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Me too. Ultimately I want the best , most motivated, coach available. I don’t just want a public, respected figure like Buckley unless he IS also the best coach.

Yes he did but that was before his hamstring… which must have been major as he hasn’t had burst speed since. I can see a world where he gets that burst speed back just needs a full and clear pre season.

Luell is a really smooth mover isn’t he? worth a punt?

it’s not about being to handle them it’s about the advantage of 9 days v 6.

Not making excuses but wondering about your thoughts on the game break difference. Hawks come off a 9 day break while we come off 6. It does seem like it hands an advantage. we would have lost anyway but perhaps look a little less outclassed?

depressing .

Hey May off Gunston… this is ridiculous

aint that the truth.

They also might sell next year as a necessary step back and If so they may clear out some players too. This also might feel ugly for us in terms of what we get in return. But I agree with your summary. Goody should have been given his final year. The more I sit with all of it the angrier I feel.

Im a fan of this personally. I imagine with his bitter experience he understands too well what it means to have a football department disconnected from the players. He would understand what players might respond to and need. By all accounts a smart guy.

yep… a lot of the “i won’t renew if he’s coach in 26” crowd might be regretting their words tonight.

As much as I love the MFC and will be here in any coming highs and lows … I have to say I feel his sacking was a mistake. I’ve got a sick feeling about it.

The internet was in operation when Jackson was in charge and I remember the leaks were almost non existent. let’s be honest… we have a problem.

Can we please include in this conversation the draft this year is BOTH highly compromised with academy and F/S and is supposedly a weak draft anyway. So even a “ late first rounder” , that some here are so keen on getting, might end up being a pick 26 or so in a weak draft. Not the year for trading out players.

Stop the frikn leaks!

Except he would have already broken it down! ;-)

I think youre on to something there. She does work this way. The tanking story ( zeroing it all in on just US anyway) was in the main to protect the gambling money coming into the AFL. Its why I refuse to listen to anything she says now.

Gosh I dont know...if only we could find a premiership winning coach, committed to keep evolving our game plan, who we know could elecit a strong team bond and unity and someone who had the work ethic of a bull. ie the one we just had! The more I think about Goodys sacking and everyone screaming for him to go the angrier I feel. Even if Buckley is available Im not sure I wouldn't prefer Goody. Im willing to be proven wrong in time and please come back and bite me later.... but I cant get past feeling that this was a big mistake.

Turner in a horrible turnover ( after a great mark) led to a direct goal..in the 1st. Rivers turned it over with a short kick coming out of defence straight to a bulldog...leading directly to a goal . In the 2nd. Langford fluffs his kick to a wide open melksham in the sqaure ...balls goes oob. in the last ? Thats three. There may be more. I cant remember the doggies doing the same that led directly to goals? But being honest the doggies also hit the post 6 times .

Agreed. He's had a taste...which should inspire him in the off season. Id give kentfield the same kind of taste in one of these last 2 games as well.

Wanted to underline the question re losing close games. 6 this year. I was super proud of the team yesterday and can see the bright possibilities but close losses is definitely now a habit . It has been since losing 2 close finals in 23. imo we get so close because we’re still such a great contested side.. with some very exciting young talent emerging now also. We lose because we consistently have too many goal costing brain fades across a game. At least we didn’t lose yesterday because we kicked badly for goal… so there’s that. But ANY clues as to how we turn this heartbreaking habit of losing close games around?

It happened often last year too… this isn’t just a 2025 thing. It’s been happening since we lost 2 close finals in 2023. I can barely remember the last game under a goal we won. Bad kicking for goal, missed opportunities, simple errors, umpires, plain bad luck. But the fact is that losing a lot of close ones does say something about a team. The positive. The dees ARE showing we’re not that far away. We’re matching it with everyone else’s n fact and I was proud of them today. But Bridging that small gap and walking away with more wins than losses is a mindset/ fitness/ skill thing that a new coach is going to have to change.

I’m share some of these sentiments. Im concerned they’re going to collapse inwardly and be demolished . On the other hand Im hoping the play for goodys memory and the future. We’re going to know by the 10 minute mark of the 1st.

He seems to do both a lot right and an awful lot wrong. Zero excitement left for him.

lol...no...but maybe a crown of thorns? Actually I'm grabbing on to any positives today about the club I can find in a bleak week, so I appreciate this small morsel.