Redleg

How do you know Ardu wants to stay in Melbourne? Certainly great and helpful if true.

If we continue playing like yesterday there will be no issue with the Coach.

Is Spargo playing on Zorko? If he is, his first half is doubly pathetic. 7 possies with probably 6 turnovers. Zorko has had 18 creative possessions.

But signing an extension would be a clear statement from Kozzie and that would be good for a lot of reasons.

I have thought recently that Goody is really a player manager of sorts and the tactical side comes from others in the Coaches box. If we improved the tactical side, there is no reason Goody couldn’t stay on as he is clearly supported by the players.

While I was thinking we need a new coach and FD, I was also thinking of Goody’s connection to many of our players and maybe future players and changing our Coach may actually cause more harm than good.

That article and Goody's absolute confidence that Kozzie is staying ( not surprising from a coach of course ) and the fact an extension has been offered, may see Kozzie signing up with us for a longer period and putting these "leaving stories" to bed. That would not surprise me at all.

Hard to disagree.

That's true, except it has been the problem for at least 3 years and we are actually getting worse.

Sestan, Adams and Howes all look ok, Kentfield a couple of saves but the rest, oh dear.

Now Culley from 20 misses. Meanwhile the Sharks go down the other end and goal again and again and again. 5-3 to 8 behinds, shameful football. Jeffo finishes the quarter with an out on the full.

4-15 it is beyond pathetic. This year Billing 1-5, Woey 0-4, Culley 0-3 and someone I forgot 0-4. Seriously these are still senior footballers. Not even talking about the missed handballs and kicks. 18 AFL listed players playing for us at our ground. Lever turns it over and then Jeffo misses from 15 out.

And if we have it's not working. More of our younger players have gone backwards than improved. Why is that?

That can be ok if we have others that are.

Agree that style is moronic and deflating to a young player. How hard is it to tell player to lead into space and for the guys with the ball to kick it towards him and let him run onto it.

Farms and Cotton Shares would be a great start, but of course they are outside the cap.

I think that is possibly true and he may want to leave. We need to assess our development of younger players.

He was the best Junior I had seen, but that was playing against other boys his age. He has played some great footy in his first year in the AFL, but now seems to be just a player and I am unsure if he is treading water until he changes clubs. He seems to have some issues and can be put off his game easily, but again is he simply not trying as he is unhappy. I think he could be a bust at $2m a year with all the pressure or he could get back to his best, who knows. I don’t see us getting him anyway, so will watch from afar. We need a bit more than just one Harley Reid and hopefully we can add some more talent and improve our development of younger players which I think has regressed. It would be helpful if we could add some mentally strong players who don’t panic when kicking for goal.

Harley wants to be a farmer, or own part of Cotton On, or both?

And probably McInerney. Walsh kicks after the siren has gone and runs off the line and no worries.

These are the elite footballers in the country. It is their job. They practice and train for 10 months a year. There should be no excuses. An occasional miss ok, but not the [censored] we are seeing regularly.

He has said it and never denies it. That is not the issue with him.

Sestan was drafted as a forward and yes has been playing back for Casey. I would imagine he could match Fritsch with 4 possessions and missing two sitters with his boy 2 kicks last week.

I am not sure what Fritta can do less, than his miserable latest games, to get dropped. Simon does have favorites, no doubt. I would have played Sestan for Fritta. Sestan needs a chance and Fritta needs a message.

Well this should absolutely get me a job in the media. Here are my scoops. Jackson will come back to the Demons or he won’t. Kozzie will stay with the Demons or he won’t. Oliver will go or stay. Goodwin will be sacked soon or he won’t be.