old dee

17 hours ago, bing181 said:

Goodwin felt betrayed because Richardson supported the move to sack him. There's no indication that Richardson was not supporting Goodwin up until that point, or that the FD was fractured.

As for the FD being "such a mess", except for the head coach and the backline coach, it's basically the same, including the fitness/medical and recruitment/list management teams.

And Richardson is still in his post.

Perhaps we could not afford another pay out. Richardson contract is due to end after this year's season.

Hmm that backline doesn't fill me with confidence. I guess we will see on Sunday.

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

There was not a lot of love from the other players towards Tracc. I'll leave it at that

I think that is well known jnr. I am told at the end of year function when he came second in the Best and fairest player award there was no applause from the players or most people in the room. I understand that after meeting his future wife things changed. And of course the injury that landed him in hospital also impacted his attitude when the then President did not even phone him. Its sad and disappointing that he is now at another club because he is at the top of league in playing ability.

I believe there a lot of things that happened in the last two years that we will never heard about. It appears we wanted Oliver gone at any price. We virtually gave him to the giants. There is a lot more to his story that we will probably ever know. Mysterious visits to hospital. Time taken off for " personal issues". I just hope that this year we can finish the year in a mid ladder position.

8 minutes ago, picket fence said:

It is only Dizzy for the brethren who believe we are of to Caulfield. Take it to the bank we will be at Waverley sooner than later and we have a snowflakes chance in hell of EVER getting to Caulfield, PERIOD. What that will ultimately mean is that in the absence of any other viable alternative, Waverley will be our home for the forseable future. All over red rover!

Sadly I think you are correct PF.

15 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Got some pretty bad memories at the MCG too

What about the highest defeat ever at that ground.

58 minutes ago, M_9 said:

Jai definitely. Kolt, maybe. No Sharp or Laurie in my team.

And neither should they be in the team. They have sadly shown they are nqr.

21 hours ago, ghost who walks said:

whos XT

I was asking the same thing!

1 hour ago, bluey said:

Upset about this blunder, Melbourne leaving Melbourne, no coming back once they pack the removal van to Waverley of all places.

The racetrack and the tunnel dream will soon blow over

I’ve definitely got the Fitzroys about this.

And where are they now? Brisbane! It was called artic park for good reason and the scene of the great robbery.

1 hour ago, drdrake said:

I wonder if our time was out at the MCG. Our offices and boardroom will be easily converted into dining or corporate boxes. Plus they want to redevelop the southern stand. Corporate dollars V rent, AFL own an empty facility they get a tenant we get a home base half way towards our second facility.

Caulfield is a mile off, Waverley will be our home for many years.

Forever, we might as well change our name to the Waverley Demons. We will be there forever.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Just as a side issue, Hawks are upset that their new base is very windy and they are now looking at measures to reduce wind gusts over the area.

Figures of $500k have been mentioned for posts and protective sheeting to reduce, but not eliminate wind gusts.

I worked down that way for over 20 years any resident will tell you it is a windy area. Evidently they didnt ask about the wind. It is also in the same rain band as Sandown, Waverley, Dingly and Dandenong. All you need do is ask the BOM for records. It appears they didnt!

12 hours ago, heath55 said:

I just don’t get this thinking - we’ve never had a home base, we get some sort of one and now people are annoyed because Caulfield gets potentially gets pushed back? Who cares - it’s a HUGE upgrade over anything we’ve ever had? What’s difficult about this - it’s the right call, if it adds a few years to Caulfield it simply doesn’t matter - would you rather something now or still nothing in seven, eight, nine, 10 years etc? It’s a no brainer

I will be dead!

