How do you fix Melbourne?

[exit]

Relegation?

Bring in Norwood. Same colours, and would be more competitive. N.Bassett is a real coach.

 

[Pie Legend]

Their list is a mess, a lot of plugging holes, bigger body type blokes that will never play in the next Demon crack at a flag and aren't adding anything currently as well. Disgraceful
The Neeld adventure, and his way of building a competitive list is going arse up 1 and a touch years in and showing absolutely no improvement whatsoever, and he will pay the price for it shortly.

 

[LordLucifer]

You wanna actually add something of value?

I did an an earlier post if you bothered to read everything .............

 

[Poseidon]

They need Josh Bootsma.

 

[sherb]

Peptides.........

The true reason the previous pope decided to step down - he tested positive for popetides.

 

[loki04]

He nearly ran Geelong into the ground. Ayres is over-rated. Choco Williams is the man they need.

Agree but only with a new board behind him and his choice of staff.

Great coach choco.

 

[Munga]

Get on the drugs! The bombers are getting away with it.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Dean Bailey was wrongly axed. He was better than the Charlatan Neeld

 

[PP34]

Calling for Neeld's head after 20 odd games of coaching. Yep cause Melbourne havent been this bad for the past decade.
They have to stick with the coach and weed out the players who dont buy in and then in 3-4 years if its still bad then make the change but not now.
Melbourne went down the sack coach path not that long ago, clearly its much deeper then just the coach

Coaches always go because the fans and media need to see someone take the fall for a sports teams performances.

 

[Achilles Heel]

You're singling out a minority of their supporters.

He may be but they probably were the same ones who tonight gave plenty to their players. Sympathy. Nah

 

[Cursed Cat]

So is it the fans fault that their team tanked? No. Don't bring up Melbourne fans taking the piss after a terrible year.

Dumb thing to say.

yeah, agree.

no need to kick the supporters while they are way way down; the club, the match committee, the board, they are all fair game though imo, precisely because of the cynical way in which they sought to exploit their own ineptitude over the past few seasons - I lost a bit of respect for the club after they shafted James McDonald, who was never flashy but who was exactly the kind of hard-nosed professional Melbourne needed around the club - and from there it has just gotten worse and worse, the whole tanking saga started a rot that has seeped into the clubs soul.

I honestly feel for the supporters; my little sister is a long-suffering Dees member, turns up week in week out for no reward and keeps the faith against all evidence of incompetence; I don't mind seeing opposition teams down in the basement, but this is just depressing.

I recall querying her on Melbourne's off-season recruitment strategy of luring cast-offs and 2nd stringers from other clubs, her reply gave me pause - what else where they meant to do ? They'd thoroughly trawled the draft, they'd had a crack at luring a big name (Clark), they'd appointed a new coach; nothing has worked; Dawes, Byrnes, Rodan, Pederson and Gillies could hardly do any *worse*.

There is no quick fix.
If they apply themselves and re-assess where they are at they *might* be able to regain a degree of competitiveness before the year is through, which is probably as much as can be expected.

The players look like they should all sit down and watch a season or two of Curb Your Enthusiasm or something else to give them a laugh, because they look flat and miserable; the game doesn't seem to give them any joy whatsoever.

Someone else said that they need to train harder, and that's a very simple but reasonable call; it's all they really *can* do. But Neeld and the coaching staff need to start finding a way to re-inject some of that love of the game into the players, because if you hate your job you're gonna suck at it.

 

[PP34]

He may be but they probably were the same ones who tonight gave plenty to their players. Sympathy. Nah

So don't feel sorry for those flogs then.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Calling for Neeld's head after 20 odd games of coaching. Yep cause Melbourne havent been this bad for the past decade.

No, they haven't. And that is saying something considering how bad they've been. Neeld is clearly not the only problem but he isn't the solution either, he is way out of his depth with the problems Melbourne are facing and they need an experienced head right now.

 

[kelman]

He nearly ran Geelong into the ground. Ayres is over-rated. Choco Williams is the man they need.

He has a 55% record in H/A from over 200 games AFL and his VFL record is fantastic.

He will be old school and will never win a flag, but he wold get them competitive again.

Plus he is shameless in his desire to get back to the big league - he would take the job.

 

[Achilles Heel]

So don't feel sorry for those flogs then.

I don't........karma tank

 

[melbournemartin]

Their list is a mess, a lot of plugging holes, bigger body type blokes that will never play in the next Demon crack at a flag and aren't adding anything currently as well. Disgraceful
The Neeld adventure, and his way of building a competitive list is going arse up 1 and a touch years in and showing absolutely no improvement whatsoever, and he will pay the price for it shortly.

I don't agree with this. Neeld never thought that Byrnes and Rodan would play in a Melbourne premiership, or perhaps even finals. They were brought in to provide experience and maturity so not all of the burden goes on young kids like Viney and Toumpas, or even slightly older ones like Trengove. Not all lists can be about future premiership players, there are stepping stones. His thinking was right. The execution in terms of whom we got though, is looking questionable. Our biggest recruit was Dawes though who is yet to play, let's not forget that. Rodan, Brynes and Gilles were all steak knives.

 

[SpeciousArgument]

Coaches always go because the fans and media need to see someone take the fall for a sports teams performances.

There are also useless coaches out there that need to move on... it isnt just that a team loses despite good coaching and the bloodthirsty mob burn him at the stake. T. Wallace comes to mind, he had 5 years, were the tigers on the verge of a dynasty when he was wrongly removed?

 

[Gods_Son23]

According to Darcy it's for Melbourne to shave their beards.

 

[dmc333]

Shave beards is the only way.

Clean shaven = win next week.

 

[Araluenian]

Melbourne needs a clean out of the coaching staff, the administration, and, dare I say it, the player roster. They need some big name buys, some proven coaches, and time. 2013 will be painful for Melbourne. Conceding the final 14 goals in any match is simply inexcusable. The test will be whether they can show signs of improvement towards the end of the year. If they can, then the light at the end of the tunnel will be near. If they put in displays like this one tonight all year, then the spirit of one of the oldest sporting institutions in the World will be in disarray, and will desperately need someone from somewhere to revive it.
Tonight, there seems to be a genuine sadness which transcends Football.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Coaches always go because the fans and media need to see someone take the fall for a sports teams performances.

but it isnt always the right thing

No, they haven't. And that is saying something considering how bad they've been. Neeld is clearly not the only problem but he isn't the solution either, he is way out of his depth with the problems Melbourne are facing and they need an experienced head right now.

Oh so the players havent run out Daniher, Bailey and possibly now Neeld? They made a decision to go with Neeld knowing he isnt a experienced coach and need to back him in.

 

[PP34]

There are also useless coaches out there that need to move on... it isnt just that a team loses despite good coaching and the bloodthirsty mob burn him at the stake. T. Wallace comes to mind, he had 5 years, were the tigers on the verge of a dynasty when he was wrongly removed?

Of course not.

Look at the Melbourne players, they're the useless ones. I would be embarrassed as a Melbourne player.

 

[Dalphonso]

Time for the AFL to admit there are too many teams in the league and especially too many in Melbourne. Half the sides are filled with players not up to AFL standard only making up numbers

 

[nickrebellious]

Sell them to the Tasmanian State Government and let them do what they want with them.

 

[The Casey Cat]

For a few months while the AFL rebuild them that could be an idea. As if you would not at least try for this man.