so Red come and join the Dark Side before it's too late.
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Hope you are well? I been focusing on attending live WAFL games as I only have to travel to Joondalup. I live South of Perth and Joondalup is North. Why do I support clubs that are so far away from where I live 😕 😒 😢 🤔 Well when you support the best you can forget the rest. Unfortunately, it looks like Melbourne is falling apart again. Personally finding it hard to understand why we lost four finals games in a row. So I have been keeping a low profile lately. Oh my WAFL team is playing poorly as well. But we are getting an expensive electronic scoreboard so there is that.
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