1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I love the fact that Melbourne are trying to win every game, if nothing else it gives the young supporters something to cheer about and a bit of confidence heading into the proper season.

Winning is a learnt attribute.  We're learning 

Still got the L's on 

30 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Anyone else getting sick of winning??

 

In the red and blue as well.

3 hours ago, olisik said:

Do we get anything if we end up on top of the ladder for the nab challenge?

There would need to be a ladder first for us to be at the top of it.

1 hour ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

On the outside the club is all smiles but on the inside the coaches would be scratching their heads. Take the win but still a long way to go.

I don't think the coaches would be scratching their heads at all. I think they are well aware of where this team is at and the strengths and weaknesses of the players.

 

1 hour ago, old dee said:

A decade is a long to be the also rans of any competition dee-luded.

AS Jon Ralph said in today's HUN " But for a club that has defined mediocrity for a decade , NAB cup wins against Port Adelaide and the Dogs will do just fine."

I wish people would not be misled into papering over the cracks of our history.  We've been pretenders in the early part of the 2000's.  Poor cousins to our mid 90's teams, which were slowly losing the right attitudes imo,  arrogance creeping in perhaps at this point.  but we were starting to rot un-beknown to most of us.  When it starts you don't see it for the trees of success. like a cancer it takes hold silently in most cases.

 

To say, as some think,  we were great in the 2000's,  is just cart before horse stuff.  we were undisciplined & individualistic.  the tail was wagging happily,  but quite politically correctly, not to offend anywon.

we bled down until our 90's hero's were all gone by about 2003 ish,  when we bared our bones of the 1998+ crew.  TJ, whitey, yze, robbo, brusey... we became a non bruise fest in action.

But the Barassi-Northey influences had well past us by.

 

We keep treating ourselves on the comfort foods for thoughts,  of ladder positions,,,   rather than the real stuff.   The stuff that makes winners carry that silverware home.  talent isn't enough.. it has to be underpinned ontop of hard workers, & self sacrifices, & team.

 

If only talented teams won premierships,  then the cats would have plenty in the 80's- 90's.

 

2 hours ago, old dee said:

A decade is a long to be the also rans of any competition dee-luded.

AS Jon Ralph said in today's HUN " But for a club that has defined mediocrity for a decade , NAB cup wins against Port Adelaide and the Dogs will do just fine."

Somebody needs to buy John Ralph a dictionary. There's no way we defined "mediocrity".  I think the word he was looking for was "appalling".

17 hours ago, Italian Stallion said:

3 wins in a row. Gws last year

4 wins in a row . We won the intra club as well. 

7 hours ago, willmoy said:

Who do I fly with?

Cougar Express.

We managed to win a 2nd game in a row and in the process show exactly why we usually don't win 2 in a row. That's a rare achievement. 

I'd be keen to see 2 really good performances in a row.

8 hours ago, CBDees said:

And after we beat St. Kilda next week will become 3 from 3. A nice confidence builder for a young team for whom the game plan is finally starting to gel and it means that we turn up for Round One much better prepared than in the recent past. Go Dees!

Hope Nick's  playing. Cant remember last time we beat them with him In their lineup. Shld give us a more realistic guide as to where we're at

3 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

We managed to win a 2nd game in a row and in the process show exactly why we usually don't win 2 in a row. That's a rare achievement. 

I'd be keen to see 2 really good performances in a row.

Classic Demonland.

We lose, we complain.

We win, we complain.

Classic Melbourne. Play against an under strength opposition and mentally switch off....again. 

Disappointing  but to be expected. 

It is definitely so, so disappointing to win. I'm sick of this team already.

13 hours ago, olisik said:

Do we get anything if we end up on top of the ladder for the nab challenge?

Yes drug tested

13 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

Hope Nick's  playing. Cant remember last time we beat them with him In their lineup. Shld give us a more realistic guide as to where we're at

Who plays on him? Surely not McDonald. Reading the other thread apparently he can't kick, lucky he's in the side as a key defender.

13 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

Hope Nick's  playing. Cant remember last time we beat them with him In their lineup. Shld give us a more realistic guide as to where we're at

Who plays on him? Surely not McDonald. Reading the other thread apparently he can't kick, lucky he's in the side as a key defender.

On March 6, 2016 at 0:12 PM, Jesus Hoganshaw said:

I'll take it, but will still celebrate hardcore if we manage it during the season.

I'm talking cocaine, strippers, accidental flight to Queensland after a tab of acid, the works...

mate, thats a fair celebration. Please PM me when we win the flag!

Edited March 7, 20169 yr by Munga

What is pleasing is that we will get some confidence from it going into the season but perhaps better than the wins is that we have come from behind and then held onto our lead at the end. Just from watching I feel there is something different about the team this year in their attitude. A barometer for me has been the Garland head droop it seems to have almost entirely disappeared. (Jack watts also would adopt it in games but we dont see it much from him).

 

37 minutes ago, Robbie57 said:

What is pleasing is that we will get some confidence from it going into the season but perhaps better than the wins is that we have come from behind and then held onto our lead at the end. Just from watching I feel there is something different about the team this year in their attitude. A barometer for me has been the Garland head droop it seems to have almost entirely disappeared. (Jack watts also would adopt it in games but we dont see it much from him).

 

A sane appraisal Robbie, I agree.

3 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Who plays on him? Surely not McDonald. Reading the other thread apparently he can't kithere'sucky he's in the side as a key defender.

Not many players capable of covering off on Nick Im afraid. Has to be a combo of Tom and Garlo with chop outs from others If they can make the contest. Nick plays such a high game and then runs back just as hard and does It repeatedly. Toms the most suited for this job Athletically and defensively.  His problems arise when he actually gets the pill.

I wld be treating Tom like a lumbering ruckman at this stage , making sure there's always one or 2 options running past from behind for the quick handball as much as possible to minimise the chance of Tom producing too many damaging turnovers, thereby reducing the opponent's ability to score from turnovers In our defensive half

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