Deesprate

Yes last night was bad but it pale into insignificance compared to the view moving forward. This is just so incredibly damning and fill me with dread that we peaked in 2018 and we are on downward spiral. Can anyone provide me with evidence to the contrary. The football department and it recruiting has been a disaster since Roos left. Make the most of nearly making the eight as it is probably the best we can hope for in the next 3-5 years. Our Board and Chair have backed Goodwin and his merry men and can’t be accused of not being patient. There has to be serious change that at least give the supporter base hope and a feeling that where not just drifting aimlessly.

This thread is the saddest aspect about being a Melbourne supporter now. It the realisation that after seven years we have a broken B game list. How did we get this bad it inexplicable. The only thing worse than the list is the coaching panel a complete list of C graders. The broom need to be put through the coaching panel. A list review also need completing with a dont come Monday for as many players as e can off load.

Thank god for Rivers a great young player

Goodwin presser was a kick in the guts to members. Platitude after platitude. Dead man walking and he know it.

Goody Freo were better than us have to rely on other results - wtf we need to get more ruthless - sack himself where in it together good we have experience of nearly being in finals where not quite there - please we were boring but intensity ramped up after half time disappointing - understatement two game to go simple be better focus on what we can control prepare as best we can. Bingo where going to work incredibly hard Lyon cut him asunder about being ruthless. Stop talking DO Lyon no answers well done Gary

Rivers and Langdon positive

Totally agree multitude of issues including a list of players who are not AFL standard. Putting aside actual ladder position after a seven year rebuild we are only better than Crows and Kangas. Long suffering supporters deserve better.

Called out Preuss, Baker, ANB, Hunt, Bedford not up to AFL standard

Good on u Gary Lyon named names spot on

Ha easy money

Love Trac feel sorry for him

Indictment this last few minutes. To little to late

Late rally watch Goody grab on to that

Langdon a rare diamond

Freo well coached and drilled

Baker is another example of a player who is not AFL standard

As much as I don’t rate Goodwin how have we recruited so many sub standard players

Cynicism my friend after 50 years all I have left

The only bit I would say

This is OVER. Goody will rebuild over summer. Be patient

U12 on goal line FFS

Fritsch que Benny Hill music

Clearly mouthed off. Cost us a goal. Watching Lever make me sick.

Bedford undisciplined stupidity. Typical self indulgent rubbish

This team look more balanced to me and we have at least had some time to get used to the surroundings. I read in this site a lot about how the current club cant be held accountable for 50 years of failure. Whilst that is true I think culturally a loser mindset has been handed down year to year. If you look at our leaders Gawn; Jones; Viney none of them have experienced success. I think it is why we dont beat good team or make finals there is simply no winning culture. People like to compare Goodwin to Thompson/Hardwick but they both came out of winning environments. Goodwin had involvement in a winning culture in Adelaide but that was over 20 years ago. His apprenticeship as coach came from a losing culture at Essendon. The acceptance of losing was amply demonstrated by Gawn after the Swans game. I found his comment that there were positives out of the game alarming and his lack of leadership to turn thing on the field a major worry. I just think the Dees lack uncompromising leaders who refuse to accept the concept of losing.To me we just appear to damn nice and accepting of defeat and I think Goodwin personality perpetuates that. I think Vanders is an essential component of this team as he is one of our few truly unsociable footballers. He hurt players not in a sniping way but a brutal attack on the ball way. I expect the Dees to run over Freo tonight but until some mongrel get into this team we are are flaky week to week proposition. IF Goodwin fails which I fully expect he will no doubt be given more time next year but at the end of this period of failure can we for goodness sake get a hard nosed coach from a winning culture. That why if we could a move for Clarkson make so much sense.