Lord Nev

Unconvincing isn't it?!

Brilliant, thanks heaps mate! May I ask, were any of the coaches addressing this stuff? As in, did they stop play, pull players up etc to try and fix these things? Been the same problems for so long now and it makes me wonder how they've been actually working on correcting it. Cheers!

It begins.... #SackBurgo ?‍♂️

Rupert beat us to it....

“Following scans on Monday afternoon, it has been decided that we will get the opinion of knee specialist Julian Feller to determine the best course of action,” General Manager of AFL Football Performance Alan Richardson told Melbourne Media. “The club will be in a position to provide further information following Ben’s consultation on Wednesday.” Club Statement

Don't reckon it's time to panic just yet... Wait til Thursday.

And you'd be surprised by that?

Can't remember exact details, but PJ has been working on a racism/cultural report for the AFL for a while too.

Totals is never a great way to work it out. If you go by averages then it's: Clangers 6. Oliver 17. Petracca 20. Viney Ahead of Oliver are Yeo, Cotchin, O'Meara, Dusty and Brad Crouch, so perhaps it's not a great singular stat to judge players by. Turnovers 2. Viney 3. Petracca Equal 17th. Oliver Above Oliver are players like Prestia, Sicily, Treloar, Shiels, Tim Kelly, Crouch, O'Meara, Gaff, Martin & Cotchin. I'd say Prestia, Martin & Cotchin is a midfield that has had some success. Now I agree our skill level and decision making needs to improve, but I don't think judging inside mids by these selective stats is very fair, and while it's 100% an issue, it might be a bit broader than those 3 players, especially given their roles. Our forward 50 delivery has clearly been our biggest issue for a few years, and while Viney & Oliver would feature in that, let's also add that players like Melksham, Langdon, Brayshaw and Fritsch, all players who are often delivering inside 50 after receiving from the inside mids, all feature high up on the stats you have brought up also. Also worth mentioning that vandenBerg has an average of 1 clanger per 4 disposals. Viney's average is 1 in 6.

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Has officially retired.

Racist against whom? Based on what factual evidence exactly? The person of which you speak is a Distinguished Professor with an OA and a FASSA. This means they are exceptionally versed in evidenced-based reasoning. So what is yours?

Missed a few minutes of the presser while on a phone call, but from what I heard there wasn't any kind of apology to the people who have suffered due to the systemic racism the report is about. Wasn't part of the report about how Collingwood doesn't own up to things and tries to spin them in the media? Clearly, they still have learned nothing.

This is absolute rubbish. The person facilitating the report is exceptionally qualified to do so. Pathetic comment.

She mentioned later on it was on the TV show 'Deadwood'.

Professor Larissa Behrendt is also: - Chair of Indigenous Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology. - A founding member of the Australian Academy of Law. - A member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. - A Director of the Jimmy Little Foundation. - An Order Of Australia Recipient. - A NAIDOC Person of the Year award winner. - A NSW Australian of the Year award winner. - A Walkley nominated writer & director. - A winner of multiple literary awards. But sure, you focus on a dumb tweet she posted once and apologized for.

I'm not suggesting May should be captain. I wouldn't have minded a Gawn & May dual captaincy, I think that would give us that mix of things we need, but I'm more saying what I think Gawn needs to add to his leadership to take us to the next level.

Yeah sorry, that was in reference to Swooper blaming May for GC's culture. I think we have a good mix if the stories of that extended group are true. Just my personal opinion that Max as sole captain needs to develop a bit more with his game day leadership. Absolutely love him of course and think apart from that he's a very good captain.

The coach isn't out on the field though. He may get on the phone to a player on the bench, have a chat at half time, but there's not much opportunity direct and instruct from there, particularly with runners less involved. It can be different for every team, some may have that innate group leadership as you say, but we clearly do not. I'm not talking about how they perform on game day in a player way, I'm more talking about actively directing, instructing, setting the tone, all the things that are reasons you have a designated leader out on the field for. Gawn is fantastic with the other stuff. Amazing trainer, seems to relate well to all players, good with the media and promoting the club, I just think he needs to develop those other aspects and build a 'killer instinct' on game day for us to be a premiership threat.

Sounds like a lot of excuses mate. So at Melbourne the culture is the coach's responsibility, but at Gold Coast it was May's? Sure, Gawn is great with the media, an excellent trainer and an exceptional player, all things Swooper mentioned, but Swooper didn't mention once about his onfield leadership during games. That's the most important thing would you agree? I'm not saying May is the answer of course, but Gawn is yet to show he can rally, direct and organize our team on game day like a good captain would. Great bloke, funny, works hard, but until he develops some mongrel and starts directing and demanding more on game day I don't see him being a premiership winning captain.

I find this an interesting argument given last year under Gawn's captaincy we had COVID breaches, Bennell going off the rails, The Hunt & Trac situation, losses in very winnable games with finals on the line and a continuation of the same onfield problems we've had for previous years. I love Gawn, but where's the evidence he 'effectively influenced' with his leadership onfield in 2020?

Gawn (c) and Viney (vc) it is. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/855078/gawn-to-lead-demons-in-2021