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i’d take swooper northey’s days in a heart beat

No one bombs it long against us so reduces the o influence of lever (and may). we give up goals to pace

put an extra behind the ball and go fast. the recipe for beating melbourne for the last 25 years

Where were the on-field leaders getting in his ear? Trac, Lever, Max, Viney?? That was the most disappointing aspect for me. The Pies win this game (nearly) every time because they have (had) a rolled gold system for dealing with the last couple of minutes and leaders (like Pendlebury and Sidebottom) who get to the young/new kids and coach them on the field. And why didn't any journalists ask Goodwin about this?

yes. again and again. carlton in the finals. innumerable examples. compare and contrast the pies 2022/3. times excellent coaching in that scenario means you don’t lose

i’m not sure he’s a ruck

i might have this wrong, but i thought we lost out when AJ was rucking. it protects JvR, but he gave away frees and had 5 hitouts.

surely we should be able to defend in the last 30 seconds? fitness, skills or coaching?

AJ trying his heart out, but we are at risk when he’s rucking

with max of, we’veb struggled

not guilty your honour 😇

What five words did you choose to describe the club in the membership survey? wasted-generational-list communications-binfire

Was thinking the same thing myself!. Peas in a pod, those two. Either would make a huge difference to this bin fire.

This is the most likely outcome. Shades of keep Schwab and sack Dean Bailey

We won a flag on the back of Peter Jackson and Paul Roos - they turned us into a destination club. Enough smarts in the coaching box (Yze) to help Goodwin get over the line, and the best fitness/high performance bloke in the land (?world) in Burgess. We now have amateur hour at the top (mistaking corporate speak for leadership), coaching stagnation, and serious concerns about fitness/high performance. Turn back the clock. How did we let it fall so fast, so quickly?

This looked like a mid 2000 Melbourne game - in the dark dark times. Beaten on the inside, killed for pace on the outside, other team looks even faster because of their delivery skills. Missed tackles. We're desperately short of AFL grade personel, not hard enough, not skilled enough. I don't want to go back to the days of 3:20 Sunday games agains the Suns at the G with 9000 in attendance. But that's where we're heading unless we have a rejuvenation. Peter Jackson, where are you?

goodbye 2024

they’d miss

Goodwin's press conference had that slightly-[censored]-off tone that I rather like. He never gives anything away, win or lose, but he did have a bit of a point to make today. Good on him. I'm not a huge fan, but kudos to him on today's performance

JNM, did you mean "well, we'll wait to the end of the season and sort that all out" when asked if he was going to North?

Interesting - do you have the median loss for those years?

Bailey Laurie? Haven’t seen much from him

top floor is.

most of the bars are shut!

james reyne, the band, all good!