For the 16th time ...

Don't worry, we have still yet to play Brisbane.

I don't get this team... 1 good quarter. 

Far too many players down today and some of Jones passed were horrid. Hang over from last week or just getting ahead of themselves.

Why did they put Oscar back on Brown at the start of the 3/4? Umps made some interesting calls. Jetta & Hibberd were outstanding.

Went in against one of the premier ruckmen in the competition without a recognised ruckman. Proved the difference.

Not a finals side. 

 

We get ahead of ourselves and forget to do the basics well.

We could have finished them off.

We didn't.

Even with no ruckman.

Hurry back Maxy. We need ya!

Jeez I miss Jesse Hogan. My kingdom for a quality kpf

From the game day thread

Our kids try. 

But they don't have enough leadership on the field. 

I appreciate all of Watts hard work when the rucks went down. But hes not tough enough. Weid is just a kid. Hannan will be good. 

Very disappointing. No one flew the flag

 

We just can't deal with expectations. We played our best after we gave away a tricky lead. As soon as we came within a goal though, every time, we just stopped playing until they got a good lead again. 

Edited May 21, 20178 yr by Moneider96

Did Kent play? (rhetorical)

Appalling skills, constant turnovers, esp jones. North taller, faster, bigger- bodied as always.

We are where we belong on the ladder. Near enough is good enough for the MFC.

Recruiters have done a job of adding talent, however our tall defenders have to be the worst in the competition. Between the McDonalds and Frost we have  zero ability to fulfil the number one criteria of being a defender (being able to defend).

No surprises there. Same old [censored]. We are crap at the MCG.

 

Kent and Bugg disgusting performances. 

Salem stupid and slow. Will be suspended.

Watts played like the old Watts. 

OMAC is OMAC, so so slow.

Garlett poor, normally goes missing in the middle of the season.

Vince is done, tag or bust.

Riewoldt knows little about football (which surprised me), said he would tag Vince against Melbourne. Then talked about Tyson going in and roughing up the opposition to fire us up (like that would ever happen).

Negative: Our ineffectiveness continues. Once again we were pathetic. Too many times we just hacked it on the boot. It is disappointing. So much effort doing the 1%, but so much hard work being undone through stupid errors.

- Nicholls should never umpire a Melbourne game again.

Positive: Not many. Probably our resilience to get back into the game. Our effort was there much of the time. We got close to winning even though we played well below our best. Doing this with a side that doesn't have Gawn or Hogan.

There's no killer instinct in this team. They get complacent and self-satisfied. At half time they needed to come out and assert their advantage. Instead for 15 minutes they slept and only woke up a four goals down.

You are a better chance to win a game if you work extra hard to get in front and use that momentum. That's what good teams do.

Some very ordinary performances from the likes of the Weed, Bugg, Watts and Oscar.

Umpiring was blatantly biased.

We were out played. But what was the go with those umpires? Putrid. 

Edited May 21, 20178 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Is it just plain dumbness that we turn up in the first quarter with little intensity, coz we seem to talk the talk but we rarely walk the walk.

Edited May 21, 20178 yr by DeeZee

22-10

We didn't play too badly. A few players looked a bit tired and we didn't get enough out of our forward-line. Credit to North. Great contest.

1 minute ago, Watts the matter said:

No surprises there. Same old [censored]. We are crap at the MCG.

 

Kent and Bugg disgusting performances. 

Salem stupid and slow. Will be suspended.

Watts played like the old Watts. 

OMAC is OMAC, so so slow.

Garlett poor, normally goes missing in the middle of the season.

Vince is done, tag or bust.

Riewoldt knows little about football (which surprised me), said he would tag Vince against Melbourne. Then talked about Tyson going in and roughing up the opposition to fire us up (like that would ever happen).

Thought Salem was ok

WE supporter are ahead of the team. They are not ready to play finals. It makes me sad that we have to wait another year to see them develop and even then I wonder if can we play four quarter.

Failed again. So frustrating and typical Melbourne.  Had a chance to get into the 8. Now teams have passed us.  We undid all our good work from last week