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Hawks should have won. Collingwood only played 1 quarter. the last one and hawthorn fogot to play it. bateman handed the pies 2 goals in the final qtr by doing stupid kicks and they didnt man up. Hodge, Mitchell and Hale will rue the wasy goals thye missed in the first half. Dam now we have to put up with collingwood fans and eddie for another week. Come on Geelong!

How did Jim look and sound. Did he stay all night? Grimes leadership award? Really does that show how crap our leaders are when a guy gets it who has virtually missed the season. It doesnt make Brad or the other leaders look great. What else did Mark say?

Im not going tonight but can someone answer 4 questions for me who will be there tonight. 1) What did Mark Neeld have to say and how long did he speak for 2) Was Jim there 3) Im predicting a Moloney win so did he have a crack at Scully like he did with Brock a few years ago 4) Any other signings and if they say newton I want a royal commission investigation

I like these changes we are making. Josh Mahoney will be good as the fotty ops manager. He obviously has a good footy brain and even though I thought he had to be rwmoved and get in a freah assistant im glad melbourne saw enough in him to keep in. CC will be better out of the footy department. I dont ming Royal being our midfield coach. he has an assistant there so at least someone will be giving him freah ideas. Brian was also a midfielder himself even though it was a while ago. If Neeld wants Greeves then he must know something good about him.

Listening to mark on SEN yesterday he said he was going to talk to each of the assistants and announcements will be made later on. I hope there is a clean out. We need a fresh start. If any of the assistants were to stay I was hoping one would be west, but he was out of contract. Royal still has another 2 years. Josh Mahoney i reckon we could move on. Fresh people and voices is what we need.

I missed the interview because I was at a swimming carnival but from what I have read he has said there are two things that stand out. 1- He said we wont play bruise free football again and we will be hard on the field to play against. 2- I demand the best coaching assistants around me. So I guess he wants the best available and maybe Neil Craig is one of them. Anyway im not going to the b&f but im interested to hear more about what he says when he will actually speak to a few hundred fans. So far he sounds impressive

Just heard on 774 ABC Radio that Mark Neeld will be on the Sunday Inquisition with Gerard Whateley and Stan Alves so I assume he will be on between 12 noon to 1:00 pm. Just in case anyone wants to hear how he speaks.

Well at least he knows it will be hard work and admits there is a lot to do. But said he has had a 15 year apprenticeship to get here and wouldnt have put himself through the process if he didnt think he was ready. Sasd he wants melbourne to be the hardest team to play against. Anyway he spoke well and lets see what list changes he makes.

Mark Robinson just said Todd Viney will now be an assistant coach which will be interesting and they are in talks with Neil Craig as coaching director. Im sure he said coaching director.

Live presser on SEN at midday on Crunch time then they will be talking to Schwab afterwards then Mick Malthouse if you want to hear Mick who is a mentor to Mark what sort of coach he will be.

Well what senior coach did people want. Malthouse has said he wont coach next year and at the moment we dont want to waste funds paying him out next year because eddie will sue us. Well thats what he has threatened to do. Malthouse was never an option. Clarko said no, Eade obviously wasnt the right fit and Im not sure Dean Laidley was either and Lyon had his own deal going on. We had to get our coach before the others nabbed him. Neeld was Malthouse's right hand man last year and said he was his 2ic and most important coach. Raised a few eyebrows because they said what about Bucks but Neeld has creditentials. Im sick of the negativity. Lets try to be positive. We have got a good person. Dont sack him before he has had a chance. Also im sure we will have a game plan that can work and wont confuse the players like Dean's did. Anyway Liam Pickering said on his show this morning who is Marks manager it will be midday.

Its already 6 pages long and and Mark hasnt officialy been named. Just a question thats all. Hopefully we find out early tmorrow what time the presser is.

Is this thread going to be as long as the Tom Scully one?

