frankie_d

This - 100% this. Imagine thinking you knew better than PJ! Unforgivable, and a damning indictment of the board.

Goodwin’s press conference had a different feel. Angry and under pressure. Admitting the players didn’t show enough fight. It sounded terminal.

clarkson the other star coach

Buckley on Melbourne's tactics - quite damning

I just received this in an email from the Club: "Early goals, effort and a third quarter fight, gave Dees fans something to hold on to as the team head [sic] into Gather Round hungry for the win" Please - spare me. Apart from the grammar ('team head'), it's delusional and borderline insulting.

The loss of Brayshaw was huge. I think he was the bloke who set the tone at the start of '21. People would say Lever had a great game (plenty of intercept marks), and then some teammate would bring him down by saying "but he doesn't play on anyone". Max said that was a reality check for them. I'll try and find the clip. Our onfield leaders aren't doing their job. Exhibit A - the loss to GWS in round 1 - not killing the game with less than 2 minutes to go - someone needed to get into AJ's head and tell him what to do (anything but a turnover).

Lewis on Melbourne: https://www.rsn.net.au/news/rsn-podcast/breakfast-with-harf/2025-03-31/jordan-lewis-says-the-demons-have-a-big-problem/685625 Damning.

Could someone please get Brown to the club. This is excellent, unemotional and maddening. and Buckley at the end gives a damning insight: - if you can't delivery the ball, why allow the oppo to have a plus one! How long have we seen Goodwin not man up on the oppo's extra behind the ball?

Langford flying the flag. a bright spot in a miserable night

This - 100% this. The most important recruit for our flag was Peter Jackson. Ruthless, effective CEO. He sorted out the place off the field, made it attractive enough to get Roos, and then made it attractive enough for May/Lever/Hibberd/Melksham to come. The flag was won on the momentum he generated, and with his departure we've been losing pace ever since. We didn't even appoint his recommended replacement (Josh Mahoney). Then the Board/Coach/President complications. We urgently need a hard headed CEO who will drive the whole club forward. Geelong in their prime, the Hawks, all had this. We had a glimpse of what it could be like.

feels like Melbourne pre Peter Jackson and Paul Roos.

good luck DR. hope all goes well !🤙

it’s pretty miserable up here, isn’t it

Having low expectations makes this much easier to watch

he’s a good footballer

worse

AJ looks like a bloke who knows this is his one chance and he’s not going due wondering. good on him the rest. ugh

AJ good in the centre bounce. repeat efforts.

fritter starting on the bench

serious neeld level sunday afternoon crowd size. 13000 i reckon

I think the frustration with Goodwin is about being beaten the same way for his entire tenure. Put one extra back, play fast, and run it out of the backline. How many times have we won i50 and lost the game? That would be a very interesting stat. But nothing has changed. We had a good enough list to win a flag, until the game changed. As said earlier, we're all tooled up to fight the last war.

“Not at the level” will be the phrase of the day ….

we’re like the british army in WW1. trained to fight the last war. worked in 2021. the comp had us worked out half way thru 2022. and we’re still charging into machine gun fire. In: John Monash Out: Goodwin