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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.

Definitely against any payment of his salary ! Surely there is a "non performance" clause

I have more important things to think about and involve myself in. Bring back National Service and see if he learns the world is not about him

If you read (and believe Morris Mc Clure AND Cornes & Lloyd) they all suffer from attention deficit syndrome in that they THRIVE on being noticed. However it it does not make them good football journalists, but ambulance chasers. I think Petracca has a few issues emanating from his intereaction with a Collingwood player and is not 100% confident he can come back without some lingering doubts. We have to remember he has been in elite sporting progams for a big part of his life through basketball & football and is now having to learn a new skill and that is bouncing back ( which he did with his knee injury). Clayton Oliver has shown a lot of resilience in 2024 , that will stand him in good stead for the rest of his life. IF it is true that Petracca is peeved at the treatment Clayton got then I would be extremely disappointed because "What about me ??" is not the way to develop as a person. Along the way we have seemingly ignored the departure of one of the great Clubmen in the history of the Club in ANB. Many posters have been super critical of him, but he seemingly ignored the "noise" and contributed an enormous amount to this Club. Along the way we are defending Petracca, BECAUSE he is the footballer , and immediately start casting aspersions at Simon Goodwin whose role it is to consider the whole program (which is forgotten along the line). Blaming the game plan, the way we played at times through the year and other things is not removing the fact that Goodwin is dealing with the whole Club/Team which is the sum of many peoples contributions (and absences of key personnel) and HE MUST NOT BE bending to DEMANDS that it is either him or Petracca. That is not a way to run any organisation. If it is true ALL of this ??,../, then Petracca can express his opinion inside the walls of MFC, just like any other player should be able to, however, he must also remember that he is part of that group ,not the only one. If Petracca wants to run a Club put in for the West Coast positions . PS : During the week I listened to Clarkson's press conference after the last round. From that you realise how "up to it" he is with development, longer term thinking etc . It made me realise that the development of an Organisation does not always have to be belting hell out of the coaches box. Sometimes we ignore what goes on behind the scenes and are very quick to point fingers at people who have the interests of their organisation at the heart of their thinking

So that determines his whole career ???

Moore slid into what was a perfectly legal bumping pose to get the ball. If Kickett gets time then Moore and the unmentionable should get 10 weeks each if the penalty is based on the outcome.

Come off the grass Mc Donald was extremely competitive. I have bagged Lever , but his organisation skills would have been very handy tonight. However I think this was treated as a practice matcxh to try out a new style of play. Unfortunately we were undermanned and unprepared. Collingwood play this running game so it was really difficult for our blokes to be trying something so different. Firstly in this game style you need to be moving more ,not letting using delaying tactics which lets the next level setup properly. You have got to have the right personnel to play a particular game style. Collingwood have got it with Daicos 1 & 2 etc.

When the media start drinking some coolaid after the week we have had, this is good news. We have a long term strategy to TRAIN a Maximus 2. Max will provide a presence purely because of his size. Kozzie will kick a 100 goals. Van REooyen will become Van RUnnin @ CHF . Turner ,mobile forward, Fritta the HFF and Petty CHF Go Dees !!!

Collingwood can only make it be appealing against Carlton beating WCE and by demanding that Freemantle forfeit to PORT

THE HEADLINE YOU WILL NOT SEE !!!! Does Colingwood's failure to make the finals signify that the culture at Collingwood is not conducive to success. As such the Club should be conducting a grass roots analysis of all facets of the CLub's operations. As a consequence of the failure ot follow up on their KO win in 2023 , the Coaches position must be a subject of scrutiny. Some senior players may have to change their game plan by going for the ball rather than the man as has been part of their game style. Furthermore the Draw must reflect the position of the team The culture at Collingwood must come under great scrutiny. The AFL are currently forming an investigative group including the AFL Head of Fixturing,Tom Morris, Cane Kornes,Tim Watson and the MCG Trust to investigate how Collingwood can play ALL their games at the MCG and also train exclusively on the ground.

Apparently the only bloke playing for Dees is Viney. Gold Coast must be winning by 50 points judging by the negative vs positive posts. Remember the reason we are not out there is because the blokes that are, are better than us !!!!

General Question : Do we get any allowance for Gus or do we just go into the draft needing to fit one more spot (which could be pick 298). But we get exemption for Gus' salary in total player payments ??? Facts not rhetoric please.

All of this is supposition ,started by a "media" (not real football journalist). You have to remember that footballers are not rocket scientists (O Mac exception), they just happen to come from a variety of backgrounds AND are good (for their age) at football. They are picked up at 18 (just out of school), treated like God and ASSUMED they have allround intelligence etc. Next thing they are being paid ENORMOUS amounts (for their age) and many have trouble adjusting . Athlete's personal support is a major issue not just while they are playing, but when the lights flicker. Then when things do not work out (even in the midterm) we all bail on them like as if they deliberately set out to be have these hiccups. It does not matter what background ,(Bulldogs example). I feel MFC provide that environment and should be proud of the way Clarrie (in this case) has made his way back. MFC had a prime example in Jurrah who was probably the best natural footballer I have seen, but just could not live in that world (He refused to travel on a train for some reason). (Read the book). Lets all have a Bex and a good lie down .

Yeh ,but this has been an extraordinary year, we played Fremantle twice !!

Get real !! The bloke has been playing injured and you cannot resist a crack at him !!