GAME DAY - Round 23

[Chook 15,001]

That's all folks. I'm going to bed and this season can kiss my arse.

See you in 2013!

[Face Your Demons 175]

Wake me up when 2013 starts

[Dee Fan 3,247]

Geez we are bad and Watts is as bad as any player on the field at the moment, Ben Hur said he was soft, well I reckon that's being kind, totally unable to withstand any pressure.

[Guest bluey]

Neeld is a joke, 8 straight losses to start next year, will be sitting there al sanctimonious like Ratts, all over for this guy.

Worst coach in the history of the game.

[Demonland 70,665]

Time to get cracking boys.

An 8 goal last quarter should do it.

[DaveyJones'sLocker 647]

Anyone can tell me the exact ruling for deliberate rush behind?

[Biffen 12,939]

Anyone can tell me the exact ruling for deliberate rush behind?

All depends on crowd reaction.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I've never been as depressed about a Melbourne side as this one.

It's as if we opted for crêpe paper instead of bricks and mortar with our last rebuild.

[BAMF 4,192]

I'm not even looking forward to 2013. That's how bad we are.

[Soidee 1,496]

Off to watch the other teams. 2012 has been nothing short of disgraceful football by this club. Overpaid underwhelming incompetent football list.

Shell of an AFL team, and the club is gone if this continues.

Let's see if 2013 keeps us interested.

[jane02 3,741]

Oh well - about to watch my last quarter of footy for 2012. I really don't care about the other clubs so I don't care what happens to them from here. I just hope the people who have the power, do the right thing when it comes to recruitment time. I have never seen the Dees win a premiership in my life time. My husband, both my kids, my parents and my closest friends have all experienced what I have been denied. But I am an optimist and will be back there supporting my beloved Dees in 2013. I never tip against them, think each week we are in with a chance and hope that 2013 will be our year.

[Nasher 33,607]

19 minutes of this miserable year to go. Watched in the hope of something to hang on to over the long off season, guess it'll have to come from the draft.

[diesel 420]

Epic Fail Melbourne. The statement that we wanted to play the year out has proved to be more hollow words. These guys wearing the Red & Blue have one hell of a task ahead of them winning the respect of their own suporters, let alone the football world. Is there even any anger in ONE of them about their performanaces this year. I don't see it!

Edited September 1, 2012 by diesel

[titan_uranus 24,933]

Sounds like we're ending the season like we started it: embarrassingly uncompetitive.

I haven't seen a single second, and I propose to keep it that way, but I hope our so-called 'depth players' put in shockers to seal their fates. We don't have 'depth players', we have a bevy of has-been or will-not-be list-cloggers.

[DaveyJones'sLocker 647]

Well umpired

[Nasher 33,607]

Tappy hip and shoulder will do actually.

[DaveyJones'sLocker 647]

This is sick .....

We go harder we get unfairly penalized !!! Take a bow Jeff geichen

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Tappy hip and shoulder will do actually.

No one will mention the unevenness of the umpiring in this game because it involves Melbourne, but it has been nothing short of disgraceful. Case in point that free kick against Tapscott.

[Brian Wilson 331]

Good work Fitzy. Excited by this lad.

[wattsup 470]

wow just flicked over and the 1st thing i see is tappys hip and shoulder, what a disgusting free kick i turned it back off after that

[Nasher 33,607]

Epic Fail Melbourne. The statement that we wanted to play the year out has proved to be more hollow words. These guys wearing the Red & Blue have one hell of a task ahead of them winning the respect of their own suporters, let alone the football world. Is there even any anger in ONE of them about their performanaces this year. I don't see it!

I don't want anger, I just want it fixed. Diesel were you really expecting this to be a statement match? Lol. We've barely raised a yelp all year and suddenly we're going to pull something from our arse at Subi against a top 8 side? Ok. I expected an insipid effort and haven't been disappointed.

[BAMF 4,192]

Good work Fitzy. Excited by this lad.

Deserved the call up and now he has kicked 2. Something for him to hold onto as he goes into preseason!

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Good work Fitzy. Excited by this lad.

He's quick, but I can't see much else to get excited about.

He and Tom McDonald have come from the Cameron Bruce school of kicking and it will severely impact the likelihood of them playing AFL football within a year or two.

[titan_uranus 24,933]

Anyone can tell me the exact ruling for deliberate rush behind?

Rule 15.6.1© - A Free Kick shall be awarded against a Player who intentionally kicks, handballs or forces the football over the boundary line without the football being touched by another player.

So it all comes down to what the umpire determines to be 'intentional'.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,560]

I don't want anger, I just want it fixed. Diesel were you really expecting this to be a statement match? Lol. We've barely raised a yelp all year and suddenly we're going to pull something from our arse at Subi against a top 8 side? Ok. I expected an insipid effort and haven't been disappointed.

that seems the problem - not even a whimper. All season other than one game against the saints, one game against Essendon and a few easy beats.