Jaded No More

Dude, are you following me around the forum? Boring. P.S.- I never said we weren't doing what I wrote. I am a 14 year member for a reason. Signed up yet?

I want to support a club that will chase Roos next season if he's available. I want to support a club that supports its players, but knows when to let them go for the greater good I want to support a club that does whatever it takes within the rules, to win a flag. I want to support a winner club.

Malthouse is a proven, successful, premiership coach. He has been out of the game less than a year, and two years ago won a flag. I am not saying Neeld won't be good, I'm just saying that Malthouse is as close to a proven success as you're ever going to get in the AFL, and if right now both were available, 99% of rational people would go Malthouse. Oh well, less competition for Roos next year I guess.

Bloody Tasmanians.

You'd have to be kidding yourselves if you would rather Neeld than Malthouse, given the state of our list and the state of our club.

[censored] Carlton. They always win. They got the master, we got his second rate apprentice.

Officially walked out of GC. Show him the money!!!

Take my money, break my heart, then sh*t on my head. Re-signed.

I will LOL if we get robbed of this stupid award as well. Watch Nic Nat win it.

Tragic. My deepest condolences to John's family.

Gysberts isn't perfect, but he clearly has talent. I am more than happy to get rid of players who have been in the system for ages and failed, but Gysberts has plenty of time on his side and with glimpses of usable talent, it would be a lazy and soft option to get rid of him. Neeld has to back himself to make something of these sorts of kids, otherwise what sort of coach is he?

Dodged. A. Bullet. * * if not [censored] from Ch 7

I believe in Mitch!

Sliced bread and the invention of the wheel have nothing on Mitch Clark. Mitch Clark = best thing to ever happen to mankind

I'm pretty sure that a family of baboons would have yielded similar drafting results if they slung some poo in miscellaneous directions and picked the players who got hit. Because only the slow, soft, lazy ones wouldn't get out of the way in the first place. FML!

For crying out lout Hardnut, I have no issues with you speaking out against Neeld, it's your opinion. But this thread is the most informative, least infuriating thing on Demonland right now. If you wanna question it, do it in your head, don't ruin a perfectly good discussion. HG has had very good information before, and is a hell of a lot more credible than 99.9% of the bozos who post here (you and I included). Don't take a dump on its head please!

Hahaha, I would literally laugh myself all the way into a mental asylum and give the game up for good if we lost Frawley. Don't we have a gazillion dollar we can pack into a brown paper bag next year for him when he's out of contract? FML, Melbourne supporters should be the poster children for Beyond Blue.

I am so very truly sorry for you that you chose Melbourne. But, no refunds!

Exactly It's so easy to get rid of players, it's replacing them that counts. If we get a whole lot more Magners next season I'll spew (no offense to Magner). No point winning a few more games next year, I want to win a premiership and you don't win those with mature second-tier mids.

Thanks for that, all sounds very reasonable. Would love to get Ratten back. I was always a fan, and was personally told by players that he was an awesome midfield coach when he was at Melbourne. And lets hope that our Scully replacement comes with not just better disposal, but also better moral judgement and without a fat father.

If other clubs are interested in Cook, they obviously see something in him and back themselves to develop him. I'm not saying he'll end up a great player, but Neeld came in last year and insisted on keeping Bate, obviously backing himself to develop him into something worthwhile. Neeld was wrong, but kudos to him for at least trying. I worry that he sees no redeeming feature in a pick 12 who has been in the system for just 2 years. We've given bigger duds more of a go. Oh and Mitch Thorp didn't fail to develop, he was a [censored] with massive off field issues.

I gotta say that this is disappointing. Not only did we stuff up the draft selection, we clearly failed to develop Cook, and now it seems Neeld doesn't want to invest another year or two in this kid. I suppose if you don't have it you don't have it, but we've persisted with so many poor players who we knew were never going to make it, like Bate (who Neeld insisted on keeping), and yet we won't give Cook an extra pre-season under Mission. I have no issue with the clean out, but to get rid of kids like Cook and possibly Gysberts for such a low return, is not going to leave us much better off. The chances of picking a good player with the third or fourth round pick we'll get for Cook, is close to zero.

Good on Beamer for his dignified "thanks for the memories" tweet. He seems content about his decision, and so does the club. It's as good a divorce as you can hope for I think. Moloney will get an opportunity to continue to play his own way at a club where he isn't the number 1, 2 or even 3rd best midfielder, and we get to clean the list of people who don't 'fit in'. Just hope we replace all these departures with something better, not third grade VFL battlers.

Meh

I still don't know why Clark came... but he did.... and he is god. Nothing is impossible. Cash whores for the win!