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we can only hope.

He’s a composed heart beat away from being a top 25 player in the comp. Atm he just looks a fraction too rushed when shooting on the run. Hope he can meet that challenge.

unless it’s someone from the GF teams.

Good point. Unless they are unable to trade them this year?

I know right? I reckon there's a few folks out there that I reckon cant manage their disappointment when things don't go as planned. Im happy to at least hope...with not much attachment to outcome. Its how Ive survived supporting the dees for 50 plus years and still have a smile on my face.

yep..prob mine too.

Yes, but its all about his character...so he is in fact at the heart of it.

TH eonly time hes kicked straight before or since

The dude is perennially injured. Glad we're not in the mix of clubs needing a big backman.

Interesting … and not something I had considered. You’re right though, IF that was in any way true, for whatever reason, it would have been front page news and derailed our preparation.

WCW mentioned it in the “ cool light of day” thread

This is def a question...not a statement. But I wonder what peoples feelings are? I think Im really hoping people refute the thought . What am i missing? "Our time may be up" thoughts. 1./ Goody getting sued and all that press must be putting added pressure on him . Can he manage it? Is he getting supported. 2./ Lost 4 finals in a row. Perhaps the players lose confidence, drive or motivation now after 3 years of pushing hard. . The post game bake Goody gave , and the canx of our mad monday, may send them in all kind of directions pyschologically. Can they bounce back...and stay motivated re training this off season? 3./ Loss of a lot of depth. Grundy, JJ, Harmes, Dunstan, ( most likely BB and possibly Tmac) plus Petty may take a long while to be back. So our reserves will be tested this coming year like no other for a while. If we start getting injuries early the wheels could come off. 4./ No back up ruck. With all the obvious issues that presents. If Petty is missing ( and pending trading for a fwd) we may have no big fwd for the start of the year as well. 5./ The media pile on will only get bigger if we start badly in 24. " wasted our chance" " bad management" " terrible decision re Grundy" Tracc cant kick" "Goody no good" etc etc. It could get fierce next year quite quickly. The heat will be high. Damo and Caro will lead the charge...we've all seen that [censored] movie before. 6./ How many years does a club like ours actually get at the top? We're hardly a Geelong advertising both lifestyle and "best in class" facilities are we. 7./ Gawn at the edge re his age and body. If he falls over, our time at the pointy end may be finished. 8./Teams have gone past us or soon will. Adelaide/ Carlton/ GWS/ Port/ Lions/ Pies "Staying up at the top" thoughts 1./ Midfield is dominant and in their prime. Sparrow improving. 2./ Stars all over the field still in the peak of their careers. 3./ 71 k fans and growing. More big crowds next year...team extra motivated. Win some close ones, change the narrative. 4./ Perhaps a home base announcement Q1? Some good news in the press....changes the narrative 5./ Goody a seasoned warrior as player and coach. Case is dismissed and HWSNBN can F off. 6./ Petty just getting started as a fwd, JVR a year on. Fitter and bigger...and angry. 7./ We just cant have the bad luck injury wise nor the bad kicking of 23 ...it just cant happen again..can it? .

no. it’s the opposite.

Ive been on the receiving end of a coaching spray once or twice. It never worked for me personally...ie it was deflating not motivating for me, But people are different and it is the end of the season , not mid game or mid season and everyone just has to go away and think about that now....which may be a good thing . If there was ever a time for a real spray its post their second straight finals flop ...with ALL 4 of those games imminently winnable. Its almost unbelievable when you think about it. I just think to look around the room and see everyone hurting at the depth they all were and see how affected by it Goody was may be the right medecine. Lets hope so.

Interesting to see how the players respond to this. I dont think this is goodys usual way. Glad to hear Kozzi got nailed a bit...such an undiscplined game. Either they will return motivated and wanting to atone or they will all feel a bit deflated and dispirited. We've got good leaders in there but geez the feeling right now is very flat isn't it.

Yze has been great for us and last year I was fearful of him leaving. This year I feel we almost need the change...and thats not putting any blame on him either. It just feels like we cant just go around again after 2 years of straight set exits. Fresh voices and ideas needed.

Port went out in FAR worse fashion than we did after being super disappointing last year....have you heard Kane blasting them? Im not saying that we didnt disappoint or blow it...Im just saying theres a media pile on at the dees that feels reminiscint of yeasteryear,

Garry loves the dees but he’s also always the first one to put the boot in. Contrast that with Cornes or Buckley or Damo . He speaks from his grumpy self but it would be good if he could be a little protective as well in the times when it’s needed. As in now.

With respect DS nothing in this decision looks like a “ captains call”

Top 4 for the 3rd year in a row. Im not sure I ever believed I’d see a Dee team do this.

Thanks. I think we’re all feeling a bit desperate for good news.

Underated elements. It takes so much of everything AND luck to win flags...or if not luck then at least not the bad luck we had at the end of the season. Injury cursed year sadly.

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Feeling you WCW. Im a bit the same. We've been served a fair bit of heart break at the back end of this season. Petty, Melk and now Gus. Plus a close QF loss and then enduring the Collingwood bully boys. I wonder if the boys feel a bit the same? Either way They still have to run out and meet the blues in a brutal battle..they need our support more now than ever.

This is a genuinely sad day for our game. I hope the AFL get sued.