Maldonboy38

Fitzy actually looked ok in patches. Definitely not our worst. I remain unconvinced but a lot of others need the microscope before him.

Cut out easy turnovers and improve our skills - and we were right in this game. Again right there - M Jones I think - kick smothered, turnover, goal.

That might have been the case, but most - not all - of his defensive efforts today have been pretty good. He is not a favourite of Neeld, that is clear. Other players have shown no defensive effort but continue to get picked.

Is that now 6 of the Pies 8 goals from our turnovers?

Yep, really poor. He gets the ball, looks up and sees an target, settles (all the right things to do) and then.... kicks horribly. I just don't get it. He is even chasing and tackling.

Love his grunt and effort. Love him standing over the Pies playing he tackled over the line on the far side of the ground. But his kicking is poor in general play. He misses targets when they are easy to hit.

I wouldn't pay out on Watt's efforts today. He has used his pace and run through a few packs in straight lines, getting through 3 and four players. Look elsewhere for the reason for our probable loss. Dunn in particular - horrible. Fitzy look way out of his league. Inside 50 kicking by Toumpas, Evans, M Jones and Kent.

One word = turnovers. Our kicking inside 50 is so bad, all the hard through the middle of the ground comes to nothing, as we kick anywhere except to the benefit of our forwards. And then, on the turnover, all our players are in attacking and not defensive position.

Agree - he is a [censored]. But he is a successful [censored]. Yes, it is success in some ways and horrible failures in others. And I don't want success at ANY price. Ian Dicker may have done a great job but the Hawks would not have won a flag without Jeff's leadership. He achieves results. I want some results. I want a flag. I will admit there are probably better candidates than Jeff - but he is the best to present so far.

I just don't understand the vitriol directed at "silvertails" and "private school boys". And before anyone gets on some preconceived hobby-horse, no I am not one of them. Who gives a rat's tossbag what a person's roots are? Can they do the job? Can he/she lead? Do they have business acumen? Can they cast vision and formulate strategy? Can they inspire a club to dream big and go for it? I don't care if they hail from Brighton Grammar or Hampton Park Secondary College - CAN THEY DO THE JOB???

Jeff is an agent of change. Regardless of whether you like his politics or his football presidency, wherever he goes things change.Most of those changes bring improvement. He is brusque, has a passionate, loose tongue and is an autocrat. He steps on toes and honestly couldn't give a stuff for the people he hurts. He causes as many difficulties as he solves, just not in the areas he is responsible for. I have met him on a number of occasions at a professional level, and although he has almost no social conscience he is one of the sharpest, most alert individuals I have spoken with. We need a person exactly like Jeff. Will he bully people? Yes Will he draw in the best personnel? Yes Will he demand success? Yes He will NOT merger Melbourne. If he became president he would be 100% devoted and would do anything to improve the brand. He is selfish in this way. His professional reputation would be at stake and that is one thing he will not compromise. The only question mark is this: he does not barrack for Melbourne. Is it possible to be fully professional when he has a heart for the Hawks? I can't answer this yet.

OUT: Frawley, Bail, IN: Sylvia, Blease Tom McDonald should come back in via VFL. Gawn is a possibility - we may need two ruckmen to combat Jolly. I would love to see Taggert get a run but it won't happen yet. We might need Sellar to help as third man up against Cloke, helping out Pedersen.

I never thought of him but he would be a great get if we can entice him over.

I finally made up my mind about three weeks ago that Neeld was not a senior coach and I see nothing so far to change my point of view. But I am stoked to see the MFC responding like this. McLardy might not be the most passionate, visionary man but I love his stoic, straight bat style. And he replies first to us, the members and supporters, rather than the media. I really rate the respect involved in doing this when it would be easier to feed the ravenous media pack. Peter Jackson to the end of 2014 - tick. Mark Neeld given time and space to respond and improve rather than become the new Richmond, and sack everything is sight every time there is failure- tick. The media pack speculation proven - again - to be "blindfold-dart-at-a-balloon" journalism. tick. Solidarity and Unity conveyed - tick. Promise of more changes to come - tick. Well done MFC

6. Nathan Jones 5. James Frawley 4. Colin Garland 3. Chris Dawes 2. Terlich (when this guy gets some composure he will be a very good player) 1. Watts Rodan played a good game, but the mistakes he made - fumbling, selfish play, missed tackles - hurt us badly so I could not get him a vote.

When Watts gets it forward of centre, you can sense the opposition scrambling to cover all bases because his disposal is so good (note: a couple of howling clangers though against the Hawks). He is a forward, thinks like a forward and runs into the right spaces at the right time like a forward. I have also given up thinking he will ever be a power forward with grunt but I want the ball in his hands looking up to see Hogan, Dawes and Clark. Totally agree about the midfield. Our forward line could look half decent if our midfield knew how to structure up and had knowledge of forward/defensive spread.

