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Ollie Wines what a gun!! Wait... This is a Toupas thread...awful just awful. The only hard nut we've drafted since 2006 is Viney and that was a father-son selection. It must have hurt the recruiters to be compelled to select Viney when some soft as butter typical MFC player could have been available at the selection.

No the AFL sacked him for being a blight on the game

Whole lot of sour grapes from those who can't accept they were wrong about Neeld. Get over it ladies

I got more than sympathy, the bloke bled red and blue. Brought up a supporter and did heaps of extra stuff around the club to motivate the youngsters like his boxing camp for Rookies. He was also arguably the teams most vocal onfield leader, frequently firing up the boys during a match. Leadership comes in many forms and Beamer definately had some leadership that was vitally missed.

He won B&F before getting squeezed out of Neeld star studded midfield. Couldnt find a spot for him. Neeldy still got some mates left who might give him a job...(words of a loser taking on the biggest job in football).

Demons coach Mark Neeld revealed his recruiting strategy in an interview with the Herald Sun. "I like Moneyball," he said. http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-to-use-moneyball-approach-in-recruiting-cheaper-players-at-end-of-season/story-fndv7pj3-1226405962335

The Club Killer kept spending bank to bring in big forwards so we could shank the ball loooooong to. No sign of life in the mid field just VFL attempts & moneyball.

Bailey was told to tank and so he took a honest swipe at the club in defence of his record over a period of time. There is no defence for Neeld and no reason for him to have sour grapes. He had total control of the club and delivered performances that looked worse than those tanking days.

Denis Pagan put up with much worse than poor old Neeldy. DP was hired then 3 months in the salary cap scandal was found out which robbed the club of picks for multiple drafts. Followed by Carlton essentially declaring themselves bankrupt from bad deals led by John Elliot acting President. They were in so much trouble the players were told to buy there own footballs for training! Add the fact is was a old list with multiple veterans retiring, it was not exactly a side that was the youngest in the comp with the most first round draft picks of any team like Neeldy inherited.

He was told he has the confidence of the board, you know the same board that has been and is currenly being dismantled.

And what can you say about Collingwood without Malthouse? For all those Neeld supporters out there, if you believe so much in what he is teaching then tell me what is a gameplan? Other than getting thrashed I see a confused team out there. Garland playing on during the kick in to book the ball 50 metres to not a single Melb player anywhere nearby on the wing just to clear the defensive 50 as much as possible before it gets rammed back in tells the story what faith the players have in this system.

Your comments are so delusional, people like you shouldnt be allowed opinion, to vote or procreate.

Starting point is when we lost by 186 to the team of the century on their home ground at the height of their dominance. Melb members loosing their [censored] and blissfully forgetting handing Paul Roos his greatest defeat as coach and forcing draws with Collingwood. The board lacking the competence to tell the coach to tweak the gameplan for more of a defence mindset as such loses are unacceptable, instead opting to sack. Bringing in a reject that I wouldn't be happy coaching an under 12s side was the final nail

Whatever gameplan we have, it's near impossible to execute when the midfield gets smashed like they did last night. I mean bloody hell, Mitch Clark spent time in the midfield, with Jamar doing the ruckwork. A ruckman tapping to a ruckman wont get the job done. Mark Neeld has a lot to answer for why he hasnt tried to poach any high profile mids.In his post match presser Neeld said the midfield is in the development phaise. Aside from Clark who we needed in the forward line, Dawes and Hogan were a mistake. What we really needed was Boak and O'Meara.

That article sums it up for me. The last 2 years of Bailey I actually enjoyed going to footy most of the time. Even though we were nowhere near the most skilled side going around, we were definately one of the most exciting. Since Neeld took over I've watched the side go backwards each week, there is no enjoyment or hope left.