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    56 minutes ago, JTR said:

    Once again, there are plenty of valid reasons (besides ordinary goal kicking) for why the 2022 and 2023 finals series ended up the way the did, the most crucial of which had absolutely zero to do with coaching.

    And if you want to extend it further, in 2024 we had no Brayshaw, lost Petracca half way through the year, never had a 100% Oliver, no longer had Jordan or Harmes and were having to cover all these gaps with inexperienced 1st and 2nd year players.

    Again, nothing to do with coaching.

    Brayshaw was a big loss, the rest was all controllable from inside, a slow continual decline


    6 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    Gut feeling is telling me the board are waiting for Incoming President Steven Smith and the incoming CEO Paul Guerra to bring in their own man and clean house top to bottom.

    I don't think Simon has the courage or the bottle to move players on.

    He is to attached to the players who have bought the club that elusive premiership.

    Things are moving with the new CEO, i don’t know any exact details, but he is definitely fully involved.

    1 hour ago, kurtneverdied said:

    I'm definitely for it. Hate this feeling of nothing to play for. Don't even have our first pick so can't get excited about that either.

    That’s the Fault of the Club, not the system

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    22 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    Think about it

    Geelong were up under Thompson from 2004-2010 repeated finals with a bad year in 2006 when the club stood firm when everyone wanted him Sacked

    Scott took over in 2011 won a flag first year with some criticism that it wasn’t his list and he just inherited an A grade side.

    You wanted Goodwin sacked after Premiership and two more finals appearances. You wanted us to appoint Yze as coach on what grounds, let me understand again he was responsible for 21 yet not responsible in any way for the straight sets losses in 22 and 23

    We would have been absolutely hounded if we sacked him then, just like we would have been crucified had we let Oliver go when we signed him to a big contract in 21. I seem to recall you being one of the most vocal how bad it was that he was even being talked about as leaving. Well that in hindsight is another noose we could have done without.

    He is under pressure now because of 2024 and 2025, but saying he should have been let go in 23 is absolutely ludicrous

    Yes. I think Goodwin should have been terminated after losing 4 Finals on the MCG.

    The writing was on the board back then and NOTHING has changed. We are still Coached in the same manner. Multiple Forward Entries (Hack and Hope) for a low percentage scoring return.

    And that will continue through next year if Goodwin remains

    We won the Flag in ‘21 because Burgess had the entire list Super fit, and the Players believed in themselves. We won many games kicking big scores in the 2nd Half after opponents were fatigued (broken)

    Since Burgess left we have not been at that fitness level, 1-2% off, so we become fatigued.

    Last year’s game against Meth Coke told the story, there was no resistance.

    You probably saw it live.

    A comparison between Scott and Goodwin is not warranted, Jeeelong have not bottomed out anything like the MFC.

    Bad Mistake to not have a new Caching staff Round 1 2024, considering all the off field [censored] that went on during 2023.

    But Goodwin was extended before the ‘23 Finals Series
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    and that is where we are now

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    2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I reckon I'm on my own on this forum, in terms of wanting the wildcard weekend introduced on a weekend (last weekend of August) that's currently an absolute dead zone on the football calendar.

    1) It's an absolute shambles that teams 10-18 are already out of the finals hunt meaning the amount of relevant remaining games will decrease dramatically. Didn't happen last year, might not happen next year, but this year is going to be a mediocre last 8 weeks.

    2) The wildcard weekend places a premium on finishing 6th or higher. 7th or 8th turns into an 'also-ran' position, so we're rewarding excellence.

    3) Imagine if we got on some sort of roll and won 6 of our last 8 games to finish 10th and faced the Dogs on our turf on a Saturday night at the MCG, on wild card weekend. Would the wild card naysayers give the game a miss?

    4) As a heavy consumer of AFL games (not just MFC games) I think it would be an exciting addition to the football calendar, having 2 stand alone games with a heap at stake.

    Teams 10-18 are out of the Finals race, simply because they are not good enough for a myriad of reasons.

    It is up to those Clubs to get better in the off season (Ourselves included)

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    8 hours ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

    It could be. I'm not convinced, though.

    I think the difference between the top clubs and the also-rans is their bottom 10 or 15 players.

    Teams that make it to prelims have a group of extremely strong A-graders complemented by good B-graders and a group of dependable... 'role players', 'third tier' players, 'non-stars'... call them what you want who do enough. And when that dependability wanes (ideally in only a couple of players), they have solid replacements in the VFL ready to go.

    Carlton is the gold standard in the opposite of this. Weitering, Cripps, De Koning and Curnow... spines don't get much better. And they have some pretty good players on the next rung down - McKay, Walsh, Cerra, Saad, etc. But the list falls off a cliff at about 12 or 15. You might argue that all players below a certain level are balancing on the precipice of 'good enough' and it's basically all psychological for them. I'm not so sure. I think there's a huge difference in the skill and overall quality of these not-first-picked players and mental toughness is just one of many many variables. The better teams simply have better players further down their list...

    ...and, of course, as others have said, many other factors come into play. Injury, coaching, little bits of good and bad luck, game trends, etc.

    My huge concern with Melbourne is that we're not even in the also-rans category anymore because our A- and B-graders are either a little bit below their best (Petracca) or an absolute mile off it (Oliver, May, Fritsch, Lever, Rivers, Viney, Salem). And even if we were - Brisbane and Collingwood shows we're still capable of being competitive against good teams - the VFL cupboard is almost completely bare.

