The media barrage to come ...

[Dr. Gonzo 24,209]

I don't think the media will bother sinking the boot into us any more.Whats the point????everyone knows we are a joke. We are completely irrelevant and even GWS and GCS wouldn't fear us anymore.we don't even deserve to be talked about in any capacity

Exactly - I hope we cop it from all angles this week but I doubt it will happen. No one really cares enough about us anymore to waste time commenting. You want to know what it means to be irrelevant, listen to the defeaning silence this week.

Edited April 1, 2013 by Dr. Gonzo

[P-man 13,366]

Ripped apart on 360 tonight, rightly so. Whateley described it as "diabolical", with the scorn being leveled at the club to possibly increase if the team beats Essendon, because it would mean they need something like this to get motivated.

Robbo said Neeld had a month to save his job. Whateley disputed that, saying the coach shouldn't be first to go and the blame should be levelled at the CEO for the state Melbourne is in. Questioned his leadership and labelled him "the invisible CEO".

Edited April 1, 2013 by P_Man

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On Footy Classified...

Garry Lyon singled out one of Viney's efforts, said that is what required and only 2 or 3 MFC players put in on Sunday.

Lloyd showing some absolutely damning vision of open players and the very poor setup by Neeld. Can't understand why players are standing around "guarding grass". Also said we were "unorganized from a coaching perspective".

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Garry talking about the process of selecting Neeld. Caro trying to bring up tanking and culture (of course).

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Hutchy talking about the new mature recruits, Lloyd says "a lot of us are scratching our heads about how Melbourne can get better" in relation to "other teams rejects getting a game with us in round 1".

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Caro: "they weren't doing as badly under Bailey than they are now...."

Lloyd (on our failed high draft picks): "some of them would have made it at other clubs"

[Pennant St Dee 13,172]

Caro: "they weren't doing as badly under Bailey than they are now...."

Lloyd (on our failed high draft picks): "some of them would have made it at other clubs"

Karl Langdon was saying similar tonight that if Jack Watts was at another club he'd be a better player. Brad Hardie piped in with if we were looking at it now Watts would be a pick in the 30's but in fairness to Melbourne his info was if the Eagles had the first pick that year they also would have taken Watts, it was only later on they settled on Natanui

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They're on about the Scott v Bucks stuff now, all I can think is, I wish we had passion like that from our coach.

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''Structurally, I queried some of the decisions the way they set up, particularly forward of the ball,'' Lyon said on Triple M.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/lyon-slams-dees-lack-of-courage-20130401-2h31v.html#ixzz2PDETYYy2

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Similar from Lyon (and Ox) here:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-was-booed-off-the-field-after-its-shocking-round-1-loss/story-e6frf9mf-1226610360835

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Chris Scott pretty much addressed Garry while talking about not panicking after one game.

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Garry just highlighted a great effort from Nick Riewoldt in chasing a GC midfielder from one end of the ground to the other, you could feel his eyes burning into the MFC players as he showed it... Has been making a point all show of talking about working hard.

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McLardy: "It was just a terribly disappointing performance and we have had a couple of those in the last couple of years."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-01/demons-must-find-answers-quickly-says-president-

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Caro's arrow.... Not us!!! Who would have thought?! Ranted on about GWS v Sydney stuff... Waste of time.

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

Stuie's talking to himself again

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Stuie's talking to himself again

Sorry mate, I'll try and talk more about Caro's hair so you can contribute something.

[Range Rover 1,935]

Stuie's talking to himself again

He's got to get that post count up somehow WYL. Still a class below us.

[Grimseyisgod 378]

We deserve to get completely ****ed on for the next week, hopefully the players may open their eyes for the upcoming rounds.

I hope that every player hears what the media says about them. They need to hear it

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We deserve to get completely ****ed on for the next week, hopefully the players may open their eyes for the upcoming rounds.

I hope that every player hears what the media says about them. They need to hear it

Hence this thread.

The fire needs to keep burning.

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Does the fact that we weren't the arrow, and obviously didn't warrant it in Caro's eyes at least, speak to the overarching theme in some threads of increasing irrelevance in the competition??

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Does the fact that we weren't the arrow, and obviously didn't warrant it in Caro's eyes at least, speak to the overarching theme in some threads of increasing irrelevance in the competition??

Possibly, but it could be more about her need to constantly try and bring those running the AFL down.

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Well Caro needs to sell papers tomorrow and if that means picking a fight with someone so be it. No point picking a fight with someone (MFC) who is nice, polite and probably won't get too offended by it.

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Brief wrap up of Monday nights footy shows...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/miss-out-last-night-rewind-by-catching-up-with-all-of-the-hot-topics-and-big-issues-right-here/story-e6frf9jf-1226610529865

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"It seemed on Sunday that Melbourne did not have multiple plans, or if they did the players did not work hard enough to implement them."

http://www.sen.com.au/display-article/Melbournes-poor-performance/57155#.UVpml4VowaA.twitter