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No idea I just read King’s thoughts via the link. I guess we’ll never know though it would be interesting to hear other potential coaches scenarios in terms of what a trade may look like.

Part of the interview process involved coaches listing their ‘best 25’ Demons players and King firmly put Petracca and Oliver in there.

Where did the Amiss talk start? Would love to land him.

who’s list is? I keeping asking the same question, who are all of Geelong’s and Hawthorn’s big name players, even Collingwood to a lesser extent. These teams have great systems in place, their players are all on the same page and execute their gameplan perfectly. Yes we have some skill issues and lack a big target up fwd but I disagree that we’re years away from being competitive again, things can change quickly. King was asked where he thought our list was at, I think a lot of our issues this season were driven by frustration.

I disagree, I’ve also disagreed with the notion over the years that it takes twelve moths or longer to learn a new game plan. End of the day there’s only so many ways to play the game & we still have a more than capable list. We are not Richmond who traded out the majority of senior players for picks, we’ll not anyway.

Nice of the club to announce our new coach the day I fly back into the country. King’s appointment has instilled some excitement back into me that had been lost over the last season or two. Losing is one thing but the way we were losing was starting to cook me. This year was the first in 18 since I moved to Sydney that I didn’t sit down as soon as the draw came out and actively book flights for multiple games. This was due to the fact we already had a long o/s trip planned but also wanted to see how we started the season, after going 0 & 5 we didn’t bother. I’m now eagerly awaiting next years draw so I can lock some flights in. I’m interested to see what happens now with regards to player movement, assistant coaches & how we play next year. Something I asked a few weeks back was who are all of Geelong’s star players, I would add to that who are all of the Hawks big name players on massive contracts that have gotten them through to a preliminary final. We still have the makings of a decent list with an obvious hole in the fwd line, would to hear King’s first conversation with Petty.

If we were in the finals race would we have sacked Goodwin?

I’m not sure how they get these decisions so wrong.

This, then a pause in play whilst waiting for the replay.

Just going off what I’ve read, I’ve been out of the country for 5 weeks so haven’t seen any footy for a while.

Wildcard weekend will never make more sense neither will more teams. I read that next year Tasmania will have an AFLW team, so another team into a league that has already expanded way too quickly. I read in another article that the AFLW is currently running at a loss in the millions each year. I’m all for a women’s competition but it should have been 4 teams from Vic with 1 each from QLD, NSW, WA & SA. Bringing a ninth team in Tassie would mean they could have a top five playing finals and had a decent product, and it should remain at this many teams for the next twenty years. The men’s competition has been around for how long and we don’t have talent for 18 teams. Just the game alone & fix the basics ie umpiring, tribunal.

When do the interviews start?

Agreed, if Trac was better in front of goal we might be thinking different but he’s not. Happy if he stays, if only we had a coach….

Whilst I agree who are all of their big stars?

Can’t open links, when do the Brisbane Lions start appearing?

About 6-8 weeks back there was a lot of keep Trac and trade Oliver from posters including myself, i think things have done a 180.

Our issues were bigger than Oliver’s form.

Is there a thread for Lever? I read his was seen at Arden st, I’d like to keep May.

Where did this Steve May trade talk originate from? Didn’t watch the last couple of games because I’m out of the country but have read he played poorly so we should get rid of him, just like Fritsch and Oliver earlier in the year? What are we thinking the Dogs would be offering? Id rather keep May and trade Lever and move Petty back to defense.

Greeting from the Big Apple, Just seen the scores, finish the job Dees, we owe these p…..

So he’s had the season we’ve had and he strolled on in thinking it’s just another normal board meeting….so we’re to believe he honestly thought he was safe and didn’t feel the need to present differently to the board because it was considered a normal / routine board meeting. What did he discuss then? He’s been involved in footy long enough to know he was in trouble, and now some are calling the his sacking a mistake, comical.

Been saying this for weeks, posted some of his highlights two pages back.

It’s just been revealed that any potential suitor for the coaching role will have to answer this question. Will Petty be moved back into defense?

Really hope we get an untried coach. We’ll know soon enough.

No one in the media saw this coming today, they a were all pedalling the same story, no one in a position to make the hard call. Yet now they all know who are our preferred options to replace Goodwin, hopefully it’s another case of why we distract you over here we’re doing something over there and our new coach surprises all. Someone across the the current style of game would be ideal.