Brad Green has moved to ease the frustration fans are experiencing amid a winless start to the season,coming as an AFL great says coach Simon Goodwin is on the ropes.
Melbourne could only muster one good quarter and are now one of only two winless teams. At 0-5,Simon Goodwin was compelled to say he was still the coach for the job.
It is difficult to be critical of a senior coach who is being truthful and also showing care for his captain. But was this intervention necessary? No,it wasn’t.
Kysaiah Pickett has conceded he was homesick at times – but stopped short of denying he told friends he planned to become a Docker. In other Demons news,Christian Petracca sat out the club’s match simulation on Friday.
Melbourne Football Club has settled a long-running legal saga with their former president,and exonerated the premiership-winning coach over false allegations of illicit drug use.
A football department review to be released on Friday found the events of the past 12 months had weighed heavily on coach Simon Goodwin,making him intense and stressed around players.
Nathan Jones was a teammate of disgruntled Demons Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca. The club anticipates his appointment will be warmly welcomed by the midfielders.
Melbourne say the club is doing a forensic examination of its football program as their disappointing season whimpers to a close. Meanwhile,Carlton will be forced to fight for their season without Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay.
From the premiership glory of 2021 to scrapping for an unlikely finals berth three years later,the decline of the Dees has been dramatic.
In a competition in which you fall behind if you stand still,not enough Melbourne players have improved since their 2021 premiership. Arguably,more have regressed than progressed.