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

firstly i see the following: Caulfield > Waverley > Current

The club (and the press) also have said that they see a waverley move as an interim move

goschs paddock has suddenly become a bargaining asset with collingwood and tennis australia (incl vic gov) being strategically interested (possibly richmond too). Therefore, my concern is that if we give up aami without any caulfield guarantees we could be stranded at waverley. I say could be, because there may in fact be some guarantees re caulfield that are close to being announced, but we are just in the dark at this stage.

i don't see waverley as a long term solution for exactly the same reasons as hawthorn did, and these have been discussed many times here (expansion ability, 2 ovals, closed training, aflw, vfl, vflw etc)

step warily

DC my fear is if we move to Waverley it is a handy way of getting the subject off the agenda that the AFL has and remember the new Tassie team is going to suck up lots of AFL money. It is a quick way for the AFL / state government to get the MFC out of Goschs. With no agreement on Caulfield if we move to Waverley we will be stuck there forever. Caulfield will be in the same draw as the Airport train service. Then be bought out every election year then quickly returned to the draw. The other wild card is the next election is in November it is difficult to see Labor being returned so what is the Liberal party / the red head party attitude? A move to Waverley will see us there forever.

11 hours ago, Oxdee said:

The CEO says Caulfield is 3-5 years.. I go by what the club says not what people on forums speculate

When did you start your 3-5 years? we are already into the four year of the Caulfield move. I see nothing to suggest we are any closer than we were 3 years ago.

1 minute ago, Mouseymoo said:

Hawthorn did OK there. Stop winging.

Why did they want to leave?

If we move to Waverley it removes the need for the government to do something at Caulfield any time soon. The Caulfield project then gets moved into the same draw as the rail link to tulla. The AFL will be happy to have waverley used and will not have to give money to the mfc at the same time as money to the Tassie team. We will be stuck there for at least the next decade. We might as well change our name to the Waverley Demons.

23 hours ago, Adam The God said:

The Victorian Government is guaranteed by the Commonwealth and vast majority of state and territory debt is owned by the RBA.

All spending though is a political decision.

I think this will still get done.

Do you still believe in the tooth fairy ATG?

7 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Culley a shoo-in. As will be Sharp as we need his run

Jnr first you have to get the ball. He should take notice of one of Jack Dyers rules. "Don't get where the ball ain't". If we are relieing on Sharp to help win a game we are in deep trouble.

On 28/02/2026 at 19:46, beelzebub said:

In that case the collective tears of tens of thousands of Dees supporters will eternally keep that grass green.

I vowed I would never go back to that [censored] hole and never did. If we end up back you can be sure I won't break the vow.

7 hours ago, M_9 said:

I dunno. Having an inexperienced ruckman (Culley), who's missed a season with an ACL, jumping head first into an opponent, is fraught with danger IMO.

That type of contact is far different from flying for a pack mark.

The AFL is honestly hopeless. We had ruckman jumping into each and it caused a lot of knee injuries that is why they changed to the system we have had up till now. They constantly change rules imo because it seems like a good idea at the time.

12 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

So any actual detail on training times at Gosch’s this week? Nothing on the official web site that I can see. Is it just me or does the Club treat their fans somewhat differently than the President Steven Smith’s message to fans today emphasising how important we are to the club?

It might be just me but the SS email sounded very Ho hum. We need more members it’s just an annual pitch. Win next Sunday and watch the numbers clime.

7 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Tmac’s 250th (if he plays)

Happy Birthday GW. Life goes past very fast. Enjoy every day!

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Andrews 3 weeks. Let’s see whether this correct outcome holds !!!

Seriously if the AFL is serious about head injuries then it has to be 6 weeks!

15 minutes ago, VNightCityLegend said:

Honestly, what the [censored] has St Kilda done or achieved to warrant all this hype?

NWM- 1 breakout season, albeit a great one.

TDK - emerging

Silvagni- Overrated. Has never been in AA conversation

Max King- Can’t get fit

Phillipou- inconsistent, can’t string together good games

Owens - Promising, but still yet to fully breakout

Wilkie, Sinclair and NWM are genuine A listers, but who else do they have?

I just hope Collingwood bring them back down to earth and give a massive reality check.

Tonight, I am a Collingwood fan.

Then we get a team looking for revenge next week. They beat us twice last year on one occasion by 10 goals and then we lost the un- lose able. I will just imagine you didn’t say the unthinkable at the end.

20 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Jesus.

Sorry bing it took me a while to get back to you.