Melb V Hawks

[occo 2]

I am so ashamed of Melbourne. Utterly disappointed. I didn't go to the game and very glad i didnt. What i noticed from the game:

*No pressure - No tackling

*Johnstone, Green, Davey - shame on you

*A very slow team - how danners can ask us to run and carry when we have NO speed

*Not one player was great but Miller, Moloney, bruce, brown were some of the better players

*Davey - Slow, this guy was disgracefull and i believe he is much slower after his hammys. Teams are also more aware of his presence.

Although some blame has to go to danners, i blame the majority on it on our players. Johnstone 2possies on Sewell (someone not well known) is shocking. Whelan on Williams (we did that in 05 and he tore us apart), C.Johnson back to sandy.

I dont really know what to say, yes we can blame Neitz, Wheatley and Robbo injuries but we never looked like winning. And for a member to say "At least we won the last quarter" means nothing.

I look at Brisbane who have a good list already, Dogs who will be in top 4, Essendon with speed, tallent and leadership and I look at us. Even richmond have more future than us.

Many said that we would be top 4 so to even make the 8 is stupid and a failure. My opinion, melb to come bottom 4, ND to get the sack, and plenty of draft picks. I am so angry and feel like tearing up my membership. I will cop something on here for saying that but like it or not i speak my mind.

If only ND would drop davey, TJ, Green - who at the end of the day will have to live knowing he was one of 22 who was responsible for our loss on game 150.

Lastly, dont play White or Jamar forward. they cant do anything there and get in the way

Go hard or go home melbourne and i mean it!

[maggotbasher 0]

You should be able to get your money back on your membership with a totally inept performance displayed in the opening rounds. We're so bad, I can't fathom how we're even gonna get competitive this year. There's so many deficiencies it's heart breaking.

[occo 2]

You should be able to get your money back on your membership with a totally inept performance displayed in the opening rounds. We're so bad, I can't fathom how we're even gonna get competitive this year. There's so many deficiencies it's heart breaking.

Moloney injured too. Calf injury.

So:

Moloney

Robertson

Neitz

Davey - serious ankle injury

[Anders 14]

Johnstone put in the worst performance I have ever seen by an AFL footballer. Davey and Green were almost as bad.

This has been a nightmare start to the season

[DemonTux 95]

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[deanox 8,633]

i dont disagree entirely with you occo, and you make some good points, however:

*Davey - Slow, this guy was disgracefull and i believe he is much slower after his hammys. Teams are also more aware of his presence.

he showed good pace at times and is still very quick, even if he isnt as quick as he used to be. and i thought he was one of the few who chased most of the day.

Lastly, dont play White or Jamar forward. they cant do anything there and get in the way

didnt they both kick goals? jamar does more up forward, where he can mark and kick for goal, than he does around the ground.

[Yze_Magic 3]

Utter tripe served up out there today

We are soft without without McLean, Sylvia and Pickett

Brent Moloney - a battler at best. Worst tackler in the AFL. No technique at all, just jumps in the players back

Green, Johnstone, Bruce - if these guys are in line for the captaincy, we will never win a flag

We need a decent ruckman, a Centre half back and a crumbing forward

Bate - worst hands in the comp. Butter fingers

PATHETIC!!!

my changes

In - NEWTON, Sylvia, Yze, Pickett, Holland

Out TAKE YOUR PICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I would not min

[BrownlowBruce 1]

Utter tripe served up out there today

We are soft without without McLean, Sylvia and Pickett

Brent Moloney - a battler at best. Worst tackler in the AFL. No technique at all, just jumps in the players back

Green, Johnstone, Bruce - if these guys are in line for the captaincy, we will never win a flag

We need a decent ruckman, a Centre half back and a crumbing forward

Bate - worst hands in the comp. Butter fingers

PATHETIC!!!

my changes

In - NEWTON, Sylvia, Yze, Pickett, Holland

Out TAKE YOUR PICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I would not min

tell me the faults in bruces game today will you?

[maggotbasher 0]

tell me the faults in bruces game today will you?

He was rubbish. Those were his faults.

[occo 2]

tell me the faults in bruces game today will you?

Agreed Bruce was OK for a game where no players stood out. Harsh on Moloney (2nd game from injury), this kid has the potential to be a sensational player. As for bate (ur comment was extreamly harsh), he is a great player but is not a midfielder. More a forward pocket.

[Anders 14]

Bate was terrible today - he's fumbling a lot and I find myself nervous when he gets the ball.

[occo 2]

He was rubbish. Those were his faults.

Saying "he was rubbish" means nothing. Be spacific otherwise ur comments are totally disregarded

[Yze_Magic 3]

tell me the faults in bruces game today will you?

