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As distasteful as you find it the ladder supports his view.

He's only repeating what many of us are saying. I for one take none of those games for granted and hope the team doesn't. Goodwin's no nong, he'll know the club is hamstrung and rudderless. As much as I'd think it best for the club he signed off it'll be 26 that the torch is lit under him. Of course if we continue to nose dive... the drums will get only louder.

Been there , been the entre . Waste of time unless you're capable. Moot now anyway. We're not playing finals

On light of what Red spoke of elsewhere possibly the trio of Petty , Roo and Jeffo has the greatest possibility of getting up. I don't know that any combo will make much of a difference though unless we change how we play in the front arc. I'd like to see Petty take the biggest defender. I don't care who the opposition put their gorilla on but I'd like to see Petty take him irrespectively causing the cascade effect. Neither Roo , nor especially Jeffo are geared for it. Fritsch isn't a tall anyway. You could leave him in or not. I prefer Milky to Fritta .. You know #18 will put in all day. Reality is we're just mucking around and seeing what/ who might click. Thats about it . Very important they keep separation when ball brought down. We make it far too easy for opposition to defend currently. End of the day we're doing not much more than playing out the year. Every game's a dead rubber here on in really.

Let's try that. I mean, why not. 25 is dead. We're practicing for 26 now

We've talked much recently , as a group , of Windows opened or shut or somewhere moving in between. No one talks about the door. If we don't do something soon we may well find the door closing behind us. Much of our game that we lament isn't new. It just shapeshifts a little. We've never really dealt with our dearth of skilled players, our kicking is problematic save for a handful. What is the obsession with pockets 🤔 🤷‍♂️. Do we need team excursions to SpecSavers as our vision is poor. These aren't overnight surprises. It's with no surprise I find myself thinking that those in charge must think , well one of two things, either they will correct themselves... with a few more games or even more worrisome that it's not our real problem. We still are terribly inefficient in the front arc. Ahh just one more season will sort that out... surely. The 20/21 itself has a few lessons . Not all obvious. We played a game of hold and wait. Denying teams their want to over-run us then counter.. It worked then worked better. It was like watching tides. But even then that almost wasn't enough in 21. The Dogs had experienced this and knew how to deny us. Truth be told imo had it not been for 3 or 4 players executing a number of exceptional acts the game was lost. They did, adrenalin had kicked in and we played out of our skins for the remainder of the game. That only ever works is those 'no tomorrow' games where everything is on the line. They are rarified occasions. Week in week out home & away contests can never replicate this necessity. The bulk of the season needs teams that are equipped with a good complement of skills/abilities and schooled well in sound footy processes. Waiting for that to fall into place.. .. might as well be waiting for Godot. Mind the door !!

You avoided most of the question. Goal kicking i agree with essentially.

Reckon you could be right about Spargypants. On the surface Jeffo looks like he should go OK... but he's all at sea out there. Never really makes me feel he's suited to the big game. Just nqr for the 1sts 🤷‍♂️🥴

Dunno... we know what Jeffo can ( or can't do ) Try Kentfield. See if he's competitive at AFL level. Got to start evaluating the list in real conditions... just mo

You might get there, but you're the entre .

Nope Fair assessment... ought to come into about 3.50 by the game. But that's an on-paper thinking , by the numbers as it were. More holistically.... unless we lock down our defence better and sew up the holes and if we are incapable of taking full benefit of our opportunities ( i know who am I kidding ) then in truth this is a very 50-50 game. We can both be as useless as each other. A difference... Clarko is a much better day/game coach and they might smell blood.

Who then ??? Take as long as you like .. Just whose [censored] job is it to have the team ready, focused and primed for a game ?? Take as long as you like...really. Put that thinking cap on. Not too tight. Tic toc... tic tic..

A very accurate precis imo. How sad and frustrating that the powers that be would rather do nothing in case they did 'something' !!! A moribund paralysis. The petrification of gentrification . Aka. Gutless wusses

I'm genuinely intrigued that the conversation , as such , is deemed by many to be about Goody's new plan and the difficulties ( supposedly) of the team to adjust and perfect. Today , an interesting effort ( at times ) displayed much more than just an inability to finish off not just the 'gamestyle' but the game itself. There are to some observers the poor locating of magnets as well as the inclusion of magnets with weak or mixed polarities. There are other options but the powers that be are loathe to implement. Odd really as they might actually benefit the somewhat flawed 'plan'. The problems we have are far greater than the gameplan. Selection, Placement...and Preparation. The trifecta I wonder how many other teams would stuff up with our entries.

Tmac to the backline Throw Lever forward. Will that work.. (Ricky ) ....w v f knows ... but could be fun. Not like anything matters much for the rest of the year. So what the hey Roll out the barrel

Admire the positivity

Memo to MFC: Game starts 3.15 CST Go us !! Hope the lads rise to the challenge. Again... 3.15 😉

Why ? Short answer, because there's no one to sack him. What should happen and what will likely happen.... 2 different things unfortunately. We desperately need a circuit breaker as currently its like a b grade Halloween movie on repeat.

Yes indeed. It goes to mood, individual and group. Goes to satisfaction or frustration/ disappointment/ grievance. Can unsettle player(s) effectiveness which goes to results. Poor results can give birth to buy-in or opt-out. We're dealing with egos. Just about every AFL player wants to play well and be allowed to do so. Effort and lack of reward especially if sensing bias is not a recipe for happiness.

And a bit of devil may care , bloody hell we're not losing this attitude , initially from 3 or 4 in the 3rd which became infectious. We won it...and won it well in the end which happens often ( but not always ) at the big dance..... but it very nearly didn't. We've never replicated that level since.

It's a very good question. It might be seen as two and possibly that was your inference. Is there someone better suited to our requirements going forward ( than SG) ? I fervently hope so or we're locked in a nightmarish loop. Wiil/can the club determine how to do that and if so act upon that. Actually a very good and vexing conundrum. It would have to be taken as a given the club in current mode/guise has no appetite nor compulsion to do so. Probably wouldn't fart or sneeze lest it be seen to have done something. It will fall to the incoming CEO & Pres to pull on the big boy pants. I have no other option really but to trust them to do this. Time will tell no doubt. Good question 🤔 👏 😉

I'm an old supporter. 66.. 61 years a Dee. You can mitigate all you want. Your prerogative. I know a lame duck when I see one. The only wringing I'd entertain is the necks of our Club's leaders as they sit on their collective arzes fiddling as Rome burns. Smiles and handshakes all round for the happy clappers. I don't blame Goodwin, though I see him as complicit and accountable. I blame the club, for doing nothing. That would take fortitude. Not something we're known for.

12 million reasons eh

Yippee kayay... Those machines still exist. Let's stop selling alcohol too... Those pies and other junk foods... no no no.. Will no one think of the children.... ban soft drinks!! Mfc accomplished effectively nothing , nothing more than throwing money away. Ideology is one thing. Reality another. Happy for the State to ban them.... oh wait. We're a sports club, not guardians of the human condition.