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It may be in jest but whenever you play the #Goodwinmyths card it seems shorthand to discredit what a poster is saying ipso facto defending Goodwin. In this case most of the response to my first post seemed defensive of him or to exonerate him.

Cheer up! We won't run out of fuel. Some years back fuel shortages led to rationing. We survived. People became creative eg WFH, car pooling, public transport, delayed holidays, etc etc As long as there are trains to the footy the show will go on!!

It sure sounded like you were.

Yes, Goodwin tried in 2024 but as we slid down the ladder he panicked and reverted back to the previous game plan. Later he admitted it was a mistake to revert back to the old 'territory, defence first' plan. So it is hard to say the 2024 attempt was successful. Yes, he tried again in 2025 starting the season 0-5 and again we ended up 14th. While elements of a 'transition' game from d5o to f50 were introduced, it was still largely a 'territory, hug the boundary style, low risk, 'bombing' into a congested fwd line. It was patently obvious at the ground that players were confused about their roles and lacked confidence in what they were doing. Lots of reasons for that but we can't exonerate the coach. No, Goodwin's attempts in 2025 were not successful otherwise he would still have his job. What he didn't change was our method for going i50. We stuck to the kick long bombs to a contest often hugging the boundary. That is what Petracca, Oliver, Viney etal were asked to do. That style resulted in numerous op marks i50 and fwds taking difficult shots from the boundary with the inevitable poor goal/point ratio. We have a sample of only one game but lets list what King has changed. Fwd line has opened up with little congestion. Fwds are leading with speed at the kicker. Extremely high marks i50 Mids are centering the ball i50 and risking a turnover back through the corridor vs Goodwin style of playing it safe by hugging the boundary. (I saw a chart which showed where our shots for goal were on Sunday but unfortunately I can't find it - it was eye opening compared to prior years). Greater goal/point accuracy: 18.12 So I agree with @3KZ is Football Goodwin made a few tweaks in 204/2025 (unsuccessfully) and King has found a way in a few months to enable us to move the ball more freely with the resulting high level connection with the forward line - something that Goodwin never came close to achieving. Even if the players you mentioned were still with us King would have succeeded in achieving the results we saw on Sunday.

Which parts of the quoted comment were myths?

I wouldn't be surprised if Darcy is a late out for Cox whose sole instruction will be to knee and crash Max at every opportunity. After all he has made a career out of that role whenever we played against him. He is a nasty sniper! And I hope Petty gives him some of his own medicine - Petty being the player with a bit of a nasty streak! And not afraid to give a bit back! King will have a plan if that is a late change, having spent several years with the cagey 'late change' trickery coach: Scott.

The extra GA are usually when expected attendance is low. When the Android access problem is fixed they should appear with the Trident ticket. In the meantime we contact the club.

Thanks SA! Totally agree about it being foreseen - it doesn't say much for their 'pre going live testing' nor the nous of the implementation team. I'm surprised it hasn't hit the media as apparently members of all clubs with Androids are affected! I asked our membership office about the extra GA tickets often sent to Premium members but those of us with Androids can't access them. They said to call or email the club before the relevant game and they will send them.

Curious as how this panned out? I had the same problem, queued up before the game and was told it was a Ticketmaster/MFC account link issue. I just called the club and was told all members across the AFL with Android phones are affected and it has been escalated to the AFL to sort out with Ticketmaster. No timeline on when it will be fixed. Not wanting to doubt that info wondering if other members with Androids had the problem accessing tickets.

Correct. Surprisingly neither coach had Max as BOG.

But they did talk on the phone - King was pretty busy with the GF at the time. We don't know the details of that discussion. And from what we now know Lamb was hell bent on moving him, Oliver and May out. Trac would have known that from the exit interviews, mfc grapevine etc so it would be fair to say there was little value in meeting with King.

This thread https://demonland.com/forums/topic/66964-exclusive-interview-with-paul-guerra-steven-king-steven-smith/#comment-2756682 makes a strong case for the whole club being in one location. Management and the Board would have been closer to what was happening in the FD and the locker room rather than having it filtered by the coach, GMFD, CEO.

Two comments stood out for me: "Goodwin felt betrayed by Richardson". It seems lack of trust wasn't limited to the locker room! Its no wonder the FD as a whole ended up such a mess. "King was open to keeping premiership stars if list boss Tim Lamb wanted to ... but Lamb made it clear that moving on Oliver, Petracca and May, even messily, was best for the club." With Goodwin gone Lamb had clear air to make critical list management decisions that were long overdue.

Everyone looks better in red and blue ❤️💙🙂

Not bad given he played only 77% game time! Thoroughly deserved BOG.