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Travis Boak would make a great addition in the psychologist/wellness/elite performance coach. He is going to do amazing things in this space....get in early Dee's!

Played 15 games this year and winning the reverse Coleman for most goals kicked against him. He has dropped off pretty badly. If this is sign of what is to come, I would let him go also.

A lot of our team are not very effective at tackling....Always wondered why we do not get a few of the Storm guys to help in this regard.

Ken Hinkley, Danny Daly, Steven King, Hayden Skipworth, Nathan Buckley.....sounds like the list of possible coaches is growing.

Who should be in our leadership group for next year? Is it time for a changing of the guard? Not about the game but would love to hear your thoughts ! Feel like we have gone with same/similar groups for years now....can we fast track developing some new leaders from within?

Absolutely....I am sure Sam would not be happy with how they finished the game off. It happens in most games though, junk time goals when teams take their foot off the accelerator, which is what it looked like to me. Lol Wilson is only interested in boardroom politics. Commentry on actual football, not so much!

Junk time goals are clearly more valuable to some than others. You are clearly always right though....to fit whatever narrative you feel is "more" right.

The last 5 minutes they started going slow....players may want %, but they also do not want to get injured before finals. Not cue in rack but they definitely did try and slow it up.

That part of my post was in jest. I am in agreance with you on this, not so much re Chandler. I believe Covid was a perfect storm....our team bonded and cared for each other, they actually got to know each other, + wives, kids etc(outside of training.) It seems like we have forwards groups, midfield group and backline groups that have no sense of connection. It feels like we got 3 different groups and the disconnect is huge. We are a team that does not at all seem unified. A massive rocket is needed to shake us into action. Honestly I think we need quite a few rockets, complacency has set in for too many Premiership players.

Ground the lot of them for the entire next season....covid-style. There is a distinct lack of care for each other, too many play like they do not give a stuff...for each other. You may be onto something, this seems like a majorly disconnected group. Drop Kozzie for the last game, he tends to get reported, I can see it happening again...he gave away stupid frees and 50m penalty today, looked frustrated. Let's not derail another start to season, drop him Chappy!

Not sure he is a slow starter. It is noticeable though he fumbles like crazy and his kicking/hanballing is way off. Better than average player but I would say he has turned from elite to average since that incident. The vision of his antics last week were not great, he needs to find selfless footy again, not this selfish bs that has crept in to his game. Love him to pieces though, just hope he is able to find somewhere near his best....a new coach has work to do with him, and others!

Liam Ryan apparently being monitored by Vic clubs, only 28, would we be interested?

Mcreery and Windhager would be ones I would chase.....Something would have to give from our end, but it is doable if we get nearly everything right around draft time.

Are we? Happy to revisit this! Which part do you think Bucks would be worse at than Goody? His communication skills alone are so much clearer...Is he stubborn? Does he play faves? Does he only have one idea,one gameplan? You are guessing and clutching at straws. Guarantee we will be a better team next year. I would bet on it!

Goodwin also thought we would make finals last year + this year. With so many senior players playing well below their best, standards had dropped off. Particularly effort. Our list is far better than what we have dished up last 2 1/2 years. I think think this is why we had to move on from Simon, his faith in his premiership players was unshakeable. Yet half our list did not seem to embrace the change in style. His messages were stale, was he clear enough with gameplan and how to execute....I have had my doubts for long time, results say it was time. His statement he made after the St Kilda loss imo is what lost him the job. Along the lines of there was plenty of things to be liked in that last 3 to 4 minutes. Delusional if he truly thought that. Members threatening not to renew and the feral reactions from supporter base. I don't think Simon read the room. Not much in that last quarter , let alone last few minutes was acceptable...especially vs St Kilda who are imo a much worse team than us. Onwards and upwards from here, we are going to bounce back into contention next year for finals is my gut feel.

Not sure why Richardson gets so much unwarranted hate. Met him a year or so back and chatted to him in depth for about 30 minutes. He is insightful, astute, was blown away with all he had to say. Super impressive human being. My guess is Jordan Lewis will at least be added to that panel....is Roos available also? I think you want a breadth of people on the committee, footy people or not they will all see different pros and cons from each candidate.

Basic skills focus, get the simple things right more often. I know McRae does basic skills every session....we do not have great kickers, or handballers...every player can improve on their skill set, we should dictate at least 15 minutes every session on upping our skills. Scrap the soccer as a regular gig...occasionally, sure. Flexibility.?...I know we have midfield, backs and forward groups. Is it possible to move players into other groups to promote versatility? Pigeon holing blokes into one role does not help development. Including players in different groups would see our overall synergy improve. Freedom....to play exciting footy without fear of making mistakes. This one is on the incoming coach. Demand them to take the game on. Ie Salem I do not care if you have 90+% disposal efficiency. Want you to take the metres gained, roll off the mark, play on lot more often. More areas that I think that needs to be addressed, maybe in another post. Basic skills should be our focus though, it is where we would get our biggest bang for buck.

Who actually is in the leadership group? Presume Viney, May, Lever, Gawn...curious to know the others?

Maybe you should heed that last sentence, honestly it is boring hearing you defend everything MFC. While I like a lot of your content, and admire your loyalty, it must get boring to have to defend them at every given opportunity? Right or wrong we all have different views.

Actually was stated by Hird himself, categorically said he was not interested in being a senior coach.

Windsor may be the one, but I actually think Bowey would be closest thing we have to Richards, both developed as half backers. Bowey hopefully is on similar trajectory!

To go along with a narrative we needed a new voice. Chaplin has been there 8 years, he is was never going to be that new voice. The board would likely have told him you should just enjoy the coaching gig for 3 games. Don't put your time into applying for the job, we don't want to waste your time, or ours! I think these next 3 games will help his credentials to being a senior coach either way. Fwiw if he had the opportunity to coach Melbourne he would want it 100%. We are super likely to be the ones pushing him not to apply....Not that he would prefer to coach anywhere BUT Melbourne imo

The buck stops with the head coach....He did not even skip a beat when saying it, cracked me up! He will make a great coach for us where players can play exciting footy without fear of failure. Imo our club has been a pressure cooker for our players for last few years. Goodwin always seemed a tad on edge, and our players I think took that onto the field. Too many seemed afraid of making mistakes. Exciting times ahead, we are far better than what we have shown last few years. I predict that bunch of stagnant players will revitalise their careers and motivation/ excitement levels and we will bounce back into finals next year.

Trust folks! We never announce contract extensions off losses. Our next win is when I would expect news regarding his extension. That is, if we can win another game. Have never seen us extend a player after a loss, it just is not the "timing". Only other scenario I can see if he plays a cracker in an honourable loss, maybe they extend as we are running out of time to get that win on the board.