Mel Bourne

On the AFL Reddit page there are countless posts from opposition supporters who are appalled by the fact that Trac was put back on the field. I am in complete agreement. Has anyone ever seen Trac in that much agony as he was being walked off the ground? No. It was obvious that something was very, very wrong. But we all know the coach has had run-ins with medicos trying to do their job and protect the players. I followed the Essendon scandal very closely at the time, and I was shocked when we appointed Goodwin as our head coach. In my opinion, it was a total abandonment of core values. My opinion has not changed.

You need to go the grip store and buy several grips.

Exactly

A coach

I’m turning off and going for a walk. Sick of this club being led by spud who can’t string a sentence together.

That was a rubbish call.

We all support the same team, but that’s where a lot of our commonality ends. People who make comments like this are lacking cerebral power. Also that particular poster should be booted off the site entirely.

Just Google it. He’s not very bright.

Apparently he’s a good bloke who the players love or some such garbage. Ever since I read his text messages to Stephen Dank I’ve had him figured out. Takes a lot of other people considerable time to figure it out apparently.

Sack Goodwin. It’s not our injury list. It’s not the lack of talent. Sack him.

He’s always been a butcher by foot. His close-contest game is what’s made him a star and that’s not what he’s delivering. We’re just watching him in a long rehab.

Our coach is a low-intellect individual. Good footy brain. But in terms of general communication, he is not who I want in charge.

It’s funny. I think that last match was - and I really dislike this overused term - “triggering” for the majority of folks here. A genuine and out-of-the-blue flashback to a time we’d thought wouldn’t come back to haunt us again, so soon. But aside from the despair and the deeply unsettling feeling of the ground falling away from under your feet, I was also reminded of a time when I was less invested in the possibility of a finals appearance (let alone a grand final), and was just happy whenever the team got up. I also remember my weekends being far more free of a certain distraction, and my blood pressure maintaining a consistent reading. Ultimately, I don’t want to to revisit those dark days. But my doctor/zen monk would probably be prescribing such so-called darkness.

This is the post you’re referring to.

Were you attacked by a comma when you were young?

I can’t help but feel the club has decided that Clarry struggling on the field is preferable to him struggling off it.

The Melbourne Football Club

Getting weird in here, guys. I missed the game because my mum had a health scare and I was in the emergency ward with her all afternoon. Turns out I had a better afternoon than anyone who watched the game. (She’s ok, btw).

Ah I see, nice. It was kind of hilarious how the broadcast made it look like he directed it towards Jake Lever in the box.

Of course. In fact I’d rather play a stronger Pies to get a real sense of where we’re at (and in the event of a win, not have to tolerate their supporters’ excuses). I don’t believe there’s such a thing as an easy win in the current competition. Nor do I relish or celebrate injuries. Not even in the case of Mason Cox*. *I had to sum up a lot of adult-strength to type that sentence.

This was basically confirmed at the time. Goodwin was very clear that he was expected to play one more week at Casey, but Turner’s calf and Roo’s concussion against the Blues brought him in a week early.

Allow me to momentarily jump ahead one round of the pre-game thread. According to “Footy Feeds” on the AFL site, Pies will not have Cox, Mihocek, De Goey or Richard’s for King’s Birthday. Add these names to their already extensive list Ok, back to matters at hand…

Guessing you haven’t watched his highlight reels then. Worth a look.

Thing is though, McAdam actually knows how to do it. So perhaps we reallocate that entitlement? And this one...https://www.afl.com.au/video/994633/up-and-mcadam-in-huge-hanger?videoId=994633&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1691218330001

Yep, those kind of conditions don’t sound ideal for either a re-building Petty or a late-career BBB. Who else though?