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Van Rooyen and Fritsch out. Here we go boys and girls. Goody's gettin' serious.

Honestly nothing at this point. A lot of my excitement for Melbourne and AFL in general died on QF night in 2023. Windsor and Lingers get me going, so I guess I have a thing for wingers. More broadly, I'm at a point in my footballing cycle I call "hate supporting", where I'm ostensibly a Melbourne supporter but get no joy out of it. Last time this happened was when guys like Rhodan and Shannon Byrnes were running around for us.

I think Bevo's generally not an all-time coach by any means but for our list and coming off a robot like Goodwin he could actually be quite a good fit.

That paragon of football media, Paul Wheatley, I assume?

I didn't vote for the status quo, so at the very least this isn't my fault. It could have been worse if my people got in though. Most in the shadow cabinet never are willing to say that.

Incorrect. Every club that wins a premiership sacked their previous coach to do it. The only exception is handover arrangements, and we're in no position to do that.

Saw that too and thought it very odd.

Fitness. Half the side looks overweight. I suspect Selwyn holds them back more than he should. He's not really a high performance fitness coach.

Ed Langdon might not be playing quite like he did in 2021 but can't fault his effort and commitment tonight.

We have a small forward line, but a small forward line with Melksham and Fritsch means it isn't really going to be locking the ball in there.

Have to feel for Tom McDonald. An entire career playing dour defensive roles in garbage teams, with 3 good years of football in the middle there. At least he got that flag.

Finally we kick to a leading forward and it's…Langdon. OK then!

I think you can see the look of dejection on the players faces too. It's dawning on them what has already dawned on us: a long time in the wilderness beckons, and a lot of pain lies in our future. Like a sandcastle destroyed by the waves, the dynasty that could have been has been washed away, only to leave…this.

I want Goodwin to go as well, but he can't stop Petracca from hand balling to no one or fumbling a ball at his toes under no pressure. And that's Petracca, our best player. All down the list we've gone backwards at warp speed.

Bayley Fritsch has turned into one of the worst footballers I've seen pull on a jumper in a long long time.

In 2021 the big theme was "reset" - you would often be able to see players saying the word to each other on the field. Seemed to work pretty well, but I never really saw it in 2022 or beyond.

Just put in my DVD for the round 1 2021 game vs the Dockers and Clarrie's body shape completely shocked me. Everyone looked in rock solid shape, but the difference between the sleek red Ferrari and the orange dumptruck we have now sure is a downgrade!

Huge loss to Geelong.

That was some brilliant delivery into 50 from Kozzy.

That was a very weak free kick against us for a nudge under the ball that goes unpaid 15 times a game at least.

Petty constantly plays from behind but has no closing speed. Interesting strategy.

Barracking for a smashing now so we can get rid of Goody and free the players up with a new coach.

Fritta is an absolute witches hat.

Disposal and decision making is godawful.

So much of our fall since 2021 is on our leaders. Viney, Gawn, Petracca, Oliver (not a leader but damn influential when playing well). None of them are a patch on their form in that year. No Brayshaw either and that's a lot of extra pressure on our younger guys. EDIT: Gawn is trying, and so is Viney, but they're not able to bring it in terms of influence on the game.