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Signed a one year contract but no news on captaincy. I say give it to Moloney with Trengove-V/C.

Here is the NEW Football Depatment: Football Department - Mark Neeld – Senior Coach - Tim Harrington – General Manager - List Management - Todd Viney - General Manager - Player Development & Strategy - Neil Craig - Director Of Sports Performance - Brian Royal - Midfield Coach - Aaron Greaves – Midfield Development Coach - Leigh Brown – Forward Line Coach - Paul Satterley – Forward Line Development Coach - Jade Rawlings – Backline Coach - Andrew Nichol – Backline Development Coach - Barry Prendergast – National Recruiting Manager - Gary Burleigh - National Recruiting Officer - Josh Mahoney – Football Manager - Jackie Emmerton – Football Administration Manager - Craig Notman – Football Operations Manager - Kelly O’Donnell – Development Coach - David Dunbar – Innovations Coach - Ian Flack – Player Development Manager - Craig Lees - Player Resource Manager - David Misson – Elite Performance Manager - Adam Paulo – Assistant Fitness Coach - Valeri Stoimenov – Strength and Conditioning Coach - Bohdan Babijczuk – Athletic Development Coach - Sam Pietsch – Physiotherapist - Anthony Brown – Property Manager - Pete Roberts – Football Technology Manager - Darren Farrugia – IT Assistant

Crouch will go to Adelaide.Finalisation will be done early Thursday.

I still believe he is better suited as a wingman. Not tall enough and strong enough to hold a key position back position.

Nicol completes our new coaching team. This now makes us the most coaches in/for any team. We retained our development coaches as well.Go Dees - now up to our list management and recruiting staff to get the cattle to coach.

Heard a little wisper today that we might entertain Oh Ailpin. Feel he could be a matured tall whom could be around for a few years.

I think you will go close but maybe not the same odds as Black Cavier tomorrow.

I think we need Talls- and if we got all talls in our mandatory 3 picks-- then that would be alright with me.Got plenty of mid fielders IMO.

Don't need any- got a little ripper on our rookie list- Laurence. With a HUGE pre season could play AFL in 2012.

Yep -but gee one can really see what has gone on this year in our football department. No doubt the in fighting and the Scully affair would have really caused friction and now the money spent to gain better results are mind bogging to a bloke like Bails.

Our former coaches are in demand with Bails going to Adelaide and having a sling at the club as he was appointed-http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/10/06/bailey-has-one-last-dig-at-melbourne/ whilst Mark Wiliams has accepted an offer to go to Richmond as an Assistant coach. It is believed to be the role that Bails declined at Richmond.

Williams will join as a senior Assistant coach taking the role declined by Bailey. http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/124723/default.aspx

This seems the year for changing coaches- Sumich seems a very good fit at Freo.

Just had a call from the West to tell me he has left to join Freo as Forward coach.. Very surprising indeed.

Fevola sounds better to me.

If indeed you litened to things - you would have learnt that Neil Craig has stated he will be overseeing these 3 areas. He will be foremost the mentor to Neeld, he will be assisting with the structure and strategy of the fitness area - however this will be solely overssen by Missen and will oversee the development of the football department.He is also hopeful to travel and pick up worlds best practice on an on going basis.And I can assure you- he will be putting in place a high altitude camp for at the end of 2012.I'll be catching up with some of the group at Etihad this week , so if Mattt Burgun is there,I will request him to place the new structure on the MFC website.

Why don't you come down and see it for yor self-I have offered to pick you up for years now.Also listen to this ..http://www.fiveaa.com.au/audio_mark-neeld-new-melbourne-coach-making-changes_103079 and Neil Craig's interviews to verify his job at MFC..

I can asure you that is the structure that I stated.. It is on the board at AAMI.

I count 8 -- however some may not sit in the box.. Neeld seemed to really enjoy the boundary line- similar to Craig.However the 8 are : Craig, Neeld, Rawlings, Royal, Brown & the 3 assistants. I also think Kelly O'Donnell will also sit in the box. A lot of people in the box now...

president I MFC Board 1 CEO (Cameron Schwab) / Football Director (Lyon (for now)) \/ Director of Sports Performance (Neil Craig) \/ Senior Coach (Neeld) / Elite Performance Manager (Misson) / General Manager Player Devt & Strategy (Viney) \/ Backline Coach (Rawlings / Midfield Coach (Royal) / Forward Coach (L.Brown) \/ Backs Asst Coach (?) / Mids Asst Coach (Greaves) Devt Fwd Line Coach (Satterley) And also: General Mgr Club Devt (Connolly) Football Manager (Mahoney) Developement Coach (O'Donnell) Innovations Coach (Dunbar) General Manager List Devt (Harrington) Recruitment Manager (Prendergast) Assistant backline coach still required.

Leigh Brown will be named forward coach later this afternoon. Only leaves an assistant back coach whom most probablyannounced at the same time.

I expect an announcement early this week virtually completing our coaching panel with another from the TAC that could be added.

I second these thoughts.Well done Andy and the team.

He might have been there on oficial duties. Confirming that Leigh Brown will coach at the club and Pendles will play his last year at Collingwood. Yes, maybe those were accurate but as RR rightly stated he would have been there playing his respects to all and sundry but especially Malthouse.

Seeing that Fev is going down to Warnambool to visit our former boxing coach - Ryan.. both maybe able to join Demonland as Forward/Boxing coaches.Barry would certainly harden them up,this would suit Neeld.