darkhorse72

Oliver, viney, Trac.... all showed intensity and made clear smart decisions.

Have they forgotten they are meant lower the eyes and hit a target, its all bombing, poor by Jones.

Not focussed and aggressive, not pausing to implement the skills they did in the 1st qtr. Slipping to old habits.

Damn they got a goal...why didn't May punch that, bad decision as a defender

Non-stop pressure by Brayshaw on the wing...what we want to see

It seems we have adjusted to the blues new tempo... back in control

How smart was the kick to Hunt... Goal!!

They have dropped off their intensity....has to be at that level for 4Q's

Salem wasn't watching that kick into 50,

what a dreadful attempt to clear 50 from the kick out

Slowing down and looking for open options in the fwd 50 which i nice to see.

Not an exciting match, though I did like the artificial crowd noise, made it better to watch than round one with the silence.

Good changes as the extended period gave the opportunity for other places to compete for a spot whihc would have normally happened without the break. Best of luck to Bennell, its feel when the "The Ox" came back from the knee injuries as we. didn't know which way it would go. Let the footy gods finally smile on him.

They really misjudged the talent that year...

Apparently a breach of their database.

True. From PJ onwards said success on the field will bring success off (under good management). We are a footy club first and need to win and be successful on the field year on year.

It is a cash flow issue. Normally we have cashflow coming in from games etc. That source has been removed for the time being. Pre-covid-19 the club stated the level if debt was manageable and not a concern for the ongoing operation of the club. Obviously unusual circumstances has changed that. We have the AFL ensuring we are viable, which I thank. the AFL for. Ideally we'd have alternate income producing assets which was the plan with the proceeds from the sale of the pokies. Had the club reported where that money have been invested and in what?

Its comes back to what is more important the cash or the marketing value of the membership? Which one is worth more to the club, I would say the marketing/market reach for our sponsors and other corporate interests. Happy to keep paying as I can. For those that make the choice for a refund hopefully they can be retained as a member for maybe a $1 for marketing purposes etc.

Basically, the competition moved to professional and we didn't. Reading the Red Fox and other biographies on the club it was mentioned that the quality of players was declining from our zones, plus Melbourne was no longer the "destination" club it was over the previous decade as players came to play for us from the country etc. This was ending. Facilities were a factor but not until the 80's when everyone's training facilties improved. We were right to leave the MCC and should have done it earlier. But when we left we should have been paid our goodwill for helping develop the MCG/MCC and its environment with the clubs success. We should have left with a good severance check to setup the club outside the MCC, if they did then Barassi may have been more successful in changing the club to one that is fully professional. Post then we unfortunately reached the GF when a dominant team was there as well. We had some back luck in the 90's and held onto the players too long after 2004 as ND did have favourites and didn't develop the next generation till we fell in a hole. The last 5 years has shown the creation of a new professional club that is competing is a very tough competition. However, we do have a better foundation and more certainty for the future, less what cover-19 will do to the competition!

beat me too it

In another era Robbie could have been as decorated as Barassi. Love'm both but only saw Robbie play live so does that make the difference in our voting? Barassi would not have left if he could run the MFC how he wanted and not been overseen by Norm and the old crowd. The problem Norm has when he first starting coaching us. You need a third option

While Neeld tried to crack the soft culture and that was his initial pitch I imagine, simple he did not have the skills to do it. Though there was massive problems with the culture. You can only pus the players as far as they trust you, he had no trust, he hadn't earned it yet.

Unfortunately neither could stop our yoyo season's....

This may be a close one! Lyon is above Neita in his class and ability.

Simple and straight forward example of why culture is the key to success. We do not have a culture and that is one of the reasons Roo's choose Goodwin, as he spoke about culture before his appointment and not strategy and tactics as the soil focus.