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Premiership quarters this year

P-man
in Melbourne Demons

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Cumulative scoring in the 3rd quarters over the first three rounds:

For - 2.2

Against - 24.14

An almost unbelievable stat. Even by Melbourne standards that is horrific.

This has to be rectified immediately. A halftime break should be used to charge up, not down.

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    Cumulative scoring in the 3rd quarters over the first three rounds:

    For - 2.2

    Against - 24.14

    An almost unbelievable stat. Even by Melbourne standards that is horrific.

    This has to be rectified immediately. A halftime break should be used to charge up, not down.

    Anyone might think our players may be having a warm mug of horlicks at half time. Or a 'powernap' gone wrong? Maybe they're being forced to read 'Sleepers, Wake!' at the major break.

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    6.8 vs 40.31

    They are our 2nd half scores this year.

    44 points versus 271, in. 6 quarters of 2nd half footy we trail by 227 points.

    That is a percentage - second halves - of 16.2,, and in third quarters of 8.9 !!

    I was wondering if our overall percentage of 35 was the lowest ever in 'the modern era', but those third quarter and second half figures are just so absolutely damning.

    I hope some journo asks MN to comment on them at his next presser (though the pathetic AFL Telstra website still cannot manage to record the questions in an audible manner).

    I had thought that Missen said there should be some significant endurance and fitness improvement this year though the full benefits of his (and Craig's) regimen wouldn't be through until next year.

    So, is it just that our players are just mentally weak when the blowtorch is applied in third quarters?

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    I thought we were okay against westcoast in the 4th quarter, maybe it's more to do with getting in the right head space coming out of half time?

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    There has to be something a coach can say or do to stem that sort of scoring. Nail players to goalposts. Kick it to each other for a while (although that's clearly a challenge for us) Change the game plan. Come on. I think it'd be more interesting if they could televise Neeld's half time address.

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    I don't know about percentages in the modern era but St Kilda's first three VFL seasons were hardly auspicious.

    As "The Saint Kilder Gussies" they played 48 games without a single win and with percentages of 29.2, 29.1 and 28.0.

    This sequence of failure remains unsurpassed to the present day.

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    Cumulative scoring in the 3rd quarters over the first three rounds:

    For - 2.2

    Against - 24.14

    An almost unbelievable stat. Even by Melbourne standards that is horrific.

    This has to be rectified immediately. A halftime break should be used to charge up, not down.

    Mark Neeld's half time address must resemble a eulogy...

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    That is a percentage - second halves - of 16.2,, and in third quarters of 8.9 !!

    I was wondering if our overall percentage of 35 was the lowest ever in 'the modern era', but those third quarter and second half figures are just so absolutely damning.

    I hope some journo asks MN to comment on them at his next presser (though the pathetic AFL Telstra website still cannot manage to record the questions in an audible manner).

    I had thought that Missen said there should be some significant endurance and fitness improvement this year though the full benefits of his (and Craig's) regimen wouldn't be through until next year.

    So, is it just that our players are just mentally weak when the blowtorch is applied in third quarters?

    I was wondering if we were the only team ever to record a percentage rise after being belted by 96pts??

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    I thought we were okay against westcoast in the 4th quarter, maybe it's more to do with getting in the right head space coming out of half time?

    No, that would be too simple. Also, it doesn't involve sacking someone, so obviously not the solution.

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    Mark Neeld's half time address must resemble a eulogy...

    Maybe a hypnotist. "you haven't played a half of football yet. You are about to go out and start a game. Go get em"

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    Cumulative scoring in the 3rd quarters over the first three rounds:

    For - 2.2

    Against - 24.14

    An almost unbelievable stat. Even by Melbourne standards that is horrific.

    This has to be rectified immediately. A halftime break should be used to charge up, not down.

    No-one loses like we do.

    And our first round results since 2007 are

    2007 Loss St Kilda 31 point

    2008 Loss Hawthorn 104 points

    2009 Loss North Melb 34 points

    2010 Loss Hawthorn 56 points

    2011 DRAW Sydney Yahoo !!

    2012 Loss Brisbane 41 points

    2013 Loss Port Adelaide 79 points

    Our seasons are shot before we start !

    Too many excuses for mine.

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    Matty Lloyd said last night that once a team gets a run-on with three goals in a row, a team should go into shutdown mode.

    I'm not usually a fan of Lloyd's, but this seems to be a pretty smart thing.

    Stem the bleeding, re-group, and re-load.

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    That is a percentage - second halves - of 16.2,, and in third quarters of 8.9 !!

    I was wondering if our overall percentage of 35 was the lowest ever in 'the modern era', but those third quarter and second half figures are just so absolutely damning.

    I hope some journo asks MN to comment on them at his next presser (though the pathetic AFL Telstra website still cannot manage to record the questions in an audible manner).

    I had thought that Missen said there should be some significant endurance and fitness improvement this year though the full benefits of his (and Craig's) regimen wouldn't be through until next year.

    I thought they said last year, that we wouldn't see any significant increase in fitness until this year!? (Having had 2 pre-seasons)

    Seriously though, what do you expect him to say if asked that from a journo?

    Your answer: "It is what it is, nothing but a train wreck, we look to rectify that"

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    This might sound stupid even illegal, why do we have to go off at half time? Why cant we just slowly jog round the boundary for the duration. Its obvious what Mark Neeld is saying at half time isnt working , so stay out there.

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    Mark Neeld's half time address must resemble a eulogy...

    Similar to his pre game.

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    No-one loses like we do.

    And our first round results since 2007 are

    2007 Loss St Kilda 31 point

    2008 Loss Hawthorn 104 points

    2009 Loss North Melb 34 points

    2010 Loss Hawthorn 56 points

    2011 DRAW Sydney Yahoo !!

    2012 Loss Brisbane 41 points

    2013 Loss Port Adelaide 79 points

    Our seasons are shot before we start !

    Too many excuses for mine.

    Thats the problem with the club over the last few years, the seasons over after round 1, there lucky they have loyal supporters.

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