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Roosy put it bluntly side can’t handle the pressure & so many  missed opportunities of forward entries.

Should be top 4! instead will be lucky to play finals ... if they miss this should be plastered on the walls of the club rooms for the players to see each & every day!

 

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    Same games total scoring shots for vs against.

    Melbourne Scoring shots: 132
    Opposition Scoring shots: 118

    Only one game the opposition had more scoring shots (Saints, 2 extra shots), and Port in rnd 14 we had the same number of shots. This has been the year of missed chances, and ultimate frustration for the fans.

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    2 minutes ago, Pates said:

    Same games total scoring shots for vs against.

    Melbourne Scoring shots: 132
    Opposition Scoring shots: 118

    Only one game the opposition had more scoring shots (Saints, 2 extra shots), and Port in rnd 14 we had the same number of shots. This has been the year of missed chances, and ultimate frustration for the fans.

    Telling numbers point to that they don’t play both ways hard enough with defensive pressure & a efficiency within the forward line.. Wow to miss finals with such high % will be s sickening feeling 

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    Well, it is the MFC. They always defy the odds by finding incomprehensible new ways to break supporters' hearts.

    It will be a fitting final chapter to our [censored]-weak 2018 campaign; a companion piece to ripping out our hearts last year by missing finals by 0.2%. This year we'll enjoy the indignity of having the highest percentage of any team in AFL history to miss finals.

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    48 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

    Well, it is the MFC. They always defy the odds by finding incomprehensible new ways to break supporters' hearts.

    It will be a fitting final chapter to our [censored]-weak 2018 campaign; a companion piece to ripping out our hearts last year by missing finals by 0.2%. This year we'll enjoy the indignity of having the highest percentage of any team in AFL history to miss finals.

    The script of heartbreak & failures & owning records which label our club with a negative feel just continues... longest premiership drought, highest losing gf loss 96 points ( though port are now) the cats 186 fiasco , missing the 8 by lowest % , highest inside 50s & still miss the 8 this year

    Sorry can’t help myself yet our club finds a way!

     

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    There is a mental weakness that is ingrained over 5 decades of miserable failure that we just cannot seem to shake.

    Seems that no player or coach, either home grown or imported, has been able to lift the team into the realm of relevance.

     

    I am expecting a gallant loss to the Eagles this week, followed by a hammering at the hands of GWS in the last round.

    Then its the standard 2 months of anger before looking to the trade/draft period yet again for hope.

     

    The embarrassment of following this club continues for yet another year.

     

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    I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the content with the topic of this thread.

    As goody said, we are so close.

    once upon a time there was a team who kept finishing 9th. Then they would make the elimination finals, but find ways to lose. They were ridiculed by the football community after 30 add years of non-performance, the board was being challenged and the coach was going to be sacked.

    a sulking full forward, a full back with questionable disposal, a captain who would kick backwards and sideways were their best players. Suddenly a tubby early draft pick became the best player in the league, the rest matured and became greats, some good trades and complete buy-in from the list around a game plan that suited them and they look world beaters surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.

    our young players are going to grow up playing finals. Once they are 25+ year olds we have our chance. 

    Hang in there 

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    4 minutes ago, spalding said:

    I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the content with the topic of this thread.

    As goody said, we are so close.

    once upon a time there was a team who kept finishing 9th. Then they would make the elimination finals, but find ways to lose. They were ridiculed by the football community after 30 add years of non-performance, the board was being challenged and the coach was going to be sacked.

    a sulking full forward, a full back with questionable disposal, a captain who would kick backwards and sideways were their best players. Suddenly a tubby early draft pick became the best player in the league, the rest matured and became greats, some good trades and complete buy-in from the list around a game plan that suited them and they look world beaters surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.

    our young players are going to grow up playing finals. Once they are 25+ year olds we have our chance. 

    Hang in there 

    Well said ?

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     Interesting that 7 of our losses to the top teams have happened on the MCG. Maybe the problem is not the who but the where.

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    8 hours ago, Hogan2014 said:

    Roosy put it bluntly side can’t handle the pressure & so many  missed opportunities of forward entries.

    Should be top 4! instead will be lucky to play finals ... if they miss this should be plastered on the walls of the club rooms for the players to see each & every day!

     

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    There but for the grace of God, etc.

    That is telling reading. I hope it gives ol mate nightmares. Probably not though.

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