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Fun fact Essendons lowest score this year is 72 ( in a winning game btw ) Our highest is 66 Facts are fuh hey lol

Wholeheartedly agree. Short of a miracle 25 is in the bin already. I say that as I can't see how we escape the current spin repeat cycle if much simply remains the same. I don't see where the circuit breaker comes from. As you allude there's not only the damage already done, the damage currently being foisted upon the playing group by putting them through the weekly ringer with no real chance of favourable outcomes and this then compounds and so somewhere you need to hit the mercy switch. At what point do you you indeed call 25 a lost cause and refocus on the following season and just use the remainder of the season as live trials. I know there are some who'll always revert to the notion that we're dealing with people. I get that. But so are all teams. I'd contend that scoreboards, premiership cups, flags and to a large degree fans find the 'personalities' attached to their team a very distant second to any actual success. Our success was fleeting. It's gone. Sometimes a canvass gets so mucked up any semblance of the original vision has long been lost among the brush strokes. You start again. Melbourne needs to start again. The first step is removing whatever is causing the mess.

I agree he us unlikely to be sacked. I don't rule out serious conversations being had that might get him to stand aside. If we're winless after KBW then he has no future at the club. ( im thinking he's skating on thin ice atm )

Like him or loathe him.... ol Lyon is possibly a lot more realistic. He ain't trying to get a mob of players to do what they can't.

Someone asked... what is our style, what is the gameplan ? It's come to my attention that over recent off seasons the club has reached out to an alternative to such ideas as Leading Teams etc. We have embraced the ancient warrior art of " Man Up Mindfullness " as utilised in the practised Martial Art of Bullshido. We have adapted its tenets and now play full on Ballshido 🙏🏉🙏

Thanks for posting. It does rather encapsulate our dilemma in a nutshell. Even if we ( club ) wanted to pull the trigger now it probably can't. Not without causing as many problems as it seeks to solve. I'd probably accept the club is betwixt a rock and a hard place, somewhat neutered in ability to deliver robust governance whilst effectively in caretaker mode. You'd have to be wondering what the likes of Smith thinks about this dog's breakfast looking on from safer vantage point. We've still got our two big marquee games to come. You'd have to think the "Apprentice" might have the "Master's" game covered. Then a KB dance . If we can't muster something for these games who really would want us to continue the year in an as you were 'stay calm' manner ?

Tbh it's irrelevant whether disrespectful or not. For mine it was just a matter-of-fact comment. Literally..relating to a matter of FACT ... that being we don't know what we're doing. That comes from the top down. EVERYONE is seeing this now. The Elephant in the room for many is Simon's termination date. No longer an IF for many.... but when . We play like we're robbing Peter to pay Paul, running around clueless like headless chooks trying to put a finger in the dyke. (I'm sure I could garble upmore metaphors but that will suffice ) I think the only reason much of the media aren't slicing us up like a Tepanyaki Chef is many are in a state of semi disbelief, as opposed to semi-denial ( more the preserve of many Melbourne supporters ), that this team, once competitive , are just a total mess.

They've got 3 wins btw....just sayin'

There's a chasm of difference , imo, to acknowledge we are very likely front runners for timber eating utensils as compared wishing us doughnuts !! What is... is

Said for ages... said this before his injury... the guy has an ego... that's fine. He has expectations of himself, that's to be lauded. He has expectations of his team mates and the team.as a whole because he goes out to play. Imagine going to work and your boss is 'stuck in the mud' nice guy. Nice, but ineffective. You go to work and your team mates are either 1st year apprentices or well meaning desk bunnies. He's had enough of this stupidity..... haven't we all !!

One thing for sure Horse's way wouldn't be a camp fire kumbuyah sing-along love-in !! So that's a start I guess 🤔 🤣

They would not listen, they did not know how ... Perhaps they'll listen now .....

He had a very similar repose during/after some games last year ( before his jury ) He knows there's very little support out there. But that said he can be just as guilty of burning his team mates.... a very ( sadly ) Melbourne thing atm. There is sfa vision exhibited by many players whose experience suggest they ought to know better. I totally get his frustrations

Indeed damning. Combine that with a record for uncontested marks and you have a team that has nfi !! I think some commentators are pulling their punches currently. The lambasting should be far more brutal. The 'take pity on Melbourne 'is creeping back in. Wonder if Lewis would be interested in a job ??

There are any number of reasons and considerations that could be provided for Goodwin to stand aside/ resign. All without particularly affecting his coin. Keep in mind the club is only exposed to 12 months of future payments ( at worst ) I actually think Goodwin is a decent bloke. I just don't think he's the one to continue with going forward. He might also have an epiphany and just see the light, see the reality of the current malaise and think it might be better to be part of the solution and not the problem. He might understand he's no longer being effective in a positive outcome scenario. This an astute and honourable position. He might therefore come to and understanding with the club to take a payout and pass the baton. He could do this and hold head high . He will not have been ignonimiously sacked . As the great Mr Rogers once uttered... gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away. That time has come His standing and commercial value in the larger football world would be greater if he left on his terms. And I think ( even I ) that he deserves to do that in a fashion. A mutual gain. But if he is failing to see the world as it is.... that's on him. Time's up Simon

Do you realise there's a difference between MANAGE and define, design, shape etc ? This is what most people fail to appreciate. The FD and Coach create the image of the team it wants. This 'design spec' is what the manager then attempts to fill. Tim is the tail... not the dog.

Really thought that through eh champ !! Now have a proper think about how such things really happen in the big world. Especially...the Sports World . Come back please with a more considered response

U14s ? Was taught that in Primary School !! How an AFL level team CAN'T play football basics truly beggars belief

I empathise with him really .... how bloody frustrated would YOU be ? He knows our game is rubbish.

Some have been saying this for years.

Pull the trigger

Nailed it

🤔You weren't alone 🙄😉

Just want folks to see it again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