Deecathalon

If we keep the work rate up and finish our good work by kicking goals anything could happen

Loving the effort and intensity tonight. Starting to run and spread too. Another half like that and I will be happy. A win would be a plus.

Since the debacle of the MacNamee appointment and sacking and reinforced by many other poor decisions, it is clear the administration of the club lead by the Board is simply not up to the job. I have thought that Schwab and Connelly are at the heart of our problems. How it was possible to backflip from sacking Schwab to Bailey is beyond understanding. There is no doubt that the series of decisions covering Junior and Bruce, Bailey have undermined trust in the management of the club. You can say what you like about the team being professional athletes but if you don't trust the leaders of the club then you can't give your best effort. Every successful company in the world knows you can't force the best performance from people, they have the want to give it. You do this by building a culture that provides the conditions for excellence. Now I certainly don't condone players not giving everything and I can't bear to watch it anymore. But if what is believed to have happened with the Leading Teams report actually did occur then I now understand why. Culture lives or dies through leadership. If I was a player who committed to the process, took the risk to be honest and then had the trust I had placed in the leadership completely undermined, perhaps I wouldn't care anymore. Maybe I would just go through the motions and take my money. Like others I would love know the facts, but it's clear something is very wrong at melbournefc.