Game Day Thread: Rd2 v Hawks

[stuie 7,374]

Moluck, one positive we can take is Tapscott.

Poor Tappy was hung out to dry by our lack of leadership today, went into his shell after a few errors and nothing was done to help. Will be a gun player, but needs better support.

[Red Sox 2]

Yup, agreed, something needs to happen this week, we can't keep coasting and thinking the improvement will just happen...

Bailey needs to [censored] them on the track, or call everyone in for a team meeting, something, anything, just NOT nothing, again.

2.4 to Buddy and 2 of those when the ball was parked in the inside 50. Riv was good on Rough considering the ball down there and Chip (love him) but was just parked at the 25mtr line all night.

Nup, not the back line really. The kick outs is just a head case all together and if was a breathing organism would be summoned to the psych ward immediately!

What a disgrace! Wellman was there and we were just as insipid at kick in's.

There should be more belief drilled into these players. They seem too hesitant far too often.

[Demon Disciple 12,274]

The coach needs to go. He can take Josh Mahoney and Brian Royal with him. I know i recently said that i think he will say, but he has to go.

Whatever Bailey says to the group, it's just bouncing right off them. He cannot inspire the players and can't get them up for a game. The problem is, how long will it take for the playing group to get used to the new coaches?

What have we done over the pre-season? We cannot play a press, we cannot defend against a press and we ran out of puff during the 3rd quarter, the 3rd quarter! What is our football department doing?

The players need a rocket sent up their arses, the coach, well he should be just treading water until someone better comes along (so that should be in the next 5 minutes).

We have zero gameplan, we cannot handle pressure, we put up a VFA performance in the second half, and the MFC expect supporters to sign up on the back of such a performance!

DISGRACEFUL!

As for kick-outs We take forever when we try and kick out, and we really struggle, at the other end, we provide gaps for the opposition to kick into, presenting the way out of our forward on a platter.

Edited April 3, 2011 by Demon Disciple

[Pipefitter 2,168]

As usual terrible kickouts. Coughed up a goal nearly every behind then let hawthorn get to the centre pressure free our behinds. Strategically garbage.

[Red Sox 2]

The coach needs to go. He can take Josh Mahoney and Brian Royal with him. I know i recently said that i think he will say, but he has to go.

Whatever Bailey says to the group, it's just bouncing right off them. He cannot inspire the players and can't get them up for a game. The problem is, how long will it take for the playing group get used to the new coaches?

What have we done over the pre=season? We cannot play a press, we cannot defend against a press and we ran out of puff during the 3rd quarter, the 3rd quarter! What is our football department doing?

The players need a rocket sent up their arses, the coach, well he should be just treading water until someone better comes along (so that should be in the next 5 minutes).

We have zero gameplan, we cannot handle pressure, we put up a VFA performance in the second half, and the MFC expect supporters to sign up on the back of such a performance!

DISGRACEFUL!

This.

I'd love to see John Northey in 88 with this group at his disposal.

[Hardnut 327]

When are the soft Bailey supporters going to wake up? Stop trying to lay the blame on the players, pay him out now and cut the losses!

[deejammin' 2,373]

Yeah Jordie would have helped.

Neither Jordie nor Scully would have made nine goals of difference, that was very close to our best 22 out there and they played horribly

[3Dee 1,153]

Bye bye Bailey.

ugly.

[brendan 3,437]

malthouse should be our priority

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

Condemned: Tapscott is a shining light.

Our kick ins require alot of work, we look like nervous auskick players.

We showed glimpses of the team we can be but lord our game plan is lacking.

[bing181 9,328]

Gee, things have changed a bit on the boards - an hour ago we were champions.

Then, after a bad quarter against one of the best, high-pressure teams around, and everyone spits the dummy.

[stuie 7,374]

Gee, things have changed a bit on the boards - an hour ago we were champions.

Then, after a bad quarter against one of the best, high-pressure teams around, and everyone spits the dummy.

Bad quarter?!! Get a clue mate, AFL teams should not capitulate like that. What is a coach for? Why have runners? Why even bother training?! We are meant to be past the stage of this happening AT ALL, we may not have expected to win, but make no mistake the final margin is VERY flattering to us. I'm not one to panic, and have always preached patience here, but this IS a big deal.

[Guest 36DD]

Seriously, some of you so called supporters are absolute morons granted that now is when you vent but calling for Bailey's head is an absolute joke, thank god none of you are running the club. Was Bailey responsible for Melbourne's good performance in the 2nd Quarter or is he only responsible for when we perform badly??? face facts, we are a young team, the second youngest in the competition and it is going to take time to get where we want to go. Malthouse said last week that his gamestyle has been over five years in the making, this is Bailey's fourth year in charge and the first three years involved getting rid of a lot of deadwood.

I maintain that despite our so called easy draw, 8 to 10 wins would be a pass mark given our inexperience.

Gutless weak insipid "supporters" call for the coaches head in round 2, stick fat, its gunna take a while.

[Hardnut 327]

Bing181 - the only dummy spits are coming from those who can't accept reality - Bailey and the rest of the key coaching staff have to go. Yes, it's tough, but success requires tough decisions. Try thinking about why other clubs have been successful!

[Felix 92]

QLD teams for the next two rounds, surely that 8 in the bag.

