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For god's sake get over it. TMac is old and slow and by his own admission can't jump. He's also a liability when the ball hits the ground. He can hold down 3rd tall position, but so can others. If May was out, it might be a different story, but Tom is never a replacement for Lever. It's also important to keep playing the younger players, there's no future whatsoever in playing Tom.

Turner has passed TMac as second (and third) key defender.

Demonland: We need to play the kids, they're the future. MFC: Plays the kids Demonland: Why aren't we playing one of the oldest guys on the list whose feet are shot?

In: M.Jefferson, K.Tholstrup, H.Sharp Out: J.Lever (omitted), C.Windsor (omitted), J.van Rooyen (omitted)

Petty Which is why he'll keep his spot.

Your premise is laughable but in any case, these aren't just Goodwin's calls. People here seem to think the club is run like Mooroopna thirds where the coach does everything- including putting out the cones.

Windsor had that foot infection at that critical end-of-pre-season/start-of-season period and has been playing catch-up ever since. I actually thought he might have been rested or given time to refind himself a bit earlier - but reinforcements are thin on the ground, there aren't exactly a heap of players at Casey banging the door down for wing/HB positions.

Usually black.

If we're going to bring in younger players then Melksham has to stay. He's the forward line's Steven May, marshalling the troops and providing the on-field leadership and guidance that they need.

Meanwhile, on a planet far, far away.

This. Caveat being that they have footy smarts and are reliable disposers of the footy.

a) it's not for want of trying and b) A-grade talent is thin on the ground in general, and even thinner on the trade table. Once you take out go-home trades for players heading back to S.A. or W.A., it's slim pickings. On the other hand, we have done very well in the draft, and have been smart in making the draft work for us.

One reason why we brought in McAdam. Shame it hasn't gone to plan so far.

No. Go back 10 years and we could only dream of current membership figures - which are still the 4th highest in the club's history. If that's a "drastic fall" I can't help you. Perspective.

For me, 2 factors that would suggest that a change of coach could be a consideration would be: first 22/required players wanting to leave and/or not re-signing contracts a drastic fall in membership

Also apparently Logan Morris.

No, we don't practice soccer. It's part of a recovery, minimal-load session to compliment running laps, time in the pool or on an exercise bike etc. etc. It's way of facilitating recovery while keeping players fresh physically and mentally. Plenty here commenting on how short our injury list is. Structured and managed recovery is a key part of that.

Also a problem that you can't really train, it's an in-game issue. Presumably they're doing what they need in terms of psych work, mindfulness yadda yadda.

He also confirms how hard it is to get them to move.

Wouldn't count on it. Demonland, where there's always something to [censored] about.

No it doesn't. This was all covered with the appointment announcements. He starts in September. Delete thread.

If we're going to be bringing in younger players, good to have old man Melksham out there for his guidance and leadership. Makes a difference. Forward line is VERY inexperienced without him.

No. "Logic" suggests that you have to look at ALL factors, not just "the current regime". But heh, at the end of the day the human brain is lazy and would prefer easy answers (which is why fools like Trump get elected), and "the current regime" is as easy as it gets when it comes to scapegoating.

Once again, cherry-picking. You're ignoring all the times when coaches couldn't implement change over a preseason. You need to consider ALL cases, not just the ones that suit your propos. e.g. Clarkson is a good coach, how come we're yet to see real improvement at North over what now, 3 pre-seasons? And staying with Clarkson, how come he couldn't lift Hawthorn when they started to fall in 2019? He had 3 pre-seasons, yet they went backwards across 2019 - 2021, a trend that Mitchell then took another 3 pre-seasons to turn around. Through that Hawthorn had 5 or 6 pre-seasons yet stagnated in the lower reaches of the ladder the whole time. And in regards to all this, you only have to look at the almost teams like Essendon or St Kilda with their revolving doors of coaches and endless, endless pre-seasons for no real substantive improvement or progress. etc. etc.

From a couple of premiership coaches (but heh, what would they know ...): "Evolving a game plan can be extremely difficult. It takes time, because players often need to be recalibrated to play a certain way." Fox Sports‘We got it wrong’: AFL great’s warning to Dees on ‘priori...‘We got it wrong’: AFL great’s warning to Dees on ‘priority they need to address’ now