ARGH

Fitzy Howe Toump bail M jones nothin . Watts n jones Vince Spence putrid after 10 mins of second quarter . We are one dimensional in the midfield and lack defence when we need it . Dynamic fast mids like gws and port get hold of us . Viney Brayshaw Petracca Dangerfield required .

I'd go for wholesale changes to that debacle. The midfield got absolutely destroyed today. All of Tyson, Newton, Viney, Michie and Riley to start next week. They won't transform it, but they will improve it.

How can you go from 24 pts up & lose by over 50Pts???

It's either fitness from a physical point or mentally cannot play 4 qtrs....

I am starting to mellow a bit. I don't feel like kicking the cat or smashing something after a bad loss these days.

No excuses should be offered for this disgusting performance. Shameful - hopefully a few have now signed their exit papers.

Selectors should hang their heads.

Ditto X 10000 times!! The whole club players coaches/selectors....recruiters....are accountable for this inconsistent rubbish. This club continually rubs dog poo in the faces of its supporters and the wider competition.

Taking the emotion, disappointment and ugly idiotic player hate out of it, that was a fascinating example of confidence as a defining team quality. It was a game of two Port's. The Port of the last 3 weeks, which we were beating, and would have beaten if they had kept on like that. The Port of last year and that outrageous first quarter against Hawthorn earlier this year then arrived. It was literally like the self belief switch was turned on. After that point, they were always going to expose the difference in standard like Hawthorn did two weeks ago. It was horrifying in its predictability.

So it wasn't just about us, it was much more about them. We know where we are, and it was never going to come near a Port at their best.

To those of you who use your anger and frustration to make personal attacks on ANY of our players, just for a moment imagine you were them reading your comments. Particularly because you have NO insight into them as people.

The club should have made the sub at half time. You could see the train wreck even from them. To not sub Fitzy off was a hocking decision.

Even before the game they should have brought in either Newton or Riley.

Another game where part of the loss is when we make stupid silly decisions like this.

So much for we have improved ,we are being fed total garbage.this team is a repeat of every Melbourne side since 2006 . We have not heart no desire no pride in the club . When a first year player shows the way tries with no support says it all . They are a bunch of overpaid pre madonnas and I can see the demise of this club if this goes on. Roos was outcoached as well. The game plan is years old and will not get us any where

My god we could literally save our comments from the last 8 years and just hit copy and paste.

Oh how fun it is to support this team.

I even changed my tip at the last minute, last time I do that.

This team is really testing its loyal supporters.

ARGH

HYPERBOLE, Nasher. Or does 17 goals to 2 not qualify as a rout?

17 goals to 5 after 1/4 time

HYPERBOLE, Nasher. Or does 17 goals to 2 not qualify as a rout?

Mea culpa.

They are a bunch of overpaid pre madonnas

Love it - not sure if you are taking the proverbial, but it made me smile

We had port on their knees then gave them a sniff, we are not capable of stopping momentum at the moment and it's killed us a few times this year.

It's not a crime to just hang onto the ball when the other team has all the running, but instead we go into the same old habits, bloke stop running to create options so the ball movement slows up, so we lose our potency going forward then hogan and pedo have to go up the ground to try and outnumber them.

I think Riley and Newton for matt jones and bail are clear changes,

It's all between the ears for us, we could have had the same margin our way if not for some stupid errors right on half time.

Wonder if Ollie Wines is still reeling with disappointment at not being picked up by Melbourne?

I am starting to mellow a bit. I don't feel like kicking the cat or smashing something after a bad loss these days.

It's because we r so used to it.

It's pathetic and got to the point for me where I'm not wasting my time on the weekends, its just not worth it.

U get two days of a week and to have to continually put u with that year in year out is exhausting and a waste of time.

It's bloody sad.

well we are playing collingwood. Im still convinced he wouldnt have dropped himself if we were playing Brisbane instead of hawthorn that week.

Funny the 2 teams last week how they have gone. Melbourne get thrashed and the bulldogs come out in the 1st quarter and are 6 goals to 1 against the giants.

?home ground advantage to doggies?

It was 'home ground advantage' for us also. I meant [censored]!

Bumper sticker for next year - MFC: killer of hope

I thought I'd come in here to try and make sense of all this.

thanks Webber.

It's because we r so used to it.

It's pathetic and got to the point for me where I'm not wasting my time on the weekends, its just not worth it.

U get two days of a week and to have to continually put u with that year in year out is exhausting and a waste of time.

Same here. Even going to games seems like a chore. Staying home and doing nothing feels more relaxing.

Sen said before the game that port had a really light week on the track to make sure they were fresh. Whereas we had a 6 day break and had fitzy in instead of a runner.

When I heard that I was worried.

Watts showed how good he is in the last when he played as a lead up forward. He is that link man, the third tall with hogan and Pederson. He can't tackle at all so stop playing him in the midfield Roos. He leads well And that leading half forward is where he should play..

Disappointing 2.5 quarters but I'll see you all there next week! 9 day break and we will be fresh!! Go dees!

Horribly deflating after being so on top of this game. No one lays down and dies when challenged quite like the Dees.

Mea culpa.

Accepted.

It's going to be difficult to blame Chris Dawes for the loss, but I'm confident our supporters can find a way.

We still refuse to make our opposition defend in dangerous areas. Scoreboard pressure was non existent after 40 minutes of dominance. Port were rubbish early and we still played completely into their hands. Then they wake up and our confidence is out the door in 10 minutes. Not good enough.