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Petition to ban the next person that mentions thy who shall remain nameless.

I honestly can't see Buckley coming here. Between Caro's campaign, and the influence and scrutiny aimed at the league regarding Tassie, I'm willing to better the powers that be will ensure he has a gentleman's agreement in place for Tassie and not to talk the Melbourne gig. I'd bet my money on Hinkley or Daly.

We got spanked by Freo and had lost to WC. Our season had unravelled before Trac got injured.

Not to take anything away from that flag at all but I seriously think that 2021 was the best year to have a good run with injuries. All teams had to deal with a decreased soft cap, most Vic clubs had to play in and out of hubs for chunks of the season... we got good at the best time and got extremely lucky with injuries at a time when teams could least afford to get them. So I do believe it played a role... I wonder if the outcome would have been the same had 2021 just been a normal season. But I don't think anyone was beating us that finals series.

Depends. How old are you?

Given the outcomes of 2022-2025 holistically, anyone who says that the St Kilda game didn't have a bearing on his sacking is delusional. It was undoubtedly the nail in the coffin. You simply can't defend that sort of loss in your 9th year as coach for the same team, unless your results elsewhere make up for it. The loss kind of compounded everything else that was going wrong. I said it at the time that there was no coming back from that for Goodwin. It was simply inexcusably. Honestly I expected him to resign. I couldn't believe he still kept a relatively unmoved demeanour following that loss. And saying that there were positives in the final four minutes... I just think that the Saints game alone was kind of symbolic of his coaching over the past 12 months and it was the end of him. I also still believe we should be playing finals at the very least. I also think that the reports suggesting the board disagreed with Goodwin about where we are at have been misinterpreted: I am willing to bet that the Board and Goodwin had differing views on who will lead us to the next flag. I am pretty confident at least one, possibly both of Oliver and Petracca will be elsewhere next season. And I also think May's time at the club is done. I hazard a guess that Goodwin presented 2026 as being a year where all three were fit and healthy and a key component of our chances to contend. Anyone with half a brain knows that is just delusional.

Yes. Heeney has been inconsistent this year. But anyway that is beside the point. We are paying 2.5 million for two midfielders whose ruckman wins more contested ball than they do.

I don't think the board disagreed with Goodwin's belief we could compete next year. I think they were opposed to doing it with someone of players we have. I am of the belief there was disagreement with the future of Petracca and/or Oliver.

This is great for Gawn but it's also a colossal indictment on Viney, Petracca and Oliver. A crippled Cripps has more contested possessions than all of them. If these "bulls" are being out-contested by their ruckman, what is actually the point?

We need an absolute interruption-free pre-season for both Petracca and Oliver. Zero trade speculation. Zero time away from the club. We haven't had that since the 2023 pre-season. I'm starting to think that the success of one is almost tied and aligned to the success of the other. Like E.T. and Elliot lol

Yes, because we can definitely trust Gold Coast to get the job done....

Bloody hell Adelaide. Zero composure there at the end. Good win though. Awful song.

Collingwood doing their best Melbourne 2022-2023 impression.

What an odd kitchen setup

I remember Goodwin once saying in 2022 that he simply wasn't ready. He was a better player when he eventually debuted in 2023, than he is now.

I agree. I meant that it's not a positive reflection.

He was average.

Sparrow looked set to explode in 2021. He is just such an uninspiring player. He's Temu ANB.

I don't think this performance is a good reflection on Goodwin. The gameplan is still the absolute pits. Chaplin is just doing what he knows. Our skills are as bad as they've always been. There is just no movement or care.

It is actually sad watching Petracca and Oliver atm. I am just lost for words.

This is comfortably the worst game we have played in more than a decade

This is going to get ugly. Petracca is just waiting for the end of the season. Viney is here, there, everywhere, and yet no where. Oliver is just a lost puppy. This is lazy, lazy football. They should be embarrassed.

Turner on Dunstan now.

Pretty much. They would need to lose the next two games by 100+ points. To be honest I am okay with them making it and Freo not. For one the Pies will make for a better overall Finals series. And Freo also needs to be smacked back to reality. I hate their weird sense of self-worth. They are shockingly irrelevant in the football landscape but yet have this weird sense of confidence. GWS has achieved more in 17 fewer seasons.

Yes I'm sure Zurich will be reeling from the loss...