the fork

A fair assessment and it certainly tells me he's watching. Very few stabs in the dark. I love it. This could be the article the press quote from in a couple of months time upon his appointment. Paul Roos, come on down...

good for you tiger. stay strong, once a dee always a dee.

I don't need to tell a single person reading this forum that its been a tough several years for us all. Like many on here I love my footy club, its been mine since birth and I find myself caring about it more than I probably should. I don't need to provide a spread sheet of the potential saviours, false dawns, tragedies, mistakes, anguish and failures we as a club have endured. There has been times in the past few years where in my darker moments I was forced to ponder which club I'd barrack for should mine bite the dust? The sad answer is, there is no answer, I'd probably give the game away. During this time I think we've each held onto something that has kept us going. A thought, a hope, a simple wish. I'm interested to know what yours is? What's the one thing that has kept you supporting our club during these lean years?

Maybe Andy D'a comments on Roos was enough to cause this? I hope they know a little more than that though.

You're on fire of late Bub.

Mark Williams is the coach for our last crack and forming a Premiership side from our current crop of players. He will rock a very big ship that just sinking anyway so why not. Does anyone actually believe a bloke like Rocket Eade is going to inspire Colin Sylvia to be the player we all think he can be. I'd rather see Col under Williams than any other coach. Williams, like Roos, will connect with our entire playing group, something Neeld obviously had trouble with. But as much as we want Roosy I just don't think the move to Melbourne is attractive at all. It's Williams for a shot at and Grandfinal win, or its Eade for a couple more Preliminary Finals then another half-decade in the bottom eight.

You do sound rude. Why so defensive? The censored part of the post was essentially 'steal'. I'm sure it'll make sense now. Better get to bed now DeeInWA, school tomorrow.

With the draft picks we've had mate, technically it should have been opening in a year or two. But that hope feels so far off it hurts.

Like all Demonlander's I've been churning the potential coaches through my head since Neeld's rather sombre sacking earlier this week. If we can remember back that far, it feels like an eternity ago for many reasons, it really feels to me that something rather significant transpired over the weekend that allowed Pj to make the 7.55am call to sack our then coach. Maybe it was a twilight call from Andy D and his mates letting PJ know that they'll pay for the hit, and fund a major player to take over? To think that the conversation ventured into who that major player might be and if any 'hypothetical discussions' had taken place is perhaps a little paranoid, but one can only hope! As the week has gone on the broadly held view that we need a established 'big-name' coach has held firm. It's cause for celebration that the names Roos, Williams and Eade are part of the conversation. Many times this week I've just sat back and relished in the reality that one of those names may one day be announced as our new coach. In 2011 the names Malthouse, Lyon and Clarkson circled but they never felt close or real. Ok, I'll admit that I thought we had Rossy Lyon in the bag at one stage, though I dare not say it out loud, for fear it might then not become true. But that was 2011, back when I considered our Gary a real operator rather than dour git he parades himself as in the media. We would have killed for the names being mentioned now to have been mentioned back then and we would have killed some more for them to be the stark reality they appear as now. Gee whizz you mob, this might be something real! This PJ bloke has me pissing my pants and I'm going to share that I'm lovin' the thrilling wet tingle on me thigh. No more of these perpetual false dawns. No more relying on poor old Jack Watts to save us, or one legged Mitch to carry our load. No more praying that that tough talking skinny bloke in glasses at that now infamous press conference might just know what his talking about or waiting for Jack Viney to put blokes like Hodgey on his arse whilst snapping home his fourth from 45 out on a tight angle. We're now facing an overhaul of every major facet of our club. But the brutal reality is of course that our Premiership window remains open by a tiny, single crack. A slight puff of wind will jam it shut for what will be another decade of angst and navel gazing. For me hope is coming from a rather obscure place. In my opinion there is still a glimmer of hope due to Todd Viney's late picks in Dean Terlich, Matt Jones and perhaps even Dean Kent. This is not to say that these blokes are our saviours, but they are a base from which to build. They have us hanging in there by a single thread and the young men with their grip on that thread is Todd's own son Jack, his house mate Jimmy Toumpas and the boy-mountain Jesse Hogan. This very fact must, in my opinion, shape the decision surrounding our next coach. As we are going to have to pull our next premiership cup from nowhere. T'will be a heist of great proportion which calls for special measures which I suggest is not to settle for just any 'big-name' coach, but one suited to the task at hand. A coach who can inspire these young men to play sustained out-of-their-skin type football and maybe one day [censored] a Granny from one of those Mc Teams from up north. We need some X-Factor because we don't have a list that will win a Grand Final based on skill, talent and silk. Just who this coach is I will leave up to you but for sanity's sake lets leave Clarko, Sheeds and Lethal out of this, because it just ain't gonna happen. Of the names mentioned above I reckon I know who it ain't. Rodney Eade strikes me as a bit of a Pavlova, a neither here nor there kind of cake. Fluffy, airy, particularly pithy and with no real substance. A good coach they tell me but he just don't fit the description above. This is our equation Demonlanders. Just who is going to instil the otherworldly passion and guts we need to pull this off?

