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I don't get that feeling at all. I'm not for sacking the entire board. I don't know enough about their internal workings, but I'm not of the opinion that simply sacking Neeld and relieving McLardy of the presidency will bring about onfield improvement. If anything that's simply a short term fix that will keep the merry-go-round spinning. It's far deeper than two. It's up to Jackson to identify the weak links. Restructure the football department and administration. Neeld will be gone come season's end. His position is now so ridiculously untenable and while I'd argue it'd be best to show him the door right now, either way I agree in a sense. That is one tick on a long list. There are a multitude of areas that require TLC: * Instilling a compotent board, with a mixture of experience and youth, probably okayed by Jackson and therefore the AFL. * A restructured footy department, which will require a bunch of redundancies and new jobs up for the taking, one of the major vacancies will obviously be the senior coaching position. * It's clear McLardy is out of his depth and frankly, I don't believe he's ever wanted the Presidency (hence Jimmy in the first place). So he'll be replaced, once again, with a person who's AFL and Jackson endorsed. * Finally and probably most importantly, Jackson has identified it's about bringing in people from OUTSIDE of the club. Experienced people, who have been part of successful footballing environments, the likes of GFC, CFC and HFC. Something Jackson has that Neeld (and McLardy - talk about the upper echelons having a flow on effect to the rest of an organisation) doesn't is his empathy and respect for what we as a supporter base and club have been through. Reading the transcript from his address yesterday supported the measured, but earnest way he spoke on the radio. I hope the feeling of optimism I have for his appointment and seeming abilities are rightfully placed. We shall soon find out.

Jackson answered this yesterday, when asked by Triple M. He said that having visited Man Utd's set up in Manchester, there's a larger literal disconnect between their FD equivalent and administration. The implication was obvious. They don't seem to have unity issues, so that's not the problem. It's a 6 to 7 minute walk over the footbridge.

As a coach myself, you only have to attend one clinic of 50+ kids to see that future support is dwindling. There'd be 3 or 4 MFC jumpers tops out of 50 or 60 kids at those things. Success will bring new supporters, but it has to be the ultimate success. We don't look like achieving that this decade.

Exactly. Having everyone report to you means having copious meetings per week.

Actually, in the majority of quarters this year, this team has played remarkably similar to the one that took the field in Geelong for 186. They've jogged around and shown little care or pride in the jumper or supporters that bother to turn up to support them.

Horrible, horrible suggestion.

I have absolutely no faith in the board that they'll be able to select his predecessor correctly either. Just don't let f'ing Lyon near it. The one thing I will say is that Jackson, on Triple M before the game, was eminently impressive.

Sorry. My prediction.

1pm tomorrow.

This is my biggest issue too. AFL assistance is the only way I reckon. I can't see our supporters digging deep again. They've already erased $5mill, for it to be [censored] away.

We were also uncompetitive in every important stat. It's not just that was lost by as good as ten goals, it's how we lost.

Oh and I was there for 186 and I was there 146. That first quarter today was hands down the worst quarter of football I have ever witnessed. It didn't get any better either.

Howe was lazy. He always is when he plays forward. His kicking has returned to its old ways. Horrible. Viney, Matt Jones and Garland should get games next week. There are a number I wouldn't bother with in an ideal world.

We did chase Ross Lyon.

Grimes has proved himself and Trengove hasn't? Give me a break. I'd prefer the ball in the hands of Trengove over Grimes every day of the week. Though ultimately I deem them both to be "AFL standard", just nowhere near where we want them to be eventually. Just a quick side point too. It gives me the shits that Neeld refers to JT as "Trengrove". Get it right. You coach the kid and appointed him captain for crying out loud. Take a listen to the Neeld/Dawes press conference.

It's a ridiculous statement, because in order to get it into an uncontested situation, you have to first win it in a contested situation. Geelong make it look easy.

Geelong have been undeniably lucky with their father/son draft picks, but you still have to develop them. Credit to Geelong. They can't be questioned. 125 wins from 150 games. Imagine that.

Oh and while we're praising. How well do they set up at stoppages? Amazing. It's not just in the midfield too. They set up with discipline right around the ground. The backline is brilliant too.

Some of the creative handballing tonight. Some of it is as good as a kick. Lots of handballs over the head that always seem to hit targets too. So impressive.

Hahaha, this is great. Hurley looks like a footballer until he kicks it. I hope they beat them by 50 or 60.

He's also a far better kick and general decision maker than McDonald, Grimes and Nicholson.

I can see the thinking here though. Jimmy T is young and has to earn his spot. Davey won't be there next year and I doubt Rodan will either, so it's simply about getting experience on the ground. I'd take Rodan this week over Davey.

Jamar is a dumb footballer. The hit outs he wins are either straight to the opposition, much like Warnock's last week, or at his feet, usually ending up with Nathan Jones being tackled and a reset. In modern footy you cannot carry a player who does not work around the ground. Jamar isn't always lazy, but when he's trying, he's still painfully slow and for a bloke who's played almost a decade of footy, he looses his feet far too easily.

Keep playing Jimmy T down at Casey. Another two or three weeks. If he earns a call up, he earns a call up. Meanwhile, Fitzy has earned his recall and Dawes will be a welcome addition. People saying Jamar is our best ruckman are kidding themselves. He can't tap past his feet. Offers absolutely nothing around the ground. It's like having 17 players out there when he plays. Spencer provides a contest around the ground and taps to advantage. It's no coincidence that our midfield were far more competitive in the stoppages last week without Jamar. Clark is our most talented ruckman, but Gawn is number one for me now. Clark as back up, with Spencer has number two. Jamar's finished.

Oh you mean upstanding types like the violent alcoholic Eric Cantona and the drug addicted Mark Bosnich? I know what you mean, but a number of the articles coming out of the UK at the moment are saying words to the effect that their game will never again witness a reign such as Sir Alex's. World sports have become such big business since '86 that there are too many people with financial interests to ever let a manager stay in the post for such a period of time again. Frankly, if the next Man Utd manager fails to win trophy ware in their first six years, they'll be gone. More pertinently, the AFL is a different beast all together. There are massive broadcast rights, club sponsorships, membership bases etc that each take a beating with poor team performance, particularly when these performances are prolonged and seemingly perennial.