The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Striker475 696]

The Good

Petterd

Watts

McKenzie

Blease as sub

Great game for neutrals

The Bad

The senior brigade

Jurrah

Garland

Simple skills

The Ugly

Melbourne vs the Umpires AGAIN

The rollercoaster returning

[Forest Demon 4,681]

The Good

Petterd

Watts

McKenzie

Blease as sub

Great game for neutrals

The Bad

The senior brigade

Jurrah

Garland

Simple skills

The Ugly

Melbourne vs the Umpires AGAIN

The rollercoaster returning

GOOD

Petterd's mark

...that is all

BAD

Morton and Garland consistenly not hitting contests anywhere near hard enough...Morton a serial offender and Garland just having a shocker

Sylvia playing almost predominantly as a forward when are getting destroyed in the middle and our best midfielder is being wasted in the goalsquare

Jurrah seemed if the ball had of bounced differently in the 1st quarter and he had of got his tail up things may of been different, but fact is it didn't and he faded completely out of the game from then on

UGLY

Lack of fight when we are up against it and the potential culture stain being left on the club for the future

Our captain's ability to impact on a game when we are doing it tough...any chance was snuffed out when he missed in the 3rd

[Little Richard 6,265]

The Good

Petterd

Watts

McKenzie

Blease as sub

Great game for neutrals

The Bad

The senior brigade

Jurrah

Garland

Simple skills

The Ugly

Melbourne vs the Umpires AGAIN

The rollercoaster returning

Ugly

A pathetic last quarter after a sniff at the end of the third.

[ICU2 Jerry Jerry 257]

THE GOOD : Leaving before 3 quarter time.

THE BAD : Being able to predict the outcome of an Etihad game with frightening accuracy.

THE UGLY : Bennell and Morton's soft exploits in the Demon jumper. I have never seen softer at the club. I hate publicly slamming players and don't make a habit of it, but these guys leave us 2 short on field and the selection of them is sending a cancerous message to the playing group that not going hard enough will remain unpunished.

I would like to see every soft, short-stepped, half-hearted, one-handed and shirked contest tallied at the end of each game for these 2 guys.

The resultant number should then be the exact amount of blindfolded shirt-fronts received from Beamer at training in front of the playing group.

Any turning, bracing or cowering on Beamers approach shall result in another.

At least the message would read that "you will pay the price for the honour of wearing the Demon jumper, so bloody well pay it on the field!"

[Face Your Demons 175]

Melbourne GO GOOD

Melbourne Very Bad

Melbourne Darn Ugly

[diesel 420]

TAt least the message would read that "you will pay the price for the honour of wearing the Demon jumper, so bloody well pay it on the field!"

Shane Strempel anyone or is that classified as work place bullying now?

[Little Richard 6,265]

Also:

Bad

Jamar not playing enough in the ruck and Martin + midfield being taught a lesson by Hudson

Amazing

Petterd's mark

[ICU2 Jerry Jerry 257]

Shane Strempel anyone or is that classified as work place bullying now?

Yep that's the sort of thing required.

Walls doesn't like the softies much, wonder what he would do with Morton and Bennell?

[Guest watts04]

its our mediocre culture, we r pss poor

build us up n we let u down every time

get me malthouse = he demands effort

[Pates 9,674]

Good

Petterd's mark - a rare highlight

Trengove - our only winner in the middle

Bad

Soft goals

Handballs, handballs, handballs!!

Poor disposal into the forward 50 in the first half

Ugly

Umpire gifting goals to the dogs and killing the game

Players giving up AGAIN

The sickening feeling Trengove could go for a sling tackle.....AGAIN!!!!

[Gandalf46 133]

Good - Trengove, Petterd, McKenzie and Watts.

Bad - Too many 'stars' went missing - particularly Sylvia, Green, Jurrah

Ugly - the return of bruise-free football, no forward pressure and Cale Morton (aka Olive Oil)

Overall - it was an opportunity lost. I dont see making the finals as an imperative goal for 2011 - but a win tonight (or even a very close loss) would have said 'we have plan - it's starting to work - Bailey just might be the man - the roller coaster has ended etc etc'. But we lost and we lost by 10 goals to an average team that simply wanted the ball more than us. Back to square 1 and who know what team will show up to play Port in a fortnight.

Damn... Deevotion is tough work...

[Akum 2,660]

Also:

Bad

Jamar not playing enough in the ruck and Martin + midfield being taught a lesson by Hudson

Amazing

Petterd's mark

Huh?

At Least Martin was having some impact in the ruck, & picked up some good possessions.

Jamar wasn't, and didn't.

[Mad_Melbourne 877]

The Good

-Trengove

-Strauss

-Watts

-Petterds mark

-when the four bulldogs players messed it up running into an open goal, i think jones handpassed it to grant and he screwed it

-callan ward having a hard head coz otherwise trengove would be gone

The Bad

-our matchups in our defensive 50, to often we were too big.

