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At least one of them could act as a foil to draw a defender away while someone else leads and takes a mark.

Nonsense. Molly-coddling stars is unnecessary. Do you think Buddy Franklin needed ‘development’ or Wayne Carey?

You are stating the opposite of what most demonlanders have been complaining about with Goodwin . The prevailing view is that he is too stubborn and never changes anything!

And they’re 14th on the ladder despite all the draft picks they’ve been gifted over many years.

Agree

Agree with all you say except Voss

He never seemed very bright.

He should be condemned to the fires of hell forever. Our season’s failure is entirely due to him.

We should select the best side available. All of the boys have a crack. They use it every day unless constipated which a lot of them look like they are. Tom McDonald should come back . Brown should be played if fit. Otherwise why was he recruited at his age? Jetta should be played. He’s a great player. VandenBerg should play. Don’t play the VFL fringe players. Delist them instead.

TMac needs to work on his fitness and lose weight. Whoever told him to bulk up is a fool. This is not Rugby League. Players who bulk up too much go backwards in AFL.

Absolute nonsense. They had high draft picks galore and elite players galore. Players wanted to go there. Did Buddy need “development” or Ablett or Dangerfield or Selwood or Lewis or any of the other elites. Of course not. They were naturally talented and motivated. Stop taking away personal responsibility from players for their own ‘development’ and behaviours. The coaches can try and tell them what to do but they are ultimately responsible for their own actions.

He’s too small. Reminds me of JKH. Goal-kicking atrocious. Fumbles the ball. Taps inappropriately. Will be delisted in a couple of years.

What’s the point of that comment? Just to be unpleasant? Thanks sweetie!

Apparently he was told to gain 10kg to be able to play full forward and bust packs apart. Big mistake. Now he can’t run!

Apparently he was told to gain 10kg to be able to play full forward and bust packs apart. Big mistake. Now he can’t run!

It was a description of what happened that some may not have seen.

I didn’t mention leadership.

Max and Hogan exchanged a few heated words at one stage.

The draft is a lottery and Hawthorn won it. They had Mitchell, Lewis, Hodge, Franklin, Rioli, Roughead. They would have won premierships with those players with no coach or any coach.

David Parkin was a premiership coach at two clubs as was Leigh Matthews.

Neeld was ruthless. And useless.

You don’t really believe we have the talented players that Hawthorn, Geelong, Richmond or Sydney have had over the past 10-15 years? Tell me you’re not serious?

No there isn’t. Not enough talent. We need about six elite players, especially a couple of forwards and a couple of outside mids. Look at Geelong. Look at WC. They have WAY better lists. The coach can’t make a silk purse out of a dingo’s scrotum.

The podcast says that the Melbourne members voted by a slim margin for the merger. My memory is that many members were locked out of the meeting and there were questions about the validity and number of the proxy votes by mail. The podcast touches on this but doesn’t make it all clear. Also many dyed-in-the-wool supporters were members of the MCC but didn’t join the MFC because there was little advantage to them to join: so no voting rights. I believe it’s a myth that MFC members voted for the merger and this myth is another reason other clubs’ supporters think we’re weak.

We can be and we should be.