jnrmac

Now you are making things up - brilliant year? No one has said that. But check out Tim Lamb above. He was very positive we would be very competitive again. Yet we lost the first 5 games including to North and Essendon......

Flag odds? Well we might as well just chuck in the towel if we are basing our footy program on flag odds......

We have no idea what Goodwin said to the Board or vice versa but the idea that the club didn't communicate with him seems illogical in the extreme. And of course they can't explain publicly beyond what they have already said. The Club did a review last year/early this year and there would have been commitments made and strategies outlined as to what they intended to do to get the team back playing competitive football. From rd 19 last year to Rd 5 this year we won 1 game - out of 11 games. Do you really think the Board would sit there and rubber stamp Goodwin's management of the team after that without putting the acid on his footy dept and strategy? The Board through the year would have been watching the on field progression carefully and Goodwin would have known himself that things needed to turn - if he didn't then that says a lot. But our losses to lower sides overall W/L record over 2 years was unacceptable. By every measure we were going backwards and all with 15/16 premiership players on the list. And probably the manner of the losses was disturbing. The players seemed to have no idea of what to do with ball in hand and looked bereft of all confidence on field in many of the early 2025 games The Board handled it well.

I'm not your intern so you can refresh your own memory. But we started 2025 with a last minute unforgivable loss to GWS whilst debuting 5 players and with no Steven may or kozzie . So we weren't the newbie basket case that you allude to. We then proceeded to lose to North and Essendon in the first 5 rounds because the players were poorly coached. Senior players like Fritsch and Petty were abysmal kicking 1 goal - between them - in the first 4 rounds.

You have no idea what the Board said to Goodwin other than what Goodwin has said to the media. They are hardly going to say 'he was warned about losses and there was no improvement so he was sacked' Give them some credit. Its a balance between showing Goodwin respect for what he has done but acknowledging that the club has underperformed significantly - with the same problems from 4 years ago still evident (kicking, forward connection, losing close games etc). Our finishing in close games is nothing short if disgraceful so the lack of coaching there is an indictment on goodwin. We have a list that has won a flag albeit older and with some issues amongst senior players. But some people here have very short memories. They talked about contending for a flag at the start of the year and started 0-5. Our wins have generally come against poor opposition and our losses to the bottom 7 clubs is frankly unacceptable with the list we have. We trained all summer with an aggressive mindset and a variable midfield including Langdon, Rivers etc. Yet when the real stuff started it disappeared. My memory is that the previous year was the same. Attacking gameplan pre-season and completely ditched during season proper. What's more is that we were being dished up the same tripe week in week out with very few positional changes in the midfield, poor selection integrity and a stubbornness about the coaching style. Off field we hare struggling big time according to my sources. We lost IG as a sponsor and have bled members with our poor performances A new coach is likely to invigorate our playing group at the very least whilst we still have elite talent. A gutsy decision by our Board that needs support.

Totally different situation. Melbourne has a premiership list Carlton has a list full of plodders.

Seriously. Have you ever had to terminate someone? Its an emotional and legal minefield. Cut him some slack. It's not like he does this every day. Its a terrible situation.

He's not as good as Bowey IMO

For those scratching their heads are you aware we have only won 8 games from the last 28 with 16 premiership player still on our list? It's not that hard

A bit like the Baseball World Series where only US teams compete.....

Check out Viney with 4m to go, game in the balance, gathers the ball on the wing, baulks and instead of a 25m hit up kick to one of two free Melbourne players he BOMBS it to a 3 on 1 Has been doing it for years. Clearly not much happening upstairs when he get the pill.

v GC 85pts v Crows 77 v NM 119 v Blues 70 v StK 90 v WCE 139 v Dogs 99 Your stat is padded by the smackings we gave North and West Coast.

Leadership is a big problem for us. Max is great but there aren't 1 or 2 more who can ice games, keep their heads, maintain possession etc. TMac maybe one but no one in the middle.

Tried to send u a msg. Mailbox is full

TMac not going on...

You're guessing Gawn was told by Goodwin and likely Gawn told the leadership group

So special, they have won 8 games in the past 27.....

You'll need lots of money doing it by yourself. Words are cheap. Somehow i don't think you have the bank balance

7 wins from the past 25 games with 15 premiership players tells you everything you need to know

Yeah because another 10000 lost members added to the 15000 members already gone would be really good for the club Soon it will be just you holdingup the fort Great job well done

Very pleased the Board has acted. Unacceptable trajectory and stubbornness by the coaches. Never a good thing from the human perspective and I thank Simon for the joy of a flag but it's time and we are going backwards. 6 losses to bottom 7 teams and finals in 4 out of 9 years is not where we need to be. Go Dees

Culley is a good size. Salem 2 stupid 50m penalties from a senior player was a disgrace 2g5b to start was ordinary before some accurate scoring later.

Wtf was Salem doing? doesn't know the rules. Idiotic

Our ability to hit targets yet again non existent Should be 6 goals up

Jayden hunt papers stamped