Post Match Discussion - Round 15

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

This must be close to a record the Post match discussion thread is still going strong five days after the game ended.

That result sure stirred up some passion.

That's odd OD - last week's result just about [censored] my interest in football for this year.

[hemingway 7,633]

This must be close to a record the Post match discussion thread is still going strong five days after the game ended.

That result sure stirred up some passion.

OD, assume you mean stirring up strong emotion rather than intense sexual love! Although it would be interesting to spice up Demonland, and maintain the interest of those baby boomers who are over the hill.

[old dee 24,028]

OD, assume you mean stirring up strong emotion rather than intense sexual love! Although it would be interesting to spice up Demonland, and maintain the interest of those baby boomers who are over the hill.

Yes Ernest Passion is a rather scarce commodity these days But looking for it around the MFC team might be not be very productive let alone Demonland. Emotion would have been the better choice.

[John Crow Batty 8,886]

It's been a bloody week

[Fork 'em 7,052]

This must be close to a record the Post match discussion thread is still going strong five days after the game ended.

That result sure stirred up some passion.

Seriously pizzed off here aswell C&B.

And no amount of coming back to this thread seems to change things.

Passion , pizzed off .... Is that the same thing?

[titan_uranus 25,209]

Essendon were just as disenchanted last week as we are now.

As fans, maybe.

As players, I doubt it.

IMO another of the many issues to come out of our 'losing culture' is that our players don't get fired up after bad performances like other sides' players do.

Essendon in the month leading up to the St Kilda game were mediocre at best, but the Saints game exposed all their issues and embarrassed them in front of the AFL. It forced their coaches into dropping consistently poor performers (e.g. Dempsey) but more importantly, the players appear to have responded in the last fortnight (if not in skill, at least in effort).

With all the losing we do, big losses are just more of the same for our players, and I just don't think our players get fired up after bad performances enough anymore as a result. For any other club last week would have stung, but for us it was just another loss.

[old dee 24,028]

As fans, maybe.

As players, I doubt it.

IMO another of the many issues to come out of our 'losing culture' is that our players don't get fired up after bad performances like other sides' players do.

Essendon in the month leading up to the St Kilda game were mediocre at best, but the Saints game exposed all their issues and embarrassed them in front of the AFL. It forced their coaches into dropping consistently poor performers (e.g. Dempsey) but more importantly, the players appear to have responded in the last fortnight (if not in skill, at least in effort).

With all the losing we do, big losses are just more of the same for our players, and I just don't think our players get fired up after bad performances enough anymore as a result. For any other club last week would have stung, but for us it was just another loss.

Business as usual TU

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

It's been a bloody week

Now that is a party!!

[Dr. Gonzo 24,457]

As fans, maybe.

As players, I doubt it.

IMO another of the many issues to come out of our 'losing culture' is that our players don't get fired up after bad performances like other sides' players do.

Essendon in the month leading up to the St Kilda game were mediocre at best, but the Saints game exposed all their issues and embarrassed them in front of the AFL. It forced their coaches into dropping consistently poor performers (e.g. Dempsey) but more importantly, the players appear to have responded in the last fortnight (if not in skill, at least in effort).

With all the losing we do, big losses are just more of the same for our players, and I just don't think our players get fired up after bad performances enough anymore as a result. For any other club last week would have stung, but for us it was just another loss.

Essendon were terrible in the first half. It was only once they realised they were in the game at half time they started to get some belief.

We dominated the second quarter but couldn't score.

[Adam The God 30,641]

Essendon were terrible in the first half. It was only once they realised they were in the game at half time they started to get some belief.

We dominated the second quarter but couldn't score.

I felt like Essendon were playing to their capacity in the first half and we still should have been in front. I wasn't worried until the last ten minutes of the game. They're just a very ordinary football side. I know they had some injuries, but they're not going anywhere over the next few years. We just didn't turn up. That won't be happening in two years time.

[Fork 'em 7,052]

We just didn't turn up. That won't be happening in two years time.

Been listening to this since '09.

[Skuit 10,031]

Last week's post-match thread looks like it might outlast this week's pre-match thread. If only the Dees had this sort of stamina to run it out till the bitter end.

[Adam The God 30,641]

Been listening to this since '09.

If PJ stays at the helm and the AFL with their finger on the pulse, our fans won't tolerate team insipidness much longer. Most of us are on board for the third rebuild since '07. Not sure many members will be on board for a 4th rebuild, particularly if the great Paul Roos fails. I think we'll be alright though. We will turn the corner soon. It might not be this season, but I'm confident by the time Goodwin takes over, we'll be playing consistent footy.

[SaberFang 7,151]

Last week's post-match thread looks like it might outlast this week's pre-match thread. If only the Dees had this sort of stamina to run it out till the bitter end.

Brisbane only have 3 quarters of stamina in them these days.

Rest assured they'll play a solid 4 quarters tomorrow though.

[Skuit 10,031]

Well we'll just have to play five solid quarters then.

[SaberFang 7,151]

Well we'll just have to play five solid quarters then.

Hopefully we get the extra 3 players on the field working in our favour, too.

[Skuit 10,031]

Hide Hunt under one of Hogan's biceps and we may get away with at least one other.

[Skuit 10,031]

Well we'll just have to play five solid quarters then.

Or one. Yes, I've been reduced to talking to myself.