Round 22 V's Richmond

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,787]

What the hell happened here?

A disgraceful finale for Yze, White and Holland - that's left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Did we tank, as we still could've overtaken West Coast?

Are Richmond really an 80 point better side?

Or are we just that a bad a footy side that an 80 point thumping is par for the course for the Demons under Bailey?

Thoughts?

[Mousey 47]

Selecting Yze, White and Holland proved we were tanking haha

Nah bit of both i think

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,787]

Selecting Yze, White and Holland proved we were tanking haha

Nah bit of both i think

I reckon quite the opposite Mousey.

If we selected those 3 all year, it would suggest to me that the club would have been doing all they could in trying to win 6-8 games and finishing 12th or 13th.

By not playing the 3 each week suggests to me that youth was more important than winning games of footy, and at this stage it seems the right decision.

[Red and Blue Flame 179]

simply put it this way- the tigers had pace, skill and more aggression in their midifield- they have drafted well

Deledio, Mitch Morton (like his brother, a serious gun), Cotchin and Foley

their backline is young and upcoming and will be the best along with ours in years to come- Thursfield, Moore

then they have richo(who had an off day against us, howver played v well against us at the dome- and that guy never stops running, Nathan Brown, Simmonds, White and Jackson that run hard

the tigers will be the next hawthorn, and i rate them more than carltank

[praha 11,236]

Even if we weren't tanking, we still wouldn't have won.

There's your answer.

[Trisul 664]

Tiges had a far better side on the ground.

Our players just wanted the long, physically punishing (for all, given injuries etc, especially the kids), horrible season to end. If Geelong (1) can thump us by 116 points in mini cyclonic condtions then Richmond (9) can beat us (16) by 80 in mostly ok conditions.

Btw, Richmond got close enough to tripple our brownlow votes (69 to 24).

Using that game as a pretense for a throw away pot shot at Bailey - poor form.

Having said that, frustration can do strange things to all of us.

[LeBron James 41]

Mitch Morton (like his brother, a serious gun)

Frawley absolutely killed Mitch Morton.... it was missed by everyone on this site, but i know Bails wouldn't have missed it.

Was a great effort from the young fella considering the amount of ball coming in their forward line.

[Red and Blue Flame 179]

oh i know, but the time before he played well and throughout the year, he was one of the reasons they were so good- he could bob up and kick 4 or so

[Mono 455]

Frawley absolutely killed Mitch Morton.... it was missed by everyone on this site, but i know Bails wouldn't have missed it.

.................

Looks like he did. From memory, he only mentioned Bell, Warnock and Whelan as contributors.

[deanox 9,902]

Frawley absolutely killed Mitch Morton.... it was missed by everyone on this site, but i know Bails wouldn't have missed it.

Was a great effort from the young fella considering the amount of ball coming in their forward line.

i noticed he did some good things, most of the comment here was that he was often 'lost in space'.

[don cordner 204]

as lousy as this sounds, at the start of the year the only thing i wanted was for us to win the wooden spoon, so we can pick up some young talent.

we did that and more, we got serious improvment in garland, martin, wonamirejlkwjrie, buckley ect..

who cares that we lost to Richmond they weren't the only team that smashed us, time to look forwards not backwards..

I LOVE MELBOURNE DEMONS. YAAAAAY YAAAAY

[Rogue 585]

Are Richmond really an 80 point better side?

I don't think they're an 80-point better side, but they are certainly a much better side than us - the ladder shows that.

The blow-out was disappointing, but Essendon suffered the same fate (albeit at the hands of St. Kilda).

Regarding White, I think we were less competitive when he came back into the side.

[H_T 3,043]

Even if we weren't tanking, we still wouldn't have won.

There's your answer.

Correct. What he said.