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Alan Richardson also said Melky reported soreness after WA trip

Pies rested Pendlebury ..checkers had an abdominal strain ..Maynard is managing plantar fasciitis & De Goey is a liability at the moment. They play a system based game which they’ve played (with a few tweaks & the odd new player) for 4 to 5 years. Geelong is similar. We’re not at that stage ..yet. It’s still a very long season so I’m not quite as carried away with them …Freo have fallen off a cliff

So glad Brad Green tweeted his disgust at the journalist who door stopped Clarry & also about journalists treatment of him in general. Also Gary stating basically that the Sam McClure story about Clarry being upset about game time is also not true. I know who I believe ..

He looked very happy at training !!

I sincerely hope he doesn’t read the “respectful” discussion on here. With both Oscar Allen & Harry McKay taking personal leave with one of the main reasons being the hate & vitriol coming their way …I could completely understand him taking leave. This forum has discussed Carrie ad nauseum & yet as soon as T.Morris (Trac gave an inspiring speech in the rooms 😂) says something..some jump on it . As Max said today it’s May ..he doesn’t care what happens next year ..he just wants Clarry with a smile on his face next Saturday .

Whatever your background is you don’t coach Melb ..you’re not involved with the coaching panel in any way. Maybe before you flat out criticise the selection of the team …let’s see how they go. Maybe our coaches know a bit more about the players and their capabilities than you do. Constructive criticism is helpful but not sure why you flat out bag coach & players before game is even played ?

Short memory 🤨

That’s just so ridiculous on so many levels 🤨

But we’re not a top team ..yet. We are in the process of blending our new talent with our “old” talent. Of course you don’t play the same way every week as you don’t play the same oppo every week & you may not have the same players every week. You win differently. Instead of wasting negative energy on Goodwin just try & enjoy the evolution of the team and the players. It’s actually fun

I read the interview with Fritta where he acknowledges his love for the MFC & where he wants to play his whole career with them. He also acknowledges his form slump & how he is working hard to overcome it. Once again as supporters we over analyse his game & what we perceive as lack of effort ..we never acknowledge the human side of it. He had injuries last year ..pretty serious ones & he know’s he’s not back to his best. He’s def worth giving some time too because to be honest if we go anywhere this year ..we need him.

There’s a very good article in the Hun today about Beveridge. I think we were crucified over issues last year & really JUH’s “antics” probably surpass all our issues rolled into one. My stand is still to support our coach & coaching team & let him ..the players & club be judged at the end of the year.

So Beveridge couldn’t win a friend last year ..supporters wanted him gone ..media said he was gone (multiple times) club hasn’t committed to a longer contract ..all of a sudden this year ..he’s a genius ..,parallels anyone 🤨.

Wow …so how good are we with all the above negatives to win in just one quarter & we even get 4 points for it . Have a look at all the teams ..on average most win with one exceptional quarter.

Played on the same day ..we played in 28 plus deg in the middle of the day ..they played under the roof at Marvel.

4 day break …we’re looking after Max ..I reckon we were all pretty cooked. Your comments were ..Meh

I think we are either No 1 for forward entries and 5th for Sometimes I wonder what game you watch, it’s almost how you think the game should be played not how our new gameplan will be. What stood out for me was the relentless pressure when we didn’t have the ball …sadly missing in the last few games. We had an incredibly undermanned defence but we won on effort and commitment from 23 players. We can only improve.. small steps but exciting steps

That is just embarrassing…I so hope other supporters don’t read our forum ..I mean really you are crediting the win to the supporters 🫨

It will be an interesting podcast this week. I went to the GWS game and was excited by what I saw. I know we lost but it was an awesome game to watch. Like everyone very disappointed by our losses but I’ve learnt a long time ago …win or lose I don’t listen or read any media re MFC anymore & I only listen to Goodwin & the player who does the aftermatch interview. We seem to have forgotten that we’re watching a game of football ..the amount of scrutiny..analysis..dissection of a game is beyond ridiculous. Haven’t even listened to Demonland because it’s become quite depressing. I listened to a little of the Bombers podcast because Binman you are often the voice of reason but I’m disappointed that you seemed to have gone away from your adage of “listen to Goody”’. He has consistently said ..”we’re implementing a new game plan..we’re very confident we can do it..there will be hiccups along the way but in footy ThINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY “. We now have a healthier injury list (so we can drop players for form as we have some depth now). Senior players are regaining some form .. I don’t expect to win every game but I can definitely see the future. Goodwin took 7 years to build a gameplan around the players we had to get the ultimate success. He’s doing a new gameplan based around our young exciting players & it def won’t take 7 years. Goodwin deserves our respect.

Agree completely except I didn’t bag Goody

To me the reality is we are learning a new game plan ..it’s starting to show fruition but there will be hiccups along the way. He’s not implementing a game plan for Clarry ..Trac etc. Goody’s implementing a game plan around the raft of young talent that will be taking this team forward. The likes of our older brigade is to help build and support them and I think that will be exiting for them. Viney has been absolutely pilloried by posters here and yesterday he was exceptional. Looking at all teams this year ..I have no idea who will be no 1 at the end of it. There’s a new “media” darling every week..so I’m confident we’re heading in the right direction. That win yesterday & even the 3 point loss to GWS was exciting football. Many of our wins the last couple of years were just very boring & uninspiring

Very true. What Geelong & Collingwood to a certain extent) have is a large core of very experienced players with probably 10 years or so playing together. Their systems and continuity of same team mates will take them a long way but (in my opinion) I don’t think they’ll win the big dance. Now we have more players available we need to get them playing together to build that …raw talent is there

Did yesterday’s result make you see what I see 🤨

Character of players ..that’s a laugh. With what will eventually come out of this club…it will make whatever has happened at our club pale into insignificance. Hopefully it then highlights other indiscretions I.e. Stengle etc

What gets me excited is that we have realised we need a new game plan and we need to evolve. We have recruited new players to help push this & to support the players that are still part of our future. It took us 7 years to get success but I feel it will not be so long to be contending again. Unfortunately our supporters don’t seem to have the patience to ride it out.

Honestly ..I haven’t bothered coming on to the forum for awhile ( I become more depressed) & when you read posts like yours I have to seriously wonder if you actually support the club ? Don’t use language which you may think is clever ., we support a club .. not going well at the moment .. it’s not that hard. Football is not a reality tv show .. it’s just a game. I hate that we “turn on our own”. Bottom line ..we are all disappointed in different ways.