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    1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

    IF ...

    Jake Melksham has booted 14 goals from the past three matches and is on track for a career-best season-goal tally ...

    THEN ...

    it's fact he's in career best form. Will be 34 by the time the 2025 season is finished. Will definitely be playing in 2026. Wonder if it will be with Melbourne.

    Aaaaand that completes the letter C.

    Yes read that and chortled ... Purple fielding some bait. All a bit me too ...

    The short answer is of course, yes he will be.

    4 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    Listening to SEN this morning JTR they asked Goody Re a Fritsch trade and Goody said no way we need forward’s he is a required player. So I think it is just another media B/S.👍😁

    That addresses the need... doesn't actually address the commitment. Just saying.

    The Circus WILL come to town , players will come, some go. No omelettes without eggs as they say.

    Time will tell

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    16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Looks like McDonald in the whites jumper (B team) and Kynan Brown in the Blue (A team) at training.. 🤷🏽‍♂️

    1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Oh for goodness sake...surely they're not even remotely considering dropping our best defender from last week.

    Goes without saying..

    1 hour ago, BLWNBA said:

    There's no point in raising this fallacy or pointing out this inconsistency because it's largely the same people who drove home the notion that the acquisition of Houston would deliver us a flag and we needed players for the now - not draft picks, but now speak of the goal-posts being rightfully moved during what is a 'development' year.

    Honestly, the desire from the FD to actively recruit Houston speaks volumes of where they assessed this list was at.

    Yep.. certainly wasn't rebuild at start of the season.

    The only semi successful rebuild this season has been the narrative and even that's not persuasive.

    Smacks of make it up as you go along.

    I'm always fascinated that why any FD would attempt a 'new' game plan where upon you don't have the requisite skillsets in enough players. My feeling is you don't and this is why I've always thought that the brain's trust has thought the essential plan was OK, just needed tweaking.

    That this hasn't panned out to me only reinfthe idea there is much wrong about our footy.

    On some days our hamfisted approach kinda works... for a while. Better teams pull it apart.

    So are we still trying to find a version of our game that holds fast , or is it still evolving ( steered or unstirred) and do we know which players can make it work ?

    Strangely I wholeheartedly believe Goody believes he's onto a winner and we have a core of players to do it.

    I just happen to disagree

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    9 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    Interesting that the professionals gawn and Goodwin were caught on the go by the rule change.

    I was at that game and it was gobsmacked how Gawn did nothing to counteract Grundys tactics. And why didn't the assistant coaches or Goodwin address it during the game. It was blindingly obvious what Grundy was doing.

    3/4 time we were only a kick down and it was a shock when we lost.

    Perplexing

    Not really 🙄

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    7 hours ago, Deestar9 said:

    The tenet of the topic is Time to go Goody with a question mark. To me that is asking a question. You & others think he should & others think he shouldn’t. So we are all answering the question with our opinions. Maybe if you didn’t constantly allude to the fact that anyone positive is either a “Happy Clapper” or a misguide fool we could have had a more balanced discussion.. ?

    I don't presume ALL who think Goodwin ought to stay are happy clappers but they are certainly numerous.

    Just as you purport we have dismissed the question mark whilst its still really there.That was always the notion ( imo ) I.e.. Should he stay, should he go ?

    It all falls as to how anyone quantifies and qualifies their view..

    Somewhat classic half glass full or empty or some other fraction.

    I just question the glass itself.

    Many might still be here next season continuing the discussion. I would think more evidence one way or the other will surface.

    I just want us winning. Not fussed who. It's not the norm now and hasn't been for a long while.

    I've suggested before the end to this season might offer insights. Beating contemporaries isn't a guide it's how we fare when pushed.... how our game holds up.... or not.

    Bullies, Hawks and Filth will be tests..

    They'll tell us much.

    3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    So would I. The three week penalty suggests a lack of certainty in the mind of the MRO/AFL. It should be either a 5-6 week penalty because it was a reckless action or nothing because it was an unfortunate footy accident. Three weeks smacks of a compromise trying to please all parties and effectively pleasing no-one.

    I suspect the appeal will be successful.

    Compromise or an opening of a door

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    15 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Hey, if this is all this thread was, fine. But it’s not. It’s one thing to want Goody gone but it’s an entirely different thing to disparage him, insult him and blame him for every misfortune. it’s unfair and unwarranted.

    There’s only one thing about this thread that’s equally as bad and that’s the exasperating repetition. It’s insufferable. Do people really think they’re saying something new?

    I'll ask you too

    Why are you here if it's not your cup.of tea ?

    Dont hang if you don't like the company or comments.

    Just go do the other stuff you enjoy. Surely 🤷‍♂️

    And for the record sts.... if some want to suggest Goody has $#@!'d up and were here lamenting as a result. Thats an opinion Some might even say it's their considered appraisal and I don't see why that's hard for some to stomach.

    Where stuff has gone right we applaud. Where it's gone/going wrong it's fair game to suggest change.

