Ted Lasso

would you ask for Taylor adams and pick 2 or dylan shiel and a later pick it's hard to judge the currency of the GWS players.

This would have been a great opportunity to blood someone like Dom Barry who has been in good form, especially with blease out, little bit disappointing.

It will be interesting reading to see what type of coach he suggests, i'd have my money on him backing in rocket.

I suppose everyone has a different opinion on what it is, culture seems like the popular word at the moment but i am big on the idea that success creates success, the right environment will give us the best chance to get the best out of our players and staff, make others want to come on board, help us retain the talent we already have and so on, and the best environments are those of the teams that always find a way to win, Sydney and Geelong. In a bigger picture sort of way i think that is what we need to strive for because you can bring in all the talent in the world, but if you can't develop it or hang onto it you won't win any premierships in a hurry.

The biggest thing i noticed during the interview is that PJ doesn't really stop talking, it seems like he wanted to say all of those things without giving others a chance to change the subject, so a pitch to Roos is possible, or a swipe at Healy, i'm not sure what the reason behind it was but it certainly seemed to me he had a message he wanted to get across to someone.

I have heard similar sorts of rumours, would be a great get through the pre season draft if we could swing that and hold onto our currency, not sure what we have the Richmond would want for him besides high picks, he's not a free agent yet is he?

if we win three more games and finish on five wins and jump ahead of Stkilda and the Bulldogs it would imo put some doubts in the minds of the people making the decision, yes odds are it's already been made regardless of what we do on field, but surely the details of that pick could change, even 2 and 3 wouldn't be worth half of what 1 is this year. but we can't look at it like that is what i am saying, we have to win at all costs, establish the right culture and stop mucking around looking for the next big thing out of the draft.

I'm not big on the idea, but that's just my personal opinion, I think sometimes it can work, it's clearly worked really well up in Sydney, but i think Collingwood has gone miles backwards from the team that played in two grand finals under mick Malthouse. It's as much of a gamble as appointing any untried coach so for mine my preference would just be to lock up the best coach going around for 4-5 years and by the time that term is up we SHOULD be looking at being a serious team in the finals.

As i am a huge fan of Charlie Sheen's work i can't find myself agreeing to him being President, his actions would make sense and sensibility is hardly the imagine of a modern political icon.

from memory scully was a certain pick one and trengove was the second coming of nathan buckley, not sure we surprised anyone picking those two.

With all the talk recently of potentially getting a priority pick i have been thinking quite a bit about how much more valuable it would be for us to win 2-3 more games this year, if we beat GWS, Gold Coast and the Bulldogs which i think is realistic, then we go into pre season with some confidence and momentum, the boys get to taste a few wins and it might just be the boost we need to hang on to a few of the out of contract boys. if we're going to go through with a total club rebuild and reculture we need to set the correct mind set right now and make sure we carry that from here on out, Win at all costs. there is no reason that we can't see a Port Adelaide like revival next season, we recruit a couple of free agents, more talent from the draft and the natural improvement that our young list would gain from another pre season under a new experienced coach with a focus on player development. I would happily trade pick 1 for 3 wins before the end of the year.

Are you serious? the kids played 10 games, on average it takes about three years so that's 66 games before a player really feels comfortable at AFL level, and he is playing in a team that is struggling big time, the idea that anyone can make an accurate judgement of any of our young players is abit silly. Watch the replay of the game against Geelong like i just did, you will feel much better about us drafting this young man.

Surely Tom Mcdonald plays on Cameron, match up one of the emerging defenders of the comp with the forward

He has shown patches of absolute class, for a ten game player in such a poor midfield he is showing quite abit in his better games imo, very confident he will be a player in the future

I have a feeling alot of it is going to just click for us, for example if trenners found his zip he would get to more contests and he becomes a 25-30 touch a game player instead of 20, he's already our best defensive mid by a mile, Nathan Jones is our heart and soul, Viney and toumpas have shown patches but will become better with time, Matt Jones has been much better than i expected and Grimes was fantastic early in the year as a mid, add a free agent and some more draft talent and there is no reason we can't be as good as them next year imo.

shows the power of quality people doesnt it?

because he is a hard nosed mid with bucket loads of talent at the right age

if we get pick one could we trade it to gc for david swallow and a pick? he hasnt set the world on fire because of injury

shiel and adams is probably abit more realistic than Libba, but i reckon we'd have to sweeten it before they would say yes, maybe pick 1 and jamar? they still looking for a ruckman?

imo if james hird drove this knowing he was breaking the rules a two year ban would be soft, he is an icon of the game, a hero of all the young Essendon supporters and would have let every single one of them down. would it be fair to consider longer term bans or even potentially a lifetime ban?

He didn't get alot of the ball from what i watched, granted i fell asleep at half time, but i felt he has a real bit of class about him and he is quite abit quicker than i thought, how did he go in the second half? Yeah, was really impressed with Durmont, any chance he makes it to our second pick?

If you were a manager of a player that was trying to make his way in the AFL and establish himself as a gun player, would you recommend them to sign with MFC? the answer is imo absolutely not. Jacks position is fair enough and well within his rights, if he left i'd be upset because that would be our last two pick 1's that have done very little in terms of helping the club re-build into a powerhouse.

I think half of demonland would just explode and the other half would probably complain because we are so used to being angry haha

Might be a good question for some of the older boys, i am abit younger and haven't been around the club as long but, how would you even begin to go about establishing a winning culture in a club like ours, the only real taste of winning we get is at casey and we obviously can't have all of our team playing there, our senior players have been losing for so long it's probably almost to be expected.

Players enjoying playing for the MFC, playing with passion and enthusiasm and courage and leading us out of the worst position the club has ever being in, might only be baby steps but some obvious steps in the right direction! Jack trengove with his zip back would also be nice. Coach: Paul Roos