    I like the all-above-the-head theory because it means there's a chance we can return to finals soon. Next year, maybe. I want it to be true. I just don't think it is. I think the problem is much more structural than psychological.

    I think it’s a combination of all of the above, but i seriously think psychology is the major factor between Top Sides and also rans.

    All AFL Players are fit, some can push harder than others and then some can be pushed harder by a good coach to levels they didn’t think they could reach

    Very fine line
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    59 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Such a Beige idea
pure Ca$h Grab

    Mediocre Teams are what they are

    Don’t cheapen Positions 7&8 anymore. This is just rewarding [censored] teams
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    I hear Dwayne mention it often whenever i tune in to SEN

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    9 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    I love your selective quotes

    Geelong went away and got better after the 2021 PF,

    Please tell me about what they did after

    2020 GF loss

    2019 PF loss after being minor premiers

    2018 eliminated by us

    2017 PF loss to Adelaide

    2016 PF loss at the G to Sydney

    2015 no finals

    2014 out in straight sets

    2013 PF loss after losing WF to Freo at the Cattery

    2012 EF loss to Freo at the G

    By your logic you would have shown Scott the door after 2015

    Even more so taking into account the star studded lineup he has at his disposal with the salary cap wrought you also love to bang on about.

    Goody is on thin ice but wanting out after 23 typical hyperbole by yourself. Thinking before typing is something I recommend for you rather then regurgitating the usual cliches and failing to respond when you’re asked a question specific to the actual game

    Get real

    Jeeelong have been up since 2007, yep they take a dip, but bounce straight up again.

    Losing a PF is not a disasterous Season

    Jeeelong have never finished below 10th since 2007

    Think about it Sunshine

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    2 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

    Fair enough, you're probably right and know more than i do.

    I don’t know all the answers mate, but the difference between the Top Clubs and the rest is mostly psychological.

    In 2021 Darren Burgess had the MFC Super fit. and you could see the players genuinely believed they were the best. We so often smashed teams in the 4th Quarter.

    That is all but gone now, although we did beat the Premier Team up there and took the Filth right to the line, but they cannot sustain it weekly, which you have to do to win Cups

    4 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

    Which is why they're giving him a chance to adapt the game plan/style with what appears to be a fairly obvious timeframe/KPI's.

    I don't like it necessarily but they'll give him the rest of this season and next to really implement the changes, which has been pretty obviously indicated. Its been noted by many that swinging larger gameplans changes especially dramatically offense wise isn't something you can suddently fix or get right in a single off season (yes yes should have happened earlier) so we've been commended by decent media heads for adapting/learning the new faster gameplan on the fly which is working in patches.

    Seems like the playing group still trusts and respects him so they're not going to blow it up for the sake of it just yet.

    Whether we like it or not he's not going anywhere anytime soon. But fine with people venting about it as the ol tradition when its not going great.

    I still feel like our fitness is the concern with us dropping off in games more then we used to with energy/effort. That was always our staple over the last four or so years.

    No it’s not fitness as such. Last week proved that. After a bye, we were served up that rubbish.

    It’s 90% above the shoulders. These guys can play at a high level, they just don’t feel like giving that extra 1-2% that the Top 4 Teams do regularly

    That has got to come back to the Coach when it is across the whole team

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    1 minute ago, Bowserpower said:

    Well it's not a terrible decision to keep a coach that made top 4 3 years in a row.

    But who lost 4 consecutive Finals
September is a different Season

    Goodwin had been worked out by opposition Coaches, it has only become more obvious since then

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    11 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    Rivers full time midfielder?

    Possibly. I think Goodwin has run his race, i thought that at the end of ‘23

    A new Coaching Panel could still get Maximum value out of this list (with some changes to personnel)

    Beating The Bears at the Gabba, Kings B.

    The players can still play at a very high standard, but that standard is not the accepted level it is at other Clubs.

    Look at Jeeelong, after the ‘21 PF.. They were demolished that night, but they went away and got better and that is their standard

    Rivers could be a great midfielder, if he REALLY wants to be one. Personally i think the internal Party Goers of ‘22-‘23 have left a black mark on our Football Department.

    We need a Clean Slate and a Head Coach who demands Respect

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    5 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

    Strong words.

    Sacking him after the straight sets losses would have been harsh.

    Would have been the best thing to do.

    Straight Sets on the Home Deck should be viewed as unacceptable.

    We are now where we are
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    1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

    It certainly is and i can only wonder about what goes on in some.

    Reckon some have got far too cozy at the Dees.

    I always find it amazing when the whole team is not switched on.

    I am not blaming Coaches, because they have probably been pumping up the whole side for at least 90 minutes, but like Sunday in the first quarter, the whole 22 gave such a small response. Not 1 or 2 players, i can understand that, but when the whole side is flat. How does that occur?

    It has to be psychological, we need to improve massively in this area

    Jeeelong & the Filth have been doing it for decades, it’s expected, as it should be. But for the MFC it’s always been very sporadic.

    The Whole Club needs a line in the sand. After 2021 i thought this had been sorted, but too many went into party mode and now the Mojo has gone

    Losing Gus Brayshaw was a massive hit, but it should never have taken the whole Club down
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    There has to be some serious fight shown in these last 8 weeks or else the MFC will be irrelevant once again
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    We are teetering on the edge right now

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