Melbourne have confirmed the club will challenge the outcome of the AFL Tribunal's verdict that saw Jacob van Rooyen's two-game suspension for striking upheld.
van Rooyen and the Demons pleaded their case on Tuesday night only for the Tribunal to support the Match Review Officer's sanction of the two-game ban, which will see the young forward miss matches against Hawthorn and Port Adelaide.
Through the AFL's Appeals Board, Melbourne will challenge the charge for a second time this week, with a hearing to be held on Thursday night should they choose to do so.
On Wednesday senior coach Goodwin expressed his disappointment in the outcome, believing the decision was either "unjust" or has challenged the "fabric of the game" and that the competition needs to find a resolution.
"Clearly it's disappointing and frustrating. There's no doubt about that," Goodwin said.
"I think you see the outrage in our supporter base, you see the outrage of the footy community. Clearly, you look at it and it's either unjust, or the fabric of the game is getting challenged.
"It's important that we probably go down that path of looking at why that's the case and take it a little bit further. We'll look at all avenues about how we go about doing that and get all the information we can.
"There's a level of frustration, a level of disappointment and for a whole range of different reasons, because clearly the laws state that you can contest the ball and Jacob's (the) only thing that he was looking at was contesting the ball.
"The fabric of the game has been challenged.
"We understand where the game's going in relation to the head. There's no question about that. But there's always going to be incidental incidents within our game and one of them will be when you're contesting the ball.
"..., there's been a shift and we need to get to the bottom of it as a game."
A decision from the Demons was made on Wednesday afternoon, with Goodwin hoping the club decides to appeal the decision.
The premiership coach initially revealed the club was moving in the direction of appealing, with some final boxes needing to be ticked off.
"We'll look into all those options that we've got, and we need to still sit down and work through (it). It's quite a legal process from here. So we need to make sure that everything's right in terms of what we're going to defend within the case," Goodwin said.
"We need to make sure we're really clear that if we go down the appeals we're gonna get a really good hearing, so we need to check all that off before we make that decision, but I hope we do appeal.
"I hope we do (appeal). The club's certainly pushing down that path... It's more than likely that we will be appealing."
The incident in question occurred in just the sixth game of van Rooyen's raw career, with the emerging youngster's name now the focus of the football world heading into Round 9 of the season.
The Demons have looked to support the Claremont product the best they can, while the club is keeping one eye on the chance he remains eligible for selection and continues to train throughout the coming days to best prepare for a clash against Hawthorn.
"It's tough for him. Clearly he's frustrated. He's a 20-year-old who has played six games of footy," Goodwin said of van Rooyen.
"He's always just been a bold player that goes after the ball. He takes it pretty hard because your name is going through a pretty big process, (it's difficult) as a young player to deal with.
"We've got a lot of support for Jacob around him and making sure he's okay. But we've also got to make sure that he focuses on the potential that he'll be playing this week."
Goodwin decided not to speak on potential selection changes to replace van Rooyen ahead of this week's match committee, with the club confident in having van Rooyen available for Saturday's clash at the MCG.
"Jacob will be picked... I'm not even considering (a change) at the moment," an emphatic Goodwin stated.