The media barrage to come ...

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Does Anyone really think the press will have a field day with us? We are completely irrelevant in this league. No one else in the league cares about us and with what the club serves up week after week the supporters care less and less. The less said about us the better.

Not really true. Watched Fox Footy for about half an hour this evening, and Gerard Healy said Melbourne would be the biggest story on tomorrow's episode of On The Couch, and then even After The Bounce, which is absolute mindless drivel, they managed to have a serious discussion at the very top of the show about how bad we were.

[Longsufferingnomore 1,637]

Not really true. Watched Fox Footy for about half an hour this evening, and Gerard Healy said Melbourne would be the biggest story on tomorrow's episode of On The Couch, and then even After The Bounce, which is absolute mindless drivel, they managed to have a serious discussion at the very top of the show about how bad we were.

And I bet Rooooosy and those two "MFC supporters" bring up the "tanking" issue as reason why we are so bad.

[praha 11,240]

Good to see Progressive Australia seeping its way into football culture.."BLAME THE MEDIA!"

Any media scrutiny is completely justified and anticipated. They were embarrassingly hammered.

[rjay 25,062]

And I bet Rooooosy and those two "MFC supporters" bring up the "tanking" issue as reason why we are so bad.

...and it has to be a consideration. I know the board want to put it behind them but the results don't stack up, I've had enough of this as I'm sure everyone has.

The people behind the rebuild need to go, the Bailey era was a fail and they are not stacking up to well with this one. The fish rots from the head.

[jackaub 1,402]

We deserve what we get.

I was at the game as a paid up MFC/MCC Member.

I want answers not spin. This club is in deep sh!t

WYL i also was in the members watching this debacle

Most around me left the MCC in some sort of altered state I heard boos in the background but hatht i heard was a resigned sigh of acceptance that this once great club is on the road to nowhere I cannot understand what is happening and why The team is passionless and exhibit very poor discipline Very very hard to watch

[bush demon 2,061]

Wow. Just wow. These quotes are extremely disappointing:

"We didn't see that coming," Neeld said after the game.

"Our execution was poor and Port Adelaide was able to captialise significantly on that. Once that happened it was clear to everyone at the ground that our confidence dropped unbelievably."

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2013-03-31/dissapointing-dees-downed-by-port

Yet Neeld did close to nothing to counter.

To paraphrase JFK, post Dealey Plaza, "I didn't see that coming either".

[bush demon 2,061]

We are either tanking or the AFL has got us shackled to the bottom of the pool.

[bing181 9,328]

I am GOBSMACKED by that. He's an 18 year old FFS!!! What the hell is going on?

I realise that it's hard at the moment, but a) we don't know what happened in the rooms, and b) we don't know the context for what happened. Even on the info available, it's clear that Jack wasn't the only player to speak, and if they were in there for 30 minutes it obviously went a bit further than "OK boys, bad day today, but here's the planning for next week".

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

The slow death is what O.D, and others like myself have been worried about for a long time.

It is our history that is killing us.

Carlton are waiting and we can not even fight.

Are you going to Fight you soft spineless BASTARDS????

[stuie 7,374]

The slow death is what O.D, and others like myself have been worried about for a long time.

It is our history that is killing us.

Carlton are waiting and we can not even fight.

Are you going to Fight you soft spineless BASTARDS????

Wrong thread WYL, think you've had too many whiskeys to try and forget the game... This isn't the "slow death" thread, although, granted, all of the threads today are in a way...

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

Wrong thread WYL, think you've had too many whiskeys to try and forget the game... This isn't the "slow death" thread, although, granted, all of the threads today are in a way...

who gives a fcuk where it is written Stuie!!

Just read it.

[Webber 10,538]

Does Anyone really think the press will have a field day with us? We are completely irrelevant in this league. No one else in the league cares about us and with what the club serves up week after week the supporters care less and less. The less said about us the better.As others have said and I watched a lot of fitzroys last year or two, we are on our knees and god only knows how we won't succumb to their fate.

I don't see how we won't be relocated, absorbed or just cease to be.....oblivion awaits it seems.

[stuie 7,374]

who gives a fcuk where it is written Stuie!!

Just read it.

Calm down buddy, wasn't having a go at you FFS.

[Josh 1,420]

I don't see how we won't be relocated, absorbed or just cease to be.....oblivion awaits it seems.

Relocated - Somwe. An be just as pathetic as the Hobart Demons?

Absorbed - There isn't much worth absorbing.

Cease to exist - ...

[tarzan16 40]

Wayne Carey got it dead right in my opinion

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-was-booed-off-the-field-after-its-shocking-round-1-loss/story-e6frf9mf-1226609956801?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HeraldSunAflMelbourne+%28Herald+Sun+%7C+AFL+-+Melbourne%29

Edited March 31, 2013 by tarzan16

[Jara 1,153]

I hope Caro has the humanity to hide those horrible fangs when she's gloating over our mangled corpse on Tuesday night.

[stuie 7,374]

Our "embarrassing drubbing" was the first story in the sports segment of the Sydney based morning 9 news, they normally talk about every NRL story they can think of before mentioning AFL.

[stuie 7,374]

"Neeld will take responsibility for not having his players prepared to play high-intensity footy."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/expert-opinion/the-tackle-chief-football-writer-mark-robinson-says-melbourne-was-simply-pathetic/story-fn5937w8-1226609966776

[Whispering_Jack 30,573]

Not really true. Watched Fox Footy for about half an hour this evening, and Gerard Healy said Melbourne would be the biggest story on tomorrow's episode of On The Couch, and then even After The Bounce, which is absolute mindless drivel, they managed to have a serious discussion at the very top of the show about how bad we were.

Well ... at least Healy won't be able to wheel in Brock McLean fresh from kicking the winning goal against Richmond this time as a precursor to sticking the boots into his former club.

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

Well ... at least Healy won't be able to wheel in Brock McLean fresh from kicking the winning goal against Richmond this time as a precursor to sticking the boots into his former club.

The Club deserves every piece of scrutiny and derision we get from all media outlets right now WJ

From the top down we just do not learn or worse believe we can be winners where it counts.

[Wormburner 674]

I've been looking out for it, but has anyone seen our post match press conference?

I know it will be more of the excuses we heard all season last year, but I want to hear from Neeldy's mouth on what he thought of the day and whether he takes any responsibility for it.

[stuie 7,374]

I've been looking out for it, but has anyone seen our post match press conference?

I know it will be more of the excuses we heard all season last year, but I want to hear from Neeldy's mouth on what he thought of the day and whether he takes any responsibility for it.

Go here mate:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DeeTVofficial

[stuie 7,374]

They just hammered us on the pre-game on Channel 7 as well.

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

They just hammered us on the pre-game on Channel 7 as well.

Deservedly so.

[Wormburner 674]

Go here mate:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DeeTVofficial

Cheers, Stuie.

I have to say watching it made me more angry.

It was good they looked down about the flogging but where is the fight? C'mon FFS fellas show some balls, by saying something like "we're going to make it up to our supporters by not dishing up this crap again. Look out Essendon Saturday night, you'll be coping our wrath"

I'm am seriously concerned.