Red But Mostly Blue

Garry Lyon was quoted as saying there's no chance he will have a farewell game... so who knows?

Agree. I am not against the argument that Simon is no longer the man for the job. My opinion is he doesn't have the gameday nous and has failed to keep up with where the game is at. Just felt it could have been an end of year thing since it's less than a month away. Norm's sacking was nuts.

Firstly, very interesting Secondly, lol, you have plenty of material you can draw from 🤣

100% - and it all comes back to the culture and psyche of this club. We will never be great, again, until we fix that. Really fix it. Disheartening to try to make sense of this club sometimes!

If the thesis is on explaining this club (please do), then you have more material!

It's all fine. It's not like sacking a premiership coach has ever haunted us. (Right decision or not - the manner/timing in which the call was made) Curses aren't real Curses aren't real Curses aren't real...

From Gleeson's article: "Goodwin’s departure is unlikely to be the last significant personnel change at the club".

That's the only plausible explanation. Hopefully. And not just a completely kneejerk reaction to calls of us being rudderless etc and Greeny just trying to act presidential.

Yep, the whole thing stinks. Shows where we are at the moment. How can we perform on the field if we can't/won't do this stuff right?

Not after the Saints game, but after we smashed the Eagles? Why now? Big boy interim president Green trying to be presidential? So strange. Whether you were on board with sacking Goody or not, with 3 games to go, you reckon you just ride it out and part ways at the end of 2025 - you know, in 3 games' time - which is a respectful way of ending the gig for our first premiership coach in 57 years. I am just not sure what message this sends?? Were we supposed to win by 100+ last week?? This shows the club is a mess behind closed doors.

Currently foetal

lol trust me I said it with sarcasm as deep as the mental scars 🤣

50 points up… should be enough? 🤣

LOVE TO SEE IT 🔥❤️

I’m so conflicted today. I want us to respond, I really do, we need to. But if we smash the bottom team which has only won a single game for this year, I’m not sure it will tell us much. I should hope we beat the eagles, in Melbourne. I’m no grouch, I’ll take the win and it’s much, much better than another embarrassing loss, but I hope they take it in perspective and play 4 quarters against the doggies next week, because we’re going to need it!! We need to find the pieces for 2026, whether that be Culley, or a new coach, or modified game plan, whatever, but hopefully today just shows a piece or two, irrespective of the outcome. having said that, as always, go Dees ❤️

SMART NEPHEWS!!! 🤣

This is a great post, and some much needed focus/positivity. Personally, I've never potted the players, their effort or commitment to the club. Nor have I asked/demanded Goody be sacked, although it's fair to ask whether he is the right man going forward (although there are many questions which need answering, to be fair) and must be asked as part of the current/planned 'review' (or re-review). My greatest gripe right now is, as you say, with the governance. We have been a rabble for years and I am fearful that this will lead us to slide back down the relevance ladder again (after a brief, but enjoyable period at the top, back at the table, in conversations etc.), and it won't be stopped in time. It took us DECADES to become relevant again, with some good/lucky recruitment/trades etc. I'm disappointed with the review we did, its clearly failed implementation and the lack of regular reference to its findings/recommendations. No club with the 2024 we had, following that review, our strong list, comes out to start with an insipid 0-5. Except us. Very Melbourne. I have been a diehard Dee since '88 when Jimmy and Garry came to my school and told me they'd win the flag that year (close, even if an ugly way to finish 2nd). Member for 21 years. This means so much to me, as it does so many on here. It's more than a club and more than a game. Even if that is weird to say, because ultimately it is just a bunch of people kicking the footy around. Sometimes really well. So far all we have had is reviews for the sake of reviews and words for the sake of words. I never fully trust these boards because they are usually filled with self-interested people from power, who like to stay in power for the sake of power and prestige. And us little people, even if there are a few of us, never seem to displace that. Case in point, Peter Lawrence. I'm sick of seeing the Cats, Hawks and Pies always floating back up to the top. In the Cats' case, staying there for 20+ years. I don't want any more words. I want action. Real, tangible action. Will we get it though?

I know Brad doesn't like to be seen as/called an interim president. But with nowhere [censored] like this, acknowledging frustration and anger... we're not in the position we want to be... (??!), he is well and truly an interim president with no vision and no cojones. DO SOMETHING. ANYTHING. The last one of those emails sounded the same. BS corporate speak. And here we are, in the same place, arguably worse. To refresh your memory. From April this year: "I’m writing to acknowledge what has been a disappointing start to the season. Sitting at 0–5 isn’t the standard we expect of ourselves, and we know it’s frustrating, for our members, supporters, and everyone inside the club. What I can assure you of is that we have a determined group of players and coaches who will drive the team’s response". In case you missed it, lots of acknowledging, frustration, and not meeting standards. What happened from there? Response? Fleeting, and inconsistent.

Guys, relax, you're missing the point of the email. They ACKNOWLEDGE that we're not up to standard! They're just like you and me, they are also very cranky. stomps foot - so very, very cranky, and it makes them want to just scream. OK!? It's been acknowledged and they're cranky like you and me so we can all rest easy. It's not like we have already had a review into the club, because we weren't up to standard last year, and this year was supposed to be a bounce back into contention... (BTS, we have lost Brad, if we hadn't already lost him before - swallowed up by the corporate spin machine)

Agree. I think the whoosh sounds for each dot point. And there will be many, many, many, many, many dot points. For all the learnings, of course.

I am guessing Goody will be presenting some of this year's learnings to the Board tonight...

oh dear god there's another game I am not over the other one yet...

I would take the whole team eating souvs right now…

Yep, the shortest ‘defined’ brand of footy and dynasty, ever. We were promised a nice car that would do 100k - 200k, but after a great couple of years, it’s on the side of road waiting to be collected, at maybe 30,000km. Probably headed for scraps. From the doldrums we came, and it looks like that’s where we are headed, again (from hell and back, and back again, or whatever we are up to with those DVDs), as no one seems to be bothered that it took us decades to become relevant again, and who knows when we’ll get that chance again.

At least we’ll always have 2021 And each other And the therapy bills Amirite? 🤣🥲