Missed the opportunity of not playing Spencer. I understand he is underdone but structurally it would have completely straighten us up.

 

Dees still win this. 

Shuffled back here to say we're still in it.

Yeah, we've been poor.  No one would argue that.  But Goodwin has shown that he can swing the changes and motivate the side to get themselves back in it.  This game is far from over... I hope...

Need to fix the contest. We are getting belted out of the middle. 

Time to drag the leaders aside and give them a spray. 

I know we finish strong but nothing Ive seen today inspires any hope. The handballing is just [censored] weak, lazy and gutless.

MAx happy not playing.

soft soft soft bloody soft !!!!   fair dinkum

Glad we got rid of that spud Jeremy Howe, and it's good to see the wisdom in our having used Oscar (the future) instead of Dunn (who the game had obviously passed).

 

we can't defend the G .. its as simple as that. they have far too much space when they move it forward. The big ground is killing us 

Clayton Oliver has had 5 clearances.  The rest of the team, combined, has had 6.

The kid is a gun, but we can't win games with a stat like that.  Mids need to lift in a big way in the second half.

and can we take a F**KN contested mark FFS !!!!!!

1 minute ago, Rob Mac...... said:

Glad we got rid of that spud Jeremy Howe, and it's good to see the wisdom in our having used Oscar (the future) instead of Dunn (who the game had obviously passed).

 

We didn't get rid of him, he asked to leave.  Not much you can do about that.

Tom McDonald is not a forward, should be played back meaning Oscar should not be playing. Not surprisingly Oscar has been putrid.

Spencer should be playing allowing Pedersen to go forward.

Selection mistakes are inexcusable.

Viney and Lewis main midfield offenders.

Whilst comp is very even...surely the mental toughness of our team needs to be question?

7 goals in that qtr!

Who is our defensive coach? Goody needs to be asked about our defence and easy goals we leak!

 

 

Edited June 12, 20178 yr by Hogan2014

Hibberd on the ball lewis or Jones back - Our ruck to follow up aggressively. Jack viney and Bugg melkshem start hurting a few . 

Melbourne only like it when the heat is off..........Familiar scenario again this year........When the other team brings pressure Melbourne crumble.

Tom McDonald is playing like a skinny kid. Use your size ffs, both on the ground and in marking contests.

Lewis is the other concern for me. We need 18 players defending manically, and he is just floating around for mine.

We need a complete 180 in the middle to be a chance, but I just can't see it against Grundy and Collingwood's good midfield.

Collingwood want it far more than us. 

Neal Bullens disposal is dreadful. And Bugg is simply not good enough. No ruckman again is a problem. Grundy is hitting wherever he wants.

so frustrating glad I can vent   HERE   The TV is in mortal danger   !!!!    SHUT UP BRAD JOHNSON YOU DICK HEAD

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Missed the opportunity of not playing Spencer. I understand he is underdone but structurally it would have completely straighten us up.

 

Agreed!

Even if underdone it would allow Tom to go back, and Pedo to play forward and straighten us up. We have zero players up forward to provide a target and we are getting smashed in the clearances. 

Spencer is no risk. At worst we break even in the ruck, at best we have a normal structure to play with.

Super disappointing!

We've gone in a back too tall and a mid too short. We continue to play Vince back rather than middle. Too many that can't handle the pressure. Too many that either cant or won't spread as required. Bit of leadership would not go astray. Not out of it but will be quickly if there is not a major change at the first bounce of the half. 

Some of the players enjoyed the week off too much.

10 minutes ago, monoccular said:

ZERO forward structures - come back Jesse ... and Max

Goody went super defensive from the get go with plus 2 down back.  Handing the center square clearances / ruck dominance to the Pies.  The game is almost always going to be played from your defensive end with this tactic. 

Unless you have a super back line you are going to bleed goals eventually with this Horribly flawed tactic.

If Goody doesnt change this up and bring numbers to the drop in the middle then Roosy may have unfortunately handed the batton to a dud

Edited June 12, 20178 yr by Rusty Nails

Actually feel we were playing much better than them until all those goals. The sloppiest I've ever seen them play. Horrendous turn overs. The bye has made them rusty.