ElDiablo14

Well, Buckley was let go by Collingwood in the middle of 2021. They were a competitive team for the most part of his tenure. After he had been there for what 9 years or so. It was the best decision they made. Look at clubs clinging to their underperforming coaches like Brisbane and Port. This is Simon's 8th year. We could see something similar?

Thing is, we may as well beat an undermanned Collingwood. But I wouldn't be surprised if we then go and lose against WC or North.

We should've been them in 2022 and 2023. 2022 I believe was mismanaged, peaked too early and didn't know how to best prepare for a shortened preseason, which in return resulted in half our team injured by September. 2023 It was a combination of bad luck and lack of Fwd depth. I am almost certain that had Melksham, Kozzy and JVR not missed any of the finals, we were a good chance to win the premiership. This year just feels like 2020 all over again.

But that's the worrying part here. If the players did not care yesterday and just dished out that sort of "effort", it reflects very bad on the leadership both on the field and the coaching staff. If that were the case, definitely Goodwin can't continue. Sometimes relationships are beyond repair.

They forgot to click the "refresh" button.

What can that message be though? Supposedly Goodwin is like a father to all the players, what just happened in the last 6 months? Btw, is this related to Angus stepping down from his position at the club post forced retirement?

Brisbane and Adelaide have better percentage than us now... ☹️

Surely he'll remain involved with the club after he retires. Maybe the next president?

Never mentioned McQualter, please don't be disingenuous just because you don't agree with how I feel about the team.

It's not a like for like, every club has its own needs. We haven't fixed the Key forward and midfield depth issues.

Time to let Choco go? As you said our kicking skills are still subpar.

I meant via trade not drafting.

Love that our skip faces the camera after this type of loss. Many more inside the team should learn from him.

" For a little while" biggest understatement of the week.

I was a proponent of Yze becoming Goodwin's replacement in the next couple of years. Didn't expect the team to drop off so soon. Today? I have no idea, I just have lost all confidence in Goodwin as a good leader for this team moving forward. Just have to look at how the player were walking around the ground today, while Freo were flying!. I wish I had the answer who'd be better, but don't have one. Just generally tired of the same [censored].

Mini rebuild now? Including an overhaul of the FD and coaching staff. Time to do something before we find ourselves out in the wilderness for years to come.

And McAdam is on the verge of 29, I honestly thought he was younger like 25. Hard to expect him to improve beyond the player he is today.

Who's the biggest bloke in our VFL list? Not named Schache or Fullarton.

One more thing to pile on today, why did it feel we were the away team today? I saw way too many purple jumpers around. How can that be called a home game in a neutral ground?

We keep saying that, yer teams like Collingwood or Carlton keep recruiting top talent. We haven't been able to bring a half decent player since 2022.

We better act now, Adelaide is still out there in the wilderness and it's been 6 years.

I do like Scottie at the Debrief, nothing like a good rant about how putrid we were and how the coach is useless.

Badloos - negative 100 points

Does Simon have a house in Adelaide? Maybe he can also stay there?