Hellfire Dub

Well we didn't want Homer Simpson eh, but if he's ruled himself out then Bucks kinda has us by the nuts. I'm worried the MFC will offer him a 7-9 year deal on mad money with no KPIs or protective get-out clauses

Send this to your Collingwood frenemies. Collywobble

@Norm Smith's Curse I've always wanted Longmire. Plenty of times we've seen him change things up mid match to totally turn the game in their favour. Even with their home advantage and all the AFL assistance that is still a mightily impressive record of a Win: Loss ratio

Unfortunately Karma disrupted their game plans but didn't tackle the right defensive offender

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I agree with all your points Redleg. The other critical thing is that the successful candidate has to really want it. They need to be driven to achieve success with us and have the vision and desire to lead us there with them. My preference is Longmire, but I don't want someone doing it half-hearted with their mind/family in Sydney; or just doing it for the money.

He kicks well to other players but scores too infrequently. Although we desperately need better kicks and someone with his vision, I think the latter part is emblematic of our forward woes. He's also small and a bit slower after recent injuries. I know his role was forward pressure as per the coach's defence-first mindset but all of this makes him a very frustrating player in my opinion. I think he's definitely on the list of possible trades and I wouldn't lament him leaving for other opportunities. I hope whoever coaches us next can recruit or else develop some of our better skilled players to play this role and score more than Spargs.

We may as well have waited till the end of the season to minimise compensation. I reckon fans and sponsors forced the issue though. Hopefully we have a decent replacement lined up who knows about football? I also hope that the position doesn't sit vacant for the next 6 to 9 months!

I was there with one of my kids doing halftime Auskick and scoring their first goal in a stadium. Why was the roof closed on such a beautiful day?

Except at Melbourne where we'll double it with no KPIs

There's actually a perverse incentive for Goodwin to lose this game. He'd get sacked and the club would have to pay him in full for the remainder of the year and next year while he sits on a beach. Our club writes even better contracts than the state government of Victoria. No matter what happens we'll pay you ++++++++++

It you don't let in SEVEN unanswered goals in a row, then you're not panicking about drawing the game. If you don't let in the EIGHTH unanswered goal then you're not in a situation where you're panicking and making mistakes like the 6-6-6. (I'll bet those umpires never warned us earlier in the game either). Everything in that last quarter up to those last two goals was disgraceful and unacceptable. The play around the EIGHTH and NINTH goals was shameful and pitiful. The situation was comical to everyone else outside the Demons including Ross Lyon. St Kilda had scored TWO goals per quarter prior to that. Either this capitulation was intentional; and my conspiracies are either: a statement to force the ousting of the coach; or some nefarious betting windfalls; or else it's a genuine failure of leadership. Whatever the cause we shouldn't be in a position with this list where we've fallen so low and we're losing so badly. Therefore it's on the players and the coach @Macca, but the main reason we're in this position is poor coaching at all levels, poor leadership on and off field through the club. I'm waiting for the administration to do the necessary and protect the club's position and secure its future instead of worrying about the feelings of some really highly paid but inadequate staff.

Judging by the unlikely outcome it looks like some Demons players had secured big odds on the Saints too during three quarter time! Am I joking!?

Does anyone else worry about some of our really inexplicable losses? We know some of our players have "personal issues", but is there anyone else who worries that there are players betting on us to lose certain games when the odds are massive? I'd guess that odds on us losing at 3QT were just about maximum ever offered. I wish we could rule that out as a possiblity. I know it's human nature to try and find causes for tragedy so my mind conjures up that or else that players want Goodwin gone as the reason for us to suddenly play so badly after three decent quarters.

So what were the odds on us losing at 3QT? Is that the reason?

I want to talk about leadership: If twenty senior players on really high salaries agreed to forego $50k for one season it would be enough to terminate Simon (Record breakingly) Badloss' contract a year early without the club suffering any more financial loss and embarrassment. Show some leadership Demons

I want to talk about leadership: If twenty senior players on really high salaries agreed to forego $50k for one season it would be enough to terminate Simon (Record breakingly) Badloss' contract a year early without the club suffering any more financial loss and embarrassment. Show some leadership Demons

In the press conference Terrible Loss said it wasn't good enough and he was right. He said they need to ensure it never happens again and he was right. He said the club needs to become a ruthless club and he was right. It wasn't good enough. It should never happen again, (it probably won't as it's a record loss). We should be ruthless and sack him. Shameful woeful pitiful effort Simon

Maxy was on the front bar during the week joking about why he won't take a bounce during a game because he wants to keep that record intact as the only player never to do it. He thinks it's a record that won't be broken for a long time into the future. Well now he's part owner of another record, albeit unwanted where his team have thrown away the largest margin at 3/4 time. That casual discussion about records shows our players are conscious of their actions and there's no way they could be unintentionally that bad. I have to hope that was a statement of protest? Shameful shameful performance by Melbourne and an utterly inept display of mismanagement. I didn't think it was possible to lose from there, but this is Melbourne and the only conclusion I can have is that players want change. Shame on you Melbourne coaches. If it's the same bunch of clowns coaching next year then I can't support this team it is indefensible to lose that game.

I think Brisbane were tempting fate with their poor logo design. I've updated it for them

We need proper forward coaching that's coordinated with midfield coaching, I thought that was the intention here!?

Yep it was so bloody obvious

Ah but apart from scoring more goals than the other team our coach keeps winning all the stats

Our season was summed up in that comedy of errors in Q3. We didn't take the shot inside 50, instead we needlessly handpass to a man under pressure, he kicks across the face towards another teammate no closer than either of them. That desperate pass got turned over. Despite all our pressure and doing everything the hard way, Carlton went straight down the other end and scored a goal within seconds. Same old Melbourne under Goodwin: Winning all the stats except the whole kicking more goals than the other team (who looked really bad tonight).

I was nervous about taking our whole family to the game yesterday. Especially as we were taking our youngest for the first time. It turns out they had a great time shouting things at the Roos and clapping for our plentiful goals. A highlight was definitely singing the song at the end with the older siblings. I'm so glad it was a win for that happy first memory and association with the MCG!