DemonWA

Roos would be to Melbourne what Ross Lyon is to Fremantle. he'd lift us from the bottom to a mid table team IMO, just like Lyon was able to make fremantle lift a gear and become contenders

I expect Craig has been the the good cop of the footy Dept for the most part of the Neeld era. What Neeld wanted the guys to do was not neccesarily wrong or difficult so i doubt the underlying message will change, after all Footy isnt rocket science. Hopefully any angst about the way players were treated in the past is gone with the sacking of Neeld, and Craig can get the team enjoying their footy. I'd imagine he wont try to reinvent the wheel, but might be able to communicate message without players being clouded by bias and bruised egos! Perhaps some small positional changes, eg Watts a full time forward, or Blease half back flank (ala the role Todd Viney played him in), but the biggest change will be in players mindset, not the game plan.

I agree with the Ox when he basically slates the players for not being man enough to respect the coach regardless of whether they like/agree with him.

Now now, 20 disposals isnt too bad coming off a knee!

Meat Head. Obviously still hasnt gotten over how he was handled and being shipped out from the Dee's if he's posting this type of stuff half a year down the track.....

I felt alot worse for Bailey than I do for Neeld.

I think the way the Footy Department operates isnt all that bad to be honest. From the outside looking i, the process is correct, but the players didnt play for Neeld. Will be interesting to see how they go this weekend againt the Saints

its too early in the season for my brain to want to consider this type of stuff

Fair point well made. I guess he also gave Jones the opertunity to be our no 1 go to mid, where Bailey had preferred Moloney

Davey has gotten back to the required fitness, not improved as a player. I'd give that win to mission, not Neeld. I'd say the only player to improve under Neeld is Nathan Jones

promising start

No i dont mean like the Ox I mean guys Shane Woewodin or Jr McDonald - guys who have spent their time coaching, not lapping up the media spotlight Not saying we make the FD a old boys club, but I think Worsfold and Sumich did so well at West Coast becasue the players and the whole club lapped up every word they said. There is no problems getting a team to 'buy in' when past greats of the club are telling the message. Woey or Jr can have Chocko's job any day of the week IMO

Its a nice thought, but i'll believe it when i see it. I believe Stevo said a Choco Williams / Jr McDonald combo would be an easy sell to members I do think the club needs some people in the FD who have played for us though, and who are actually passionate about what the jumper means (or did mean....)

Didnt read the post. too distracted by display pic

Reckon they might go tall? Gawn, Fitzy and Dawes in the forward line? Who have the Pies got to play on them? I understand we will struggle to kick it down to them very often, but the Pies dont have much in the way of tall backs do they? Reid, Brown and Maxwell? Hardly tall enough for gawn AND Fitz? Worth a punt at this stage i reckon!

Moloney is better than almost all of our midfielders. Regardless of whether he can shake a tag or stands up in big games.

FWIW i'd hope every melbounre supporter going to the game participates in the Walk to the G, regardless of whether you are star struck by the playing group and blind to reality like Satyricon, or bitter and twisted about previous admins like yourself

I dont know too much about him to be honest, but when he was moved from being an assistant to the manager role i saw it as recognition that he's a great bloke and good to keep around the club, but not a coach .....

i'd be happy for it to be a year by year thing with Aaron. He's no worse than some of the old guys we signed up this year

Wins. Look at our draw, we have no excuse not to win a couple of games. Get Grimes, Clark, Viney and Sylvia back on the park and get some wins! I'd also like to see us stick with Neeld till close to the end of the year - sacking him after Queens Birthday after the soap opera of this week would be poor form

Watching the clip on the afl website and hearing the way he spoke about playing for the MFC gave me half a mongrel What a legend

Gold coast started from scratch, we didnt. It is a disgrace that we arent better than them right now

Rubbish. As soon as he was picked by the Suns his loyalty towards the Demons became insignificant. Some players will leave clubs, but the vast majority stay at the club they were drafted to

I think its gotta be Davis, if not this game, then when? having said that, regardless of who it is, you'd hope Dunn or one of the other guys can be a 3rd man up to limit Cloak's impact. Davis - Cloak Pederson - Lynch Garland - Elliot Strauss - Krack

Yep nothing grind my gears more than seeing 'Damo' or 'Steveo' have their 5 minutes on footy shows. Who the F**k are they, and why should we care about what they say? They have a entire pannel of footy people on these shows yet these dweebs somehow become the reputable people for rehashing AFL.com/Herald sun's website?