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It has been a player management, development, training, coaching and analysis failure. Across the board. You are looking at one of the most significant drops collectively across the team that perhaps hasn't been seen since 2002 when Carlton went from a 14-win season and the Semis, to 3 wins, the wooden spoon and the start of a 10+ years at the bottom. Not even in 2007 did we see such a major drop-off. This isn't relayed on any one player missing, or any specific hole in the ground, or any required players. It has been as collective a failure as I've seen from this club. Neither Geelong in 2006, nor Richmond in 2016 were this bad. We have literally gone from a Prelim finalists, to (arguably) the worst team in the league. I just can't see Thompson, nor Hardwick, no Clarkson, nor even fricken Hinkley allowing what has happened here to happen. Even Adelaide with every one it was missing last year and all the [censored] that happened, only missed out on a finals spot by one game. Goodwin is struggling. Badly. But he's also being badly let down by those around him.

No I agree but it's clear it hasn't worked.

Eh, he is performance manager of a team in a physical sport. Blaming the game style for a performance manager's failures is a bit of a stretch, especially given concerns about Misson have existed since before Goodwin decided to implement Under-10s-Crash-Bash-And-Hope 101.

Can't wait for multiple years of disappointment, a Grand Final flogging, and a wooden spoon to boot! Encore, encore!

We have the best player in the game for the first time in 50+ years. Not only that, but he's a ruckman, and rarely is a ruckman at the top of the pile. And yet, in quintessential Melbourne fashion, it stands for nothing: we are 3-9, have the league's worse forward line, an indifferent backlack, and a midfield that is like a puppy chasing a car: it doesn't know what to do with the ball when it finally gets it.

Why are we taking about Pert and Bartlett in a Melkshem thread?

Most of what you said isn't wrong. The problem is that we never once looked like beating Collingwood. And we consistently looked vulnerable against Adelaide. The team is being poorly managed and coached at the moment. I smell 2011 all over again (we are arguably playing worse, at least we could score in 2011), and a lot of those under 24s you mentioned may just be round 2 of Tapscott, Gysberts, Johnson, Morton and Bennell. All of those players were destined to be superstars of the game in 2011. They barely lasted into the decade. We have few assets that we can trade without accepting that we're in a rebuild. Who honestly do we trade to pull in what we need?

6.13 to 12.3 after quarter time. I'm giving Goodwin until round 8 next year. Can't see him surviving mich beyond this year after two of three years missing finals. This year was a failure after the Saint games. He appears to have lost the players. Today was a sad sight.

Rubbish. Bailey was an awful coach. 1999, 2001 and 2003 were much worse than 2019. But yes Goodwin has been found out. Most coaches don't recover from this degradation, not this early in their careers.

You absolute morons.

The lowest ranked 6 players on the field are Melbourne players. 4 of them are forwarss.

Good boy.

Watch Weiderman spray this.

Have a shot Petracca. [censored].

Would be a shame if we lose this quarter. Jones, Viney are toooooo slowww.

Hore is more like Steven Febey every week. Love him.

Hardly defenders faults. They have Cox and Grundy floating back. Our midfielders are defensively inept.

Not a single body on Stephenson. Jones avoided the space snd contest. He was free to go up for contest after contest. There is consistently space in front of him. There is fundamental coaching and structural issues here. Surely you can all see it. We are playing like we've already lost. It is heartbreaking.

Smashing them in clearances, contested and uncontested ball, and...turnovers. We are playing in second gear and shockingly down on confidence. There is a distinctive lack of confidence in the game plan. Goodwin has until maybe round 8 next year to prove his worth. Can't see him lasting beyond that if things that drastically change.

52% kicking efficiency.

Spargo is actually one of a few players that doesn't play like a loser. BT just said it. They don't believe here.

Gifted them a goal.

the first time we go long and direct we score a goal. We consistently handball 1-2 times too many.

Not really. We're winning most contests. the problem is we spud it up across half forward and gift them 2-3 easy marks and entry. Just wait until Cox turns it up.

Fire up Goodwin ffs!