Screw the negative, of which there are plenty, I'll name a few positives:

Jeremy Howe was terrific across half back.

Nev Jetta was also excellent down there, gave Green a bath.

Our efficiency once Inside 50 was good.

Our backline, for the first three quarters, was resolute until being overrun in the last.

Dom, Vince and Jones all worked hard as well.

Plenty to whinge about but the only thing that sticks out to me is that guys like Tapscott and Blease are being given a run and showing why they need to be moved on. I'm totally ready for this year to be over and can't wait to get stuck into the pre-season.

I cannot fathom how you claim that our efficiency inside 50 was good. If we had of kicked 15.6 instead of 6.15 then I would agree. Five points and no goals in the second quarter, followed by 2.7 in the second half cost us a very winnable match!

The sad thing is, even when we were 13 points up I had a sense that we would blow it. Call it experience.

I've just been to the game. I can see the game plan clearly now. Kick it to the opposition as much as possible. Instead of kicking for goal kick it or hand pass it to a contest. If you get the ball and a player is in the 50 on their own run back into trouble and get tackled. If you take a mark and players are streaming forward make sure you stop until they are all manned up, all leads have died out and the man on the mark tackles you causing a turnover. Lose the game at all costs. It's called tinking or something like that...

Players today who have all but had their papers stamped: McKenzie, Bail, Terlich, Tapscott.

Blease and Watts are hanging by a thread.

Yes, Watts. Over it.

Saying Bail is gone yet Blease gets to still hang by a thread is one of the dumbest things said on this site for a while.

Rockliff just confirmed that he trained with us for a week, we guaranteed him a rookie spot, but 'Brisbane got in first' (he was picked in the PSD before we could take him in the rookie draft).

Id love to know what Pau Roos 'non negotiable' are and how Jack Watts continues to get a game

One of them is running, all day. Watts and Bail do this, which is part of why we keep playing them.

However, Watts is failing us in a number of other areas and he can't keep playing like he is right now.

Hard to compete when half the team on the list are not up to AFL standard.

Saying Bail is gone yet Blease gets to still hang by a thread is one of the dumbest things said on this site for a while.

How about you [censored] off mate?

Keep this up and you go on ignore.

I cannot fathom how you claim that our efficiency inside 50 was good. If we had of kicked 15.6 instead of 6.15 then I would agree. Five points and no goals in the second quarter, followed by 2.7 in the second half cost us a very winnable match!

Should have been more specific - we would score most of the time from our inside 50s, which says when we get it in there we are dangerous. We all know that finishing it off needs no extra discussion.

This club is F U C K E D. Could not care how the rest of the year goes..

Who cares who is drafted or traded because, we will make a meal of it anyway.

Coach killers.. Bail, McKenzie, Terlich, McDonald. Will never be a good side with these 4 in the team..

Edited August 3, 201410 yr by Laces Out

In other games I've been able to point to spirit as a positive. None of that today, twice our players copped cheap shots and there was zero desire to fly the flag and defend the player. The Pederson hit in particular should've lit a fire under them, it did the opposite.

Tyson my only positive, how that goal at 3qtr time didn't inspire them is beyond me.

Edited August 3, 201410 yr by Pates

How about you [censored] mate?

Keep this up and you go on ignore.

That's your problem, not mine. You posted and I answered, which is how a discussion forum works. I'd like to know why Blease is ahead of Bail though.

I've just been to the game. I can see the game plan clearly now. Kick it to the opposition as much as possible. Instead of kicking for goal kick it or hand pass it to a contest. If you get the ball and a player is in the 50 on their own run back into trouble and get tackled. If you take a mark and players are streaming forward make sure you stop until they are all manned up, all leads have died out and the man on the mark tackles you causing a turnover. Lose the game at all costs. It's called tinking or something like that...

It's hard to stomach at the moment. A good friend of mine is a die-hard Geelong fan. I remember back in 2005 and 2006 both our sides were top 8 teams and good to watch, since then Geelong have just gone out and won every week, Melbourne have gone out lose every week. And that's barely exaggerating. It's not fair!

Paul Roos has his work cut out if he wants to rid this club of its losing culture. We MUST go hard in trade week and nail this off-season. The club won't survive for too many more years if we don't.

How about you [censored] mate?

Keep this up and you go on ignore.

He's right sook

Blease can go too.

Has one coach ever cut the same player twice?

This better happen to Terlich.

Hack!

lol

Blease needs to spend more time kicking footballs and less time trying to pick up chicks on social media apps on his phone!

That's your problem, not mine. You posted and I answered, which is how a discussion forum works. I'd like to know why Blease is ahead of Bail though.

You provided no reasoning, just a juvenile "one of the dumbest thing said on this site". Lkie a child.

Blease at least can break the lines, something a poofteenth of our squad can do.

I'm in no mood for d-heads like you. Onto ignore you go.

Saying Bail is gone yet Blease gets to still hang by a thread is one of the dumbest things said on this site for a while.

This is one of the reasons I don't come to 'Land much anymore.

Do you want to actually offer some analysis or a counterpoint, or do you just come here to insult people after a frustrating loss?

It's hard to stomach at the moment. A good friend of mine is a die-hard Geelong fan. I remember back in 2005 and 2006 both our sides were top 8 teams and good to watch, since then Geelong have just gone out and won every week, Melbourne have gone out lose every week. And that's barely exaggerating. It's not fair!

Paul Roos has his work cut out if he wants to rid this club of its losing culture. We MUST go hard in trade week and nail this off-season. The club won't survive for too many more years if we don't.

Go hard in trade week is right....but, Roos can only make 12 changes max? Is that right?

You provided no reasoning, just a juvenile "one of the dumbest thing said on this site". Lkie a child.

Blease at least can break the lines, something a poofteenth of our squad can do.

I'm in no mood for d-heads like you. Onto ignore you go.

Need some tissues there P-man?

Blease might break lines but he turns it over, can't find the footy and doesn't run both ways. He brings not even half of what Bail brings to the table and you know it.

And I don't know how I'm the d-head here, if you can't handle discussion here then maybe you shouldn't post.

Anyone who berates the selection committee for not picking Blease should be tied to a chair and made to watch that match on a continuous loop.

This is one of the reasons I don't come to 'Land much anymore.

Do you want to actually offer some analysis or a counterpoint, or do you just come here to insult people after a frustrating loss?

That's not a huge loss. He gave no explanation for his reasoning either.

Need some tissues there P-man?

Blease might break lines but he turns it over, can't find the footy and doesn't run both ways. He brings not even half of what Bail brings to the table and you know it.

And I don't know how I'm the d-head here, if you can't handle discussion here then maybe you shouldn't post.

Happy?

Brisbane won this game when Merrett cleaned up Pedo and nobody had the nads to get stuck into him and rough him up. From that moment on they knew we would be a walkover. Weak as pizz.

I think the cull has to start now - McKenzie should be dropped for missing that goal, Blease for his show pony selfishness, Bail for continually butchering the ball, Tapscott because he's got nothing to offer and Watts to make a statement. Don't care who replaces them as long as it's made clear incompetence like shown today is not acceptable.