-our midfield got hammered

-hit outs to advantage

-the umpiring, but cant make that an excuse

-brad green set shot, what else ticks me off, is brad green calls the boys into a group after the freo match and richmond match and has a quick chat, after the loss the group just walked off, you are the captain, you need to address the boys after that effort more so than after the wins.

-handballing

The Ugly

-the scoreline

-our entries into fwd 50, long and high, like that is to any forwards advantage, other than the one petterd mark

-no fight, three or four players had a crack the rest were sh!t

[Jaded No More 68,975]

The Good

For the first time in weeks, the Tom Scully thread is not on the first page of the forum.

[Mad_Melbourne 877]

The Good

For the first time in weeks, the Tom Scully thread is not on the first page of the forum.

The Ugly

the team not giving him any sort of help tonight and he was pantsed by picken, frustrated me so much how easily players let picken follow scully!

[Jaded No More 68,975]

The Ugly

the team not giving him any sort of help tonight and he was pantsed by picken, frustrated me so much how easily players let picken follow scully!

The Bad

This will now turn into a "Scully is leaving us because we suck" thread

[H_T 3,049]

The Bad

This will now turn into a "Scully is leaving us because we suck" thread

So it will be on the first page of the forum then....

[Tim 3,531]

A telling moment was when Liam took a mark outside an empty 50 in the first quarter - held the ball up waiting for an option to present by players running forward into space. Players showed little intensity, just jogged along, and Liam tried a long shot which went astray. A little thing, but there was a goal up for grabs, and just not enough gut running. I thought then that things were not going to end happily for us.

[angrydee 842]

GOOD

Petterd (+ his screamer)

Watts

MCkenzie

BAD

lack of leadership from the senior group

UGLY

handball

handball

handball

Morton's effort

the last 20 minutes

[Hip & Shoulder 64]

GOOD

Petterd (+ his screamer)

Watts

MCkenzie

BAD

lack of leadership from the senior group

UGLY

handball

handball

handball

Morton's effort

the last 20 minutes

The handball wouldn't be so ugly if they stopped handballing into packs and had players running in support into space.

[Akum 2,660]

The handball wouldn't be so ugly if they stopped handballing into packs and had players running in support into space.

That seemed to be the problem - they don't seem to be able to FIND space at Etihad. Doggies had no problem with it.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

GOOD

Petterd's mark

...that is all

BAD

Morton and Garland consistenly not hitting contests anywhere near hard enough...Morton a serial offender and Garland just having a shocker

Sylvia playing almost predominantly as a forward when are getting destroyed in the middle and our best midfielder is being wasted in the goalsquare

Jurrah seemed if the ball had of bounced differently in the 1st quarter and he had of got his tail up things may of been different, but fact is it didn't and he faded completely out of the game from then on

UGLY

Lack of fight when we are up against it and the potential culture stain being left on the club for the future

Our captain's ability to impact on a game when we are doing it tough...any chance was snuffed out when he missed in the 3rd

Agree on every point.

[Pates 9,674]

A telling moment was when Liam took a mark outside an empty 50 in the first quarter - held the ball up waiting for an option to present by players running forward into space. Players showed little intensity, just jogged along, and Liam tried a long shot which went astray. A little thing, but there was a goal up for grabs, and just not enough gut running. I thought then that things were not going to end happily for us.

Yeah i remembered think about that at the time, I also thought that if he was quicker to kick it he could've drilled it and controlled the direction rather than having to clear the doggies players.

Jurrah was poor last night but i swear no one was honouring leads inside 50, just bomb and hope. Plenty of times Jurrah and Green lead out only to be completely ignored.

[bjDee 1,249]

THE UGLY : Bennell and Morton's soft exploits in the Demon jumper. I have never seen softer at the club. I hate publicly slamming players and don't make a habit of it, but these guys leave us 2 short on field and the selection of them is sending a cancerous message to the playing group that not going hard enough will remain unpunished.

I would like to see every soft, short-stepped, half-hearted, one-handed and shirked contest tallied at the end of each game for these 2 guys.

The resultant number should then be the exact amount of blindfolded shirt-fronts received from Beamer at training in front of the playing group.

LO-REALLY-L!!

[Maldonboy38 6,406]

The Good

Trengove

Watts

Petterd

Petterd's mark

Some amazing passages of football bringing the ball from defence to attack

The Ugly

Repeated 6-8 in close handballs which are eventually intercepted, and because we have all spread forward getting killed on the turnover

Jurrah's kicking for goal

Missed easy shots - Jamar 20 metres out; Green's 3rd quarter miss; LJ's yips; 4 posters;

The Ugly

Another loss at Etihad

Allowing Hudson to beat both Jamar AND Martin

Bennell and Morton