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Tom McDonald to FF was quite good however probably desperate, I still think Tom is needed at CHB, both for his consistency and leadership. Backline looks much better with him there and play Pedo or Weid at FF. B: Jetta, O McDonald, Lever HB: Hunt, T McDonald, Hibberd C: HF:............, Hogan,.............. FF:............, Pedersen/Weideman,...........

Totally agree and yes, I think stubbornness is his biggest issue.

" Melbourne constantly bombed the ball to Hawthorn's defence which outnumbered the Demons' forward line, allowing the Hawks' disciplined backline to repel with conviction. Puzzlingly, Melbourne did not attempt to even up the disparity in its forward half and largely kept the same structure until the Demons moved Sam Frost into attack in the final term. That left Jesse Hogan to battle against two or three Hawks defenders. Coaching in his 27th match (his 26th at Melbourne, after a single game at Essendon in 2013), Goodwin would have learned plenty from Hawthorn and master coach Clarkson about picking the right time to make a tactical move from the box." - Dumb coaching from Goodwin

Poor bugger, the stress of it, that was v Ess yeah?. Anyway, have asked @Demonland to close the thread, wont listen to the radio again!

I didn’t see or hear the interview, it was certainly blown out of proportion on the radio earlier, apologies if it was said as a joke, I only heard the radio.

I cant blame him but keep the thoughts to himself, not publicly state it with such an important line in the sand game coming up, but thats Bernie, pretty dumb.

Just heard an interview that Bernie said he doesn't want Goodwin to put him on Dusty, must be inspiring to the younger players and very Melbourne like.

DE% Bugg 47% Lewis 36% Vince 46% melksham v Roos 36% just FYI

Thanks for reporting back, interesting week ahead and maybe some statements made.

Sounds lacklustre training? However you did only catch the last 15 mins

Yes we are at round 4 but every week has seen alarming gaping holes which haven't been fixed since last year. After round 23, do you think its acceptable for these players who are meant to be 'burning' to give up so badly on Sunday?

Geelong, Richmond and Sydney have/had geneuine talented A graders, you can’t compare us to them. We have a bunch of meat and potato B grade plodders.

Can Pedersen replace Frost in the backline? Bring in Weideman to FF and play him for a month. Pedo used to play back for north from memory, but left field but I’d give it a go.

I just wonder if the players are P'ed off at what Lever is getting paid, would explain the lack of gelling in the backline also.

As straight a kick as TMac is up forward I think we need him as an anchor down back permanently and play Weid for game time, he'll never achieve anything playing sloppy, muddy, windy VFL footy. Backline may look something like this: B: Hunt, O McDonald, Jetta HB: Lever, T McDonald, Hibberd HF:............, Hogan,.............. FF:............,Weideman,......... Just my thoughts but Frost is not the answer Agree with what you have said though.

6 OMac 5 Oliver 4 Hogan 3 Gawn 2 Salem 1 Brayshaw

I saw what you saw that’s for sure and it happens quite often. Starting to think Max is tall and strong but not very smart at all. A lot of work goes to the opposition and it’s worse when he’s angry so I’m going to blame him for being daft.

Goodwin has no idea and sooner people wake up and realise the better. Rabbit in the headlights coach like Neeld

Out; Lewis, Vince, Frost, Harmes, ANB IN: Tyson, Hunt, Stretch, Weideman, Hannan. time to play blokes that are the future instead of hacks. Out slow poor disposers, in some pace. Lucky: Bugg. Kicked 4 last week and 4 shots today, laid a few tackles. If he can fix his kicking all good.

Goodwin is a horrible match day coach. Gawn gets so many hit outs bush bashes it away from our mids or flicks it to spots they arent in. A combined 3 tackles from 4 of our defenders, Lever, Jetta, Oscar and Frost............ The gameplan is one for headless chooks. Why keep Gawn off for nearly a whole quarter? Why use one of our best mids who actually turned games in previous weeks as a tagger (Jones). Why when Hogan gets 12 disposals in 1Q do they then isolate him at FF for the rest of the game? Why are we still making the same mistakes as last year?

If we can’t beat a middle of the road Geelong or hawthorn then we haven’t improved. We’ve beat a dismal bears and Roos

Lever putrid, Goodwin dumb as dog [censored]

Not sure we continue to handball in wet weather? Coaching directive?

Lever is a real concern

Oscar has improved enormously, can’t deny that. A very solid defender now