We still have a lot to learn ... and a long way to go.

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[censored] I hate footy!

Gawn’s kick didn’t lose it but FMD that was pathetic!

Gutted.

We lost it in the 2^nd quarter when we let them kick 7.5 to our 2.4.  No second efforts and no work to win the 50/50 ball so they just sailed off with it while we were caught flat footed.  I had hoped that the days of the one quarter fade outs were behind us.  Alas, not so.

Petracca and Oliver had sensational games!  But lots of players were hardly sighted.  I guess that means there is lots of room for improvement. 

We had our chances in the last 5 minutes...how did Gawn miss that goal after Pedersen had set him up so beautifully!!  

Agonising!!

Edited March 25, 20187 yr by Lucifer's Hero

Bad team selections, bad tackling, bad fumbling, bad kicking, bad in close, bad out wide and bad coaching to allow the loose Geelong defender.

They had so many injuries and we got the run of the green from the umpires.

Edited March 25, 20187 yr by Clint Bizkit

Oliver Melksham Petracca and Gawn all missing in last 3 minutes

Shouldn't have come down to the end of the game.

They lost Harry Taylor early and we should have taken advantage, ran them off their feet and buried them.

But we are Melbourne, and we are soft.  Nothing has changed.

Different season same old [censored]. We played like [censored] for a quarter and lost. Nothing changes with this mentally soft team!

Goal kicking practice this week me thinks!

Should have never lost that game in the last but we are Melbourne. 

That hurts 

1 minute ago, olisik said:

Oliver Melksham Petracca and Gawn all missing in last 3 minutes

? Three out of those four were in everything. 

Bad team selections, bad tackling, bad fumbling, bad kicking, bad in close, bad out wide and bad coaching to allow the loose Geelong defender.

They had so many injuries and we got the run of the green from the umpires.

Frustrating watching us bomb it continually in where we are always outnumbered. 

Its such a simple adjustment, why wasn’t it made earlier in the third/fourth when we were playing catch up?

so upset at that loss!

The better team on the day won, good to see that we gutted it out and almost pinched it, in the past we could have folded after half time.

Thats the way it falls sometimes - if we won by 3 points the same issues are there to work on - FWIW I am happy that it wasn't a blow out, and presumably % at the end of the year will be meaningful.

Another year of this [censored]. 

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

? Three out of those four were in everything. 

Missing shots.

 

We lost it in the second quarter, but bloody hell we had our chances at the end. I really thought Gawn was going to nail that, he should’ve. He’s better than that. 

Geelong were lucky against us last year, and they were lucky against us today. 

I’m shattered. 

I feel sick

For how long have opposition's parked one extra back? Started against Collingwood years ago. It still screws us up. 

I think the list is strong enough. 

That leaves selection and coaching. 

Yeah yeah. It's only round one. But nothing's changed

I know we lost but what a god damn game. Unbelievable. Max is gonna feel like ****

Better team for 3 quarters, 1 pathetic quarter, and there goes 4 points down the drain. Unbelievable.

Well... at least the cricket’s on.

Geez Ablett is a sook. 

I lost count the amount of times he whinged to the umps.