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Brad Scott has stamped Simon Goodwin's termination papers. Thank you for the 2021 Premiership Simon, but sadly it is time to go.

With the Blues winning...the eye of Sauron moves from Voss onto Goodwin. Fingers crossed that the Demons have a win! 🤞🏻

LDU was always a long shot to get. We should of gone hard for his Norf team mate Nick Larkey a couple of seasons ago.

The pressure will continue while the Demons keep losing. Winning makes the media vultures turn their attention somewhere else.

I know it's highly unlikely that Luker Kentfield reads Demonland. However, I would love for Luker to spend as much time in the gym as Riley Thilthorpe and Darcy Fogarty do. They both are monsters.

Congratulations to Bayley and Natalie! Wonderful news! ❤️💙 Hopefully a Father-Son selection for the Demons in over 18 years time. Fingers crossed! 🤞🏻

I hope we win! I hate losing! But IF we lose.... The vultures in the media and many angry Melbourne supporters will be getting the knives out for Simon Goodwin. It's not very nice, but that's the cut throat high performance industry of the AFL. That's why they get paid the big bucks! The average AFL coach is probably making about $500K or more a year. If you win, then your job is safe (temporarily), but if you lose, then eventually you will get sacked. Nobody is immune to this harsh reality, even a Premiership coach.

It's up to Simon Goodwin to fix this mess. We shall wait and see what happens...

I am perplexed as to why other senior players were not dropped and Tom Fullarton given a chance to play? Our forward line looks very small. Simon Goodwin is certainly coaching for his career.

Gotta have a proper home ground with both our football department and administration under the same roof. James Hird mentioned it makes the Melbourne Demons unappealing to players who are looking at their options. It seems the issue of driving between Gosch's Paddock and Casey Fields does exist. Our next CEO will need to have this as one of their top priorities to get the Home Base built at the Caulfield Racecourse. Fingers crossed we hear some good news about the progress of our Home Base over the next few months. 🤞🏻

Hoping Jai Culley plays a full game and gets over 20 possessions and kicks a goal or two. If he wants to take his chances to play AFL again he needs to make the selectors take notice.

James Hird makes a good point about the training being in 2 locations. But that's why we desperately need the Caulfield Home Base to come to fruition. We certainly need another experienced key forward that is around 200cms. Losing Ben Brown due to his knee issues was a blow. But the roll of the dice to get him helped us win a Premiership, so that was definitely worth it. We tried for both Tom Hawkins (was too old and never going to leave Geelong) and Tom Lynch (who wanted to stay at Richmond). Unfortunately, at the end of 2024, there were slim pickings besides possibly Matthew Taberner from Fremantle. I think Tom Fullerton is worth a shot. Especially after kicking 5 goals against Geelong in the VFL. But we shall wait and see....

Hope Jai Culley is doing well? Tell him we look forward to him earning a spot in the AFL side when he is ready. Please also tell Christian Petracca that we love him and total understand his anger and frustration! We all hate losing! ❤️💙 Hope Max Gawn is going ok too? He had a lot of scratches on his shoulders (from photos I saw) from the Geelong players. It seems their (claws) fingernails are as long as cats?! 🐱🐈

I saw one of them (not sure which one?) on the bench during the Geelong game on Friday night. If they are still both involved with the Melbourne Football Club they should definitely both be earning their money this week. Lots of serious and honest conversations need to be happening.

A further couple of questions.... I understand we can only speculate, but what is going on with the players? The head space of players like Bayley Fritsch, Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca. In particular, Christian Petracca chucking his mouth guard on the ground after the siren shows he is angry and frustrated. Is he angry and frustrated at his team mates or the coaching staff or maybe himself? He and Clayton Oliver are both coming up to playing 200 games for the Melbourne Football Club, a great achievement. But will they both be at the Demons next year in 2026 and beyond? The other pressing issue being who is taking responsibility for our current predicament? Is it the coaching staff? Or is it the players? Should it be a combination of both? I know that Simon Goodwin will be under a massive amount of pressure the longer the team goes without winning. The buck stops with the coach. But shouldn't the leadership group and senior players be taking accountability too? There was all this talk about "love" during the start of this AFL season but what about selflessness, self-responsibility and playing for the team?

Would love to see Jai Culley get a chance with the Melbourne Demons AFL side. Hopefully, he earns a chance over the next few weeks.

He may or may not be cooked. But John Longmire may also be hungry for a fresh start at a new AFL Club. I think if Simon Goodwin isn't coaching the Demons in 2026 that we need a fresh start with a new coach. However, that coach needs to be experienced and be able to command respect. Ideally we need another Premiership coach, whether it is John Longmire, Adam Simpson or Luke Beveridge (if he is available). Furthermore, we need yet ANOTHER full in-depth review of our entire football department at the end of this season. The primary goal should be building a team to win our next AFL Premiership for the Melbourne Football Club as soon as reasonably possible.

Cannot knock our drafting. Jason Taylor does a brilliant job. However, since our Premiership in 2021 we have definitely not traded very well for established AFL players. Brodie Grundy was unfortunately a massive mistake. At the time, I thought it would work. But many of us (including Simon Goodwin and the football department) were wrong. In hindsight, we should have thrown the kitchen sink at luring Nick Larkey from the Kangaroos or another AFL tall forward who is in his prime at the end of 2021 or in 2022. Would definitely consider giving Peter Wright from Essendon a call at the end of this season. But we shall see how the rest of 2025 unfolds.

Wonderful news! How tall is the young fella?

How did Jai Culley go? I assume he was on limited minutes due to recovering from his foot injury. Hopefully he plays a full game for Casey next week in the VFL.

James Hird?! Are you guys serious?! Lol! 🤣 He hasn't coached in years! I think he is Port Melbourne's Football Manager in the VFL now besides doing media work. I highly doubt James Hird would be an option. Let alone be interested. Anyway, I am not calling for Simon Goodwin to be sacked now. But he has until the end of this season to show improvement to keep his job. All the players and coaching staff are under scrutiny. Winning is what matters in this cut throat AFL industry. While Simon Goodwin is a much loved person for breaking our Premiership drought of 57 years at the Demons, we need to make some ruthless decisions at the end of this season if we keep heading in our current trajectory. I am not happy to discuss these scenarios, but we have to be realistic too. We need to be in the business of winning Premierships. That is what matters!

Unless Simon Goodwin can salvage a miracle to save his coaching career there will be a few possibilities for the next Demons coach. 1) John Longmire probably at the top of that list. Would definitely be keen to get him. 2) Justin Leppitsch is another possibility. Done some great work as an assistant coach at both Richmond and Collingwood after an unsuccessful stint at Brisbane. 3) Then Adam Simpson. He is a former Premiership coach after all. 4) Then Ken Hinkley. Who will be looking for a new job at the end of this season. 5) Unlikely, Nathan Buckley, who is probably keen on the Tasmanian Devils job. 6) Lastly, Luke Beveridge if the Bulldogs don't make the finals.

Agreed. The umpiring was terrible tonight. But the Demons impotent "connection" into the forward line was far worse!

Harvey "The Bison" Langford kicked a very classy goal for the Demons against the Cats tonight. One of the few positives from the evening down at Kardinia Park.

Petracca's anger and frustration after the loss to Geelong was significant. The vision of this has been replayed a few times now. In some ways, it is good, because it shows he hates losing and wants the Demons to win. But it could also be a sign that he is fed up and wants to leave.... Let's hope it's the former rather than the latter.