Fault 1 - he is the worst kick in the entire AFL. Pathetic

[WonnaJurah 5]

Agreed Bruce was OK for a game where no players stood out. Harsh on Moloney (2nd game from injury), this kid has the potential to be a sensational player. As for bate (ur comment was extreamly harsh), he is a great player but is not a midfielder. More a forward pocket.

one thing that didnt help bruce is johnstone provided no support whats so ever

[maggotbasher 0]

Saying "he was rubbish" means nothing. Be spacific otherwise ur comments are totally disregarded

In the area of playing football!!!! Specifically. Does that help any

[whatwhat say what 19,078]

tell me the faults in bruces game today will you?

he didn't tell neale to go and get stuffed when asked to shift from midfield to the forward line in the second quarter.

he spent most of the rest of the game up forward - where he had no effect whatsoever on the play.

our midfield rotations make no sense. when hawthorn were coming back in the second junior and jones were both sitting on the pine. crazy.

we look very, very slow.

[bjgc 0]

It's just part of our grand plan to get Judd. Neitz said we were going to bottom out so we could get him on SEN. Injuries, injuries and more injuries what a secret weapon Bohdan is sign him up for life doing to us what he done for Hawthorn what a recruit.

[occo 2]

In the area of playing football!!!! Specifically. Does that help any

No. ur explination is terrible

[Jaded No More 58,114]

tell me the faults in bruces game today will you?

He cannot kick, pure and simple. His disposal for an elite player is shameful.

He fluffed more kicks than I care to remember.

Started like a house on fire, but as soon as we started losing he disappeared. He apperantly had 29 possessions, but his influence was minimal at best.

Bate did make a couple of mistakes by foot, as did Jones, but gees at least they were out there running and trying their guts out, and they had VERY limited support from senior players who are meant to be carrying the side.

Poor coaching from Daniher to play TJ up forward when he couldn't get near it and Bate at FF when he is clearly not suited to the role. Also, Whelan on Williams for far too long. Bell pretty much nullified him in the last, apart from giving away a silly free kick which resulted in a goal.

Speaking of which, Wheatley... what are you thinking??

White was really poor in the middle, which made us look even worse in the middle.

Really I thought our most useful, hardest working midfielder was Godfrey (honorable mentions to Jones and Junior as always), which in itself should tell you how badly we played today.

But, it's only round 2... we're not allowed to panic yet, right?

[Don24 103]

occo, no tackling? we out tackled hawks 73 to 50 somthing?! that wasnt our problem... and davey slow? comon who are u kidding

we did have too many passengers and players we need to stand up like johnstone, green did not. Chris Johnson should get another week but hed better start getting more of it. I thought Bell played well today. He is very quick and looked a lot more composed in the backline than normal.

And good old Brown Dog was excellent. Hopefully melbourne coaching staff will start to appreciated him a little more.

[occo 2]

occo, no tackling? we out tackled hawks 73 to 50 somthing?! that wasnt our problem... and davey slow? comon who are u kidding

Well thoes stats supprise me as i saw so many tackles slip or the oposition allowd to handball it away. Davey is much slower than he used to be

[dee-fresh 0]

one thing that didnt help bruce is johnstone provided no support whats so ever

How about one thing that did help Bruce was Johnstone receiving the hard tag all day to free up other players, and then receiving no help back from anyone at bounces helping shake the tag with blocks.

[maggotbasher 0]

No. ur explination is terrible

Am I winding you up? Sorry mate, you're right, he wasn't a disgrace. But I think he's given the tagging job too much. He stiched up Hodge in the first quarter, but then he was on Franklin and fought a losing battle. He's only freed up to attack when the game's getting desperate. Let the guy play. He's so much better than that.

[BrownlowBruce 1]

Fault 1 - he is the worst kick in the entire AFL. Pathetic

Yze magic u have got the be the biggest KNOW IT ALL Wan... ever on DEMONLAND ... but here is a newsflash for u , U KNOW NOTHING....

Bruce worst kick in the AFL ey?

slight exageration to say the least....

week in week out u bash the crap out of players like Yze green miller .... welll u complain we cant kick ... and yze probly our best ball user ... u called for his blood and u got it.....

u want all these so called young guns.... to play ....

i hate to tell u but these young guns were SHITE today..... thats right

BATE was pathedic.... had like 5 clanger kicks and he has the least time in the AFL its like the player he is on is tackling him before he even has the ball.... he has no awareness....

JOnes i can say exacly the same.... he was crap....

as for bruce..... he played midfeild on hodge .... umm 10 possesions in first qrt.... his oppnonent hodge i think had 1 or 2...... bruce was moved down back and up foward.... throughtout the game....

show some respect......

29 possesions ....

as for ur little captain brock mclean..... talkin the talk from the sidelines.... i dont see anyone else stepping up besides bruce and mcdonald.

[Supreme_Demon 3,011]

G'day Fellow Demons Supporters!

That was a disgraceful and gutless effort! :angry:

I'm seething with anger as I'm sure a lot of you on here are.

All I can say is that if Neale Daniher doesn't improve our game plan his coaching days are numbered! Even though, a lot of players were pathetic and hopeless in their efforts today......he's been our coach for 9 years so the buck stops with him! <_<

GO DEMONS IN 2007?

From Supreme_Demon