That momentum shifted drastically when Dunn inexplicably torped it down the middle. No need to do it. He's played one good season in his career. That's all I'll say.

McDonald, Garland and Fitzy have all had shockers so far. Brayshaw outstanding and Vanders once again good.

Sorry i forgot about this bloke..... played 1 half decent game for this club so far and IMO we've gone in with too many talls.

Leave Fitzy Bail out for Newton and Riley. At least they can be rotated through the middle where we are getting smashed.

The old wines for toump debacle raises its ugly head yet again

Same blokes continually make the same mistakes.

Tom McDonald. 50/50 short kicks.

Toumpous. Turn over king

Dunn. Kick outs.

Bail. How is he infront of Newton and Riley in getting a game.

The worst part of our club at the moment are the selectors - they are losing us games.

Not surprised that Schulz and Westhoff were nowhere to be seen when times were bad, yet got on the end of a few when they started to run on. Both remind me of Hernan Crespo and cherry picking.

Schulz. What is it with this guy. Kills us every time.

Good to see you're getting more "O" & less "B"!

Wonder if that is still the case, Akum.

The moment Dunn kicked out down the middle of the ground to no one is when the tide turned.

No, he kicked it to Westhoff

Typical. During our 45 minutes of dominance we slowly edge the lead up to 24 and then bang, the opposition pile on 6 quick ones.

All games ebb and flow, we need need to stem the bleeding when they get on top.

Matt Jones 2 disposals

Bail 2 disposals

Howe 1 disposal

I need say no more.

Pittard- M.Jones direct opponent 3 touches...

Bring Viney into the game now.

Good idea, get someone who cares and will try and do something about it on, whilst getting an ineffectual spud off.

Tine to reset and get back to what we've done that's dominated most of this game. Three losses in a row will have port nervous if this gets close at the end

The problem is that Port were playing cautious low confidence footy. We gave them a sniff, and now their confidence is back. We can reset all we like, but it's out of our hands now, a rout is on its way, and in the space of 8 minutes, Port are back in the season.

Totally lost confidence. Playing from behind. Stopped tackling. Not taking the game on. It's psychological.

They don't just break your heart. They tear it out from your F'ing throat. Don't give up again Melbourne.

Viney on. Now. Do it.

We can't get our hands on the ball.

Same blokes continually make the same mistakes.

Tom McDonald. 50/50 short kicks.

Toumpous. Turn over king

Dunn. Kick outs.

Bail. How is he infront of Newton and Riley in getting a game.

Roos has favourites, or rather, he has his least favourites

Probably wouldn't have lost the lead if RIley and Newton were playing and Bail and M Jones weren't

bail for viney would make some sense, but fitz looks sore in the rooms, having his hips worked on - he could be gone straight away at half-time.

Roos has favourites, or rather, he has his least favourites

JW,lifted the head,failed to stay over the pill and then flapped the arms out looking for the free.

Live on national television.

Howe is back to his old ways. Just one handball.

Gave away clearance after clearance from the middle, parking players back will do us no good at all.

Also, that free against Dunn was absolute garbage. Why should it be any different to a shepherd in general play? What a joke

The problem is that Port were playing cautious low confidence footy. We gave them a sniff, and now their confidence is back. We can reset all we like, but it's out of our hands now, a rout is on its way, and in the space of 8 minutes, Port are back in the season.

This.

We're completely rooted from here on in. It's completely inexplicable as to why that 8 minutes happened.

Totally lost confidence. Playing from behind. Stopped tackling. Not taking the game on. It's psychological.

It's pi$$ weak is what it is.

Edited May 30, 201510 yr by Demon Disciple

Been a long time defender of watts but it's time for an extended stay down at Casey. We could sell him to the Melbourne Tigers, he's more suited to Basketball.

This is my read to half time. Melbourne owned them well into first half. Umpires then kicked in with debatable frees in Port's favour. Lead dissolved in a flash. MFC then looked like knee jerk losers. Port started to look like AFL/SANFL elites. Didn't think anyone on our team had suddenly looked like a dud. Started to think about what would turn the tide, possession, Howe screamer, Watts inspiration, Spencer grab, Jones burst, Garlett brilliance, Hogan free kick.... could go on but none of it happened. At half time Port would be feeling comfortable. That is to our advantage.

The problem is that Port were playing cautious low confidence footy. We gave them a sniff, and now their confidence is back. We can reset all we like, but it's out of our hands now, a rout is on its way, and in the space of 8 minutes, Port are back in the season.

Mate, that is the worst hyperbole of the thread yet.

those last 8 minutes were literally a disgrace. We probably only got max 10 disposal.

Sub fitzy now for viney.

Need more help in the midfield and Fitzy ain't playing against a kid this week.