Demon Dynasty

Christmas!

“It’s great for the Club to announce, prior to the season starting, that Simon Goodwin has signed on for the next four years,” Pert told the club’s website. “It is certainly a show of confidence from the Board, Josh Mahoney and myself in Simon as a coach and what he is producing out on field, but also the culture that he is building in our football department. “This is the Board signing off that these are the people, this is the leadership, this is the program and this is the culture that we believe will take the Melbourne Football Club to where we want to go over the next four years. It’s an investment in those people and the program, so that makes it pretty exciting.” It's time for Perty, Mahoney and all other board members who ratified this rubbish extension to pack their bags and walk as well. They were complicit in this whole extension debacle and the signing of such a long extension on a rookie coach was/is negligent and indefensible.

Who should our next board be? These blokes have committed us to two more years, unnecessarily, of this rubbish. Don't blame Goodwin. We need a new coach but the board must go as well. Useless bunch of nuff nuffs.

gotta admire Ed... one of the few that shows he really wants it week in and week out

Yep we always pull everything out when we're well behind. Thid club is so predictable and easy to beat.

Weid clearly held by the jumper at least twice in that forward contest but nothing. Then of course the tiggy touch to Freo straight after. Jokefest. Why THE [censored] are we still zoning in the wet. Find a man you [censored] IDIOTS, with the ball and / or pressure the crap outta them. Allowing FREO to win the ground balls, dish off and run through traffic with virtually no pressure. Goody you've had years to teach this basic stuff. What the [censored] are you teaching them? It took an age for Gawn to wake up there in the back pocket and finally handball to Hibb but by then Freo had set their wall up beautifully. Max you're ok but FCS don't over think it and think you're a great kick. Just look for the quick handball and get on with it. So much dumbness in this group after 3 seasons plus under Goody its incredible. They all need to own this BS method/way/style and skills. It's not AFL worthy.

Fritta's handball ... why. In the wet thats just one extra too many. Dumb dumb dumb footballer on the ground. One trick pony in the air. Learn how to play SMART ground ball footy FFS as that"s where it spends most of its time!

Viney does some good work inside there on the wing. Handballs to Tracc. Why not the shepherd after that to give Tracc some extra space / time??

That high ball to the 30 meters out.... we have how many smalls in this team tonight and not ONE was front & square. Ball spills to the front...Freo run on to it and rebound in a flash.

Viney how the hell do you manage to pick out a Docker on the chest. Too funny. We just have zero ability inside 50. And of course as i say that we hit a forward on the chest with a laser pass ?

Not just down the line. They are looking to hit up targets on the chest as if its a dry game. Crazy. If you wanna win this i agree with Gazza.... man on man in the 3rd. Shut down this ridiculous loose zone switching that we're allowing and beat them one on one. They are able to switch easy or go through the middle most of the time as they're outnumbering us down back. I would rather lose playing man on man where there is NO excuses. The game is there to be won. Beat your man and leave nothing on the park and you probably win the match. Anything else, any other style in this weather (eg Fritta as an extra down back from the get go!!) is a rubbish method that will let players off the hook and give them too many outs and excuses. JUST DO IT GOODY!

Why are we trying to possess and finesse so often around stoppage YEats? Tap/punch/kick the ball forward or in any direction where you can see space and no opp....and run onto it. Its wet weather footy.

Wow are we ever gonna become the hunters here AS A TEAM. Some good individual efforts but start hunting the ball and carrier and sweat on em. Do you wanna play finals or not?? I would put Vanders on Mundy and make him earn every possi. He's way too loose and racking up too many clean possessions.

In this weather anyone can punch from behind against freo's talls. I'd put Pruess down back and bring May to CHF

I remember one of those against the Hawks. It never stopped all day and we had a solid win. I went home soaked but happy as larry (whoever he is).

Name of whatever shiraz you're guzzling pls Uncle

Why are we not holding at least one KF or medium tall back, ie Weid, Pruess or even Vanders, at CHF for a marking option/structure?

Any chance we could stop with the over use of handball and just kick long in the wet?

I would have to agree with you on that one Sue. There are certainly no easy matches, bar possibly the Hawks & Norf but that said, on paper we should have beaten the Swans and should beat Freo this evening. On a mental toughness basis? Who knows. Throw a die with six substantially differing variables and this team could very well land on any one of them.

Kev you sure that's not a subliminal rehash of a performance from an intra practice match you witnessed recently?

So being Demons this is a good omen i assume

Pressure factor is just as critical with the Ins imv, especially up forward. And if i may add to that.... the poise / finish. Can the ins hit targets, kick to favoured side and/or convert at an AFL level for a change? We will know about this time tomorrow evening i guess.

We need someone to bring the ball to ground as it wasn't happening at all in the last match. Also giving a chop out to Maxy who appeared absolutely knackered against the Swans. Maybe Big M is doubtful and doesn't make the cut? Unlikely but who are the emergencies i wonder.

Personally my reasoning is ....the stars might all perfectly align in the next 25 years or so, IF i last that long, and a miracle season occurs a la the Swans in 2005 OD. Each year that goes by i hope for better but expect the usual collapse/fail at some stage or potentially worse. Following the MFC is like being in a ground hog day sports fan movie. Every year is VERY predictable and nothing ever changes. A good year for us seems to be...still being in the finals race post Rnd 6. One thing we are very good at though, is our consistency and penchant for failing. I must look to take out more betting options in this regard and cash in a little more often like some do on here. Clever cookies they are.

GC, personally i believe most are just in it for the ride / coin and actually happy to just be (and when needed try and stay) in the system that is the AFL circus. A few, genuinely passionate about bettering themselves and taking their game to the next level, maybe finals and a GF if lucky. The rest, just do enough to keep their mouths close enough to the trough to get an occasional snout into the swill. It's no surprise the bulk of them pick and choose whether they'll show up on game day. So many of the also rans keep getting a game week in and week out, regardless of how they perform. Why would they bother to turn it on every week when they know it really doesn't matter either way, they'll be strapping their boots on and running out in the next match or worst case the one after, maybe a two week break tops. Who cares what happens on game day. Crocodile tears from those who CGAFF i reckon. Probably also applies to most at top brass admin level as well. A rare exception here or there but most are just in it for the ride / coin (President aside). And that last part would apply to most clubs, we aren't alone there. As i say before every season with this mob... "hope for the best but be very prepared for the worst".