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Who was the last coach we got from Collingwood ? If Goodwin's ideas were too old etc, why not get a "newby" i.e. Enright, King, Skipworth etc. By the way, I was extremely impressed by the way Chapman carried himself at his Press conference . Seems to have some balance. (Plus he could try out all the new moves on the C'well U 12's .....) Seriously though the players obviously listened to him (New & Old). I sincerely hope that the new coach is football oriented and not a "Marketing" choice.

-'ve to the last !!!

Enright or Skipworth ............. A new broom and the chance of a new era. Roos did it to get Goodwin AND we were successful. If Enright coaches like he plays (look at AWM efforts @ Saints) then we would be laughing and enthusiastic at the change, rather than going back to recycling .

McRae a chance ??

A majority of the Media are suffering from Relevance Deprivation Syndrome where they need to be : Criticising Players (& administrators) Criticsing Clubs without being fully aware of what is going on Rumour Mongering Going hell for leather to get mentioned on Click bait etc. e.g. Morris, Wilson plus the blokes on Fox AFL Football is becoming a real "cess pool" Could somebody enlighten me on the ticketing situation (i.e. charging Members) at Etihad/Marvel /Advertising $$$ today ???

The day that melbourne FC do anything right (without Wilson's approval) should go down in history. She has rarely if ever made anything positive re the MFC. So should be ignored.

Xavier Herbert has found the year pretty solid, ( and seems to have been struggling a bit lately) in my opinion. However he , Langdon and the Duke will be terrific players for the Dees once they get rid of their "L" Plates. Be interesting with Jai , big body ,so gives us more strength.

I think Chandler is developing. I feel it is either him or Spargo, but not both. We also had a very inexperienced (and smallish) defence yesterday with TMac the only really experienced defender. Bowey (Daniels !!) and Salem are not exactly 'Brutes" and Disco,Howes and McVee still have "L" plates on. A lot of improvement in there. Have to agree that Petty is a better defender than forward. We thought we had a big forward in Grundy which backfired on us. You know what thought thought !!

Agree wholeheartedly. Adelaide realised what they got and made him a V-C We only started to fully appreciate Gus until he got king smashed.

On field leadership is more important than some people think. We have lost our two main on field leaders in Gus & Nibbler. They were more than Kicks & marks in their approaches. "The good thing" is that it should/must only happen ONCE and if we do not learn : Part of elite sport is the mental capacity involved, not only in your skills (which are physical) , but your mental toughness ( Q How do you teach that !!)

Well , Maynard watched the ball go over his head before he hit Gus which is MORE REACTION time than May had a.................. nd he got Off !!!! Where is the justice, because it is a contact game. Neither player defended themselves (which may intimate something). With all the "Legal Brainery" present at the hearing they could not work how either player could stop . The system has gone into recess. So... to transpose this into the real world , who is reponsible for getting hit on the head in Cricket where the reactionary time is more than this case ???? If either player had shortened their step they would have been nearly hounded out of the game by the Heroes such a Tom the ambulance chaser , Caaaaain etc

We cannot expect al draftees to maintain the freshness all year until their younger bodies get prepared. he same could be said about "the Duke" (who has found it harder this year). Xavier Herbert has slowed down and is looking tired and needs management as does the Duke. Langford will burst through next year. ( he has been pretty good this year......bigger body) Roo is starting to condition himself for the role he can play. Ferguson started to show a bit today insofar as getting more comfortable with the Game Flow. Disco is a real work in progress and is improving as a Key Defender. And we found a new recruit today that they have been hiding @ Casey ..........Tmac One bloke looks really underdone is Lever.....cannot contest mark,tackle or shepherd...must be good speaker because he is alwaysa telling people what & who to do !

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.