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โWe reviewed the whole last quarter, clearly it was unacceptable. If you look around, if you looked into the rooms after the game [there was] devastation from the players, and I can only imagine from our supporters and everyone involved.
โWe knew it was unacceptable.
โEvery moment matters, every contest matters, irrespective of the scoreboard. And thatโs the type of approach that we need to develop. Otherwise, we keep having inconsistencies.
โSometimes when you have moments like you had on a weekend in [the] last quarter, it exposes things quicker, so you can do something about it quicker.
โThis could be a moment that we look back [that] has been incredibly helpful for where we want to go.โ
Melbourne supporters have expressed extreme frustration with the loss to St Kilda. Goodwin was the target of a social media post on Sunday night that sparked a report by the club to the leagueโs integrity unit.
An anonymous account posted a picture of a car in a car park, with the words: โIโm currently waiting outside Simon Goodwinโs car: Donโt fret Melbourne fans you wonโt need to worry any further.โ
Security officials at Melbourne Stadium were alerted. The car in the photo was not Goodwinโs, and the car park was not at Marvel Stadium.
Goodwin said the AFL and police had dealt with it, and he wanted to move on from it.
โYour family hears about it, thatโs for sure,โ he said.
โThatโs in the hands of the AFL and the police. Clearly, we donโt want to see that in our game, but I donโt want to make that the focus of today. I want to make the focus of today about our footy club and about what we need to do.โ
Amid significant confusion about what precisely teams can do after a 6-6-6 breach when a free kick is paid, Goodwin said the Demons had sought AFL clarification.
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โOn a reset clearly theyโve got to reset the field. That was the first thing,โ Goodwin said.
โThe ruckman has to stand mark, but the players inside [the centre square] can pretty much go wherever they need to.
โThereโs a bit of technicality in that. I think every club has probably taken note of it.โ
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