Real Demon

Watts must go. Can kick, can mark. Can't compete, can't win his own footy. We cannot carry players who want to play on their own terms. Trade for a midfielder at year end. He has been deplorable.

Not surprising is it? Has been raised by many before...............Foundation Heroes an unsustainable revenue stream for the club. Apart from coordinating charity events, how was the previous CEO planning on growing the business? What a circus.

I'm with Nasher..............reaming coming up. Best case scenario is it pours with rain, is an absolute slog, and we lose by 5-6 goals.

I'll be at my lowest if we ever go! Otherwise, there's always hope. The job isn't impossible, just needs smart decisions made on a consistent basis.

Comes across as a really good quality guy Col............good people will get the club through this.

Parts of the list are okay, the midfield is a joke. An elite midfield should be in place by now, with all the high picks we had........instead it's 5 years away.

Don't actually mind Caro..................do we really need her writing articles about the bleeding obvious that happens on the field each week?

He's a beauty.............never stops trying, and turns up to play week after week! And to think the previous coach had him playing off half back!

You forgot point 11. The sky is falling in!

She's a mess no doubt! Hard to really know where to start. Completely implausible to think the club could go from being a a financial bus crash off field, with many areas of the club completely behind the rest of the competition, to contending in a short period of time. Things aren't that easy, and perhaps the change was too rapid, and desire to get there so great that some fundamentals have been missing in the management of the club. The loss of the great man can't be underestimated either. Regardless of the media, it isn't all doom and gloom, and things on field can turn quickly. If we were 3-0 the little stories wouldn't even be getting a run at present (recovery session report, Jack Watts performance, coach comments re: MFC vs GWS, etc etc We are an easy target because we are losing, and because of a couple of stupid decisions re: tanking and lack of accurate disclosure to the AFL on Dank involement. I'm staying positive.................the wheel will turn. The critical thing now is that the replacement of key staff at the club is done in the right manner, and the right people are put in place to take the club forward again.

I'm tipping heavy player betting on our own matches..................surely that's the only big one we are missing!

Surely more than just the MFC and Essendon use supplement program's that push the limits. If the use of supplements have been above board and done with player welfare as the first priority, then this story is the mother of all beat ups. Add Dank and an already under siege MFC, and you have the perfect supplement to fuel another media frenzy! As for the supposed cover up, wait for the pro Bomber brigade in the media to make this out to be a bigger sin than the Bombers not even knowing what they administered their players.............it's already started!

Viney and Wines would have been like Mitchell and Sewell for the Hawks...........a 10 year engine room for the Dees. What is going on down there!

Surely a trait inherited from the Bailey era....................I always said we were a dishonest team under Bailey, great doing the fun things in footy, but zero emphasis on the tough part of the game. Watching the Bombers v Freo game last nigh, we are light years behind those two teams, and the intensity and effort they bring to a game.

What a star! My favourite player as a kid growing up, and had the number 2 on the back of my jumper. Greatest memories as a Dees supporter being a kid and the 87 finals run, with the team doing it for Robbie! Good times!!!

Prepare something that looks like this in red and blue, then execute it!!! http://www.geelongcats.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/GeelongCats/Club%20HQ/ffo_the_geelong_way.pdf

They are legitimate questions............no problems with any of them.

Needed to happen...............................the remnants of 186 still lingered around the club. Still some very good work done over the past 4 years, and cannot doubt his passion for the club! Good luck Cameron.

Plenty of nails hit on the head there by Caro..........no point playing the man on this one, we're a joke!

Here it is: http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/neil-mitchell-blog/the-smell-of-death-is-around-the-melbourne-football-club/20130408-2hfpb.html

I reckon it goes something like this: Schwab made Bailey deliberately lose games, players know it Players liked Bailey, Bailey gets sacked Tough talking Neeld the tyrant, with much higher demands / standards is appointed Neeld clears out well liked players from the playing group, Schwab gets another 3 years Mates were cleared out for spud players, causing further angst Mates cleared out to other clubs are performing well, current players thinking why bother, get me out of here! Rats like Schwab stay, and good blokes are let go from the club...............stuff the MFC say most of the players That's how I read it!

Can't argue with the facts! I still believe we were going nowhere under Bailey, and played one way footy under him, But I think Neeld's approach of basically incinerating the place when he came in is too far the other way, and we are feeling the repercussions of this! The team was winning games of footy before............did he have to pull the house down just because it needed restumping??? Neeld has no way out of this now...............it isn't whether or not he get's sacked this year, but simply when. Only a miracle can save him now, and they just don't exist in footy!

Going nowhere fast................has zero appetite for the physical side of footy, and certainly doesn't look like he is enjoying playing.

The board have a lot to answer for with regards to Schwab. Clearly a key figure in 186, oversaw a football department charged with tanking. Those two issues alone should have seen him lose his job. Instead he gets a 3 year contract................give me a break!!!! How can members trust a board and executive with zero accountability for results or transparency relating to the clubs operation? That Connolly and Bailey were the fall guys for tanking is such a joke. 186 happened on the back of Schwab meddling in the football department, yet he had no knowledge of tanking...........yep, we're all fools. He has to go!

Expect to see him follow his mate Moloney out the door at season end as a free agent. Playing like he doesn't give a rats!