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Just getting killed in the middle.

The synergy with the handball and spread is absent. I only hope they reset and learn from this next year

 

FMD. I still haven't gotten over 87. Now this? 

Back on the Prozac.

I thought we were only a 30% chance of winning  today (and not ready for a flag either), but I wasn’t expecting this. Complete system failure, mental disintegration. What a shame, we are so much better than this. Hopefully we can put up a fight in the second half. Or just kick a goal. 

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    3 minutes ago, america de cali said:

    Oliver having to use the toilet just before the game unusual. Perhaps food poisoning? Would be surprised if the players food got spiked over there.

    He’s gone off to the toilet at the last minute at the G too.

    Doubt it’s food positioning 

    Google ....  stop the pain !!

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    The soft underbelly remains.

    Turns out Kingy wasn't wrong at all.

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    We always said a good team would cut us apart with our skill errors, turn overs. This is a great example of a team pouncing on our errors 

    Starts and finishes with your leaders. 

     
    Just now, Radar Detector said:

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

    Seriously though. Could you see a Clarkson side or even Geelong dish this up? So very Melbourne. I didn't expect us to win, but I was hoping we'd kick a [censored] goal before half time.

    1 minute ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

    Look, we can still win (although unlikely), but that's not the point. We've already surpassed expectations this year. So our buildup for next year is what truly matters. We need to show that we won't stand for this. If we're going to go down, we have to salvage some dignity and at least send the message that we'll be back next year, a little older, wiser, fitter, angrier...

    Exactly 

    Far too many posting here today want to throw the baby out with the bath water 

    Take the positives out of the season

    I am certain that I will get accused of accepting mediocrity but if one only looks at the negatives one will go back to square one 

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    4 minutes ago, Gunna’s said:

    I would like to see a tough hard second half where we contest everything with ferocity and make them hurt. If we can win the second half it will help is in our preparations for next season. Another [censored] poor display.......who knows what will happen over summer

    Exactly what I just said. The game is lost. From here, I want these players to show some [censored] pride in the jumper. Hurt these pricks. Tackle them hard. Bury their heads into the turf. Punch them in the guts. I don't even care about suspensions anymore. Don't [censored] roll over and let these pricks just walk over our club. Make them earn it and make them sore! 

    Show some bloody pride in the bumper, Demons. I had no issue with losing to a better side today but you have "trashed the brand" with this "performance." Disgusting and lamentable for the long suffering supporters who only ask one thing: give it your all. 

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    It was always going to be a huge ask going over to Perth in a PF and winning. It shows how much work we still need to do.

    The past few weeks have been hugely positive, 4 full weeks of being on such an emotional high for everyone at the club, just disappointing that our down period has turned out the way it has. The playing group are clearly mentally and emotionally exhausted.

    Hopefully this loss doesn’t cause too much damage to our psyche and we learn from it. I would like to see at least some response from the boys, in our last 2 quarters for the year

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    All we can hope for is a tiny bit of respectsblitiy. And even that’s extremely unlikely

    3 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Bring back Jack Watts!

    Priority pick maybe

    Unbelievable. 

    Literally losing every facet of the game. The old Melbourne is back - too many at the ball, losing inside, losing outside, not tackling, dropping our heads. 

    Aim from here has to be to win the half, at least restore some pride and undo some of the paychological damage this game will cause if it keeps going this way. 

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    Of course we will here how the players will say they will  never put in another shocker like this. 

    I feel sorry for all those fans who have travelled to Perth and those at Fed square.

    an absolute pathetic display. 

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    Shame we went out as an embarrassment, after all our good work over the past month.

    Is Chaos Footy already old hat, in Favor of pick em off and control the ball?

    Hats off to Adam Simpson, brilliant plan going into this game to make us look entirely second rate.

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    Shot ourselves in the foot not finishing top 4, players are spent plus this [censored] trip to bogansville has zapped any energy we had in reserve.

    5 losses under 10 points, your season right there in a nut shell and now those hunts from vic park are laughing all the way to a premiership.

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    Hard to argue with most of what's been said here.

    It's all in the head. Nervous, not coping, and then everything that flows from that. 

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    They need to understand, this may be our last chance for a while

    This is obviously heartbreaking, humiliating and painful. But we’ve learned something this year, fellow supporters. This is a team we can feel genuinely proud of now. Maybe not today. Well, obviously not today. But....you know what I’m saying. They’ve played their guts out and are obviously cooked for the year. But be proud. Don’t be a [censored] about it. Love your Demons. 

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    12 players yet to lay a tackle. 12! Should drop every bloody one of them for round 1 next year. 

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    2 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    It was always going to be a huge ask going over to Perth in a PF and winning. It shows how much work we still need to do.

    The past few weeks have been hugely positive, 4 full weeks of being on such an emotional high for everyone at the club, just disappointing that our down period has turned out the way it has. The playing group are clearly mentally and emotionally exhausted.

    Hopefully this loss doesn’t cause too much damage to our psyche and we learn from it. I would like to see at least some response from the boys, in our last 2 quarters for the year

    Well said, DD

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