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One horrible throw in and usual home crowd dubious frees cost them the match.   The ump threw it straight in right at the end there instead of towards the centre and gave them about a 20 meter advantage with the wind instead of 5 or so ??

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17 minutes ago, --coach-- said:

No they won’t, MFC never kick up a stink, we just accept it an slink off feebly 

Buckenara’s was never free kick. He did not have the ball when Stynes ran over the mark 

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1 minute ago, Pates said:

That disgraceful free kick at the start of the quarter cost us the grand final. That umpire should never see his way onto a footy field again.

Dubious my arse.

We let ourselves down bad kicking and overhandballing when you just need to get it forward and lock it in. We played dumb footy and basically got what we deserved for an entire season of bad kicking inside forward 50

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1 minute ago, demon4eva said:

They played better because they wanted it more than us. 

Ah I forgot we missed an open goal from 10 meters out in the 3rd.... That also came back to haunt them

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At what point do we as a club actually come out and stand for something because right now we stand for nothing.

From a administrative level, we allow the AFL to [censored] us up the arse in every way imaginable.

From a coaching level we continually make the same stupid mistakes time and time again.

From a player level we continually loose games we should win against lowly opposition.

And it applies equally to the men’s, women’s and VFL aspects of the club. For Christ sake, stop being such limp dicked pushovers arggghhhhhh

 

EDIT: rant over, off to play Fortnite

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Once they kicked the goal, I already undressed and got into bed. Not getting hung over tomorrow for that. Didn’t even watch the end. Drunk as a skunk, but still trying to forget it. Now to just sober up and try to forget it and why I wasted my time watching it. 40 mins I’ll never get back.

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You can rationalise why certain frees are paid in AFL - “head is sacrosanct” or “ must keep the ball moving”, however in AFLW I have no idea how the clowns pick the frees. The female umpires seem to have a feel for the game, but fair dinkum, where on earth do they get those male umpires from. No idea, inconsistent with absolutely no feel for the game.

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At one stage in the first qtr we had 10 inside50 to zip but couldn't put a decent score on the board.  Story of our season.  We have kicked 37 goals and 50 points this season.  Lost easy games to Freo and Pies because of terrible kicking...season down the drain right there.

So, my head says we only have ourselves to blame.  But my heart goes out to the team, especially Daisy as she gets worked over week after week and gets no protection from the umpires. 

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4 minutes ago, Cassiew said:

Once they kicked the goal, I already undressed and got into bed. Not getting hung over tomorrow for that. Didn’t even watch the end. Drunk as a skunk, but still trying to forget it. Now to just sober up and try to forget it and why I wasted my time watching it. 40 mins I’ll never get back.

You probably caused a few heart attacks with the first line. Sounds like you have drunk a shitload.

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3 minutes ago, Frustrated Demon said:

[censored] all to do with bad umpiring. It’s the [censored] kicking for goal and dropped marks. Been happening all year.

A little from column A, a little from column B.

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It wasn't this game, it was those preceding, Mick Stinear (spelt it right finally) failed to take advantage of the best midfield he'll ever get. Extremely disappointed that the dees have missed their best chance in a long time to make a GF. Next year Mithen, Cranston, Hoare plus others will be gone to expansion. A missed opportunity that lays with Stinear. 

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Mick Stinear time to go. Game plan stinks, big time. Nobody ever runs in support past  a pack to receive a releasing handball, it's  just handball round in circles circa Neeld era. Dogs deserved to win every day of the week despite those two dodgy frees straight in front. Newman kicks the goal and we win that. We have a new Jordie McKenzie. Daisy and O'Dea make Brock McLean look like Usain Bolt. What a wasted season.

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Very disappointing and in some ways not our night. Not our night with the umps, not our night with the bounce of the ball at times. Second half was excellent. First quarter had to be 2 or 3 up, burnt chances.

But the problem with this side is the footy smarts are just below where they need to be due to so many athlete turn footballers. 2 soccer players, a life saver, a couple of netballers and a bunch of basketballers and they play an aggressive brand of footy but the Dogs had more players who do the things that make it easier for their team mates.

So often the Melbourne girls go to certain spots on the ground and don't instinctively make space for each other which would then make it far easier to chip the ball down the field and use the space.

Anyway, in some respects the difference was Newman - who gives her all - is a soccer player turned footballer and botched what was a simple run in goal because she got nervous. If she runs to the line it's a goal. If she slows up and balances up it's a goal. She did half of each. Then Conti - a basketballer turned footballer who had a bunch of junior development - goals from 5m out and sneaks it in by half a mm. The extra junior training makes that little difference.

And even though regular posters know my contempt for Jordan Lewis and how I think leadership is overrated we saw tonight the Dees also lost because they didn't get their stoppage set up right. They had 2 loose in the back 50 which is fair with 90 seconds to go but left a loose Dog over the back of the throw in. Of course the wind blows it over the back (again, footy smarts lacking from several of the players not to read that), in to the loose dog who handballs to the goal kicker who fortunately for her is on her preferred left side and goals. Pick up the spare at the stoppage and we likely win the game.

Here's a tweet that shows the stoppage set up and the loose dog. 2 loose dees inside 50 is fine but you have to keep bringing forwards in to the contest until you block it up. That's the ball game.

 

 

 

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