Kent

On 02/10/2022 at 18:33, Turner said:

they always are at CGS grrr

14 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Definitely worth a look. Get in the gym Noah

Doesnt need the gym he looks strong enough definitely needs a running coach

11 hours ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - sealed all Australian

May - say goodbye Steven

Petracca - disappointed in clutch

Oliver - finally regained form

Salem - season best game

Langford - continued to impress

Bowey - classy and important

Fritsch - disappeared when needed

Viney - regularly butchered disposals

Rivers - stepped up Impressively

Pickett - better second half

Turner - rarely noticed again

Chandler - little to enthuse

Melksham - had some moments

van Rooyen - often looked amateurish

McVee - seldom looked interested

McDonald - strong and reliable

Howes - poor under pressure

Sparrow - fumbled vital chances

Petty - played little part

Culley - will be better

Langdon - had limited involvement

Sharp - had no impact

Rivers Deer In Headlight

Does all the good things then doesn't know what to do,stops props indecisive equals turnover

9 hours ago, Ungarieboy said:

Oliver

Rivers

Langford

Petty

Fritsch

Culley

Yes I thought Petty wa good and deserved some points

2 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

It was not a mistake given it was repeated several times throughout the game. That's not a mistake, that's purposeful.

Correct me if I am wrong but i never said it was a mistake

35 minutes ago, Coolx2 said:

We have to pick assistant coaches by end of August and yet we are picking our head coach in September, our so weird. Me thinks we have already picked the head guy and are showing to supporters that by setting up a selection panel we will appease supporters. Have any of the coaching selection panel ever coached a team to a flag?

15 hours ago, Jibroni said:

I think when you have an organisation like the AFL trying to act as the moral arbitrator for society we have a problem.

Rankine made a mistake, nothing more.

and now we will have a spreadsheet to determine severity of the words Is it impact based like a hit or do we be prescrptive?

ie calling people old or overweight or skinny or weak on the footy field will have to judged for penalty purposes

17 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Because the club went backwards every year since 2021, has only won finals in two seasons since 2006, had/has massive cultural issues widely reported on, refused to make positional changes, structural changes or changes to our ball movement such that watching us play was/is like banging your head against the wall, because we had lost members in their droves etc

In a nutshell Dr, perfect situational analysis in my view. Many on here are still in the delusion phase

yet another Messiah to put pressure of expectation on

12 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

My hope is to get back into the first round, but at what cost, I dont know..

we have nothing to trade

Lever to North makes sense but I doubt that due to chronic injuries

Nothing significant For Viney Trac or oliver

Fritter maybe an upper second

Hard to see where we go

Just now, beelzebub said:

Would be nice to knock off these "precious" bastards !!

Us against the maggots and the ...

agreed

I have a good feeling about this game DEEs by 4 or 5 points down to the wire

Players make a statement finally

4 minutes ago, lorn said:

Basically no-one is applying for the job. They're all waiting for a call and maybe, perhaps, possibly they're interested.

so how long will this Tango go on for ? One would hope less than a week or so to overcome the shyness

8 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

As much as I hate to say it but any-one who takes this perennial basket case on is either desperate or stupid.
Possibly both.

There's something rotten with this club and stuffed if I know what it is.

I think lee mathews said something similar on friday

2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

We do not.

so let me get it straight

No plan no coach no ceo and no president at the moment

Ohh and no facilities to call our own no round 1 pick 2026

Just brilliant !

6 hours ago, Bobby McKenzie 2 said:

I don't really think you could say Oliver is not invested. He tries his guts

out week after week. Can't say the same with Trac who is playing in bursts. Love them both though and hate the thought of them playing AGAINST us.

TRac has ben playing in bursts his whole career nothing new here

5 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

The issue I’m worried about is that our midfield’s poor fit for the modern game became clearer again yesterday, and they’re all on big, long contracts that provide us little trade value.

Not a whole heap for a new coach to work with up forward too, sadly.

A new coach might/should be looking at that thinking that he hasn’t got many cards to play if he is to get us back into contention immediately, which appears the expectation.

Couldnt agree more!

Delusion at all levels and the worst list management in the league make it impossible to turn this around quickly

1 hour ago, Redlagged said:

A bit of a mess? Under Green's watch the club made a meal of the chief executive appt, made a meal of the Goodwin sacking and Green is now making a complete botch of the handover. Plus he can hardly string two coherent words together. The press conference with Goodwin was embarrassing. He made Goodwin look articulate.

Couldn't agree more Green completely out of his depth and he lacks Gravitas. The club needs to get tis off season right. Its looking like an amateur hour show at the moment

other members need to tap him on the shoulder an move him away

10 hours ago, DiscoStu17 said:

No, “lessons”, from the old French leçon, as opposed to proto–Germanic“ learnings”.

Totally different.

mean the same :period of learning or acquisition of knowledge both nouns

On 10/08/2025 at 13:35, napster said:

In this podcast, Gerard Healy says the time for a strong board was 12 months ago, and that Melbourne signed Goodwin up to a two-year extension 12 months ago. Gerard Whateley goes along with this and claims the board defaulted back to the All Blacks consultant who’d done the football review the previous year. Healy then adds that  ‘they defaulted back to the All Blacks consultant who said give them (sic) a 2 year deal.’

They have got the timing and circumstances of the two year contract extension wrong. Goodwin’s contract extension was announced in August 2023, not last year.

PLenty of people on here had the same view at the end 0f 23 The club knee jerked

38 minutes ago, worldwideweb_demon said:

I don't post much but I can't believe that so many supporters want Buckley as our coach.

He failed as a coach for Collingwood even though the Pies absolutely adored him. I was surrounded by so many Pies friends that I wanted him out year after year.

True, he almost pinch a premiership but people should inspect that season closer. Collingwood had an easy draw and did not beat anyone in the top 8 except for us during the home and away season! They were extremely lucky to finish in the top 4 which handed them a second chance after they lost to West Coast in the first finals. Then of course went to win the next two games and almost a third.

I do hope we explore all options.

According to Green "A world wide search" I hope the club follows a process as originally suggested

My concern is that Smith has discovered he doesn't have the whole board behind him in support

Melbourne cant handle the simplest things

Maybe there are Machiavellian struggles continuing

for what ever reason we still have trouble at board level MFC cant help itself

If Smith is serious he should bring the vote forward and put it beyond doubt at an extraordinary board meeting

There appears to be a trouble maker in the mix

9 hours ago, rjay said:

Not my understanding that it was unanimous but you might be right...

I heard the same thing

Smith would be mad to accept this current board its not all together

elections sooner rather than later in my view There are puppets and puppeteers

On 05/08/2025 at 06:43, dees189227 said:

Max was saying on mmm yesterday morning a wc player said to him on the field, how come its taken you so long to play him, max replied with I can't believed you desisted him.

So Max Why did it take us so long to play him???

58 minutes ago, BDA said:

you heard Maxy and jack viney during the week. The team will put in a proper performance today.

not sure if they'll be good enough to win though, doggies are a very good team (and will be unlucky if they miss out on finals)

Proper performance everyday surely this is what is missing some days

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Define building phase exactly?

Because 2019 and 2020 was a complete and utter failure from a year where 2018 was going to be the stepping stone for being a contender on a consistent level.

Chappy will say that. But reality is, hes a good coach, not brilliant.

Was a good Couldn't or didn't or wouldn't change with the times. Stuck with an out dated easily countered plan Showed zero innovation post 21.