[Hardnut 327]

Seriously, some of you so called supporters are absolute morons granted that now is when you vent but calling for Bailey's head is an absolute joke, thank god none of you are running the club. Was Bailey responsible for Melbourne's good performance in the 2nd Quarter or is he only responsible for when we perform badly??? face facts, we are a young team, the second youngest in the competition and it is going to take time to get where we want to go. Malthouse said last week that his gamestyle has been over five years in the making, this is Bailey's fourth year in charge and the first three years involved getting rid of a lot of deadwood.

I maintain that despite our so called easy draw, 8 to 10 wins would be a pass mark given our inexperience.

Gutless weak insipid "supporters" call for the coaches head in round 2, stick fat, its gunna take a while.

[Monty Kaufman 44]

I think everyone will have a go at the easiest person to have a go at.. Dean Bailey. Until we wake up tomorrow and realise that we play the lions in Melbourne next week and then go to the gold coast after that. We SHOULD be 2-1-1 by then, in the eight and slipping the occaisional blue and red easter egg during the bye. If we don't win the next two, THEN I think some of the vitriol that is currently being spewed forth on here will be warranted.

[Guest 36DD]

When are the soft Bailey supporters going to wake up? Stop trying to lay the blame on the players, pay him out now and cut the losses!

Seriously, get a clue, it is up to the players to execute basic skills and have the confidence to play on and take risks. With a young side, when teams get a run on, they go into their shells, lose confidence and stop doing the things that win matches. Was Bailey responsible for Jamar's miss from 15 out last week against the swans??? Jamie Bennell's shot running into goal??? Petterd's miss from 45m directly in front???

Bailey cannot win with you lot, last week he played Petterd as a sub, everyone says he should have brought him on earlier. This week Petterd plays the full game and he has a limited impact. We are a young team and there are going to be ups and downs. Get a grip!!!

[AllenIsLord13 1]

what the hell just happened!!

No mercy - Jamar is All-Australian playing on a broomstick, and every ruck tap goes to them???

How the hell did they have 3 players to every ball, including on the RARE occasions it went up forward??

2 disgraceful free kicks gave Hawks a massive spark, but for Tapscott to be nearly our best defender is telling, and also, a disgrace! (as i thought this, kicked it straight to Buddy in goal square?!?)

Seemed our best footy happens when we play our game - which is possession footy and kicking to targets - but when that goes slightly awry, prepare for a holocaust!

Davey was a key back line setter-upper last year when we're at our best, but was nowhere to be seen; Watts, still actively defying expectations; Jetta, weak marking effort another game-turner; Dunn - just fn lift!!; every single 50/50 ball went Hawks way...

Forward line needs some structure - Green should be the key, but just isn't getting delivery/ consistent enough

Make no mistake - for us to play at our best, we're the type of team that NEEDS our best out there EVERY week!

Need: Bate, Gysberts, McKenzie, Scully, Morton, Macdonald, Wonners, Strauss, Blease, - geezus get Howe in there to sit on someone's head! We could use the car!

And try supporting em when you've got West Coast mates!!

EMBARRASSING!!!

Edited April 3, 2011 by AllenIsLord13

[Guest watts04]

jones has to improve his game, he should be stamping his influence on the game and not making mistakes.

im sorry but i like him but i think too many look at his social media and not his field performances

gys in for jones seems obv so does wona for maric

[Hardnut 327]

Soft and cheap 36DD!

I was at the Western Oval in 1981 to see our only win - I know what it's like to take time to build a winning team (as a supporter and coach).

The reality is that Bailey and co haven't got it - the tough decision to take is to remove them!

[... 11]

This is the knid of sh&^ that really P%sses me off:

MELBOURNE has suffered a 45-point defeat at the hands of Hawthorn in the Sunday twilight match at the MCG.

The Demons at one stage led the Hawks by 27 points in the second quarter but a 13-goals-to-four second half put paid to any hopes of Melbourne registering its first win of the season.

The Demons ended up losing 12.5 (77) to Hawthorn 16.26 (122).

It really was a match of two halves, with Aaron Davey, Colin Sylvia and Jack Grimes prominent when the Demons were on top but too few standing up when Hawthorn began firing.

On a brighter note, youngster Luke Tapscott did his NAB AFL Rising Star nomination chances no harm with an eye-catching 23-possession performance.

HOORAY - we've managed to find a positive!!!

Unfortunately we were up against probably the 6th best team in the comp, and got smashed - despite being 27 points up in the 2nd quarter.

Not happy.

[Red Sox 2]

Seriously, some of you so called supporters are absolute morons granted that now is when you vent but calling for Bailey's head is an absolute joke, thank god none of you are running the club. Was Bailey responsible for Melbourne's good performance in the 2nd Quarter or is he only responsible for when we perform badly??? face facts, we are a young team, the second youngest in the competition and it is going to take time to get where we want to go. Malthouse said last week that his gamestyle has been over five years in the making, this is Bailey's fourth year in charge and the first three years involved getting rid of a lot of deadwood.

I maintain that despite our so called easy draw, 8 to 10 wins would be a pass mark given our inexperience.

Gutless weak insipid "supporters" call for the coaches head in round 2, stick fat, its gunna take a while.

Bailey is the final piece of that deadwood.

[Jerry Lundergard 420]

I never want to see a player hold the ball above his head when we have momentum again.

We had it all in the 2nd qtr, but with about 5 mins to go Davey held gave the signal, and we never got it back again.

Garbage performance!

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,939]

Surely if we lose to the Lions he has to be under a bit of pressure by the board...at the least.