whatwhat say what

3 hours ago, Gouga said:

I know people want to keep things positive, but our last formal update was september 24. Paid up members are in the dark and its just not good enough.

people want to keep things positive? that's very un-mfcss

2 hours ago, bluey said:

Time for Guerra to stand down, got no idea.

so not the right guy?

give the gig to ned?

1 hour ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

All good questions DeeZone. Be interesting to know the job description and is it a match day “strategy” role or more an off field direction of the club “ strategy” role.

I was hoping for a Craig Jennings type role.

it has nothing to do with on-field

from my understanding, ned is a massive mfc fan

i'm sorry, but i only have this to say to the people in charge...

12 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Is it the Bombers?

would make sense

he was never likely to stay after being passed over as ceo

we sure do love a leadership consultant appointment

15 minutes ago, rpfc said:

I put some sadness in it.

What a place to be in; high paid CEO who requires development and training in THE INDUSTRY HE WAS HIRED FOR.

It’s laughable really.

yes and no - i mean, obviously ever senior exec / ceo i've had the (mis)fortune to deal with has had some sort of mentor / consultant that they have used as a leadership guide etc. etc.

but it's still hard to disagree with what you have written

10 minutes ago, rpfc said:

They should all just shut up until they have something to announce.

They are just the most naive when it comes to messaging and their own image with their stakeholders.

Nearly every time each one of them talk - I cringe. For I know ‘that was not what they meant to say’ or ‘they can’t say more than that’ or they are ‘not across it entirely yet.’

SAD!

they kind of HAVE shut up about it tho

"nothing to announce, hopefully more soon... now, moving on to our next item of business..."

2 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

But I will say I like the current emblem a lot more than the monstrosity that Cameron Schwab came up with

and no white either

we're melbourne, red and blue, not red, blue, and white - that's footscray colours

12 minutes ago, Trident22 said:

Only that they are looking for an experienced coach.

that's interesting cos shae sloane has been talked about in dispatches as taking on the role

chalk me down as another who is looking at the 'rehab' group and seeing reasons to be concerned

the general rule of thumb is that in order to prepare for a good season you need to have fully completed 80% of all pre-season sessions

we look set to go into 2026 with a lot of players who won't come close to that mark

just gotta hope the foot injury is not going to hamper him longer term

any club worth their salt should be sniffing around him as a free agent

3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

And you'd think the team would have taken some key learnings on how to win a close game since the semi final of 2023.

Instead we've somehow managed to go 1-9 in games that have resulted in 6 point margins or less. And that even continued after Goodwin was dismissed as we lost 2 close ones to the Dogs and Collingwood.

We might jump up the ladder if we can address that fine line of losing close games instead of winning them.

put simply, the team has a history of bottling it in the big moments since mid way through 2022

Just now, Redleg said:

Well the President did say "we are really close and we will share more as soon as we are able to."

I guess that means that we are not allowed to announce anything yet and I assume that is because one of the stakeholders has told us not to.

Caulfield will happen and it will just need a bit more patience before it is officially announced.

It is disappointing though that the President couldn't elaborate a bit more, without making an official announcement.

I am as frustrated at that as everyone else on here.

this was exactly as predicted

no update outside of 'more updates soon'

frustrating, but better than 'it's dead, and we're back to square one'

Just now, BC_1718_DC said:

No announcement available as per the new President, Steven Smith. Disappointing but no real surprise.

the important announcement is that the possibility of caulfield is yet to be snuffed out

baker-west compares herself to tyla hanks - yes please!

the allen highlights showcase some nicely weighted kicks that hit targets; that's what i'm keen to see more of at the dees

1 minute ago, Random Task said:

Thanks, couldn't find that at all.

head office gives a lot of lip(stick on a pig) service to the aflw

1 minute ago, Random Task said:

Coverage of the draft is poor unless you have fox footy. No draft tracker online or running video commentary like they had for the boys.

Just a slow updating draft blog

#1 Rich - Olivia Wolmarans

#2 GWS - Scarlett Johnson

#3 GWS -

try here... it's not great (the tracker for instance lists the pick #, the player chosen...but not the club selecting them)

afl.com.au/aflw

afl.com.au/aflw

On 14/12/2025 at 16:06, durango1946 said:

Lets wait for the season to start before the tale of woe sets in.

do you even mfcss?!??

13 hours ago, monoccular said:

Interesting - if that all it changes (4-6 throw ins per game) then why make the change at all??

'speeding up the game' is pretty important

if you consider that each boundary throw in takes a minute to set-up; i.e. the rucks get into position (which is absurd in and of itself, from boundary throw-ins to around the ground stoppages) then 4-6 mins of extra 'playing time' is a pretty significant change

the sooner that they remove the 'ruck nomination' around the ground stoppages the better - if two players go up to contest at a stoppage then it's an automatic free kick anyway, so why do they need a ruckman to get in place, nominate themselves, then contest?

we are as close to a home base as we have ever been

i still don't think there's going to be a 'major announcement' at the agm; it will be more a case of 'we continue to work towards it'

and honestly? i'm okay with that - the important is that we are not told that the 'dream' of caulfield, but continues to have active progress towards an announcement

the agitating for it to happen doesn't make it happen any faster

12 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

I'll have another go.

B: Jetta, May, Lever

HB: Brown, Rivers, Whelan

C: Brayshaw, Oliver, Langdon

HF: Petracca, Schwarz, K.Pickett

F: Fritsch, Neitz, Davey

FOLL: Gawn, Viney, Jones

IC: Yze, Green, J.McDonald, Farmer, J.White

EMERG: Robertson, Bruce, Johnstone

i loved dogga but there's no way he'd be picked ahead of salem on the half back flank

controversial, putting wizard on the pine... i guess he can kick ten or so after he comes on at half time?

mine...

B: Jetta - May - Lever
HB: Davey - T. McDonald - Salem
C: Brayshaw - Petracca - Langdon
HF: Fritsch - Schwarz - K. Pickett
F: Robertson - Neitz - Farmer
Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney
I/c: Jones - Johnstone - Green - J. McDonald - White
Emerg: Rivers - Bruce - Whelan

fwiw, here's the current team of the century:

if it is generally agreed that gawn and neitz are 'locks' to come into the starting 18, let alone the broad squad of 28 that we named, then i would argue that - by dint of games played alone - tiger and big bob are first 'outs' of the emergencies, with chadwick and lock out of the 24 and into emergencies

hardeman and cordner to the pine with neitz at chb - although it seems crazy to have our record goal kicker and only coleman medallist at chb, where he started his career but not where he finished it - and gawn into the ruck?

in my mind we're a bit like the milwaukee bucks, who also won their drought-breaking championship in 2021, who were there or thereabouts for the next couple of seasons before injury, poor recruitment, and a general inability to adapt to a changing style of basketball that rendered their approach second rate

giannis is now agitating to leave that ailing franchise, just as trac did for us, and it seems a matter of time until he forces a trade away from them, just as trac did for us

5 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

i disagree. He is above average for sure, elite in some cases, but wouldn't be talked about as much if he didn't play for Collingwood.

Lets see what happens when Pendles, SideBottom and DeGoey retire in the next year or two and he is surrounded by no names and is required to win his own ball.

he'll carry the midfield, much as he did this year, and arguably the last too