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GellibrandGull wrote:Why was Sardi Ghazi a disaster? he took them from the bottom of the ladder to the finals last year. He now coaches the Willy 2nds and they've lost 1 game all year. Hes a good coach. Maybe a Troy West could be the an answwer for Sandringham [b]Andy Lovell seems to be in control but so i dont think he's goin anywhere.[/b] Being there today, they had a tough day, but at half time they were in front. All i can say is hats of to the Cats they were terrific and to keep Sautner to 1 goal for the day, well done to Jack Hollmer

Seeing as how he is employed by Melbourne, he is probably fairly likely to go inland.

GellibrandGull wrote:Why was Sardi Ghazi a disaster? he took them from the bottom of the ladder to the finals last year. He now coaches the Willy 2nds and they've lost 1 game all year. Hes a good coach. Maybe a Troy West could be the an answwer for Sandringham Andy Lovell seems to be in control but so i dont think he's goin anywhere. Being there today, they had a tough day, but at half time they were in front. All i can say is hats of to the Cats they were terrific and to keep Sautner to 1 goal for the day, well done to Jack Hollmer

Just make sure Lovells on the Melbourne ship when it departs.No idea. Cleanout time.

sandy08 wrote:[quote:ff7b3086c0="GellibrandGull"]Why was Sardi Ghazi a disaster? he took them from the bottom of the ladder to the finals last year. He now coaches the Willy 2nds and they've lost 1 game all year. Hes a good coach. Maybe a Troy West could be the an answwer for Sandringham Andy Lovell seems to be in control but so i dont think he's goin anywhere. Being there today, they had a tough day, but at half time they were in front. All i can say is hats of to the Cats they were terrific and to keep Sautner to 1 goal for the day, well done to Jack Hollmer

Just make sure Lovells on the Melbourne ship when it departs.No idea. Cleanout time.[/quote] Agree 100% its always a problem when the coach has split loyalties aka some other VFL clubs have had in the past with dire results and Lovell sure gives the impression he is a "Melbourne" person through and through and only using the Zebras as a stepping stone to other AFL positions. If the club is forced to have in an AFL club partner to survive then an experienced coach that is not from the AFL partner club and just focusing on Sandy winning is what is required.

GellibrandGull wrote:Why was Sardi Ghazi a disaster? he took them from the bottom of the ladder to the finals last year. He now coaches the Willy 2nds and they've lost 1 game all year. Hes a good coach. Maybe a Troy West could be the an answwer for Sandringham Andy Lovell seems to be in control but so i dont think he's goin anywhere. Being there today, they had a tough day, but at half time they were in front. All i can say is hats of to the Cats they were terrific and to keep Sautner to 1 goal for the day, well done to Jack Hollmer

Agree with Gelibrand, Sarde Gharzi is a very good coach. It is a shame that Port Melbourne did not open up the purse strings & shower him with quality players as they have with Gary Ayers. A strong warning to Gary dont't lose the grand final, because you know what happened to the last coach that lost one.

Now come on Digs.. back to reality please. The club went on a massive recruiting campaign when Ghazi was at the club , the likes of Pleming, Baird, Livingston, Spriggs, Bonaddio, Nixon, Fanning, Brewer and Julian Rowe. Our big name signings this year have been McGrath and McLaren. Ayres has pushed up guys from the Reserves consistently. I think last year Port Melbourne had only one debutant for the season in Dean Kelly.

digs wrote:[quote:e5b3a69fc3="GellibrandGull"]Why was Sardi Ghazi a disaster? he took them from the bottom of the ladder to the finals last year. He now coaches the Willy 2nds and they've lost 1 game all year. Hes a good coach. Maybe a Troy West could be the an answwer for Sandringham Andy Lovell seems to be in control but so i dont think he's goin anywhere. Being there today, they had a tough day, but at half time they were in front. All i can say is hats of to the Cats they were terrific and to keep Sautner to 1 goal for the day, well done to Jack Hollmer

Agree with Gelibrand, Sarde Gharzi is a very good coach. It is a shame that Port Melbourne did not open up the purse strings & shower him with quality players as they have with Gary Ayers. A strong warning to Gary dont't lose the grand final, because you know what happened to the last coach that lost one.[/quote]Just wondering digs do you know the real reason for the departure of fitzy,heres hoping you can enlighten us posters.

NorthPort wrote:Now come on Digs.. back to reality please. The club went on a massive recruiting campaign when Ghazi was at the club , the likes of Pleming, Baird, Livingston, Spriggs, Bonaddio, Nixon, Fanning, Brewer and Julian Rowe. Our big name signings this year have been McGrath and McLaren. Ayres has pushed up guys from the Reserves consistently. I think last year Port Melbourne had only one debutant for the season in Dean Kelly.

Maybe Ghazi can take some credit for developing those players. McGrath & McLaren have been excellent gets, but I'm sure they are not there because like the colour of the jumpers. As for Fitzy's demise, the only reason that he got the flick that I know of was that Saults didn't like him & he wont like Gary Ayres either if Port go over.

"As for Fitzy's demise, the only reason that he got the flick that I know of was that Saults didn't like him & he wont like Gary Ayres either if Port go over." I heard that Fitzy tried to coach Port from 'home'. They couldn't get him to come to Melbourne for training nights. His commitment was questioned. Ayres is respected by all at the club and that includes Saults. He can stay for as long as he wants.

boroughborn wrote:"As for Fitzy's demise, the only reason that he got the flick that I know of was that Saults didn't like him & he wont like Gary Ayres either if Port go over." I heard that Fitzy tried to coach Port from 'home'. They couldn't get him to come to Melbourne for training nights. His commitment was questioned. Ayres is respected by all at the club and that includes Saults. He can stay for as long as he wants.

Exactly correct boroughborn,and they also wanted a summary of the years performances which was to difficult to do.

boroughborn wrote:"As for Fitzy's demise, the only reason that he got the flick that I know of was that Saults didn't like him & he wont like Gary Ayres either if Port go over." I heard that Fitzy tried to coach Port from 'home'. They couldn't get him to come to Melbourne for training nights. His commitment was questioned. Ayres is respected by all at the club and that includes Saults. He can stay for as long as he wants.

Very p..s poor excuse if thats what Saults claims. I worked with Fitzy for 7 or 8 years at North and never once would he leave a stone unturned to win each week. If he missed a training session it would have been when his father was gravely ill.