Everything posted by Lord Nev
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Josh Mahoney
Classic Melbourne that we have the GM of Football Operations leading a review into: Football operations - His role. The managing of players - His mate's role. The coaching - A few of his mates' roles. Player leadership - His mates son's role.
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The Wash Up
“One of the things I’m most disappointed about with Melbourne over the last six weeks, we understand the year’s been a write off, there’s been a lot of injuries, they’ve been really disappointing, but the way they’re finishing off this season for me is a sign of a club that they just still don’t get it,” Joey Montagna Says Melbourne’s Late Season Effort Shows They “Still Don’t Get It”
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The Wash Up
“They are deplorable. I feel sorry for the supporters because they are a meaningless team at the moment. “They are just deplorable. I thought last night was their test against somebody in the same neighbourhood as them on the ladder. “I thought last night was a launchpad for season 2020. They’ve got a few injuries, but by god, so do the Sydney Swans. Somebody who is on even par with them. “That was a meaningless performance and they have little to no identity as a football team. I cannot think less of them this morning after last night.” Brereton roasts "deplorable" Demons after Friday night howler “Though, 40 plus points is just not the difference between these teams. It’s embarrassing for Melbourne. "They've had one of the worst years you can imagine and that has just been rubber stamped again tonight." "Appalling" and "embarrassing" Demons beaten up by young Swans “We all saw it … Richmond have been the big one this year, when they’ve played with a real spirit as a group,” Riewoldt said on Fox Footy. “Melbourne have had issues this year with their system, they’ve had issues with their players being out of form — and that would speak to an issue with their spirit as well." Clayton Oliver slammed for ‘selfish’ spray of teammate Bayley Fritsch "Melbourne not in possession is embarrassing. The Swans looked like scoring every single time they went forward, where players were often standing in acres of space. Melbourne’s third goal came at 20 minute mark first quarter. Their fourth didn’t come until six minutes into the last term. In that time Sydney kicked seven straight. The Demons kicked two goals after quarter-time. There was no anger, no fight and no will to change the course they were on. Most worryingly, there was an acceptance." Melbourne slumps to sixth straight loss after raising the white flag against Sydney "But the last question might override the rest. How much has 2019 hurt? From premiership fancies to the worst-performed side in the competition apart from Gold Coast, the Demons' drop is unfathomable. There will be no club more closely watched this off-season." The key questions facing Melbourne in the off-season But if you want an even more telling assessment, take a look at any of the MFC socials, unofficial pages/groups, here of course and anywhere supporters are free to comment; it really seems to have finally hit the fan. The most common theme I've noticed already from even the most rusted-on supporters is that they won't be renewing next year and have had their passion absolutely snuffed out by the season presented by this club.
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Jack Viney
Accidental double post. Please delete.
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Jack Viney
Have heard similar things tbh. Might seem like a silly example, but if you want some kind of external 'proof' of this then look at the player interviews from the last few years where they ask "Who is the coaches pet?" The answer every time has been Viney. Now obviously that's meant as lighthearted entertainment, but without installing nanny cams in the locker rooms it's as close as you're going to get to an actual insight.
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Who will be our caretaker coach mid next year if Goodwin is sacked ?
It would be Rawlings. Has done it before, has experience now running his own team as well.
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Jack Viney
4x Premiership winner Jason Dunstall said pre-game tonight that Viney would be the player to trade to seek to fix the balance in our midfield.
- POSTGAME: Rd 22 vs Sydney
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- POSTGAME: Rd 22 vs Sydney
- GAMEDAY: Rd 22 vs Sydney
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Jack Petruccelle
Have a good night mate.
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Jack Petruccelle
What, like Watts? Scully? Trengove? Toumpas? Sorry mate, but you literally can't argue that a draftee with 0 games is a safer bet than players who have been in the system a few years already. You could certainly argue they have more talent, more potential, but there is no exact science to drafting as the examples above show. I never said pick 2 had to be part of getting Langdon. You can re-read my post if it was too complicated for you the first time, I'm not going to explain it again. My hypothetical is about getting us a mix of draftees and known young players that fill specific needs for us as a club. As I said earlier, you obviously think we're one 18 year old player away from success, but I believe we have wider problems than that. As I also said, I'm not against getting Anderson at all, I rate him very highly, but I'm also open to other possibilities to improve our overall list, especially our depth for pacy players who can kick goals. You're not, and that's fine, they're all just opinions.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 22 vs Sydney
- GAMEDAY: Rd 22 vs Sydney
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Jack Petruccelle
Yet you want to base our future on an 18 year old draftee?
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Jack Petruccelle
Read the OP mate.
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Jack Petruccelle
I would argue it IS about next year. We're no longer the 'youngest most inexperienced' team, and we have a bunch of players that we rely upon that don't have enough years in them to wait for the next few draft's worth of players to come through and fill the holes in our list. Where did I say our 2nd round picks weren't going to help us? I'm a big fan of Sparrow, Hore was a 3rd or 4th round pick, Fritsch, Petty, Baker, wouldn't have thought that was all as bad as you seem to want to make out. I'm all for Noah Anderson this year, big big fan. But he's not going to make as big a difference to us as adding a bunch of good quality players would IMO. What if he gets injured? What if he doesn't become a great player? There's no guarantees there so putting all our eggs in one basket is not a guaranteed recipe for success. Why would the Kelly trade even be relevant? Firstly, we weren't even going to draft Kelly. Secondly, they're all completely different players coming into a completely different Melbourne team with different coaching, structures and needs. Pointless argument. As much of an Anderson fan as I am, I would much rather see us address our needs more comprehensively than add one possibly future gun into the team. We can't always be looking way down the path at the future, we need to start aiming for actual success. There's also no guarantees about injuries and game plans. This year should tell you that much. Adding in one gun doesn't do much to improve our sorely lacking depth. Find it absolutely bizarre that you can be so sold on the draft as the answer while simultaneously doubting our drafting.