We could take the swans 8th spot

[dees189227 10,875]

Dont laugh peoples but we have 3 winnable games and sydney play the saints at home, geelong at skilled and brisbane at home. Sydney are on 38 points and we are on 30. I expect stkilda to beat them and geelong.

It would just be funny if we slipped in. I reckon we would be one of the worst 8th placed teams to play finals.

We dont deserve to be there and I wouldnt want to play Carlton or WC but its just a possibility.

[Chicken Deelicious 0]

We would be making up the numbers. Better to come 9th and get a proper pre-season, and get on with appointing the new coach. On the last two weeks do you see us realistically beating Carlscum or Soggy Toast?

[Ned 156]

Dont laugh peoples but we have 3 winnable games and sydney play the saints at home, geelong at skilled and brisbane at home. Sydney are on 38 points and we are on 30. I expect stkilda to beat them and geelong.

It would just be funny if we slipped in. I reckon we would be one of the worst 8th placed teams to play finals.

We dont deserve to be there and I wouldnt want to play Carlton or WC but its just a possibility.

I wouldn't be counting on beating Richmond given our form and the fact they just flogged the Swans.

[beelzebub 22,242]

I wouldn't be counting on beating Richmond given our form and the fact they just flogged the Swans.

Now now Ned...none of that realism thanks.

[Grand New Flag 3,226]

Clearly we are watching different games.

Melbourne will be lucky to have another win this season.

[Webber 10,163]

Clearly we are watching different games.

Melbourne will be lucky to have another win this season.

+1. In what universe will we beat Richmond next week? Looking forward to a close game against the suns though B)

[Jaded No More 58,424]

I actually cannot be stuffed. I hope we don't make it and we seriously won't so it's irrelevant.

[Waltham33 409]

Clearly we are watching different games.

Melbourne will be lucky to have another win this season.

Exactly.

Remember we play other clubs who are professionals as well. Some of the insular notions of posters on this site is baffling.

[DeezMan 4]

No value... finish 8th and get hammered by Carlton at Etihad (?).

Richmond, Gold Coast and Port in Adelaide to come... only the Gold Coast is a certainty.

We are in serious strife as a footballing unit right now... it's very sad.

[PeterJames 46]

I want whatever your smoking! Spineless pea hearts in the finals LOL

[daisycutter 28,629]

Dont laugh peoples but we have 3 winnable games and sydney play the saints at home, geelong at skilled and brisbane at home. Sydney are on 38 points and we are on 30. I expect stkilda to beat them and geelong.

It would just be funny if we slipped in. I reckon we would be one of the worst 8th placed teams to play finals.

We dont deserve to be there and I wouldnt want to play Carlton or WC but its just a possibility.

Sorry, couldn't help myself. I laughed so much the guy next door came running in to see what was going on

[Face Your Demons 175]

Be great to make it and beat carlton, but im not even sure we can beat the tigers next week

[whitito 187]

We would be making up the numbers. Better to come 9th and get a proper pre-season, and get on with appointing the new coach. On the last two weeks do you see us realistically beating Carlscum or Soggy Toast?

Better to come ninth? Why? The supporters have the same amount of killer instinct as the players currently. Grow some stones .. Make the 8, face a good team and expose these guys to where they need to get to. Sure they lose, but they need to play finals FFS.

Take a leaf out of essendon, Carlton and collingwoods book (the historically successful clubs) and demand success.

This is such a Melbourne football club supporters attitude.

Sick of it.

[TheVoice 33]

Better to come ninth? Why? The supporters have the same amount of killer instinct as the players currently. Grow some stones .. Make the 8, face a good team and expose these guys to where they need to get to. Sure they lose, but they need to play finals FFS.

Take a leaf out of essendon, Carlton and collingwoods book (the historically successful clubs) and demand success.

This is such a Melbourne football club supporters attitude.

Sick of it.

Nothing to do with bad attitude from the supporters mate. Do you seriously think our boys deserve to make finals?

What kind of message does it send to our young men if we can perform as badly and inconsistently as we have this year

and still make finals? They have to earn that right. Finals experience will come when they can perform consistently at a

level that warrants it throughout the season.

As for the supporters, well we have been beaten from pillar to post in recent times. Making a finals series we have no

right to be in and getting thumped whilst putting out another sub VFL performance holds no excitement for me and

I'm sure many other supporters. I wouldn't think that attitude would be too different to the majority of supporters from

any AFL club and I couldn't give a [censored] if it did.

[Mac7 309]

Wins aside, I think our poor percentage will hurt us.

[praha 10,294]

Richmond will give us a football lesson next week.

[Chelly 745]

I hope we win our three remaining games and miss out on the finals.

