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We couldn’t do much worst than the current team

I like complaining and there’s plenty to complain about at the moment. I couldn’t be happier

Levers injury record is a concern for sure. re trac he tried to force a trade. his idea of a fresh start was running out for a big Melbourne team. I'm all for letting bygones be bygones but rewarding him with captaincy doesn't sit well with me. will he spit the dummy again i wonder i could be wrong but don't the players vote for captain. Will be interesting to see who the players give the vote of confidence to

I'm not in favour of making someone captain that tried to force a trade. sends the wrong message imv. and I'm not sure he captains material anyways. Would prefer he focuses on being elite and let someone carry the captains mantel. Lever is my preference

yeah geelong were just tyre kicking but none the less clarry did speak with them and this is well documented, hence journos will speculate

its hardly conjecture though is it Petracca shopped himself around last trade period and we told clarry to speak with geelong. Of course, clubs will be monitoring the situation while we will consider our go forward list requirements. journalists will report and opine on this. Personally, i think Peter ryan is one of the better journos doing the rounds and i found the article well written and the scenarios outlined plausible enough.

If we can’t win our own games it doesn’t matter what other teams do.

Formula 1 is as interesting as watching paint dry. Dull as ditchwater.

I think the loss of nibbler and Gus impacted leadership and culture around the club and playing group much more than on field. No disrespect but nibbler was a limited footballer who played his role very well. Gus played his role also but far from irreplaceable from a playing perspective.

Demetriou, love him or loathe him, would be a very good appointment. No one has more connections than him. can't see it happening though.

Goody has definitely got better at press conferences. He doesn't scratch his leg obsessively anymore and he does sound confident trouble is saying it and the players hearing it are 2 totally different things looks to me like the messaging just isn't getting through anymore. I know change doesn't happen overnight, but this game plan was worked on last year and this pre season. If it hasn't come together at this stage, the likelihood of everything clicking is far less. Time for change

3rd quarter of 2021 granny. It was legendary

Relating to Tracs injury i've been seeing a sports physician recently. He happens to be a pies supporter but has worked with AFL teams previously. We got talking about the trac injury. He said there was no way the dees medics on the day could have known of the severity of the injury. He also laughed at the notion the pies players could have known. He said they would have had no idea. It was a terrible freak injury Trac sustained. Perhaps our comms with trac and his parents could have been better but my bet any investigation will exonerate our medics.

Clarry is also a manchild

She’s a disgruntled employee. Her parting left a sour taste for many of the list apparently.

don't know

he's out of contract end of the season. no sign of the doggies offering him a new one

Player agents are full of [censored]. I pay zero attention to what they say.

i'm not sure recycling former head coach's is the way to go. Voss has flamed out at Carlton and i can't remember too many recent examples that have failed in the role originally but succeeded a second time. I reckon Leppistch is a great assistant but not what we should be looking for in the head role.

he's been on the board for 5 years. he deserves his share of the blame

i'm not sold. the doggies have never finished in the top 4 despite the list they've had including a rolls royce midfield i would prefer a fresh up and comer

and i hope he's taught how to dispose of the footy properly

No he hasn't his form is well down for sure but he has definitely not been coasting.

its not just Goodwin. the board have been negligent as well.

We are where we are because of complacency. Hard decisions by the people entrusted to run the club should have been made but weren't. Last year was alarm bells but i thought Goody deserved another season to try to turn it around. Turns out i was wrong. The people who should have known went with the easy option and retained the coach. made easy decisions like bring in a plainly unqualified Nat Jones to coach our midfield. Ran an external review for optics purposes. Poor decisions in hindsight. We need a CEO asap and we need to start the search for a new coach yesterday. And we need to try to manage Goody's exit in a dignified and respectful manner. He's been a great coach for us but the game has passed him by.