Soft Underbelly MUST become extinct.

[Dee1987 277]

I have Ranted many times about this club, I only do it because it want success like the rest of us but seriously the list/club must once and for all grow a set.

Arent we all tired of being the brunt of all opposition supporters jokes even if we as supporters don't mouth off about our club since we have nothing to because the club gives us nothing! We/ others can go on about our supposed "young list" that maybe "tired"?..... So are 17 other clubs at this stage of the season! This year has been a failure! Forget... "let's just see what happens with Adelaide v Eagles, I'm treating it as another wasted year of, shoulda, coulda, woulda? Even if we do make it I doubt we will go far, we are here to win finals and win the big one. 

Even the bombers, are hungrier than we are! Stand for something MFC.

 

[John Crow Batty 8,780]

We turned what should have been a 14-16 win season to a measly 12 due to consistent losses to bottom of the ladder sides. Failure to build percentage by easing off when we win may cost us big time. If we don't shed this [censored] attitude we may also never make finals with this lot. 

[Dee1987 277]

Like I said stand to be a side that means business or finish up we are tired of this tripe even though we all try, otherwise why bother when all we get is teasing with a few good unexpected wins and getting close to finals but falling short!

why can't we be like Geelong or Sydney?

[64" 97]

Totally agree, its quite clear that there are certain players in our team that cannot maintain 4 quarters of footy.The coaches have had ample time over the season to iron out eg the overuse of handball, kicking direct and [censored] manning up etc.Heads need to role in players and specialist coaches!!

[Dee1987 277]

I'd really love to fall back in love with the MFC, I'm still here trying.... but by gee, that make this climb/rebuild look like real hard work and rocket science, this madness must stop cmon Dees!

[picket fence 16,694]

Ok I'll go for answer "F" ALL OF THE ABOVE!

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Of course we need to fix it - but then, so do Essendon, West Coast, St. Kilda, Port...

So many are in the same basket we are in.  We are a middle of the road side looking to push further up the ladder with consistent performances, and to do so we need to become a side that is mentally tough.  But we aren't the only ones.

[spirit of norm smith 15,239]

Watched Sydney and Geelong win.  They have a true attitude that 2nd and 3rd efforts are the norm.  

They DO NOT  OVERHANDBALL!! They create run and hit targets 

dees. 210 kicks 200 handballs 

swans. 220 kicks 150 handballs 

cats. 210 kicks 170 handballs 

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

5 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Of course we need to fix it - but then, so do Essendon, West Coast, St. Kilda, Port...

So many are in the same basket we are in.  We are a middle of the road side looking to push further up the ladder with consistent performances, and to do so we need to become a side that is mentally tough.  But we aren't the only ones.

But we are the worst at at, and the most consistent. 

1971 we win the 8 games, but miss the finals with 11 wins. 

46 years later we are still stumbling. 

It carries on and on

2005 we lose to Carltank twice, when they are at Rock Bottom

with research i could find a lot more. 

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Watched Sydney and Geelong win.  They have a true attitude that 2nd and 3rd efforts are the norm.  

They DO NOT  OVERHANDBALL!! They create run and hit targets 

dees. 210 kicks 200 handballs 

swans. 220 kicks 150 handballs 

cats. 210 kicks 170 handballs 

Efficiency...

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

But we are the worst at at, and the most consistent. 

1971 we win the 8 games, but miss the finals with 11 wins. 

46 years later we are still stumbling. 

It carries on and on

2005 we lose to Carltank twice, when they are at Rock Bottom

with research i could find a lot more. 

And you could find plenty of other clubs doing the same thing over the years.  Big deal.

I love how you like to go alllllll the way back to '71.  Why not go all the way back to the '30s?  Maybe even our first season in 1897?

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

Just now, Wiseblood said:

And you could find plenty of other clubs doing the same thing over the years.  Big deal.

I love how you like to go alllllll the way back to '71.  Why not go all the way back to the '30s?  Maybe even our first season in 1897?