Robbo might be a little bit of a "look at me" kind of bloke at times, but he is not a planner and schemer who shapes his words and comments to make people conclude matters in a certain way. He is a laid back, genuine kind of bloke who every so often gets fed up and just speaks it as he sees it. He is right about Sylvia. Both he and Moloney are right about Moloney's departure. Stef Martin was let go because his athletic ability is undermined by a total lack of football brain.

For the life of me I cannot understand the selections week in and week out. Neeld keeps saying no-one will be gifted a game, but then players in horrible form hold their place, some young players trying to get their heads into AFL footy get one week here, two games there, while others are stuck in the VFL. Players brought into the team for their mature bodies are now dropped against one of the biggest bodied teams - the Hawks. Gawn out, Jamar holds his place. Fitzy has had great form for 5 weeks, Spencer hasn't - both available the same week. Straus, Jetta, Nicho are in and out like a honeymoon d..k. Pederson gets another game - on what grounds? Rodan gets another go Blease is on the outer and never mentioned in dispatches. I have had a gutful of a selection roundabout that has no rhyme or reason. 3,4, 7 changes each week Is there no-one at our club who can take hold of this wreck and bring some strength and structure to what is going on? PLease!!!!

... chase my wife around the house until she agrees to some horizontal folk-dancing. I will have to explode the tension somehow!!!

There is no one-dimensional answer to any team's deficiencies, including ours. GWS are a group of younger players with B+ leaders - look at them. They are struggling and will continue to until 2016/2017. Getting rid of B-grade talent and recruiting young guns (potentially, anyway) is part of a solution, but not the entire solution. Please not ANOTHER rebuild!!! Look at Hawks, Pies and Cats. Their one over-riding point of difference is their low rate of turnovers. They can kick. When out on their own at full pace or under pressure near a pack they can kick with 75%+ efficiency. We lament so often "how did Tiges/Blues/Bombers get so many players free". It is usually because our players have begun a forward spread only to turn over the ball and be left in a defenseless position. We need Strauss, Watts, Davey, Clark, to be in the side and kicking. Hopefully Tappy will join this group. Unfortunately his kicking efficiency is poor this season when kicking is his main attribute. Also, these teams grunt players can also kick. Guerra at the Hawks, Hunt and the Cats, and surprisingly Ball at the Pies. Surely we can get players into the team with grunt AND kicking ability! Even in the Daniher era, we would see Leoncelli, Rigoni, Powell, come off half-back and wing and totally butcher the ball. I am sick of players who can't kick. I love the grunt of Nicho and Jordie etc...but they have proven time and time again that their poor kicking outweighs their ability to fight for the ball. Edit: I agree that Taggert should get a game. He might have the odd poor game but he looks the goods to me, and I have seen a few Casey games this year.

"Our biggest issue is that we get killed in uncontested possessions. Reason - we don't play well enough as a team when we've got the ball." Absolutely agree, Macca. We do not link up well enough and so have few passages where we hold onto the ball uncontested. Everyone went on about Ellis, Houli, etc... They get so much of because our set up allows it.

6. Garland 5. Terlich 4. Davey 3. Magner 2. N Jones 1. Dawes

First time this year I was able to sit through a game thinking we had a chance to win, and watching the players have a genuine hard crack at the footy. If any team gets a free player across half back, something about our structure cannot stop the flow until our over-worked back six stand tall - over and over again. Hat off the Terlich, Frawley, Garland etc... Dawes is worth the money and trade. Can't wait for him and Clark to be on the park together. For those complaining about him having to stop and stand at the end of a lead, look to the kick. Rarely did he have a choice. Welcome back Aaron Davey. Like the idea of subbing him at 3/4 time. His kicking today was a masterclass. A couple of Strauss' kicks showed a similar potential. That laces out pass to Dawes - breathtaking. Magner - you should sue those people who decided to put you on the rookie list. Jones had some help in and under. If only Evans, Bail and Jetta could kick. Nicho and Jordie... I wanted to punch someone late in the game because of you two . Please listen to these two words: PERIPHERAL VISION!!!!! Dunn looked very steady. Loved it when the melee began. Boy, the Tiges are soft. Those two passages down the members wing in the last quarter were our two best passages of running football for the year. I can't believe I feel OK about a 30+ point loss.

Totally unnecessary language. You need to apologise to fellow Demonlanders who have family members struggling with physical disabilities. Come on, we stopped using this gutter lingo 20 years ago.

Both these two made horrible blunders late in the game that killed our confidence, and swung the momentum back to the tiges. McKenzie gets the ball centre side of CHF,His peripheral vision is so poor he does not see the two free Dees players at half-forward until a Tiges players has closed down the space. He kicks the ball as if the Tiges players is not there. Kicks into him - turnover -goal. Nicho - who played some really good footy and actually kicked well a ttimes - runs inside 50. He has a Dees player 10m to his right free. He ignores that option - chooses to take the body tackle without raising his arms out of the tackle, and gets pinged. Turnover. Goal. These two acts stuffed up a really good effort today. I would not go as far to say get out, but I was so angry at both these points. Can we not try Taggert / Tynan / Davis insread of these two?