1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

Didn't see any of the game tonight - can someone with a record of being reasonable give me a bit of an account of what went down? Looks like a few played okay but others did not. Cheers in advance. 

To work it like joeboy I'll say "fumbly and ineffective".

(but "good in patches")

Edited July 15, 20178 yr by Robot Devil

1 minute ago, Win4theAges said:

Just a complete and utter waste of time and exercise how many members have we signed in Darwin? If this club signs another one of these NT deals that's me done. P H uck this for a joke.

Thats you done? Really? We have been utter [censored] for over a decade but you will bail if the club needs to sell some games for cash? We are on the up mate. Enjoy the ride

1 minute ago, chook fowler said:

Only interested in the positives - I think JKH has turned the corner and is obviously a midfielder and not a small forward. O Mac continues his development down back, Lewis played his best game for us and Hunt has returned to form.

i wish Darwin would suceed from Australia and be ineligible to host games.

Agree re JFK - very good in close and runs hard.

And Darwin doesn't succeed for us and should secede.  (Birds suck seed because they have no teeth)

 

Can't keep playing this catch up football. You can't hold the good sides goalless for long enough to catch up. 

Had to start well and the poor misses early by Garlett and Kent really hurt. Should have had 3.0 instead of 1.2. The first quarter from our so called stars like Gawn, Petracca, Hogan and Oliver was really poor. 

Just need to draft quick and skilful midfielders. McKay and Cameron murdered us on the outside. We need midfielders that can run and kick and won't just bomb it in there. Leave me out of selling the farm for Lever. 

4 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Just a complete and utter waste of time and exercise how many members have we signed in Darwin? If this club signs another one of these NT deals that's me done. P H uck this for a joke.

I guess you'll be coming up with the 1 mill per year the NT sponsorship covers. We're not a big club and still need the money. We would've lost in Melbourne anyway did not have the cattle on the field. 

Giving top side a 5 goal start ...might as well forget it after that.

we are a slow starting team and it must be fixed.  We need a better spine!! Our talls are all arms and legs...no brains

a very forgettable game to watch.  Must win next week, or on the way out the back door.

2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Didn't see any of the game tonight - can someone with a record of being reasonable give me a bit of an account of what went down? Looks like a few played okay but others did not. Cheers in advance. 

OK in the clinches but inside 50s were horrible.

They transitioned like it was a training drill too many times.

Out structured outsmarted and outclassed.  

And generally one of those nights when [censored] doesn't go your way.

4 minutes ago, Chook said:

Just did a ladder predictor. Had us scraping into 8th spot only to play a red hot Sydney on their home deck. My lord we need our players back. The last couple of months have been an exciting ride but we're running on fumes now.

On the positive side, it was nice to see Jesse Hogan working his way into some good form. But please can we get rid of our Darwin fixture as soon as financially possible. I love Darwin. I was born there. But I love the Demons more and this is like seeing an abusive parent (Darwin) beating up your first love (Melbourne).

Did he?

9 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Didn't see any of the game tonight - can someone with a record of being reasonable give me a bit of an account of what went down? Looks like a few played okay but others did not. Cheers in advance. 

Just outclassed.  Had our share of the ball, but used it poorly, fumbled, couldn't seem to mark the ball, bombs forward to nobody.  Had quite a few swings of momentum our way but could never peg back the margin enough to be competitive.  Gave away a few junk time goals at the end which was a shame.

A few junior players stood up - JKH, ANB and Oliver all very good.  Hogan in the second half looked like he was starting to get going, which was pleasing.  Looked awful in the first half.

Hunt kicked a belter of a goal after the siren at 3/4 time.  If nothing else, watch that.

Not particularly surprised considering we have 4 of our best out.
Happy there was a fight back but jeez the moment they kicked up from half back it was one of their huge forwards all alone.
Not a massive fan of playing in Darwin, I get why we do it but to have to travel to the middle of nowhere twice a season is a bit much when you consider potential injuries etc.

JKH was excellent, did everything he needed to do to stay in the team, ANB was also pretty good.

I will probably get hung out to dry for this but I just don't like our forward line with Hogan in it.
He doesn't chase, he doesn't tackle, he's slow, he throws his arms up, he stays on the deck for a long time after he goes to ground, he isn't that accurate, and can barely kick the ball 45 meters. I know he is having a rough trott but none of these things should be effected by injury and prior to his break from footy it was the same.

Kent, as sad as I am to say it, will probably play one more season for us and most of it in Casey...He should perhaps start looking for jobs now. Joel Smith was okay too, I see why the coach likes him.

