Demonsone

Would be great to have a comparison of trades of teams after winning the premiership in the last decade…

Good season in the end as I believe they started slowly & stormed to the finals

I don’t disagree their home ground/training base has received 140mill very political yet they wouldn’t find space for our home base in the Olympic park district, 3rd party deals who knows & if true they should be stripped of their flags! Bottom line we can’t deny our club stability has been poor!

Cats & Pies were broke late 90s both had millions in debt! 25 years later both profitable huge memberships, state if the art training facilities & get blockbusters, we are still trying to nail down a training base which will be another 3-5 yrs away

We hate it because our club is so far off the pace and has only managed to climb the mountain once in 60yrs, their sustain success reinforces how poor we are along with many other clubs!

It was 2023, but the 22 straight sets was just painful

Don’t agree totally as yes they train & play on their home ground, state gvt have contributed 140 mill over 15 years to redevelop their ground all political vote chasing! Third party deals and salary cap hasn’t been proven, but their culture and stability , list mgt strategy of not bottoming out via free agency and trading can’t be question, just compare our trades to theirs since our premiership we would be lucky to have any in the seniors, Our third president & Ceo…

Hearing Green saying the criteria of 8 years experience as a coach , not sure why the footy world needs to hear this, Scott & Macrae I’m sure didn’t have 8 years ( could be wrong) an both are premiership coaches with possibly another flag coming up! Keep this stuff in house!

14 prelims from last 19 seasons the Cats, hate it but respect it as their strategy has been solid, whilst they have a uniqueness as non Melb club they are consistent with stability & rare off field issues we can only dream off

There is a thread for this lol

Over seeing the same old prelims cats & pies… cats trade in A graders in Cameron , Smith etc vs our VFL players

Watching Cameron & Smith to name a few is frustrating as the cats just seem the draft the best talent and don’t bottom out! It’s as if they sat back and watched the expansion clubs draft in the best talent and have targeted them

Needs more than just changing the coach, assistants, footy dept football mgr, ceo, president, stability is the key & even when we won flag the rumblings & change of president occurred. People are harsh on Buckley was a kick away from winning a flag, I’m sure he’s learnt a lot & would approach things differently, by his own admission he’s said that. Scott at Essendon has proven that until the club gets all of their areas function right success want come & he will be the scapegoat again

Filth can thank us for them finishing top 4

Will this be another trade period watching other teams making big trades??? We never seem to be linked to any big name

It’s how you look at it, don’t the current players want to create their own history? Having reminders of past glories can also work against you.. Yze at Richmond removed premiership stuff , theres the right place but in change rooms it should be about the present

Listening to Buckley on the couch, it must be difficult to discuss as he stated the fit has to be correct for both, I think he would be far different than he was at the pies

The days were there was no social media, no one was the wiser yet nowadays we are judged

Incredible achievement by Max, our Captain continues to show the way in a very tough year, no excuses for Max! Well done to Pickett and more to come !

So how who decides on delistings without the senior coach?

Have the end season exit interviews been done or are they waiting on the new coach to be appointed, how will this run as all the other teams not playing finals are been completed?

Will List mgt decisions only be made when a new coach is appointed? So how are the exit interviews handled?

Couldn’t see a topic on Mark Williams but confusing as he want be the development coach in 26 and the new CEO is taking of finding another role .. would you not have this done before announcing anything??? Media calling us rudderless etc

AFL draw is a joke! Cats have played 1 top 8 side in the last 8 weeks GWS and lost, whilst enjoying % boosters & inflating their ladder position, this needs to change as playing bottom teams who’s season is over, this needs to be fixed as other top 8 sides are not getting the same fixture running into the finals, in fact it may be harming the Cats as they are playing nobody before the finals

Loosing the same way since the 22 finals and the bombing continues going forward, how many games have we lost after leading? Our kicking skills have deteriorated in particular from our senior players, how many out of bounce by Langdon, Goodwin tried for 3 seasons to tweak & change the game plan but failed. We can only hope the new coach and assistants can change this.