HERE WE GO AGAIN

[Demonland 66,930]

by Whispering Jack

There's not much you can say about Melbourne's soft performance in Adelaide last night so I won't say much.

The team was beaten by a side that was keen to impress, confident, motivated, committed to the ball - and they played as a tightly knit unit.

Collectively, the Demons set new standards for bungling and ineptitude – they were everything that the Crows were not. So embarrassing was the effort of the so-called "team" that not a single player (and certainly not the coach for that matter) could hold his head up high after the game or say that he earned the cost of the air fare to take part in this match.

Tragically, this is becoming an all too familiar occurrence whenever the Demons are put under pressure in a game – and in particular whenever they travel across the South Australian border.

I'm not sure when the team returns to Melbourne but perhaps they might profitably spend the rest of their stay in the City of Churches by doing what one does in a church – they should stay down on their knees (where they were most of last night) and pray that something can be done to get themselves out of the hole they have dug for themselves within the space of the next three weeks.

For my part, all I'm hoping for is that the 22 players who take the field against Carlton at the Telstra Dome in round one will be competitive.

Melbourne 0.3.1 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.5 (44)

Adelaide 0.6.4 1.8.8 1.12.17 1.16.23 (129)

Supergoals:

Melbourne T Johnstone

Adelaide A McLeod

Goals:

Melbourne P Johnson 2 N Jones N Jones C Johnson R Robertson

Adelaide: B Burton 4 L Jericho I Perrie 3 S Thompson B Vince 2 R Biglands A McLeod

Best:

Melbourne You have got to be joking!.

Adelaide B Burton A McLeod S Thompson G Johncock B Reilly M Mattner C Knights I Perrie

Injuries:

Adelaide Nil

Melbourne Nil

Reports: Nil

Umpires: B Allen D Woodcock D Goldspink M Nicholls

Crowd: 12,594 at AAMI Stadium.