demoniac

When I say 'we have to be united' the 'we' is the Melbourne Football Club. That is the message.

Our biggest mistake is that there are not enough of us. That is the brutal reality. We all want to blame someone. Boards, CEO, Coaches, Recruiters...we've been blaming the same people for 40 years. The blame game gets us nowhere. If there is one message in Jim Stynes' Presidency it is that we have to be united if we are to have even the slightest chance of winning a Premiership.

We're rooned WYL..rooned.. A constructive post as per usual.

How was the board weak this week?

We need runners. The reality is that one of the challenges for Neeld and Misson is to develop players like Morton, Blease, Bennell. Strauss, Jurrah into match hardened AFL Footballers much like Malthouse and Buttifant turned the likes of Dale Thomas and Sharrod Wellingham into senior AFL footballers. Starting point is run out of defence. We can't play Frawley, Rivers, Garland, Sellar, Tom McDonald and Joel MacDonald in the backline. Simply not enough run can be generated as of these only Frawley and Tom McDonald are capable of generating the required rebound run. Out go Garland and MacDonald. Garland has been poor this year and does not have the third man up or intercept marking ability of Rivers. Joel MacDonald simply does not have the decision making or disposal required by a modern defender. So defence is... Tall Defenders: Frawley, Tom McDonald with Sellar on bench 3rd tall: Rivers Running Half Backs: Grimes, Strauss with Morton on bench Small Back: Bartram with Bennell on bench or Bartram Frawley Rivers Grimes McDonald Strauss

I do miss the weekly farce of Paul Roos showing the vision and the stats to prove that we were defending from the defensive 50 and Bailey responding every week that defending from the defensive 50 was not our game plan. I am sure the senior players would like Dean's leisurely pre season back too. How dare Neeld and Misson demand they work as hard the elite players do. I mean its fine for players at top 4 clubs to get fit enough to run up and down the ground as per the demands of 2012 footy but its a bit much for our senior lads.

186 points was such a sign of gradual progression. I have no idea what Dean Bailey was doing at the Dees for 4 years but it certainly was not teaching the players the basics of modern footy and implementing a robust viable game plan. And it certainly was not working our players hard enough in the pre season to get them to the elite levels of fitness reached by players at the Pies and Saints. for example.

We are poor in decision making and fitness and Neeld is implementing a game plan that will be more durable. Remember other sides laughed at our fitness and game plan under Dean Bailey. Neeld and Misson know the numbers posted by Pies and Saints players and our players were not in the same ballpark fitness wise. Misson has put 1 pre season into them to start to address the fitness issue. One pre season wont fix it. We are simply not fit enough to match the relentness running up and down the ground that the modern game requires and the teams with elite fitness can handle.

Methinks Magner might be in front in the b n f.

Maybe he is giving them no room for excuses. At least Neeld now knows the magnitude of his task. Dean Bailey has left him players who are not fit enough and make dumb decisions.

Do the Fox Footy commentators have any idea of Melbourne's list? Of the young players who are coming back from injury through Casey and should be pushing for selection next week?

Joel MacDonald must not play another game for the MFC. Hopefully the likes of Strauss, Tapscott and Morton will put their hands up for selection tomorrow for Casey.

Shepherding by Priddis on Magner?

I have no idea what Dean Bailey was doing at the club for almost 4 years. Teaching the basics and implementing a viable game plan? NO

What game plan does our cattle suit exactly? I have no idea what Bailey was doing for almost 4 years but it was not teaching our players footy 101 and a viable game plan that will stand up under pressure. Did Neeld make Frawley run too far or Green tackle high? No. Thats 2 goals given away by senior players. Did he make Lynden Dunn give up a set shot inside 50 instead choosing a low percentage pass to Clark. Thats not game style thats just sub AFL decision making and its Neeld's job to fix it.

and who is in Water 's face after the bump on Grimes? No one.

you cant leave a player like Hill out the back when i a high ball comes in.

Dunn brain fade. Burns set shot inside 50 with speculative pass to Clark.

Neeld has alot of work to do. I have no idea what Dean Bailey was doing for almost 4 years.

James Frawley will dominate his Uncle's coach killers segment this week.

and another goal from a dumb tackle leading to a free.

patience going fwd and we goal.

and he turns it over.

Joes MAc cannot kickm in..nnoooooooooooo

Bennell handball clanger leads to set shot. More Coach Killer material. Neeld really has to teach our players footy 101.