We can still get it done: Dees
DEMONS boss Glenn Bartlett has backed his football department to turn around a disastrous AFL season, adamant the club will push for finals until all hope is lost.
The Melbourne president said yesterday there would be no thought given to shutting down injured players with early surgeries, adamant the season was not yet lost.
He said the club did not need a review of its operations or football department despite the deeply disappointing 3-9 start to the year.
Bartlett said the last 10 games of the year would be a test, throwing his support behind coach Simon Goodwin and footy boss Josh Mahoney.
“There is definitely no panic. I am really confident we will turn it around,” he said. “It is frustrating not just for our supporters but everyone involved including myself.
“Particularly the last four to six weeks where we have played the kind of footy we can we are just not getting the results for effort.
“But I have spent a bit of time in the footy department ... they are working hard.”