I was expecting a 6 - 10 goal loss tonight. Carlton are a very good side and we are all over the shop with injuries, youth and inexperience. I expected us to get monstered at the fall of the ball by a really sharp Blues midfield and this expectation played out as expected. At least our players went hard at the ball and actually got it in their hands a fair bit of the time.

What was frustrating tonight was we played a boring game of footbal. Really boring. Few highlights, no run and carry, spare man in defence (I hate that we use Watts in this capacity), boundary line football, no dare, no functional forward set up, no big grabs or mongrel tackles. I usually come home from a Dees match with a hoarse voice. The only time I got fired up was at the Jordie McKenzie free kick missed by the umps right in front of goal. Apart from that, there was no fist pumping, jumping out of the seat or thrill. I have rarely been more bored at the footy. It might be because Carlton hardly had to get out of 2nd gear either but going to the game tonight was in no way entertaining. I was bored, and that has happened rarely, even when we have been beaten badly.

I hope Trenners, Scully, Jamar, Bail etc... can put some ooomph into our game when they return.

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I hope Trenners, Scully, Jamar, Bail etc... can put some ooomph into our game when they return.

That's probably our biggest problem - our injured/suspended players (Grimes, Scully, Trengove, Bail, Jamar, Tapscott, Davey) are, excluding Jamar who is our most important, our classiest.

The way Bennell and Jones got around a couple of players on separate occasions tonight is what these guys do every week. Well, in Davey's case, when he's not being tagged. That's why we looked so sloppy and indecisive.

In saying that players like Frawley, Green and Morton weren't good tonight.