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You know what really gets me? Watching a bit of Footy Classified and seeing Jimmy Bartel analysing our problems. There was the briefest of brief stories of us talking to him late last year to join in some capacity and then just fizzling out. I would have loved someone like him on the staff. I sat there watching this show thinking 'Why are you talking about this on a TV show?' We needed a very good and experienced addition to the coaching staff particularly in the middle. I think Nathan Jones was a naive move at the time. I don't believe you can go straight from nothing to line coach anymore.

Different times. Went to the game then saw Orb at the Forum when they were doing fully seated gigs because of COVID.

I want the people who always complain when we don't get enough credit to also complain when we don't get enough stick

Agree but my point still remains. Can't expect to be a pressure team if uncontested marks are the order of the game.

One thing I'll say about the pressure rating, it's bloody hard to get a good one when you let the opposition run around taking uncontested marks all the time.

How do you sell hope when you are 0-5 and beaten by the team who has your first pick? I'm kind of gobsmacked that no-one around here is talking about this. We have no CEO, a temporary president, a coach who has his head on the block and we're just assuming people are gonna keep fronting up to games? For what? The same garbage week after week with no direction? I'm looking forward to next week when someone posts about the crowds being terrible like it's some massive surprise and how terrible our fans are. What is the vision MFC? What is the identity and what do we stand for? I haven't once bashed the love and commitment stuff, I actually get sick of media taking things that Goodwin says and run them as year long stories. However, we don't look like a team that plays with love and connection. As for the game, why not just watch a video of the last 4 games spliced together because it was exactly the same game. We turn up fir the bounce, don't lay a tackle for 5 minutes, et the uncontested possesion count balloon out with the oppo 2 or 3 times as many as us and fail to gather cleanly or hit a target for a metre away. It it literally the worst block of football I've seen this club play since 2014-15. No idea the way out of it, we just need an ugly win. I don't care how we get it and I don't know the answers right now but clearly no-one at the club does either.

People have short attention spans these days El Diablo. Never underestimate how long an AFL season is. You've said you want Goodwin gone but whether he stays or goes it's a long, long slog to endure for any footy fan especially when you don't even have a first round pick to look forward to. People like us will be there regardless but we are the exception, the bulk of members are are like swinging voters with competing priorities. There's a heap of people I know on this forum with other responsibilities and I admire them for choosing footy over them but let's face it, there can be more to life than footy. Cost of living is through the roof, come seasons end there could be a lot of non renewals. You have to sell hope as a footy club somehow

I asked this question last week and I am going to ask it again. I understand why it probably didn't fit in with the show at the time, but it would be great to hear some discussion on it. At 0-5, how do you sell hope to a supporter base: - Some who have paid more than they ever have for their membership - After going bottom of the ladder outright -After the double whammy of losing to the team who has our first pick this year -After seemingly turning up each week this year giving up a load of uncontested marks and barely laying a tackle in the first 5 minutes ...that it is worth turning up to the football each week for the next 5 months? What is the selling point? We are grateful Melbourne fans for what we've achieved in recent years but we've also spent a lot of our lives as the butt of people's jokes, there is a hell of a long season to go and it could be quite a slog. The new week and fresh hope thing is wearing off, every game might as well be an extended video tape of the last. Many of us are going to go regardless because we are rusted on but we are notorious for bad crowds when the hope dies and I think we can expect a few of those to come. So guys, I know all three of you will keep going but to the people who are losing faith, what would make you want to go to MFC games week after week in 2025 from here on out?

If anyone says anything about effort or not giving up then I'm out. I just can't right now, 15 premiership players and we're handing out participation ribbons against teams who aren't going to play finals.

We would lead that stat this season

Max dropping that and then giving a limp soccer effort kind of bugged me I can't stand this BS where the umpire calls not 15 play on the moment the ball comes off the boot. How can you tell if you don't know where it's landing yet?

Max dropping that and then giving a limp soccer effort kind of bugged me

Well there you go

God damn it Max

Was hoping so bad that we could hold out there and not have lucky break situation for them like that. This season is showing we fall away when faced with this situation but the what if is strong. Please just don't concede 3 centre clearances in a row.

Not the first and won't be the last to vomit then laugh repeatedly when called out. It's a cheap trick, like rage quitting. Won't be round long, they never are.

Heartbreak.

That's the way guys! Trac drew the man in well

To get it within 2 goals would be a fighting chance.

Go home @Ducky don't bother watching if you have no hope

Come on make this happen!

What a kick

Yes please make Spargo compete in the air

Don't just be a glimmer. Rub the sticks together until the smoke starts

Wow, COULD THAT BE THE FIRSTARTER?