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Well we certainly haven’t become much of a brand…

I said it somewhere else - I think the next 6 months will be the making of Goodwin. He’s not an abrasive coach, say what you will about his style and the drawbacks of being a ‘players coach’ but he is that. CP5 has issues with how we have handled him and with our ‘brand’, ANB and Kozzie are homesick - they are hardly on SG. Culture is definitely in his gamut of responsibility but more so for Gawn and the leaders, noting that ‘culture’ is a misnomer at clubs - they are all works in progress battling the issues of a collection of 20 something blokes. I think we have the right person in that role for right now.

You could build a 22 of blokes that don’t want to play for him, amirite?

Are we at these posts already? Ok then.

Having thought on it some more - I actually endorse them and will join the ticket if I can. They have to promise me a cabinet position but there it is.

Any official statement from the club or CP5 on this should be taken with a truckload of pink Himalayan… We have a generational player rumoured to be unhappy; with the club, and being at the club.

We hardly knew ye

Yeah, when pert Roffey and Gawn were extolling our ‘culture’ a couple years back I knew we had drunk the Kool-aid. Ah well, let’s see what Goodwin can salvage.

It’s not a choice and if things get to the point where CP5 publicly requests a trade - only Goodwin can navigate a way forward to keep him at the club.

Forged a great tenure at the club. Will be good to see new more new ideas at the club though as we evolve how we move the footy. Wonder if Chaplin could move forward if he sticks around, it is so important the assistant coaches for the game style, keeping things fresh, improving and developing players and yet it is so opaque for those from the outside to judge.

It will happen and it will be fine. Fun even. 8 teams from 18 teams playing finals leave mechanisms like the ‘wildcard weekend’ as useful to keep people interested in their team, and by extension, footy in general. Get upset about more important things.

Huh? I’m talking about relationships and pathos. That’s what keeps these stars around. The gameplan will continue to evolve as they realise they can’t ’defence’ their way through. But the people side is most important right now. Let Goodwin be Goodwin.

I think the next 6 months will be the making of Goodwin. Oddly, I have absolute faith he can navigate this crucial period.

I don’t know why it couldn’t happen next year.

Hate to sound like DeeSpencer here, I really hate it, but what are we doing? He had a year to run. He’s 33 at the end of the deal, now 35. I have said it before - Gawn will not wimper into the night in a pocket - he will go out doing a massive injury playing first ruck. He should be on year to year contracts to give us flexibility. And he should hand over the captaincy to Lever or (here we go) Petracca. Ah well, what’s done is done, but when a resigning makes more sense as a PR move than for list health - rpfc ain’t gonna like it.

Never has a waste of time revealed itself so quickly and forcefully. Well done

Don’t think so. There is no hard and fast rule but I don’t think so. Not that it matters nor do I really care either way.

‘Objective data???’ as a person in IT - the use of the above data was wholly to back up a preconceived argument or notion to pin blame on a singular individual. It’s the furtherest thing from ‘objective’ use of data.

Tank pls. No point risking Gawn, and a few others.

This seems more benign but no less impactful with the question marks over 5, 7, and 13. We are in a state.

Would love to know what his concerns are, beyond the obvious management of his terrible injury. He is the next captain. Max should hand it over if we can calm his concerns. I am a bit disillusioned tbh, we are playing like the team played in 2015-17. Just minimising damage and little excitement and intent. It’s gotten a bit better but it’s galling watching the Dees versus a Hawks or any team that plays with confidence. We have to keep him. We just have to keep him. But if we don’t - clear it out - we are not going anywhere if we lose him.

Need to show up to games. Or be attractive for people to show up.

Lovely sentiment. I think that we couldn’t overcome the loss of 3 of our best 6 players for the bulk of the season. Brayshaw, Petracca, and God Oliver are not easily replaced. Tou have to mention the two players that have come into the Star/elite conversation - Pickett and Rivers. Both impact in fun the midfield and offer different aspects but both are elite kicks. You get Demi God Oliver back, Petracca and Pickett swapping out, and Rivers through the middle - we are going to get first use if Gawn and Viney can maintain what they have delivered. Windsor, McVee, Tholstrup, JVR, ND6, AMW are exciting and all over the ground. So we can bounce back and be strong but we may need some new ideas and some new voices. It always helps.

I think the suns will beat us and the pies are in our heads. And we should be shutting up shop if we lose against the Dogs. We should prepare for 2025.