Coach Mark Neeld chats with a staff member during Melbourne training at Goschs Paddock. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
MELBOURNE coach Mark Neeld says his players showed "enormous courage" to show up at training after their 148-point loss to Essendon.
Neeld said he had spent the week trying to build the players back up to face West Coast at the MCG tomorrow.
Referring several times to the fact he couldn't buy a jar of confidence at the supermarket, the besieged Demons coach said he wasn't worried about himself.
"My main thought is with the players, the players need some care and direction. Don't worry about me, I'm worried about the players," he said.
"I had a discussion with Craigy (sports performance director Neil Craig) this morning and I said, 'Did you go to Coles and find that bag of confidence?'.
"I've got so show some care for the players because what they went through last Saturday night was not good.
"These are people that I see every day, and these are people that I speak to every day ... these are people that come around to my place and sit at my dinner table ... to see them in that state, that's hard.
"From a players' point of view, what they went through on Saturday night, the degree of courage was enormous to turn up on Monday, I reckon. And a degree of courage was required to train the way they did."
Neeld said the review of last week's game focused on the first 20min when the Demons were competitive before "that sort of petered out" and the Bombers kicked 22 goals to three for the rest of the match.
"For 15-20mins, it's in there, the ability to compete ... We thought that our effort was particularly pleasing for the first 20min of the game and our challenge is to clearly go a bit further than 20min."
Neeld defended his decision to drop Jack Watts to the VFL, saying he sat down with the former No.1 draft pick twice during the week to discuss "a whole range of issues".
"Jack's really clear on why he's not in the side, which is really important, but he's got a few things he'll be working on," he said.
The Demons after their Round 1 loss. Source: Getty Images
He also defended the broadcast of his pre-match address last weekend, saying the decision was made weeks before the match and the speech was filmed by a club staffer with a handycam, as it was every week.
"It is what it is, we are also aware than when it'z zip and two whatever you do people will find a way to cricitize it.
"You do something you get cricitised, you do nothing you get criticised, you go to Sorrento you should have gone to Torquay.
Neeld pleaded for patience, saying rebuilds were rarely completed in 12 months.
"We're doing everything we can, You can say whatever you like but I don't think you guys would be able to say you aren't having a go.
"The worst thing a football club can do when you've lost a couple on the track is sit down and do nothing, we're having a crack."
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