Dory_77
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Would love to know the conversation around this getting canned after 1 week.Simons Sign-off
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Playing him as sub a billion times was dumb.Losing toby bedford
Grundy had been injured and out of form for 2 years before we took him on. He had that massive contract too.We've made a lot of dumb trades but we basically got back what we traded for him, don't think it was too cheap at all.
The Oliver contract when they knew he was ****ing up off-field is staggering to me, and probably the worst decision we've made outside Goodwin related stuff.
Just 1 early second would have been good enough.I’ve never believed the two first round picks bit
Why would a ruck who hasn't been any good for 3 years get a top 15 pickGrundy had been injured and out of form for 2 years before we took him on. He had that massive contract too.
We got him fit and we would have been better off having him at Casey with a hand full of senior games, than let him go to a side who should have had him valued as a top 12-15 pick. Possibly higher if we were prepared to take on some of that contract.
Agree on your second point. That one is going to hurt us for another few years I suspect.
come on man. I wonder if Hodgey could be enticed into the club for some role.?Like Hodgey said the other day, lot of selfishness going on of late with players wanting their stats.
I don't recall any talk of him every wanting to return to us specifically after his time was done at FreoWhy we passed on Jesse Hogan when he wanted to return at the end of 2020 I will never know.
Unforgivable.
I don't recall any talk of him every wanting to return to us specifically after his time was done at Freo
I also think getting away from the media (and bad influences) in the hardcore footballing states has done him wonders. He would not be playing this well if he was playing for us
Okay cheers for clearing that up. My memory is shortIt was reported end of 2020 he met with Melbourne and both parties considered the move but ultimately walked away.
Are, are you the MFC media guy? This looks too accurate to be a fake mock-up.Subject: Simon's Sign Off Round 2
Media Guy <mediaguy@melbournefc.com>
To Simon Goodwin <sgoodwin@melbournefc.com>
23 Mar 2025, 10:17
Hi Simon,
Please attach your Simon's Sign Off video to this email chain after the game today by no later than 9pm tonight. Make sure you mention the wine label this week, I don't want to receive another angry call from Penfolds.
Cheers,
Media Guy
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Subject: RE: Simon's Sign Off Round 2
Media Guy <mediaguy@melbournefc.com>
To Simon Goodwin <sgoodwin@melbournefc.com>
23 Mar 2025, 21:32
Hi Simon,
Commiserations on the loss today.
Just a reminder to send through your Simon's Sign Off asap as we would like to get it on the website tonight.
Cheers,
Media Guy
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Subject: RE: Simon's Sign Off Round 2
Media Guy <mediaguy@melbournefc.com>
To Simon Goodwin <sgoodwin@melbournefc.com>
24 Mar 2025, 1.05
Hi Simon,
We still haven't received your Simon's Sign Off video. Are you having any issues sending it through? Just a reminder that the club has an agreement with Penfolds to release one of these videos after every game this season and we will be in breach of that contract if it's not up by 12pm tomorrow. Please let me know if you need any assistance. I will reach out again in the morning.
Cheers,
Media Guy
And it just goes on like that for 3 more days.
Darcy Jones would look shit in our team, I'm happy for him.Possibly early, but picking the Magician with the likes of Darcy Jones and Josh Weddle still on the board looks a howler. Very early but Tholstrup could be similar.
You’ve got to remember where he was at when we brought him in, and then fit and firing when we let him go.Why would a ruck who hasn't been any good for 3 years get a top 15 pickcome on man.
We got out of the contract, we got the same pick back for him essentially it was fine in the end.
Yeah, the stupid part about the Grundy trade was using him in a way that nullified both he and Max’s strengths. What we gave up/got was fine.Why would a ruck who hasn't been any good for 3 years get a top 15 pickcome on man.
We got out of the contract, we got the same pick back for him essentially it was fine in the end.
This is the one for me.Not using a sub in a final and/or picking Schache as sub in a final.
He'd likely have done bugger all but it was a weird time to optionally not to use the sub for the first time ever.
I'm a nuffy, but I do think the odds of Grundy or a resting Max jagging a goal or two from our 10,000 dump kicks into the forward line would have been pretty good.The kicker was Goodwin justified it because Max wasn't 100% so he was there to ruck if he got injured.
Meanwhile Grundy was sitting in the Olympic Stand watching the game![]()
Fit and firing lol. He was fit, he was also playing reserves to finish the year. There was absolutely no benefit to keeping a guy hostage in the reserves to haggle over a pick and pay 400-500k for that privelageYou’ve got to remember where he was at when we brought him in, and then fit and firing when we let him go.
With Collingwood paying a good chunk of that contract, I would have preferred we kept him at Casey for most of the year.
I’ll always denote hindsight where appropriate, but I genuinely thought we should have kept him when Sydney only offered up pick 30 something or whatever it was.