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Speechless

 

Im not angry Im just in shock. Unfortunately we have bought our worst footy at the wrong time. 

WC have gone to work on us from losing to us last time. There pressure has been great and we have not bought the heat what so ever like the last 2 games, 

But we will learn form this going forward next year. 

The big question is who will kick our 1st goal and when? 

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    Classic MFCSS by me but only Melbourne could make a prelim and dish up this sort of embarrassment.

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    Am sitting in a bar in HK with one other person watching the game.  He’s a West Coast supporter and he just left - presumably through boredom.

    This is what being psychologically overwhelmed looks like. Much like last night. Everything goes badly, and everything looks worse. Second guessing, afraid of stuffing up. It’s horrible to watch, but these kids are only human. Best we can hope for is some way to avoid the scarring it could create. Oh, and the 2nd worse thing, Collingwood will thump Eagles next week. 

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    As devo’d as I am - and as amazingly awful/insipid as we are... I’m curious 

    what will we learn?

    what about structures ?

    and

    heartbreak was going to happen... in this way it’s uber surprising - AND NOT representative of how we play... so it’s an aberration.

    we’re still a young young team - and tried to get on footywire for a breakdown - couldn’t find it.

    i get its emotional - and surprising - and aiming to be a voice of sense making. 

     

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    On the upside, I saved a fortune in airfare. Actually contemplated going west to see us roast the Eagles.

    Imagine those poor souls who have had to endure this... At the ground... With 59,500 Eagles booing and laughing in their faces.

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    after round 23 2017 I changed my approach to matches.

    So long as we put ourselves in a good position over the season I am happy. We needed to play finals. 

    I have been super calm all season and that hasn't changed this finals series. I am indifferent today, disappointed, but we have come a long way.

    men vs boys.

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    1 minute ago, Schneider said:

    Gutted. Adam Simpson picked apart the gameplan and we've got nothing.

    Overawed not (just) out planned

    We can't handle the ball at all. They are clean by hand and holding their feet.

    We can't hold the ball or our feet, just ridiculous 


    11 minutes ago, layzie said:

    They are neither mentally or physically there today.

    The players are learning this year, to believe in themselves individually.

    They are just learning this year, to believe in themselves as a team, as a collective.  but 'to believe in themselves', within the Melbourne footy Club, with its Win/Loss history under pressure of expectation,,, since the 70's,  so far is too big an ask, for them.

     

    I think the big build up this week, the Fed square thing and everything thing else, has been too much for them. 

    A low key approach this week, I reckon in hindsight, might have worked better for us.

     

    The big build up suits those with superior belief in themselves collectively,,, and those who are a wee bit shy about their chances,,, it will overawe them.

    I think this is what we're seeing.

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    Let’s not let this debacle degrade us or define us

    Many many positives from the season but mentally and physically overwhelmed on the big stage.  It happens. 

    We have come a long way.  Time to move on and look ahead to how and where we can improve. 

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    3 minutes ago, jane02 said:

    I’m shattered. Feel like crying??

    I am and even my rum isn’t numbing the pain. 

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    1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    There is still an hour to go...

    An ominous/exciting prospect, depending on how you want to read that haha


    They looked off in the warm up tbh, it's only gotten worse. I couldn't have imagined a worse performance, we should be 80 + points down.

    1 minute ago, praha said:

    after round 23 2017 I changed my approach to matches.

    So long as we put ourselves in a good position over the season I am happy. We needed to play finals. 

    I have been super calm all season and that hasn't changed this finals series. I am indifferent today, disappointed, but we have come a long way.

    men vs boys.

    I’ve been much the same since the Sydney game.

     

    1 minute ago, praha said:

    after round 23 2017 I changed my approach to matches.

    So long as we put ourselves in a good position over the season I am happy. We needed to play finals. 

    I have been super calm all season and that hasn't changed this finals series. I am indifferent today, disappointed, but we have come a long way.

    men vs boys.

    perhaps ... but losses like this just restart the old cycle of fragility

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    Just now, leucopogon said:

    They looked off in the warm up tbh, it's only gotten worse. I couldn't have imagined a worse performance, we should be 80 + points down.

    We will be...


    There should be a moratorium on judgement of what is said in this thread today. People are saying things they may not mean, myself included. Hold fire on attacking posters and remember that we are all hurting deeply right now.

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    4 minutes ago, Green Demon said:

    Groundhog Day.

    Now I’m told I will be watching “The Amityville Horror” (1979) as part of my lost bet ?

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    They have taken away the hallmarks that have held us in good stead all year.  Time to get back to basics and earn some respect Melbourne.

     

    At least we took two steps forward and one step backwards this season. Though we stepped into the smelliest maggot infested  turd possible.


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