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Very eloquently put. Wholeheartedly agree. It all has a very shaky vibe and a bit of a pong about it now...does the MFC.

Chaplin was not a Roos choice..theres a difference. He was a Goodwin selection. Roos allowed Goodwin to assemble his own team. In the end...any of the assistants are only there to do the coach's bidding

Not on it's edge ...plunged deeply I'd suggest

The alternative is blindingly obvious. You wait a little...proceed with a little caution. I shall repeat what I said earlier. You needn't have waited til season's end but maybe let the year start and see where it's going ( currently downhill out the backdoor at an alarming rate ). . There's nothing new or overly clever about such strategy. Just prudent.

Yep ...lol Gotta pair of rock-hoppers for ya Red

No one is suggesting waiting til the end of the season. We panicked.

Absolutely agree. Currently we are dead in the water. Might find my skis...

And we knew all of this before the first bounce.... totally validated by the last. Sadly, imho, it won't matter who we play (our list ) as long as your opening comment resonates Souffles are not made with soup recipes

Mathews ...stoppages McPherson... Football operations. A lot of people are Not Roos' people Hird should never be allowed near any sport EVER again. Lyon has done enough for us...he can stop.

No not directly. It was Pert who signed ( re-signed ) Goodwin with unnecessary haste.

Our style...for want of a better word ...of football only worked (sic) whilst opposition allowed it. Once teams twigged...they deny us our game and play theirs. We are so dumb we just keep going our way...but are no longer relevant as better ( probably at a count of 17 now ) teams have worked us out Sadly the FD hasn't worked out that we've been worked out.

The Melbourne brand of footy ... As designed by the FD I see similarity... except....a Camel is actually useful. Imho...a lot of our situation is by decree. We've set out to play a particular style. It invariably ignores/over-rides/ dispenses-with any inherent footy nous of our players and replaced it with a draconian nonsense that is easily picked apart. Some players are indeed woeful, but many are simply incapable of playing a game style which itself is incapable of sustainability. We play rubbish.....by design.

We got the wrong one.... should have gone for Charlie. At least it would have been entertaining.

No. In fact common sense my have dictated such. Wait a minute..common sense, silly me. Mr G wasn't going anywhere as such and a clever operator would have kept his powder dry. No overly impressed with this Pert. Seems to eager to rush things...good recipe for f#@&ing things up often. Yes Jaded, pretty ordinary ..and seemingly by design

so @La Dee-vina Comedia What did Murdoch press run in Sydney and Brisbane ?

Fair point

@La Dee-vina ComediaComedia you do know the HUN is an Essendon mouthpiece ? Bloke in charge...a rabid Bomber. Probably why Rubbishon keeps his job

Sorry Chazz... I'm going to have to agree with you

Gee...let's look at this. Melbourne ...almost a flavour of a months some little while ago.and now as putrid as mouldy apple .... Essendon ... continually 'imaged' as a victim...a club trying to get back to footy...all nicely nicely. Even the illusion that Hird is kinda back. ( Nauseating ) But Essendon isn't off to its Rosey start. It's playing Melbourne....and lo and behold...this BS comes out from that blubbering tool and his Essendon mad boss !! Go on tell me that's all completely accidental !! ?

There are those who still have sharp knives for us. There is still corruption at many levels of this sport. There is still a power collusion among some. We don't fit in.

May - be not happening for a while... ?4-6 anyone ??? ???

I posted it elsewhere...but probably should be here. Cheers (or no cheer )

Exactly. If we continue our brand/style as is... we'll go backwards.....oh wait ?

We play clumsy football. As highlighted ^^^ It's all too predictable. It's so predictable other clubs just wait.. we'll eventually cough it up saving them half their effort. If as also suggested we had a number of real options to pick from at any given moment with players able to literally adapt on the run ..well that would be truly chaotic for any opposition to deal with. Currently we just play at playing chaotic football. Bit like a bag of crisps...all advertising...all air and f all to speak of actually going on. We don't have a game plan in my view...just an attitude to the ball...all in at the contest rah rah. We have a brand....dumb.