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The worst thing that could happen to a club is to lose that heart beat. It has happened to Mebourne in losing Gus and then Nibbler. (We still have Gawny). These people provided backbone and quality in their approach ( interesting how Adelaide have benefited from Nibbler's involvement and the respect he took to a new Club by their making him a V-C. Lever has gone downhill (and now spends more time telling others what to do ). Maysie is still trying (to get Gawny to pass it to him. Fritta has dropped back (family ??) . Rivers has not quite kicked on and JVR has lost soem of the exhuberance. Bowey plays above his height. Langford,The Duke, McVee & Herbert are our future. Langford is the closest to Viney's Grunt. We are in Transition !!!

It's like expecting a fast bowler to be able to bat !!!

We can go over various incidents that occured throughout the game and individually allocate the "fault" onto one because it was the last chance. ( and about a .5% chance anyway) There were around a THOUSAND incidents during the game. My incident was the one where Pendelbury ran through the centre bounce and fed it down the ground to ........ who goaled . Perfecto !!! And it came at a time that it was needed. Show that to Xavier ,Caleb ,Kyle, Rivers & Langford to encourage & incentivise them, not blast them all ( the whole team) for singular incidents. Bowey plays above his height. I will tell you that we miss ANB . One of the above players will fit that category at some stage.

I just think some people were watching some other game in relation to comments on Petracca & Oliver in particular. I think that in the last 3 weeks we have seen a turnaround in Clarrie's degree of involvement. I feel he is now gaining confidence in himself (and changing his role). He is playing with a lost more zest than earlier. Well done Goody and the whole support mob . Trac is nearly back . He has had to shown a lot of courage in coming back from his "injury". There is passion back !!!

Hey !!!!!!! We lost by 1 F.....l..lPoint so we are not that far out of it. The way people are posting you would think we were 105 points down in the first Q and had a side of U14 players C Division @ Sea Lake

Interesting that the media asked whether the Umpiring changed at 1/2/ time. Dees getting pinged for things C'wood got away with.

Probably the highest pressure game of the year for our younger players

Bit harsh on the younger players....... this is the top side we played !!! Oliver : Most involved game yet Bowey : Plays above his height Langford,Lindsay, Windsor : This what the best side is like !! Langdon: great team discipline Chandler, Sparrow: need more involvement Howes, McVee ,Turner : my doubts have been erased Rivers : needs a role Petracca: Tries too hard, let it flow

Turner ,, a sleeper(but as part of defence like McVee), Knows where the ball is. Clarrie (although terrific effort)is not exactly a "deliverer" like Neal/Zerko Don't think for one moment that Petracca is deliberately being "swamped" Good game so far, but they are delivering the ball better than us !!

How quickly some people think people move from pro or against a certain player (usually positive to negative)

or more than singlets and clothing in his "bonus " package

Surely his "manager" has some morals. If not he should be deregistered. A contract is a contract entered into by BOTH sides. Why should the Club have to baby sit people who do not honour their committments. How would Gawny & JV feel having given everything to a Club and people ><.* *8 $^%& on their face !!! If MFC "subsidise" his payments then I am following Soccer. IF it is true then the AFL should be loooking at Geelong player payments (not just now, but over a number of years.

The bloke has not even got in the door and the knives are out for him, because he did not kick 500 goals a season. Chris Fagan did not play AFL, does that mean he cannot coach ? About time some people get real. This is fast becoming the most negative group of people in football, which is supposed to be a game which we enjoy ,not a character asassination bureau.

The way he went about his football and involvement in MFC reflected the quality of the person. That speech (without notes !!)cemented my thoughts exactly. Well done Gus !!!!

Just get over it. The media have found the circus and by hook or by crook thye will milk every little bit of inuendo out of this. WHile they are hounding MFC they are leaving C'wood,Essendon & Carlton alone ...........wonder why !!!!

Maybe there was an emphasis (by the "Really DUMB" Coaching panel to develop his ball getting skills when he went back to Casey. They actually do those sort of things .

Is there a similar thread at Collingwood because they finished out of the 8,sliding down from a Premiership. Then compare not just the injuries, but the quality(players) of injured time !!! I do not think Goodwin was responsible for Brayshaw, Oliver, Petracca , May, Lever , Gawn ets.

Probably as good a time to have his arm in a sling I suppose !!

And we haven't discussed Bedford ??? Good Luck to James J he has shown to many people he is good enough. Well Done !!

I did not know that Pert & Roffey were current players so cannot be blamed for our results this season. Nearly everyone of our key players had extended absences through injury etc during the year. Start with losing Gus (due to an unreportable offence), then Clarrie's issues & injuries, Petracca (due to an unreportable offence), May, Lever , Salem & Gawny towards end of year (plus Bowey & Spargo who were regulars). The vitriol directed at Roffey, Pert & Goodwin goes beyond fairness and contructiveness !!

Did they check this with Petracca ?

No it is from the infallible source of the media (confidential of course) Why are we picking sides now !!! No wonder we get into a lather over issues. There is a full pre season to be had yet AND some of our marginals will have matured plus you never know what is going to happen in the next 6 months !!! See you all next year !!!

I think that Goodwin arrives at a Press Conference, politely asks Messrs Morris, Cornes, Lloyd, McLure to politely remove themselves from the room so the conference can then proceed.

So far some people have discovered absolute genii at Club Administration. If Kate kept on butting in on Footy matters then she would be classed " interfering "shiela" who does not have a clue about football (and does not know her place). If Pert started telling the Coach how to coach and manage footy.........well !! If Goodwin started to tell the Medical Staff how to do their job(s), then........ But if you are a fooballa you must by (media)virtue know everythink. None of the responsibility is yours but you can lay on your back and kick your heels and then the most knowledgable people, the media in the hole world will automatically assume you must be right ,because a lot of the media are ex -footballers . From what appeared somewhere ,just before the nightman came and collected ...... One of the criticisms was that no one came to visit our footballa in intensive care. A bit of logic here, that if you are in intensive care ,visitation rights are extremley limited (by nature of the reason you are in intensive care), so the last thing you need is a pile of teammates calling in on the way home from dressup day. I am just sick of this media driven exercise who suddenly assume they are Club Administrators, Medical Specialists, Psychiatrists etc except in most cases they are Hans Christian Andersons !! I sincerely hope that Christian Petracca fulfils the contract he willingly SIGNED up for even though it is with a Club that does not play in front of bid enough crowds.

So that determines his whole career ???