Don't bother mocking Wise. You missed today's game. It's the same story over and over again

ingrained into the club

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

Don't bother mocking Wise. You missed today's game. It's the same story over and over again

ingrained into the club

I did.  I do have a life outside of this board.

And I'm not mocking, just pointing out your usual rhetoric.

[layzie 32,883]

Yeah. It is important to note that this has been an underlying issues for a long time. Yeah there's other clubs also in this category, but it's time to shed the soft tag once and for all. We need to be playing like absolute animals, players who want to die for the cause. You have to want it 

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

Just now, Wiseblood said:

I did.  I do have a life outside of this board.

And I'm not mocking, just pointing out your usual rhetoric.

It's the clubs rhetoric, not mine. 

I am just observing.

11 minutes into the 1st Quarter NOT ONE player had laid a tackle. 

That is a soft club attitude.....

[Dee1987 277]

Worst part about this Soft Underbelly, we had a finals spot on the line , Collingwood had nothing really to play for. Infuriates all of us

[praha 11,124]

9 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Of course we need to fix it - but then, so do Essendon, West Coast, St. Kilda, Port...

 

Aside from Essendon who hasn't won a final for 13 years, those clubs have all fallen down, come back, rebuilt and made finals in the 10 years since we last played finals.

We've been trying to break this funk since the last time all of those teams were last winning finals.

It's one to be middle of the road, and you have to expect poor losses. But we lost to Freo and Hawthorn after being outright favourites. We lost to North. Twice. We barely got over Brisbane. Port may struggle against top 8 sides but they've absolutely smashed some teams this year.

We may very well play finals this year but we're still a team of losers and pushovers. The performance today is a mirroring of the end to the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Only Melbourne could win two more games than the season before and put in a leas enjoyable yeah. I've felt genuinely angry like 5 times this year. It's tiring. Today was the kind of game loser clubs lose. We're the new Richmond. It made me cringe when I heard they were upbeat in the rooms. You just got pansied by a team with nothing to play with and you're upbeat? Get [censored]!

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

It's the clubs rhetoric, not mine. 

I am just observing.

11 minutes into the 1st Quarter NOT ONE player had laid a tackle. 

That is a soft club attitude.....

Yawn.

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

Just now, deefella said:

Worst part about this Soft Underbelly, we had a finals spot on the line , Collingwood had nothing really to play for. Infuriates all of us

Exactly. Only the MFC would not switched on for such a day

[kurtneverdied 204]

Let's just hope that somehow this loss benefits us. We may actually end up getting a better draw finishing 8th too.

Seems like a loss is still what's needed to get our boys up again.

Hopefully we can switch it back on again like we know we can VS say Port away in 2 weeks.

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

Yawn.

That is just the attitude this club has had for so long

"it will be alright tomorrow...."

[layzie 32,883]

3 minutes ago, praha said:

Today was the kind of game loser clubs lose. We're the new Richmond. It made me cringe when I heard they were upbeat in the rooms. You just got pansied by a team with nothing to play with and you're upbeat? Get [censored]!

Bam. Nailed it 

[Sir Why You Little 36,654]

2 minutes ago, kurtneverdied said:

Let's just hope that somehow this loss benefits us. We may actually end up getting a better draw finishing 8th too.

Seems like a loss is still what's needed to get our boys up again.

Hopefully we can switch it back on again like we know we can VS say Port away in 2 weeks.

I would love to get a final in 2 weeks, now i reckon Meth Coke with be that fired up to win, we have cooked ourselves

[Winners at last 5,158]

Just saw that Lonergan and Mackie announced their retirements effective at the end of this season.

Absolute champion footballers, and champion blokes

[kurtneverdied 204]

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I would love to get a final in 2 weeks, now i reckon Meth Coke with be that fired up to win, we have cooked ourselves

Yeah can't sleep. Start work at 5am. Can't stop thinking...
Will feel dead tomorrow if we're out.