I would love it if we just lifted in the second half to lose by under 4 goals. 

9 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

This game being still sold to the NT is a complete and utter 5hit from the club PJ done alot right but this is a bull 5hit deal get rid of it

The ground 'aint the problem... 

Totally disorganised so far. When we get the ball to go forward there is no one there, when there is a turn over we don't have enough players back to defend properly! Looks like one of those games, the ball is bouncing Adelaides way and we look disorganised. 

Is it possible to keep 2 forwards forward these days? If we had Jeffy and Hoges sitting forward tonight we would have at least 2 extra goals I think. 

3 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Getting smasjed in the midfield. Little pressure. Oliver lacking impact. 

Missing Jones, Viney and Tyson badly

Fairly even across stoppages and clearances. 

1 minute ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Until we get our full team back in, it's going to be heads above water stuff.

Doesn't mean we should give up on games but as supporters that's where we are.

Disagree

12 minutes ago, dl4e said:

Home game and everyone barracks for the opposition. Darwin is a joke.

You said it....

How stupid is Vince. 

Another suspension coming. 

Unbelivable. 

Edited July 15, 20178 yr by DemonOX

2 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Until we get our full team back in, it's going to be heads above water stuff.

Doesn't mean we should give up on games but as supporters that's where we are.

Measured as always Col...

4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Its the one game where they are MIA

Garbage. They have no chance against the speed and efficiency that it's coming back in. The problem is the poor defending from the middle and forward 50. No forward defensive pressure. Nil. 

1 minute ago, praha said:

Fairly even across stoppages and clearances. 

Port Adelaide will kill us.

Just not clean or moving the ball with any smarts or actually gut running with any intent. I don't mind that Hogan is lacking touch I do expect him to chase and defend when he doesn't have the ball. Keen to see what Goody tries at the half to pull this one back. 

meanwhile Sydney besting GWS. They're in the 8 now, Bombers banging on the door with the softest run home. saints us tiges west coast dont fit into 2 spots.

 

[censored] hard from here

What's wrong with Gawn? Absolutely zero influence.

1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

Why does trac always have quiet first halves?and why is smith playing? Why does lewis give off so many hospital handballs with his experience and why does jeffy fade away towards the end of the sesson. So many riddles.

Be patient grasshopper.

Just now, DemonOX said:

How stupid is Vince. 

Another suspension coming. 

Unbelivable. 

Just woeful leadership. The end comes quickly. 

1 minute ago, Demon77 said:

I've seen Hogan make numerous leads where he's been clear of his opponent by at least 10 metres and often they ignored him.

What do you want the guy to do when the ball gets kicked 30 metres over his head?

We have had more inside 50's, yet with abominable kicking, never passing, but just bombing away to outnumbered forwards. Just terrible.  

With your class mids out, it is just too hard against a full strength top of the ladder side.  

Hope we can narrow the margin, as can't see us winning. 

Only watched the second quarter, a few observations. The umps were very whistle happy the first half of the quarter. Vince's hit should only be a fine at worst, but it is Bernie so will be weeks. Wagner is playing well, JKH has been OK. Kent and Hogan are missing in action. Our structures are shot, we seriously miss Watts, Viney, Jones, Tyson, and Salem. 

Inside 50s have been really poor.  Some cooler heads needed.

Everything they do is easy, everything we do is hard.

If you actually watch the game you will see MFC winning it out of the middle and into the forward fifty then there's nobody there to put it through the goals.

Our talls need to lift. Hogan, Smith, Gawn, Pedo all being smashed.

Just now, Danelska said:

Measured as always Col...

I should probably clarify that.

We can find a way to win games. However, none of it will be coast to coast, champagne football.

We win what we can and get through games like this without too much damage done.

We might win this but seeing what I can on the scoreboard and from play on the ground, I can't see it happening.

We will be a much more daunting proposition with Jones, Viney, Tyson and Watts in there.

Just now, Webber said:

Garbage. They have no chance against the speed and efficiency that it's coming back in. The problem is the poor defending from the middle and forward 50. No forward defensive pressure. Nil. 

They have really done their homeeork

I hope we can gain dome poise and better delivery in the second half

sorry i dont like this excuse that 4 or 5 of our best players are out. we have replacements and the rest of the team is still there. We have been playing woeful football regardless of who is in or out. This running off the back of the square is not working tonight, forget it. Man up so that if we kick it forward we arent kicking it to a 3 on 1 situation. or when we kick it out of our back line we kick it into a wall of crows.  and when the crows get the ball we have a player on them.  too many players gone missing, too easy for the adelaide players to take it end to end without a melbourne player touching it.

hard to win from here, but they need to at least try a lot harder than what they have been so far.

 

 

1 minute ago, Chris said:

Only watched the second quarter, a few observations. The umps were very whistle happy the first half of the quarter. Vince's hit should only be a fine at worst, but it is Bernie so will be weeks. Wagner is playing well, JKH has been OK. Kent and Hogan are missing in action. Our structures are shot, we seriously miss Watts, Viney, Jones, Tyson, and Salem. 

Kent is not Mia. He kicked a goal and has done lots of good things.

2 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

sorry i dont like this excuse that 4 or 5 of our best players are out. we have replacements and the rest of the team is still there. We have been playing woeful football regardless of who is in or out. This running off the back of the square is not working tonight, forget it. Man up so that if we kick it forward we arent kicking it to a 3 on 1 situation. or when we kick it out of our back line we kick it into a wall of crows.  and when the crows get the ball we have a player on them.  too many players gone missing, too easy for the adelaide players to take it end to end without a melbourne player touching it.

hard to win from here, but they need to at least try a lot harder than what they have been so far.

 

 

Agree. The replacements need to follow the game plan and not the media hype that we are going to lose because a few players are injured.

Edited July 15, 20178 yr by Diamond
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