    Go Dees

    16 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    If I was a last laugh kinda gal I’d say Goody ain’t goin’ anywhere. Oh wait, I am a last laugh kinda gal… Goody ain’t going anywhere 😂😂😂

    Y’all can b!ttch & moan all you like. You can say the most disrespectful about Goody. You can bag him day and night and blame everything on him, but…

    He’s our head coach for 2026…

    Get used to it 🤣🤣🤣

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    Why do so many have difficulty understanding the tenet of the topic.

    'Time to go ' It's a suggestion. It's a valuation many of us share about should he or someone else continue.

    I fully understand there's a better than even ( unfortunately) chance he will be there. But we aren't there yet. He has to show some better abilities to arrest our demise than are currently on display. Please don't think beating the Roos is the get out card to.any of this, or even a half baked Blues. But.. it's unlikely anyone at the MFC , quite frankly, would have it in them to pull that pin. Mores the pity.

    All happy clappers can rejoice .

    What's more important ? That Simon Goodwin is the coach or the team is given the best available at this current time. Im sure you'll suggest he is. I accept that's your position. Kindly accept some think otherwise.

    I only care about the Club/team as it plays. The jumper is paramount.... Personnel/players come and go.

    Go Dees

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    38 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

    Yep ..there is ..we are getting better..the players are adapting to the game plan & as they do ..everyone & everything improves. Far from a finished product but the players were up & about on Sunday .. connected with each other & the coach. You’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole of negativity that you refuse to acknowledge any positives. Maybe stay of this topic… plenty of other topics you can vent your nonsense..

    Really..

    Someone posited that the evidence is Concrete. You get what that infers.... solid, irrefutable etc.

    I simply question that and you get your knickers in a knot. What a joke.

    All we did was beat North. Yep better than losing and some aspects looked better. It was an undermanned Roos. Let's not get too carried away.

    You don't get to cancel those that question things.

    Hardly venting. You're overplaying your hand.

    I have acknowledged positives. Not in this thread granted.

    Again... are we as bad as suggested ?.. Logic says we have to be exactly as bad as we are and where ladder puts us. If we win more games....that might change. Let's see where the season finishes ..yes ?

    Nothing is ever quite what it seems with figures eh...

    Invoking the exquisite thinking mind of the late Dave Allen .. I present...

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    So 30% are caused by drinking. Therefore 70% aren't.. So drink more and save lives !!

    Now obviously this is a fallacy. But it shows how much context is needed to provide ANY relevance.

    I know the O.P. sought to shine some sun on our predicament but I struggle to see much beyond the darkish clouds at present.

    The ladder suggests we aren't much chop. I agree.

    I reckon we're exactly as bad as we seem. But that's not 100% bad

    Let's see where at come seasons end.

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    2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    So Xerri has put Max down a couple of times, hit Jefferson with a forearm to the head, hit Lindsay in the head and Concussed Sparrow.

    When the [censored] does the AFL hit this guy with some serious sanctions.

    It doesn't. It's a joke, well it would be.

    Just once I love our club to amble up to AFL house , rap on the doors with a Please Explain.

    Then spread out all the inconsistencies. Esp as applies to us.

    Never happen of course but I honestly don't know why we wouldn't/shouldn't. What are they going to do ?

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    16 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    Slightly ahead of myself, but just saw Melk is 8 games away from 250, so hopefully he gets another contract for next year. Unfortunately, he played 114 games for Essendon, so Frankie, Teddy and Alfie would be eligible for them for Father/daughter and father/son as well as us (which was the main reason for me checking his games played stat)...

    Hell .... wouldn't you love to see Milky play out 300 !!

    Look after him Dees .... 😉

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    45 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

    Yes, some of you can stick to the topic. Currently 175 pages of people sticking to the same topic: everything Goody does is wrong. It is SOOOOO boring.

    And this is where folk like your good self find reasonable assessments so hard to swallow.

    As others here have already suggested. It's not about doing everything either right or wrong. It's about being able to affect successful results in a sustained manner .

    Simply having attained a flag ( and kudos to all ) does not guarantee nor qualify you ever more. What worked,now doesn't. Who was successful, now isn't.

    Some, I among those , question the ability of the current FD regime which by default has Goodwin as its major influence to bring home the bacon.

    It's not an overly complicated premise.

    Those that find continued dissatisfaction with the current trajectory and call for change will continue to do so unless we become successful.

    If that'sboring.... go find another thread.

    Why are you here boring yourself ?

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    1 minute ago, jnrmac said:

    Lever is a bit of a one trick pony and too prone to brain fades. All of his career. Its just that now he's slower it he can't hide it anymore.

    Dunno about one trick Jnr. His forte has always been a chess like footy brain. He reads the ball very very well and even as he attacked the ball in flight he'd be preparing to give off..or hold for option's. A big thinker who had sublime agility.

    He still thinks but his body won't play ball now.

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