Article on AFL website

[buddha82 12]

Anyone else see this?

Dead-rubber Dees still delight

I know they're hardly going to be negative, but what game were they watching? We were terrible. I'm really starting to agree with Roosy re: the stuff coming out of the club.

Or am I jumping at shadows?

[Demonland 72,176]

Not shadows.

We'll never be a club to be feared if that sort of thing comes from official sources.

[1858 285]

Melbourne closes the season in 13th position on the ladder with eight wins, one draw and 34 premiership points - two more than the Demons achieved in 2010.

Am I missing something here?

[Weedster 174]

Am I missing something here?

It is ridiculous to say anything other than we were THE major disappointment of 2011 - major case of spin to claim anything else.

[Harcourt 146]

Yes I was absouted delighted by yesterday's effort. Absolutely fkn delighted.

WTF.

[demoniac 1,333]

'Max covers news from AAMI Stadium for afl.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_MaxPhillips'

[hoopla 418]

Anyone else see this?

Dead-rubber Dees still delight

I know they're hardly going to be negative, but what game were they watching? We were terrible.

Or am I jumping at shadows?

Well if they are only shadows they're pretty dark ones..........

Extraordinary headline

Obviously we've been a lot worse ... but "delight" at a loss to a team that had the wooden spoon sewn up !! Help....

[DemonDave 1,089]

'Max covers news from AAMI Stadium for afl.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_MaxPhillips'

Maybe Max was at AAMI Stadium on Sunday rather than at the Adelaide Oval. That could be why he

figures we'd be deelighted at that result?

[bing181 9,221]

FFS guys, Port at home, in front of that crowd, under those circumstances (Brogan etc.), and with a bit of wind in their sales after pretty well dominating a finals team the previous week, were always going to turn it on. Not to mention, losing Sylvia and Jurrah wasn't ideal. Sure, we didn't play all that well, though plenty of the team did OK/enough. Green and Watts going missing were probably the biggest problem, and for mine, the main reason we weren't able to convert enough up forward - we certainly got it inside 50 enough.

But ...

We lost for three reasons: Fitzpatrick, Blease and MacDonald. All of whom gave away (unnecessary) frees, or turnovers which directly resulted in goals, or in the case of MacDonald, were (too) easily outclassed by their opponents. Without even watching the game again, there were at least 3 goals gifted to Port through these young players' mistakes. Out of the three of them, Fitzy was the only one to lay a tackle, but then 55% of his 11 disposals didn't reach their intended target. Blease, in just over 2 quarters of footy, gave away 5 frees (more than anyone else on the field), all virtually in our back half. Westhoff (Macdonald's man unless I'm mistaken) was their leading goal-scorer.

The three of them had absolute shockers - but all of them, hopefully, learned some valuable lessons going into the off-season. The price we pay.

On the other hand, we do do a bit better at the draft. Which makes me wonder out loud, surely we were doing a bit of, cough cough, "long term player development". Why was MacDonald left on Westhoff all day??

[jnrmac 20,060]

Puke.

[Face Your Demons 175]

We did not Tank we just Sank

[old dee 23,788]

We did not Tank we just Sank

no need top tank when you are this good FYD.

[mauriesy 7,287]

We lost for three reasons: Fitzpatrick, Blease and MacDonald. All of whom gave away (unnecessary) frees, or turnovers which directly resulted in goals, or in the case of MacDonald, were (too) easily outclassed by their opponents. Without even watching the game again, there were at least 3 goals gifted to Port through these young players' mistakes. Out of the three of them, Fitzy was the only one to lay a tackle, but then 55% of his 11 disposals didn't reach their intended target. Blease, in just over 2 quarters of footy, gave away 5 frees (more than anyone else on the field), all virtually in our back half. Westhoff (Macdonald's man unless I'm mistaken) was their leading goal-scorer.

The three of them had absolute shockers - but all of them, hopefully, learned some valuable lessons going into the off-season. The price we pay.

Cripes ... 1, 4 and 2 games respectively. I think we lost for other reasons than just their mistakes.

[bing181 9,221]

Cripes ... 1, 4 and 2 games respectively. I think we lost for other reasons than just their mistakes.

Clearly. Fitzpatrick especially was like a rabbit in the headlights for much of his first game.

[buddha82 12]

stuff

This thread isn't about the result or how we lost. There's plenty of threads about that already. My point is the article that appeared on the AFL website and Matthew Bate's comments are so misguided it's bordering on concerning. Talk about papering over the cracks.

[TonyMelb 7]

Clearly. Fitzpatrick especially was like a rabbit in the headlights for much of his first game.

He was clearly not up to it on the day.

However loss not only due to those three. Brad Green played behind all day and kicking into the forward line was wayward and wasteful as evidenced by 12 behinds in first half and Greeny and Beamer missed last 2 shots! many short low passes directly to Port players.

Add Garland's inexplicable attempt to run out from full back past Westoff and then kicking straight up the guts to where Brogan was giving Port 2 easy goals in the last quarter.

Lack of hardness and attack on the ball or taking sound options cost us a game Demons should have won by half time. Very inimpressive end to 2011 and surely would not have been worse if DB had been left in charge for the last 5 weeks!!

[dbj1983 138]

Delighted to lose to the bottom side? This is the typical Bull SH.T that I am sick of hearing/reading about.

[PaulRB 6,362]

Perhaps from inside the club a Port team with pride to play for is better than a a MFC team without Scully, Sylvia, Gysberts, Grimes, Petterd, and Jurrah (and Davey)...

Don't know who Port had out, don't care. Either way, to say we "delighted" in a loss to the spooners is very embarrassing...

[Diablo Deemon 220]

Insipid culture of fail that nurtures substandard performance

produces articles such as that.

Only the MFC supporters, members and officialdom could be happy about

a spirited loss to a side that's had 2 wins for a year.

Is there no end to this mire.

[old dee 23,788]

This thread isn't about the result or how we lost. There's plenty of threads about that already. My point is the article that appeared on the AFL website and Matthew Bate's comments are so misguided it's bordering on concerning. Talk about papering over the cracks.

Perhaps Bate was so happy to have played a good game that he missed we lost to the worst team in the AFL.

But why the MFC would go with that article is beyond me.

I would have been more impressed with the head line

"Dees loss ends a disappointing year"

Edited September 5, 2011 by old dee

[Geddy Lee 582]

Insipid culture of fail that nurtures substandard performance

produces articles such as that.

Only the MFC supporters, members and officialdom could be happy about

a spirited loss to a side that's had 2 wins for a year.

Is there no end to this mire.

When I read your posts I think of Hamlet soliloquising to a skull.

[Little Goffy 14,531]

Max Phillips needs a bit of a friendly whack over the head with the rolled-up paper the fish came in.

[Nasher 33,615]

When I read your posts I think of Hamlet soliloquising to a skull.

Gahahahaha. As will I, from now on.

[bing181 9,221]

Delighted to lose to the bottom side? This is the typical Bull SH.T that I am sick of hearing/reading about.

As I am with typical BS responses like this. Who the F**k said they were delighted??

Talk about one-dimensional ...