He actually didnt say it was Neeld. Just that a coach will be announced tomrrow. The others basically said it was Neeld. Garry said no comment wait to tomorrow. But going by reports and I know going by this week not all is accurate but it does seem to be him and if its not well then we will find out tomorrow. he said they did it differently this time and there was a top 3 but didnt mention names.

Press conference tomorrow. Lyon wont be there because he has mmm commitments in Perth but has said it will be announced tomorrow. Im rapt with Mark Neeld. He isnt another Bailey. He has come from the biggest club that has played finals and he is also part of a premiership team. I always said he should be the one to get. So before we start bagging the guy already lets just get behing him and actually support him. Garry said he can bring his own assistants.

He was just on SEN. Ox tried to say to him that 3 people told him that he had already signed. Tom stuck to his guns and said well id like to know those 3 people are because I only signed this morning. Also spoke about the facilities and said how good they are. Also said about the money. Said he was only told half way through the season that GWS showed interest. Also said he was close to Dean but him going had little to do with it. Dermie said he cant believe how well he speaks for a 20 year old and someone was to get that big amount of money then he is glad its Tom because he will be able to manage and handle himself and wont lose control of it.

Great news about Martin. I'm surprised by Morton. But I guess we should thank him because he said he would wait until the end of the season and he did and re-signed. I thought he may want a fresh start somewhere else. But a new coach just may be good for him. I will hold my judgement until round 1.

Tom was just on the rush hour with JB and Billy. The annoying thing is he speaks so well. Just said the facilities are great, the house he will be living in is beautiful and he if off to the states for a month on thursday. Said Garry has been good to him and appreciates the help he gave Tom. Sasi he knee is fine for pre season.

Im looking foward to hearing what Garry has to say tonight on Footy Classified seeing as Tom was one of the people that he rang. Im sure Hutchy and Caro will get into him.

Caro's twitter account is fake.

I hope Tom was honest to Garry about what he thought was wrong at melbourne Dean Bailey apparently said on friday night on SEN Tom went to him a few times about issues. If there are issues and it looks like they are then they must be dealt with. We need to start fresh next season and maybe some people ned to go and not have a boys club mentality. Also what did happen in China last season. Did Scully really get vomitted on and did the players just treat it as a end of season trip. ANyway for those interested Tom will be on SEN ont he rum home after 4. I hope OX asks some hard questions.

Lets face it he has treated us like fools. Is he now trying to convince people that he only made the decision overnight. Give me a spell. Your mind was made up before that. You dont make a decision like that overnight. What 20 year old wouldnt take a job where you get 2 mill in your first season but lets face it he isnt worth that. He is so far off being in a Judd/Ablett category. The question is does he attend our b&f because I reckon Moloney will win it and I think he may have some advice for Tom like he did for Brock a few years ago. Anyway Tom I hope your knee holds up next year because I think a few boys will be gunning for you. Mike Sheehan said today he never htought Scully embraced melbourne and the culture. Matty Lloyd said he will get a bigger shock living in the west. On SEN they said that when the announcemnt is made Tom and his family will be climbing the bridge. Not sure how much of that is true and how they would know that but he will be even more gutless if he wont be there to answer questions. Peoples dont say you wont renew your membership. Re-sign to show your support for the people that did. Trengove, Sylvia, Gawn and the others.

How please do your reckon Scully was when he got to the airport and saw Hutchy there. Im glad he was there and made him answer questions even though we didnt really get answers. But if he was going up to have a lokk around why would you take your sister. Lets face it. He is showing his family where he will be living next year and introducing his parents to Sheeds. He will not go up there and come home then go up there again for a press conference. Sorry I believe either tomorrow or Tuesday he will be in a GWS top and he will try to convince the world he only made his mind up in the past 3 days.

Buddy just has bone brusing and a jarred knee. No ACL.

Did anyone see the start of ch10 news. Dean said he wasnt aware of the rules about betting. Duh when there are guidelines given to you and to all coaches and support staff and were you living under a rock when Heath Shaw got suspended. Seriously I know I wrote it earlier but you are dumb