All in all, we have 3 of 4 very hard games ahead of us...4 of 4 if you include a team we haven't beaten in 12 or so years.

I am hoping we can get Jones, Watts, Viney, Salem all back within a week of eachother because with our best 22 on the park playing 4 quarters of footy we won't be beaten.

Go Dees...

5 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Just a complete and utter waste of time and exercise how many members have we signed in Darwin? If this club signs another one of these NT deals that's me done. P H uck this for a joke.

Both sides had to play on the same ground in the same conditions - Adelaide did it better.

I am far more concerned re the inequity of the effects on us for next week.

If it is to continue it MUST precede our bye.  Only stubbornness at AFL prevent this for occurring - there can be no other reason.

Hibberd, Lewis, JKH, Neal Bullen, Hunt, Oliver our best. 

Melksham good first half

Big positive for me was JKH. 

11 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Hibberd Oliver Hunt petracca were good melkshake in the first half Lewis and jkh were ok the rest pretty flat mistake riddled and looking a class below

The media told them they had no hope because Nathan: turnover king bomb it in long Jones, Jack poor kick Viney, Dom: o my knee's always sore Tyson, Jack Watts and injury prone Salem were out. They went in with that mindset apart from Hunt, Petracca, Jordan Lewis, Jetta, Frost, Oliver, Garlett, Kent, Milkshake and Gawn. ANB and Hannan had a go as well. The two McDonalds tried hard but were pretty bad. Pedersen likewise. The team decided they couldn't win and didn't follow the game plan of hard in contested ball.

Edited July 15, 20178 yr by Diamond
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3 minutes ago, BAMF said:

Thats you done? Really? We have been utter [censored] for over a decade but you will bail if the club needs to sell some games for cash? We are on the up mate. Enjoy the ride

Some of us think the NT thing is garbage.  Better ways to raise a million bucks.  

Our inability to hit targets going forward was frustrating. We went inside our forward 50, 55-52. When are we going to change our system to include players leading up at the ball carrier? Always seem to either get it on a sideways lead or over the back. Our key forwards need to improve their leading patterns. 

Edited July 15, 20178 yr by Balls14

4 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Didn't see any of the game tonight - can someone with a record of being reasonable give me a bit of an account of what went down? Looks like a few played okay but others did not. Cheers in advance. 

A record of being realistic but seen as negative on here.

Lost the game in the first quarter, goals from clearances really hurt us. 

The rest of the game we were dominated on the rebound. We would turn it over then they would slingshot to an open field.

Had some moments where we looked alright, but every time we got a sniff we would fumble a simple ball or miss an easy goal.

They were very clean with their skills and played like a top 2 team. 

I don't think anyone won their position in our team.

 

Some positives in that. Hunt best game for quite a while, JKH good (though could be more damaging with his disposals), Oscar more than decent, Lewis and Hibberd both strong, and Hogan and Gawn will be better for the run, both showed signs.

A few negatives, obviously, but the howler in it all is Bernie Vince heading for another unnecessary holiday. 

Easy in/out next week: Tyson/Watts for Kent/Vince. Smith (at least) gets a reprieve.

2 minutes ago, The Sailing Demon said:

JKH was excellent, did everything he needed to do to stay in the team, ANB was also pretty good.

JKH was ok. He certainly wasn't excellent. Very little impact on the game. Very little damage with his disposals. Lots of dinky chips and handpasses. Don't get seduced by numbers. 

3 minutes ago, Soidee said:

Some of us think the NT thing is garbage.  Better ways to raise a million bucks.  

And next week the players have an excuse to lose against Port scum.

I thought Hogan grew in confidence as the game went on. He gets manhandled more than any other forward, umpires rarely notice, I'm not excusing his miss from 10 metres out but the amount of times he got burnt tonight by his teammates was a joke. 

 

Just now, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

JKH was ok. He certainly wasn't excellent. Very little impact on the game. Very little damage with his disposals. Lots of dinky chips and handpasses. Don't get seduced by numbers. 

Mayne I got a little trigger happy, I am just happy to see him getting a good amount of it, and lay 5 or 6 tackles.

 

13 minutes ago, Diamond said:

Tex walker=Freddy Mercury

More like dumbo the elephant with those ears. 

7 minutes ago, BAMF said:

Did he?

Hogan worked his way into some form. He's nowhere near it yet but is closer than he was at the start of the match.

3 minutes ago, Soidee said:

Some of us think the NT thing is garbage.  Better ways to raise a million bucks.  

Did I say that i liked it? I dont.

I wont abandon the club if we need to continue the arrangement  though. Thats what I was replying to.