This loss certainly seems to have sucked all of the positivity about us out of the commentariat.

I've heard a couple of discussions of "who's the best side out of the eight" and "who's the most promising side for 2017". Nobody's talking Melbourne any more. It's St.Kilda, Port or even Carlton; someone mentioned Essendon when they get their suspended players back. The groupthink is that we won't be good enough to make finals in 2017, but we may be a chance in 2018.

Sure, it's only footy talk. But among our peers, the feeling is that we've reverted to type, and if we phone in the effort next Sunday & get smashed, it will just confirm these feelings. We may have achieved our goals this year, but we were never in danger of having over-achieved.

Is everybody OK about that?

 

23 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

The problem is rjay, we've been having these losses for 10 [censored] years!

ahh, Grass Hopper, see if you can snatch this little pebble from the hairy side of my hand.  When you can, we will be ready to win a Flag.

43 minutes ago, Akum said:

This loss certainly seems to have sucked all of the positivity about us out of the commentariat.

I've heard a couple of discussions of "who's the best side out of the eight" and "who's the most promising side for 2017". Nobody's talking Melbourne any more. It's St.Kilda, Port or even Carlton; someone mentioned Essendon when they get their suspended players back. The groupthink is that we won't be good enough to make finals in 2017, but we may be a chance in 2018.

Sure, it's only footy talk. But among our peers, the feeling is that we've reverted to type, and if we phone in the effort next Sunday & get smashed, it will just confirm these feelings. We may have achieved our goals this year, but we were never in danger of having over-achieved.

Is everybody OK about that?

 

These are the same people that had Collingwood &/or Richmond top 4 this year, St Kilda not winning a game last year...Port on the move this year and didn't see the fall of Freo this year or Carlton last year. They thought Adelaide would drop off without Danger. They wouldn't have a clue...

Groupthink doesn't win us any games or give us premiership points next year.

13 minutes ago, rjay said:

These are the same people that had Collingwood &/or Richmond top 4 this year, St Kilda not winning a game last year...Port on the move this year and didn't see the fall of Freo this year or Carlton last year. They thought Adelaide would drop off without Danger. They wouldn't have a clue...

Groupthink doesn't win us any games or give us premiership points next year.

It is the WAY we lost. That is the part we have all seen. 

From the first bounce the MFC went to water when there was something worth fighting for. 

Just the same, we could wasily smash the pussycats now that the pressure is off...

15 hours ago, Akum said:

This loss certainly seems to have sucked all of the positivity about us out of the commentariat.

I've heard a couple of discussions of "who's the best side out of the eight" and "who's the most promising side for 2017". Nobody's talking Melbourne any more. It's St.Kilda, Port or even Carlton; someone mentioned Essendon when they get their suspended players back. The groupthink is that we won't be good enough to make finals in 2017, but we may be a chance in 2018.

Sure, it's only footy talk. But among our peers, the feeling is that we've reverted to type, and if we phone in the effort next Sunday & get smashed, it will just confirm these feelings. We may have achieved our goals this year, but we were never in danger of having over-achieved.

Is everybody OK about that?

 

Doesn't worry me in the slightest.

And we might not be good enough to play finals in 2017.  That won't worry me.  When we do make it I want it to be real, not a Richmond like finals participation.

14 hours ago, rjay said:

These are the same people that had Collingwood &/or Richmond top 4 this year, St Kilda not winning a game last year...Port on the move this year and didn't see the fall of Freo this year or Carlton last year. They thought Adelaide would drop off without Danger. They wouldn't have a clue...

Groupthink doesn't win us any games or give us premiership points next year.

The commentariat is a microcosm of footy supporters in general - only capable of remembering the last thing it saw.  How often do you read on here after a poor loss: "oh woe, we're not going to win another game for the year"? It's the same - this year's premiers always forecast to be next year's premiers and so forth.  It comes as no surprise to me that after one poor game, they've forgotten all the good they've seen.  The analysis for the most part is shallow and tedious to read.

Like you didn't say but implied: who cares what they reckon.  The game is too dynamic and subject to too many forces for the dimwits in our media who report on it.