Agree. It was token and was *smile* from the start.Hope he goes back to the one captain model.
Tail was wagging the dog last few years.
Agree. It was token and was *smile* from the start.Hope he goes back to the one captain model.
Glad we have a change of coach.its all there.
The players were woeful. Pissed, swearing or uncommunicative... so unprofessionaL. Grimes was good.
After the tripe preseason last year, anything will feel tough.I’m pretty easy going with this stuff usually. But I think i sort of have to agree. Maybe I’m reading too much into it.
However, I think Yze always sounds warm and authentic. I really like him. And I wish him the best, and hope he succeeds at coaching us.
And I loved when he told the players to get ready for preseason it’s going to be tough one.
Yes it was an uninspiring introduction that fit with the rest of the evening really.Ooze B&F speech was very average.
The one key thing he did say was that pre season starts 13 November.
Love that we have a date and that it's early.
@caesar, pencil this in your calendar please
Personally, I think there’s a number of things around the club that need a bit of improvement.Yze would know Oliver pretty well. Would love to know what he's telling Blair.
Stunned that this & O'Rourke's speeches weren't put on the club site. Actually not stunned after the shizen JDM presentation. Just disappointed.
Reckon you could split athleticism into endurance and speedLet me introduce a concept I like to call the triangle of talent. Skill, athleticism and ball winning ability. Now pick two.
Most players, outside of a few unicorns are only proficient in two of these attributes at best. If we are going to start emphasizing the foot-skills (again, I’ve been around long enough to remember the not-too-distant past where we also tried this) then we are going to have accept players that are deficient in other areas. This is going to create other issues.
Personally, I don’t think lack of skills is our problem. I think we’ve lost the run, both endurance and pace, that made us so formidable at our recent best. We lost a lot of elite runners in the last few years and haven’t really replaced any of them.
All new coaches say that.Yes it was an uninspiring introduction that fit with the rest of the evening really.
I liked the bit he said the lads were going to train hard.
Yes it was an uninspiring introduction that fit with the rest of the evening really.
I liked the bit he said the lads were going to train hard.
I’m penciling this as well Bris, but I will leave the reporting to the professional in ‘The Great Emperor “ and I will just be there to observe and encourage the ‘young players’ .Ooze B&F speech was very average.
The one key thing he did say was that pre season starts 13 November.
Love that we have a date and that it's early.
@caesar, pencil this in your calendar please
Hope that doesn’t mean more injuries.I liked the bit he said the lads were going to train hard.
Agree 7.Hope that doesn’t mean more injuries.
Seen teams train hard and fall flat season end.
The Captain might be hopeful of having him stay, or see himself as doing his duty by supporting a player, a great player, who is in trouble, or he may simply be trying to keep him out of more trouble while he remains a Melbourne player.I reckon they don’t LZiggy.
They want him to get his head right, standards, professionalism, so that’s why they have done a Cotchin and got him to move in with Gawn.
He stays but will have to ‘mend a few bridges he has broken’ with players & coach.
Melb if they go through with this ‘ he is contracted’ will ask minimum 2 x first rounders plus a 2nd AND a player.
3 picks & a decent player.
AND take his massive $ 7 year contract.
Exactly momentai!The Captain might be hopeful of having him stay, or see himself as doing his duty by supporting a player, a great player, who is in trouble, or he may simply be trying to keep him out of more trouble while he remains a Melbourne player.
Who knows.. but all this talk could be stopped by the coach or the ceo, or the player, and would have been if it wasn’t true.
Melb have decided to try and get him off their books and have made put the idea of his trade in play. In doing so they have reduced his value, and with Adem now with us, this could mean Clarrie also gets to us.
Why isn't this happening??Yze would be on less than half of what Hardwick was on, so that $ has to be used to get people in to improve our performances.
What did Russell say?Exactly momentai!
Apparently Oliver had a ‘private chat’ with Dwayne Russell who two days ago spoke of what was discussed.
Then yesterday Melb countered that , not ‘personally’ but through the media all that we heard and read yesterday.
To me, both parties, player & club have devalued his worth.
They are plenty of ‘rumours’ circulating.
What is clear he is a ‘troubled soul’ who needs his club to come out fiercely to ‘back him’ and then ‘rap’ their arms around him.
But they are not!
How can Oliver stay? I wouldn’t !
Again we talk about Melb’s culture.
It must be ‘kaka’.
Their B & F is on tonight. That will tells us a bit more?
Don’t know toothless!Why isn't this happening??
Find that difficult to fathom given Clarke, Mini Dimma, & Dimma have gone among others.Maybe we are tight on our soft cap.
Hope this works momentai!What did Russell say?
Exactly. So why no movement???Find that difficult to fathom given Clarke, Mini Dimma, & Dimma have gone among others.