New coach - now we know

[Ancient Mariner]

I would like to think that the Club has learned from bitter experience and has progressed an order of magnitude since the mullet and Okon times.
I suspect the Club has worked out a list of desirables and essentials and being Champions have had a host of applications from quality candidates rather than a few desperate to chose from as in the past.
Maybe this time full due diligence has been done and we are on a winner.

The Club has developed, learned from past mistakes and has become far more professional than it was.
If MJ does as well as Monty our Club will grow and move from strength to strength and become a real force in Australian football.

The next year or two will be critical for the future.

Possibly a wonderful time to be a CCM member.

 

[Wombat]

Apart from I didn't at all?

I must have misread your post or misjudged what felt like a snidey post at first reading.

 

[Corsair]

I must have misread your post or misjudged what felt like a snidey post at first reading.

Boring. I should of used a disability slur instead.

 

[priorpeter]

In fairness MJ went 14 from 20 with the u23. And I was the one who raised it regarding AP. So not just shitting on someone's pillow.

I was just tired of the back and forward bullshit that this had devolved to. So didn't retort.

We all want the team to win. We all have opinions on who could do that. We all will give MJ our own arbitrary amount of time to win our adulation or disdain.

I know. But also got sick of anyone backing Cahn as a “cahn fanatic” or “Facebook loon”.

Did I have a dickens of who Jacko was prior to this? Nup.
Will I back him until proven otherwise? Yep.
Do I hope he succeeds? Of f**king course.

 

[Wombat]

Boring. I should of used a disability slur instead.

Phew....lol....i will ignore.

Your posts are normally decent.

 

[Corsair]

Phew....lol....i will ignore.

Your posts are normally decent.

I'm serious, calling people Spastics is really offensive. Cerebal Palsey is not a joke. I know where you're coming from because I'm from the same era, but you need to reign that in, it's dinosaur territory in the modern world.

Anyway not where this should have gone. Let's look forward to Weds and ACL.

 

[Huddo]

I'm serious, calling people Spastics is really offensive. Cerebal Palsey is not a joke. I know where you're coming from because I'm from the same era, but you need to reign that in, it's dinosaur territory in the modern world.

Anyway not where this should have gone. Let's look forward to Weds and ACL.

Watched My Left Foot the other day for the first time, cracking film.

 

[Corsair]

@adz fark this thread has stirred up some derision and separatism, maybe it's time it was locked and we all move on? We know we've got MJ, let's focus on other threads and build some positivity?

 

[priorpeter]

What was Ben Cahns win % for the academy?

Pretty decent compared to other academy managers. But most have watched him ply his trade in NPL, taking Olympic to 5 straight GFs, and then taking Melb Knights to their first finals in 8 years (in his first season there)… what was his win % there?

(Cahn fanatics at it again, probably)

 

[Wombat]

I'm serious, calling people Spastics is really offensive. Cerebal Palsey is not a joke. I know where you're coming from because I'm from the same era, but you need to reign that in, it's dinosaur territory in the modern world.

Anyway not where this should have gone. Let's look forward to Weds and ACL.

Ok Nanna.

Bring on Wed when we can actually talk about Football again.

 

[adz]

Ok Nanna.

Bring on Wed when we can actually talk about Football again.

It's very rare that I get any complaints on the forum about something someone has said. But when I do it's usually always about posts from one person. Just saying.

 

[Corsair]

Ok Nanna.

Bring on Wed when we can actually talk about Football again.

PM'd you, respectfully pls have a read.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Some of the reactions around the place are a bit dramatic. I’m interested to see what he can do with the squad but if he doesn’t put up a solid run in Asia as well as at least being in or damn close to the top 6 by finals the obvious question will be whether Cahn should have got a shot. Let’s hope it doesn’t haunt us.

We haven’t been this negative up front about a coaching appointment since Arnie. So fingers crossed

 

[Michael]

Pretty decent compared to other academy managers. But most have watched him ply his trade in NPL, taking Olympic to 5 straight GFs, and then taking Melb Knights to their first finals in 8 years (in his first season there)… what was his win % there?

(Cahn fanatics at it again, probably)

You’ll probably also notice his youth development got put on the back burner during his NPL success given he had big budget NPL quality squads with plenty of ex pros in his squads.

 

[Allreet?]

We haven’t been this negative up front about a coaching appointment since Arnie. So fingers crossed

Arnie... those were the days. When my mate told we got Arnie I swore loudly and fruitily about his many shortcomings.

It took one match for him to turn me around.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Arnie... those were the days. When my mate told we got Arnie I swore loudly and fruitily about his many shortcomings.

It took one match for him to turn me around.

As a seasoned national team watcher I think Arnie plays the most horrible football imaginable.
Defending doggedly looking to scrape a 1-0 win at home to whof**kistan is peak Arnie. Jose without the flair.
Apart a few games his football for us was awful too.
Okon with better players.
Monty and Ange play the beautiful game. Pace, power and constant attack.
ArnoldOut. Keep the faith

 

[Ancient Mariner]

It's very rare that I get any complaints on the forum about something someone has said. But when I do it's usually always about posts from one person. Just saying.

But I didn't say anything about North Sydney Oval.

 

[Huddo]

As a seasoned national team watcher I think Arnie plays the most horrible football imaginable.
Defending doggedly looking to scrape a 1-0 win at home to whof**kistan is peak Arnie. Jose without the flair.
Apart a few games his football for us was awful too.
Okon with better players.
Monty and Ange play the beautiful game. Pace, power and constant attack.
ArnoldOut. Keep the faith

Are you taking the piss?

The reason he plays the way he does in the national team is because we don't currently have the attacking quality to win against better quality opponents.

Case and point, the comparison between Ange and Arnie in the national roles, Ange went for it even when we didn't have the cattle up front, because of this he had some stupid results e.g 2-2 vs Thailand, the glorious losses in the WC. Arnie builds from the back created structure, he's a pragmatist. It worked too last WC.

 

[Allreet?]

I thought Arnie was great for us.

And very adaptable also - watched him change shape and system several times mid-game to respond to what the opposition were doing. Changed the team profoundly in his second year to make Hutch central after Amini left. And it worked, despite Hutch looking average the year before when he'd come on late to replace Amini.

My favourite Arnie moment (besides winning the GF) was a game at home against Brisbane - back when they were just about impossible to beat. It was stinking hot and for the first ten minutes Sains, Zwaanswijk, Hutch and Rosey just passed the ball about in big triangles at the back. Berisha chased the ball like a mad thing (as he always did) but after about ten minutes was cooked and took little further part. We then started to play football and won it 1 - 0. Genius by Arnie..

 

[Wombat]

It's very rare that I get any complaints on the forum about something someone has said. But when I do it's usually always about posts from one person. Just saying.

You have to take the rough with the smooth. My Yang to your Yin.

Corsair was decent enough to explain his thoughts and i will endeavour to improve my prose.