Dr. Gonzo

I don't think this ones on Goodwin - we've had opportunities skill errors have killed us

I don't think this ones on Goodwin - we've had opportunities skill errors have killed us

Joel Smith is not a footballer he can [censored] off as well

Our disposal is murdering us Fristch and Oliver prime culprits, disgusting from two or our supposed better users

Who said Fritsch is a good kick? 3 shockers already Beautiful pass by Kossie, he will be a star

He's a quick handballer, doesn't make him good

Our disposal is killing us today. We outplayed them for 75% of the quarter and couldn't get the score on the board. Oliver a main culprit

Petracca playing well Oliver must use the footy better We should be 3 goals up too wasteful

Playing much better but still wasteful Must take advantage of opportunities Skill errors killing us

Looks like it http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=698

How? The ground is owned by the state government and managed by the state government appointed MCG Trust.

Agreed, we need another tall to offer a second get out option But we also need those midsized forwards to present up and be the connection between midfield and forward. In 2018 this is something Melksham and Hannan and later Vandenberg when he returned from injury did well. In addition to forward pressure they were the link ups across half forward. This requires high levels of workrate to be constantly on the move and spread the defense. I'd love to see Weideman come in (or at least Brown) for either Vandenberg or Hannan. I'd probably bring in either Bennell or Jones as well

Excellent point, I see this happen frequently too and it drives me crazy. Run in and have a shot. Successful AFL teams kick goals from 50 and have goalkicking mids. Eventually as you say the defense will push up to put pressure on and we can go over the top to the lose man.

We had space in our forward line then as well, weren't we the number 1 team for goals within 30m? Now we still get it there but we are devoid of space, opposition teams drop back and absorb the punishment then try and get us on the rebound.

I wonder what impact playing home games interstate will have on our finances now that we are (I assume) unlikely to benefit from the MCC's generosity here. We may only get 2 home games at the G this year, last week vs Geelong and this week vs Richmond. Currently we will lose 1 home game (vs Suns at Giants Stadium) but it seems a good chance we won't see another game in Vic this year after this weekend. Will this have an impact on the money required to be raised by the club to ensure we are an unassisted club? Does it blowout the target from $1m to $2m? Or was this already factored in by the club? Have we been able to negotiate a separate deal with the MCC? I note Bartlett commented on the podcast earlier in the week about the support we had received from the MCC.

When is the cutoff this year? I'm thinking of buying an additional membership to try and get us up to 40k

Good interview, touched on most of the areas I wanted covered and gave me some confidence the home base is closer to reality than dream. Would've liked him to give some more detail on the clubs finances but for what it was I enjoyed it and thought you guys did a great job. One of the things I'm wondering though is whether it is better to be an "unassisted" club on subsistence levels or whether it would be better to get a loan from the AFL to ensure more cash in our pockets. We still get some additional funds from the AFL every year so how is assisted vs unassisted classified? I'm hoping we can raise the million by Xmas (an extra $700k going by the figures raised in the podcast) but it is disappointing to see our current membership levels. In fact it's more than disappointing it's depressing. Last night they mentioned the Saints are 1000 members off breaking their all time record, we've dropped about 15k members since last year.

Especially when you're trying to make a point.

I thought Dunn had retired

I was talking specifically about the home training base but you are correct, I have no doubt they will use the "disruption" due to Covid for any poor performances this year neglecting to mention our competitors have had to deal with the same circumstances.

I would drop Melksham on Hai efforts which were terrible but realistically he has more of a chance to pop up and kick 3 or 4 goals than VDB who I still think is an honest trier. So Weid in for VDB. Down the other end? Smith is the obvious one. Or maybe we move Smith forward drop Melksham and VDB and bring in Weid and OMac.

No doubt they'll use covid as an excuse and it may well have disrupted plans. But for an organisation that has had this as a key issue for decades excuses no longer gain traction. Covid or not we just want answers and action.

I don't buy that. While there are games to be played and a flag to be one our club should be fighting it out. They are professionals after all. While we wait yet another year to see what happens our players get another year closer to retirement. How many good years do the likes of Gawn, TMac, Melksham, Hibberd, Jetta, May and Jones etc have left? How many more wasted years of development for Brayshaw, Petracca, Oliver, Viney, Weideman etc until it gets to the point where they have simply plateaued? Every year counts. Every game counts. Every contest counts. That should be the mantra of our footy club.

With a bullet!

I still love Hogan and want to see him do well but I think he has peaked. He just doesn't have the mentality to succeed which is a shame because I think he did when he first started. Everyone knows what he's had to deal with and it seems he is still working through it all. By the time he figures it out it will be too late. I saw an instance on the weekend where he was ripping in to a teammate for burning him on the lead instead of turning around and impacting the next contest. If that's not out of his game by now its here to stay.