DemonFrog

I am surrounder by Freo supporters (God my Dad was one!) I would have a great time rubbing it in to their supporters as I loath Freo only a little less than Collingwood. But really nothing would have changed for MFC as one win does not mean alot. It is continual improvement that is needed. Althought at least for a week I can again hold my head high as a MFC supporter!

All this goes to show is statistics can show you anything someone to see.I only need to look at the MFC Senior Coachs wins/loss record and the way MFC has been losing. Personally I seen enough! Are you really suggesting the the MFC Senior Coach should be given longer to prove himself? I for one don't the MFC has the time or the energy for that! If he does stay I can hear him saying "give us time as the MFC is undergoing another rebuild and the players MFC has have all player under 50 games ....". When I hear this, all I want to do is cry due to wasted opportunity. The MFC needs to see movement towards success. Unfortunitely there only been movement to continued failure.

I totally agree with the comments made in the video and the next question is a simple one. If the 'powers to be' can't or want make a decision on the coach do well also have to change them as well? May as well do a full change in leadership and support roles and get rid of all those not capabily of performing their role and responsibilities to the standarf necessary as like any cancer cell you leave one behind and you will be infected again. Also why does MFC need two Captain! Let pick an on field leader and trust and support him, if we need more leader then make them a Vice Captain. I not seen multiply Captain work yet.

Do we get a vote on the coach? As he wants another 5 years to totally kill off the MFC. I for one want the current coach out has he appears to have no idea about player selection, coaching or what MFC needs to achieve to survive. But I am worry that the powers to be will only replace him with another crap inexperienced coach. Personally I would like someone who actual knows something about football, and not the current MFC board, to make the selection. I lost any faith in the current MFC board after the Suns game. Is the MFC development the same as the Suns and GWS as stated by the coach. Did not the MFC start its rebuilding program about 5 or 6 years ago, which was well before both teams entered the AFL. What I really want to say to the coach "you must know you are not up to coaching an AFL team so please for the sake of the MFC GETOUT!"

Well yes I did feel better thank you for asking and its great other kids signed as members. No I not confused at all about MFC accepting losses , have you ever listened to the coachs after game speakers? If not, I suggest you do. That is the best news I have heard all week that he the lowest paid! But what does this mean he on between $300,000 to $500,000? If we paid him more then the base AFL salary for players then he over paid in my opinion. OMG you want to wait another 18 months to see if he any good? I save the the time and agony of more records losses and tell you now, he not even a competent coach. Well the MFC standard sfor good is not what it was so a good player for MFC may not be a good player in another club. But you did say most and not all. But it great to see you still have the faith, I lost that when MFC lost to the Suns by 10 goals.

Good point but the current MFC Senior Coach is something very special. By keeping him the MFC is guaranteed of one things, continued MASSIVE LOSSES both on and off the field. He got to go and a independent selection committee (people with actual recruitment skills) need to get the best replacement they can. There is no time to waste as I just heard a story of a 11 year old supporter has just changed teams to Richmond! As he believe MFC don't even try to win. It hard to blame the young guy as I have similar feelings this year. It does appear there is a culture that lossing is acceptable and that the Football Department believe lossing today will somehow mean MFC will win tomorrow. Someone needs to point out to the Football Department that once lossing is acceptable it like a virus, that attitude is very hard to get rid of. Also it hard to keep good player when the team is not successful. Who cares if Mark is a nice guy or not, surely MFC is paying him a large salary to be successful and he is far from achieving that! At the end of the day it all about have a successful football team and MFC has not had one of those since 1964! I for one want to see many successful MFC teams. But all team supporters will be saying the same thing and at the end of the day only one team can win the flag.

I mean to say if MFC needs to do more then change the coach as this will ultimately achive a very short term outcome. As if only the coach is changed (he should go!) it will be like moving the seats in the Titanic, gives us something to do, but takes eyes of the real issues and will not substancially change the tradgic outcome. I personally want MFC to win Premierships, the more the better. Does anyone seriously think the current leadership and football department at MFC will achieve this outcome within the next 10 to 20 years, if never? The coach must go but so should other who are clearly struggling in their positions as a new coach will need to have the best chance to significantly improve the teams performance. The members and supporters of MFC then need to unite under the new coach as the continual change and criticism of its coaches will ultimately only achieve another 50 years in the obyss (No Premiership). Melbourne FC Forever!

I am afraid to say simply changing the coach will do little for MFC, besides giving its supports a short term satisfaction and making the team much more competitive. I was prepared to have a couple of very unsuccessful season to all the MFC to achieve a Premiership! But wanted to see continual improvement in the on field performance. I was obviously sold a lemon by the powers to be at MFC with that one. Teams will have their good years and bad, we all accept that! But MFC has had it fair share of bad, it’s time for someone else to have their turn with bad results (my vote is for Collingwood or Fremantle). Personally I will not accept any more continue on field failure by my club. I don’t really care who the new coach is as long as the current Senior Coach is gone and the replacement is appropriately experienced with a realistic game plan (something out team can actually do without getting consistently flogged!). The person must have the ability to coach a premiership team now and not in five or ten years once they learn what coaching is all about. Oh nobody from Collingwood please, been there and done that (which has resulted in MFC becoming the joke of the AFL). There needs to be a change at all levels within MFC or we will simple be talking about replacing the replacement coach in another 18 months’ time. I really want MFC to recruit a Senior Coach I can get fully support and respect. But more importantly I want to Senior Coach to have the resources he needs to win a Premiership within the next 3 to 5 years (Next year would be even better but nobody could expect that). Sadly the truth is MFC would consider itself very lucky if it could win a Flag in the next 10 or 20 years, but I want to maintain the faith! I find it hard to publicly criticise the Senior Coach of any football club I support but the loss last week to the Suns was the last straw for me. It’s better to kill the cancer quickly then to die a slow and painful death. Melbourne FC Forever!

