31 minutes ago, layzie said:

Like many others here, I think Mick is right. I don’t see this as a bad thing either, this is the time of the year that these articles need to land. We need to remember that we haven’t done anything yet and that nothing short of hard work and honest footy will get us where we need to go.

Spot on Layzie. And he's (malthouse), countering that bloody Cornes, who is running that bath, for us all to lap up in.

Edited March 17, 20187 yr by DV8

We're getting talked about a lot aren't we?

Beats the hell out of being irrelevant & uncompetitive.  We're a long way from being hated but that would be good too.  Great in fact.

Malthouse is 100%. Whether it's Petracca DJ'ing Skwosh parties and making coffees at spring carnival marquees, Harmes running around asking the Saints what they were doing in September, or Hogan looking questionable at dance festivals, you won't find a team as happy with their own work as Melbourne. 

It is why Goodwin talks ad nauseum about a humble and hard working playing group, and why they had to get rid of Watts. 

Could have made the finals in '16, should have made the finals in '17. Time for a lot of players to stop drinking their own bath water. 

100% correct

We are mentally weak as a team. Strong leadership led teams do not lose the games we do. 

We have gotten ahead of ourselves for years, I can’t remember the last time I went to a game when we were strong favourites and I felt comfortable.

Did they send some of that bath water into the AFLW team changerooms?

18 hours ago, Demonland said:

But we should make the finals if we stop looking in the mirror.

 

He's spot on.

We carry on like we won the flag after every win and even in games when we're winning we get ahead of ourselves which is why we let the opposition back in because we take the foot off the pedal.

9 hours ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

Malthouse is 100%. Whether it's Petracca DJ'ing Skwosh parties 

What happens to Skwosh now? Will Jack be launching a DJ tent in the Port Adelaide social club? Oh to be a fly on the wall for that one.

3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

He's spot on.

We carry on like we won the flag after every win and even in games when we're winning we get ahead of ourselves which is why we let the opposition back in because we take the foot off the pedal.

I think that in the early days of Roosy's rebuild, it was important for the boys to enjoy wins. They had been kicked for long enough and needed to regain confidence. However the goal posts have well and truly moved and so should the players' expectations.

Some of the reactions have died down a bit. I remember during 2014 through to certain parts of 2016 that celebrations after wins were ridiculous. It started to settle down after the start of last year (I think Jordie's influence might have helped here). However, I still think though there is substance to what you are saying.

If we roll the Cats round one this year but carry on like pillocks and sing the club song as though we haven't sung it in 5 years, then we will know little has changed.

6 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

If we roll the Cats round one this year but carry on like pillocks and sing the club song as though we haven't sung it in 5 years, then we will know little has changed.

If that happens we will lose to Brisbane the next week.

Nothing surer.

9 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

If that happens we will lose to Brisbane the next week.

Nothing surer.

Funnily enough, I see Brisbane in Round 2 as the bigger game. On our day, I know we can beat Geelong and we may or may not win Round 1, but the Brisbane game is the exact sort of game we would drop in the past.

I did a thread a couple of years back with stats of games where we went in favourites and the numbers were undeniable.

8 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

If that happens we will lose to Brisbane the next week.

Nothing surer.

We all remember Tommy Mac's 'I'm looking forward to getting consecutive wins on the board' howler prior to round 2 2016 after we pulled a rabbit out of the hat vs. GWS.

Sadly, I'm not sure these blokes ever learn...

17 hours ago, Nasher said:

Jeez I'm looking forward to when the opinions dry up and the football starts.

As if the opinions will dry up.
 

1 hour ago, Forest Demon said:

Funnily enough, I see Brisbane in Round 2 as the bigger game. On our day, I know we can beat Geelong and we may or may not win Round 1, but the Brisbane game is the exact sort of game we would drop in the past.

I did a thread a couple of years back with stats of games where we went in favourites and the numbers were undeniable.

It’s a good thing Round 2 is an away weekend

it has to be treated as a tough assignment. 

The Bears have some decent players, it should take a 4 Quarter effort to beat them. 

If we have anymore full Quarter fade outs from now on, then the club is going nowhere. 

The talk is over

26 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

It’s a good thing Round 2 is an away weekend

it has to be treated as a tough assignment. 

The Bears have some decent players, it should take a 4 Quarter effort to beat them. 

If we have anymore full Quarter fade outs from now on, then the club is going nowhere. 

The talk is over

It's a danger game for sure. 

We have played poorly against a horrible Brisbane side for the past few seasons on our home deck. Their improvement and the fact it's at the GABBA represents a tough game. 

2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

It's a danger game for sure. 

We have played poorly against a horrible Brisbane side for the past few seasons on our home deck. Their improvement and the fact it's at the GABBA represents a tough game. 

Good. Hopefully it instills a 4 Quarter effort. 

This club needs hard games early, if this talented group is going to toughen up. 

That is the one element lacking

50 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

 

 

2 hours ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

We all remember Tommy Mac's 'I'm looking forward to getting consecutive wins on the board' howler prior to round 2 2016 after we pulled a rabbit out of the hat vs. GWS.

Sadly, I'm not sure these blokes ever learn...

I was in Bendigo for that game against Essendon and watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I was in Bendigo last year when we lost to Freo. I watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I will be in Bendigo during round 2 and will watch the game at the Shamrock Hotel. Two potentially great weekends ruined. Does lightning strike thrice? I am nervous already and will be even more nervous if we beat Geelong in round 1.

Edited March 18, 20187 yr by america de cali

1 minute ago, america de cali said:

This is an ominous round. Last two visits 

 

I was in Bendigo for that game against Essendon and watched at the Shamrock Hotel. I was in Bendigo last year when we lost to Freo. I watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I will be in Bendigo during round 2 and will watch the game at the Shamrock Hotel. Does lightning strike thrice?

Time to move on to another pub 'america de cali'...

Must be getting bored with the Shamrock by now.

@america de cali

http://www.oldboundaryhotel.com.au/

I have been there a couple of times. Seems decent and there won't be a big serving of bad karma in the air!

2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

If that happens we will lose to Brisbane the next week.

Nothing surer.

Its as if supporters are waiting to win one, & then win the next one, and when that occurs, 'It's as though, 'Here we go', 'Here we go', 'Here we go'. 

'We're on a roll now to finals'.

 

This IS the epitome of the front runner.   Who cracks under real pressure.

42 minutes ago, america de cali said:

 

I was in Bendigo for that game against Essendon and watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I was in Bendigo last year when we lost to Freo. I watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I will be in Bendigo during round 2 and will watch the game at the Shamrock Hotel. Two potentially great weekends ruined. Does lightning strike thrice? I am nervous already and will be even more nervous if we beat Geelong in round 1.

We are at our best when the whole club (and supporters) remains nervous about all games.

Its 'when we feel comfortable', that's when we fall, fail, become soft losers.

 

We can never afford  'that comfortable feeling',  in any 2 horse race.

13 hours ago, DV8 said:

Even Northey's boys, ended up with this trait, which ended up being titled 'Hollywood Boulevard'.

 

Ever wonder how the teams that Balme'y had control of, under produced. 

Star-studded,,, but mentally weak teams. 

We had big names, who would star when it didn't count.  And after that period, that same attitude prevailed, even under the new incoming coach.

We got to finals, but never really were serious contenders; even in GrandFinals,  where we were just toyed with, in the serious stuff.

Bizare comment

MEMO to MFC players

 

Prove Malthouse is wrong by consistent on field performances over the next decade.

Yep. Enough of the false hope. Time to deliver. Malthouse is fair enough.