As I am writing this Melbourne are only one goal down at half time, against Essendon but it is continuing the trend of rubbish football we have seen over in the past few weeks.

The same problems still exist:

• Fumbling
• Missing tackles
• Not being able to break clear or dispose of the ball when tackled
• Poor skills
• Overrunning the ball on the ground
• Kicking into the man on the mark because not getting back behind the mark far or quick enough
• Drifting off the mark causing the umpires to call play on resulting in free kicks turning into unnecessarily pressured kicks
• Panicked kicks and handballs
• Not looking to break clear for disposing of the ball, just coughing it up
• Multiple players flying for the ball and no one staying down
• The opposition getting easy goals out the back in the clear
• Stagnant down-the-line ball movement with no flair or dare
• Out-numbered in our forward line

Even with all of this we are only one goal down, it just shows how much we still need to improve because our ceiling is much higher. I've got no doubt that the systems and structures in place are what is leading to these poor performances.

Talent on the list isn't the issue, we no longer rely on players like Magner, Crouch, Bail and Sellar. We have even seen a nice debut from young Spargo who has been lively.

So all you optimists out there, convince me of why this isn't the Mark Neeld era all over again.

Yes Clint where are they when you really need them

Damn apologists and excuse makers,just  cant trust them to turn up when you really need them

43 pts up.

3 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

43 pts up.

I’m taking credit for turning it around.

We have been much better, but is it sustainable? A lot of the same issues I mentioned are still there, it just helps that the opposition are putrid.

on ya clinto?

I want to see this against the bigger teams. Druggo's are poo.

If you look at who has beat who you'd realise this comp is dead even with Maybe Richmond as the pace setters and GWS being the sleepers. We wil lose to anyone and beat anyone, but it's round 6. We have 10 weeks to find our feet and with how the comp is going we will still be in reach of the top 8 (if not in it) and we can set ourselves up for a september push.

We beat a Rubbish team!

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

We beat a Rubbish team!

Give yourself a jolly good f logging picket!

We have played as badly as we can and are still 3-3.

Viney back soon.  T Mac is back.    Trac back in vs Saints at Etihad where we never lose.

The medium sized forward trio of Hannan-Fritsch-Melksham are starting to gel and will cause matchup nightmares for opponents.

Spargo.

We will win the flag.

 

We'll be fine as long as we keep kicking to decent contests, our talls bring the ball to ground, and our smalls learn to stay down.

And a little more composure would help.

WE WON! ?

Jack Viney 

Clint, when you take the two most important players our of any team- not necessarily the best but the most important it changes a side dramatically. We got T-Mac back today who was great first up and Viney still to come. Judge us in a months time.

 

3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I’m taking credit for turning it around.

We have been much better, but is it sustainable? A lot of the same issues I mentioned are still there, it just helps that the opposition are putrid.

Does this mean they actually read Demonland posts in the rooms at half time, because that is what they fixed.

You are a virtual genius Bizkit!!!!

5 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

As I am writing this Melbourne are only one goal down at half time, against Essendon but it is continuing the trend of rubbish football we have seen over in the past few weeks.

The same problems still exist:

• Fumbling
• Missing tackles
• Not being able to break clear or dispose of the ball when tackled
• Poor skills
• Overrunning the ball on the ground
• Kicking into the man on the mark because not getting back behind the mark far or quick enough
• Drifting off the mark causing the umpires to call play on resulting in free kicks turning into unnecessarily pressured kicks
• Panicked kicks and handballs
• Not looking to break clear for disposing of the ball, just coughing it up
• Multiple players flying for the ball and no one staying down
• The opposition getting easy goals out the back in the clear
• Stagnant down-the-line ball movement with no flair or dare
• Out-numbered in our forward line

Even with all of this we are only one goal down, it just shows how much we still need to improve because our ceiling is much higher. I've got no doubt that the systems and structures in place are what is leading to these poor performances.

Talent on the list isn't the issue, we no longer rely on players like Magner, Crouch, Bail and Sellar. We have even seen a nice debut from young Spargo who has been lively.

So all you optimists out there, convince me of why this isn't the Mark Neeld era all over again.

Clint please can you do this every game we play?! ?

Edited April 29, 20186 yr by Moonshadow

optimist- disposition to HOPE for the best 

who's buying and who's selling ?

Rather be an optimist then waste my time on Demonland with the Debbie Downers

 

Positives 

Hibberd back in town

Spargo instinctive football & nippy

Jetta back in town

OMac looking pretty solid

Max taps to advantage

Brayshaw back to life (2nd half looked good)

Frisch class & polish

Hannan showed some smarts (just needs to be more consistent week win week out)

Weideman definitely improving 

TMac very good first up

There’s 10 for you!

There are sellers and there are buyers in the market of ‘hope’, also in the market of ‘despair’.

this forum is like schizophrenics anonymous.  1/2 time in round six and you want someone to give you hope.  My god, man.  You are no Winston Churchill.

 

Edited April 29, 20186 yr by buck_nekkid

1 hour ago, buck_nekkid said:

There are sellers and there are buyers in the market of ‘hope’, also in the market of ‘despair’.

this forum is like schizophrenics anonymous.  1/2 time in round six and you want someone to give you hope.  My god, man.  You are no Winston Churchill.

 

Light my next cigar ! 

Essendon are absolute rubbish. Worst defending side in the comp for mine, and seems like they can’t score now either. 

 

That said, we still had to beat them, when we were some how playing worse than them. 

My optimistic view is Tmac should make a huge difference. He did today. He leads, no one else leads at the ball, and he’s a senior player so hopefully they [censored] listen to him and start looking for leads. 

He just brings balance and is a brilliant forward. I hope his foot holds up because we need him badly. (Can’t believe I’m even saying this or that he was ever a defender)

 

But we need to cut out the fumbling and bombing it anywhere. I’m surprised we’re 3-3 after doing that for 5 and a half rounds. We can’t play any worse, surely. 

We get more than our share of inside 50’s playing like panicked idiots, imagine if we start playing well. 

9 hours ago, D4Life said:

Positives 

Hibberd back in town

Spargo instinctive football & nippy

Jetta back in town

OMac looking pretty solid

Max taps to advantage

Brayshaw back to life (2nd half looked good)

Frisch class & polish

Hannan showed some smarts (just needs to be more consistent week win week out)

Weideman definitely improving 

TMac very good first up

There’s 10 for you!

I'll BUY!!

As an optimist you will live longer, earn more money and builder longer and happier relationships. 

Football is only a game your life won’t change if we win or lose - don’t worry about all issues out of your control.

Football is not life or death. Are you still breathing- then it’s a good day.

Focus on today, focus on your strengths and do more of them every day. But have balance recognise you will win some - you will lose some. 

Ignore social media , ignore negative people - they will try to bring you down because of their problems in life. 

Go Demons

34 minutes ago, DaveyDee said:

As an optimist you will live longer, earn more money and builder longer and happier relationships. 

Football is only a game your life won’t change if we win or lose - don’t worry about all issues out of your control.

Football is not life or death. Are you still breathing- then it’s a good day.

Focus on today, focus on your strengths and do more of them every day. But have balance recognise you will win some - you will lose some. 

Ignore social media , ignore negative people - they will try to bring you down because of their problems in life. 

Go Demons

Wise and a great quote even talking about life in general.