This place would be so much more tolerable without comments like this. Dazzle I like your work mate but this is just disrespectful to a loyal Melbourne player. Sure he's had an ordinary day but far from our worst this year.

Garland has been our best today. Would love to tempt Hells Gates back here, but somehow don't think that is going to happen!

From our mate Greggy D, apologies to those who actually knew about this. Experienced administrator Matthew Drain could head Melbourne's football department A NEW-LOOK Melbourne football department could be headed by experienced AFL administrator Matthew Drain. The Australian understands Drain has been approached by new Demons chief executive Peter Jackson to head football at the struggling club, which is expected to make several key football department changes, including the replacement of senior coach Mark Neeld a year ahead of the expiration of his contract. Drain, 44, has previously worked for Essendon, the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda at the top end, as either general manager of football operations, list manager or high-performance manager. He worked alongside Kevin Sheedy at Windy Hill between 1999 and 2002 when Jackson was Bombers chief executive. Jackson did not return calls from The Australian last night. Drain, a former Victorian Sheffield Shield squad member, left Essendon to become high-performance manager of Cricket Australia, where he oversaw the development of a centre of excellence. Having played first-grade cricket for 13 years, he was also head coach of the Australian women's cricket team. After leaving St Kilda several years ago, Drain sought a career change away from elite sport, working in law enforcement. Should he accept the position with Melbourne, he would be ideally placed to renew his association with Rodney Eade, who is likely to be sounded out for the senior coaching role from next season. Eade is currently a coaching strategist under Nathan Buckley at Collingwood, a position he has held since he coached the Bulldogs for seven years until the end of the 2011 season. Drain and Eade had a close working relationship at the Whitten Oval for several years until Drain moved to St Kilda in 2008

I'm disappointed to agree.

Cheers WYL. Anyone know much about him?

Matt Jones is fast becoming my favourite Dee.

Thankfully both can improve with confidence, which, along with mid-field talent, is the most important thing this team lacks.

is that something you heard during the telecast Tim or just your personal thoughts?

Some of our new boys have been great today. Terlich, M. Jones and Kent. I feel safe with the ball in Terlich's hands.

Anyone watching the telecast, Luke Darcy mentioned that someone had firmed for the Head of Football position. Did anyone hear who he was talking about?

An interesting article for those who are interested and perhaps for those who struggle to understand the power and pull of family in indigenous Australia: Healing art of Tiwi Islander Pedro Wonaeamirri You can cross the pay wall by cutting and pasting the quote.

The difference is smarty pants I don't claim to have any sources!

Gosh this made me laugh. An ordinary weekend, a stressful day for Dees supporters and you come out with this... cheers! PS. Maybe your sources read it in the paper too? Pfft....

You need to give it a rest Tiger and think about the lives of the young men you so flippantly punish with your ego. See you in a month, I'll make sure of it tough guy!

Classy. I guess that would mean that Olisk and his cancerous attitude gets a month off then? I am sick to death of you and the things you type, but would never in a month of Sunday's ever say to a players face.

Well that post helps things. Awesome, thanks for the insight...