The club has bigger fish to fry than to fall into the top eight without deserving to be there.

We need to locate a new coach and plan our pre season. We need to decide who to keep, who to trade and we need to rejig our list and determine who leads at the club. Too much to do to be distracted by a finals campaign. We know what we're like against the better clubs. We're shite.

[Chicken Deelicious 0]

Better to come ninth? Why? The supporters have the same amount of killer instinct as the players currently. Grow some stones .. Make the 8, face a good team and expose these guys to where they need to get to. Sure they lose, but they need to play finals FFS.

Take a leaf out of essendon, Carlton and collingwoods book (the historically successful clubs) and demand success.

This is such a Melbourne football club supporters attitude.

Sick of it.

What...get 8th, and have everyone think it was a SUCCESSFUL season? Rather we miss and we take true stock of where we are than somehow has a sunshine shot up our ass from a mathematical aberration.

My stones are in fine nick, thanks. I dont want this rabble in the finals - I want them working on what will make then successful in next years finals. Extra weeks in the finals (even 1) means a later preseason start. They do NOT need to play finals, they need to play football, ffs.

[Dee-licious 1,859]

I love the ol'd mathematical probability and I'll keep my hopes up until it's no longer possible - why? cause I love the MFC and would love them to sneak in.

However, what I really am looking forward to is the change in attitude of everyone on here when we play 3 teams that aren't in the top 4. I cant wait to see Frawley dispose of Reivolt and us smash GCFC and break the AAMI hoodoo. That will be enough for me to finish the season. 10 and a half wins and a full pre-season....

bring on 2012!

[rhaz 342]

So you think Sydney will lose to Brisbane at the SCG?

Why couldn't Freo beat one of (or both) WB or NM in Victoria?

We wont make it.

[Deeoldfart 7,788]

I hope we win our three remaining games and miss out on the finals.

The club has bigger fish to fry than to fall into the top eight without deserving to be there.

We need to locate a new coach and plan our pre season. We need to decide who to keep, who to trade and we need to rejig our list and determine who leads at the club. Too much to do to be distracted by a finals campaign. We know what we're like against the better clubs. We're shite.

Spot-on Chell. It would be a travesty if we scraped in on the back of our very soft draw, and there are much more important things on the MFC agenda right now.

[Guest dieharderdee]

Think of how awsome an experience it would be for all our young players. They will have the oportunity to get beaten by over 100 points in a final.

[whitito 187]

Nothing to do with bad attitude from the supporters mate. Do you seriously think our boys deserve to make finals?

What kind of message does it send to our young men if we can perform as badly and inconsistently as we have this year

and still make finals? They have to earn that right. Finals experience will come when they can perform consistently at a

level that warrants it throughout the season.

As for the supporters, well we have been beaten from pillar to post in recent times. Making a finals series we have no

right to be in and getting thumped whilst putting out another sub VFL performance holds no excitement for me and

I'm sure many other supporters. I wouldn't think that attitude would be too different to the majority of supporters from

any AFL club and I couldn't give a [censored] if it did.

I totally agree in regard to our inconsistency blah blah blah, but if you win enough games you "deserve" to get in. Every extra game especially a final can only help Watts, Trengove, Scully etc in the future.

I just can't believe people don't want to make finals under any circumstances, it's got to be in good form...or with momentum...sunshine will not be blown up their backsides if they lose in the finals. Have you thought how it may ignite something even deeper in their motivation.

Do you think Richmonds Chris Newman ever wished to come ninth all those times? It's not a given that we naturally improve as every other club does also.

Take it when you can.

[DemonDave 1,078]

How do you thinks Essendons 2009 season was judged? They made the finals by scraping into the eight, and got flogged by just under 100 points in Adelaide.

I wouldnt want to be in that position...

[Demon Dynasty 15,652]

Sydney will win their last against Brisbane. Finals chance kaput

Time to focus on other things such as trade time, new coach, assistants.

Oh shite, I nearly forgot Garry's review. Need that before we move on the above.....at least i'd hope so

I'd also love to see as many Casey players come in who deserve it (or half deserve it....couldn't be anymore undeserving than a few who came in this week) for the last 3 games and start getting some of the leaner younger pups/and Green (our 1 and only veteran) who are going to be with us for next year, a few weeks off a tad earlier than usual. It's been a long year.

We can then get them into the gym/fitness program a few weeks earlier, start pumping them up and putting better man size bods onto them in readiness for next year. I realise we can't replace every rookie (about 12 or so in most of our matches this year), but i'd like to see the bottom 4 - 6 (least experienced/youngest/leanest) replaced and put into some sort of early prep program.

Edited August 14, 2011 by Rusty Nails