beelzebub

It's a lot better to win than to lose..... (and even worse to win and lose in the same game...) Chuffed for Culley... I mean who'd da thunk ??.. ( except a lot of people... lol ) Fancy playing a bloke suited to the midfield...in the midfield.. genius. What surprises await !! Not a lot to take away otherwise.. AFL side v not-really AFL side... let's be real. That said I hope supporters enjoy today and savour the scent of success... at least until next Sunday arvo where the first of 3 steam rollers awaits 🥴 But for now... grin away 😉

Reality in... pretence out

Thanks .. I was really just replying to Bin. Pert managed to eek yet more coin for God knows what !! Caulfield, about as symbolic of the club as anything in my view.

Won't have long to wait today to know. I used to think the 1st qtr would give a good indication. But we've evolved that to 3 and even then ...who the ...

Correct choice . Enjoy your day 👍

Yet actions speak louder than words. It's McVee ( and/or management) that's not budging. Had something amenable to sign all season...but hasn't 🤔🤔🤔 Club's a clusterthuck of harmony and success... what's not to like ?? Waiting for the dust to settle and scene become clear imho. Dont blame him.

Hasn't he recently departed all things Melbourne after finishing his little consultancy like 'casho' wrt Caulfield ?

Bingo

We've suspected systemic dysfunction for some time. This isn't really anything new as in just this year. A lot of 'groundwork' for our inept adventures in management and development have been obvious for years. Describing us as a basketcase I think a bit ripe. A conflicted circus might be more accurate. What you see on gameday essentially represents the disarray of confliction behind the scenes. MFC ... how not to go about things 101

That's Disturbing

I suspect a lot of 'everything ' is in flux currently. Much might depend on what happens at eos.

Has promise

Definitely the norm. He's not alone. Annoying that they all seem able to pick off someone, sometimes. What i have noticed, or think I'm seeing is that many other team's players seem to know where players or space will materialise. Us, not so much. Is this a reason for haphazard i50 entries ? I dunno... but we are poor at it. The bombing.... is it chicken an egg situation ?? Our fwd craft is somewhere between non existent to abysmal. They all seem able to pass at practice. Funny that. Mind you they kick a lot of goals too when just kicking it around etc.

An extremely valid concern. Who would push a button to unleash such change ?? 🤔 This reminds somewhat of someone finding a loose thread and begins to pull at it only to discover the thread keeps unravelling and as it does one segment after another falls away. Before too long the wearer is standing starkers holding nothing but a very long thread and a total look of incredulity . Whosoever decides to push that button had better understand the problem is a tad deeper than superficial. Going back to your originating concern I wonder if we actually have anyone , or a team of such ilk, as to have the acumen as well as desire for buttons !! Looked upon thoroughly it would be daunting.

Jaded , I very much doubt that is the case. This will be yay or nay by the club. I think both should be retained ... we'll see.

Make it so !!!

About sums it up. Take off any coloured glasses, allow the fog to lift and step a bit closer for a proper squizz and that's just about as good an appreciation of the real mess we're in as any. Some of course will suggest it's a very negative view. And I can understand if life is all sunshine and lollipops that might be a valid critique but I would ask anyone to show me any part of our setup that is working properly and with positive outcomes because quite frankly I struggle. We don't have a proper home. We invariably share facilities. Currently operate with temporary senior management etc. Members are ditching in droves The FD is dodgy The Coach is past exp. The list is overated, and many underperforming. We're back to setting records.... the wrong ones !! We are on a steady decline towards the edge of a football abyss. This CAN change. I don't even want to speculate about where or what awaits if drastic measures aren't taken. Even with change Rome won't reappear overnight, but you could at least start to build it. Time for a clean sheet of paper.

I have no doubt we won't get the value many would seek or suppose. Thats going to be a bitter pill but one we'll have to swallow none the less lest we just get left at the station. And this, to me, only highlights the importance and imperative nature of biting said bullet with regard to the FD

Ahh.. but its both.. We were there...or thereabouts. But the rot had started. The reasons ( some possibly varied ) included the inability to finish off those games and the causality to that was part and parcel of all the things that got worse. So I would contend 22/23 and subsequent are not mutually at odds but different shades of the same .

I think some trades need to be considered while some have the currency. We aren't going to be tilting at anything for a year or two.(and..) Might as well do the unpleasant unpalatable things sooner rather than later.

The new coach bit. .. I actually ( surprisingly to some perhaps) comprehend the notion . Taking as much unecessary 'fugazi' out of the question I do still land on the side that answers. Yes, the coach needs refreshing. Not merely the coaching... but the whole shebang as its being demonstrated, I think very clearly, that we have not the 'game' ( certainly not a comprehensive and/or effective) nor the ability to get to it. By that we seem a distance off being clean and damaging. If I was to be cruel we're much better and stuffing up than getting things right. This can only be partly the players the rest is how they're coached and what it is they're coached to play. We're not winning much despite ALL the efforts. Whatever touch Simon had, is long gone. This is not about him its about the team. The team needs better, better than what's possible currently.

🤔Might be something to what you say 👍 Folk are going to have to deal with players leaving.

Definitely entertain. Been a bloody nemesis to us...lol

And why do we do that ? In hope some bastard ( possibly up there ) hears us and does something as quite plainly there's very few with the requisite intelligence down here.

Sad in the sense that we need a lot of things bettered.... and she'd be far more capable of understanding what needs to be done than those currently there.