Please get someone with expeience, at the very lest does not take 3 to 5 years to show a return and can win more then four games a season! But for the supporters sake don't let anyone who pick the current Senior Coach anywhere near the selection panel! Better still lets get an independent selection panel to assist, someone we can sue to fund any early payout if they get it wrong! My final request is don't get anyone from COLLINGWOOD! We have not got that desperate yet or have we?

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Where should I start? Was it his comments about having recruited well in the off season, the comments the AFL investigation had no impact on the football department which he later indicated may not have been true. Or maybe the constant comments about having so many players with under 50 games experience (who decided to replace 14 players?), the comments that Melbourne trained so well in the preseason and played well in the Preseason Cup so he could not understand the 148 point flogging by Essendon was a particular favourite. But do I need to go on? Melbourne FC won four games last season and will likely only win one or maybe two this year (I hope I am wrong). The Issue with the Club come from more than the Senior Coach but we all have to start somewhere. I see no passion in his coaching or with his players. Is it wrong to expect the coach to get fired up after massive losses or do we expect them to roll over and make excuse after excuse, Even a modification to the game play (if we have one) would be nice. Even if he has the world best game play why not stage the player’s development of it! I do in fact appreciate hearing the truth from someone I respect (not someone who is simply making excuses) and consider would assist the Club to be as AWESOME as it should be. The current Senior Coach will never get this Club to the final eight, let alone win a Grand Final! The final straw was a the loss to a third year Club, last week (Melbourne FC came so close to losing to a second year Club a few weeks ago). There is a difference between knowing there a problem and having the skill and experience to resolve them. I will no longer sit back and say nothing about how Melbourne FC is being run in the football department, I would be more than happy to say I was wrong (as my heart beats true for the red and blue) if things improve quickly! Melbourne FC Forever!

It will take more like 10 to 20 year rebuilding program! The Club will needs time to learn how to win again after 5 years of failed rebuilding programs (was it 1,2 or 3 rebuilding programs again?). Does anyone seriously believe Melbourne FC will be a serious challenger for the flag in 3 to 5 years? Melbourne FC Forever!

It would be better for any Melbourne FC supporters and members not to listen, read or watch anything the current Senior Coach says. It will only lead to more confusion and pain! Personally the more I try to understand the current Senior Coach by reading his media releases and other public statements the more it appears to me he is out of his depth as an AFL Coach. Peter Jackson should really review all his comments and statements before they are released to any media outlet. Melbourne FC Forever

As a Melbourne FC supporter it pains me to say it will take many years just to build to a basic AFL standard team, let alone to be a series challenger for the any Flag. I agree that the remainder of the season is all about getting RESPECT for our Club. The most important area will be: RESPECT from the football community, and RESPECT from its Members and Supporters. The question is can the Club get this RESPECT without taking some radical changes in the Clubs Leadership group? The leadership group includes the Senior Coach, Coaching Staff, President, Entire Recruiting Department etc... Supporters and Members cannot be too critical of the playing group (as much as many may want too) as they have been setup to fail by the so called leaders/decision makers at the Club. Melbourne FC appears from recent media releases/statements that the Club is full of people with good intentions but who has little to no skill and/or experience in their areas of responsibility. Melbourne requires a complete independent review and assessment of the clubs on field operations. This is necessary so the Club can implement a workable new plan (one that does not rely on the TOTAL humiliation of the Club on field performance over the next five or more years) to win its 13th plus FLAGS! MELBOURNE FC Forever!

I can no longer just simply stand by and say nothing after reading the many comments from our Senior Coach this year, which indicate to me his total lack of understanding of the game (or is it he just wants to feed us all a load of spin!). Last year I was annoyed with the performance of the Club, but still showed my support by becoming a member for the first time and hoping 2013 would be a much better year (how could I have been so WRONG!). After reading the current comments from our Senior Coach I wanted to make some comments and ask a few questions of my own. 1. "We've got a real clear understanding of where we're at and we've got a really clear vision of where we want to get to and how we're going to get there." Does this mean it was a deliberate approach by the Board and Coaches to assemble an uncompetitive team in 2012 and beyond? Did the Board and Coaches really plan to have the Melbourne FC consistently achieve substandard performances? There was a comment from the Senior Coach that he was surprised by the 148 point loss to Essendon as we training and played so well in the preseason comp (Does any club take the preseason seriously besides US!). 2. "There's no short term fix, it's a long term fix. We're doing exactly what everyone said the football club needed to do two to three years ago," Agree with the first part of this comment as it will take Melbourne FC Ten to Twenty Years to be in a position to challenge for its 13th flag again. When a team accepts LOSING it because a cultural Virus to any club which takes years to be cleansed. Who was saying two or three years ago that Melbourne FC needed to build a totally inexperienced and uncompetitive team who should get totally smashed and humiliated every week? Where they Collingwood Supporters by any chance! Can someone please answer these questions for me! As it’s looking very much like I will be voting for urgent significant change at all levels of management of our great club when I next get the chance. Melbourne FC Forever!