POSTGAME: Rd 04 vs Port Adelaide

[layzie 29,777]

Percentage will take care of itself of we keep tracking in the right direction. 

[Dee Zephyr 18,034]

I like this from the match summary.

MELBOURNE is the game's finest ambush predator.

[Webber 10,181]

12 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I thought James Jordan was great tonight. 

His best game I reckon. Loves a contest, has time, makes great decisions and disposes really well. Only thing he can add is growing confidence in his attacking potential/ability, and there were signs of that tonight. Love the boy, pure footballer. 

[dl4e 5,648]

Yes our defence was very good against a non oppositional forward line. Centre clearances and movement into the forward line are a worry. That is 2 weeks in a row I have watched garbage football but we won.

[Brownie 5,430]

That was the first Melbourne game I can remember watching where my arssse was firmly planted in the back of the couch for four quarters.

We were in total control throughout and nobody stood out. We are turning into a beautiful systemic machine that just strangles other sides.

How did barracking for MFC become a relaxing pastime?

I'm loving this feeling.

We did the same thing early last season. Nothing pretty, just keep banking the points.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,632]

41 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

JUST REMEMBER WE USED TO BE TRASH 

And we will be again at some point, it's inevitable. So enjoy the good times while they're here people, no point wallowing in the misery of a "poor" win. We are a very good side and we will win ugly plenty but it's better than losing.

[John Crow Batty 8,315]

If opposition can’t beat us they clog and slow up the play to make sure it’s a ruined spectacle for the the football public. 

[Demonland 66,532]

35 minutes ago, Larry, Moe or Curly said:

I'm off to the Port  board on big footy, will get much more joy there

If they're looking for hope ...

 

[sisso 2,402]

2 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

If opposition can’t beat us they clog and slow up the play to make sure it’s a ruined spectacle for the the football public. 

Exactly. The oppos don’t want to go head to head with us the ugly football is more on them

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

You know it's been a boring, slow game when Mr Monotone Jack Viney's interview and Goody's pressers are the highlights of the game 😜.

Actually thought Viney's interview was ok tonight and Goody's presser was well spoken and insightful.  How things change in 12 months.  Goody looked so confident, relaxed, in control of the media and had them eating out of his hand.

[Nasher 33,166]

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

If they're looking for hope ...

 

That run Sydney made for the finals in 2017 was off its chops - if I remember rightly they were 0-6. If we ever see that again in our lifetime I'll be stunned.

[Fork 'em 6,576]

5 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

  Goody looked so confident, relaxed, in control of the media and had them eating out of his hand.

Yeah ... Great to see.
Got a flag in the bank with his eyes on another.

[Crompton's the man 635]

I am (we are) still adjusting to the realisation that our team will most if not all weeks play as hard and turn on as much as needs to be done to win the game -  if not grind the opposition  into questioning their choice of game plan/coach.

Supporters who think we will perform at scintillating level every single game of the year are living in LaLa Land  -  it’s so amazing to see the past years’ recruiting yielding an ongoing dividend and to see the team continuing to play the attacking confident footy that was successful last year.

The young ones from Casey who played in the Premiership last year  -  so wonderful to see them moving forward.

No doubt we will not win every game - but the drive and the trust shows 

I just recall the days when our players had underdeveloped bodies and we were tossed around by the likes of the Weagles

The wheel turns ……. 

 

 

 

[BenJamin on Deesy St 792]

Contest and defence. We are so bloody good. What a team. Other sides are terrified of us. They park the bus, chip it around. So what? We’ll out work them, be patient, grind them down. They take a risk, we’ll exploit them on turnover in devastating fashion. They score? Who cares! We’ll reset at the centre bounce with the two best rucks in the league, and the two best offensive mids (and also arguably the best defensive mid)  - all in their prime - with the field set at 6-6-6.

100 points to 7 in 45 minutes of football in a GF has spooked the comp. They don’t know how to play us. No lead is ever safe. Fall behind and you’re stuffed.

It was a while coming (my whole life!) but what a time to be a Melbourne supporter.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

MFC the best team in the comp at the moment and 'daylight' the second best according to Ben Dixson after watching tonight's game.  Not sure I entirely agree or want to go getting a big head at this time of the year, but gee it's nice hearing about the MFC being spoken of like that by the footy world after where we've been in the past.

[Jaded No More 59,151]

49 minutes ago, binman said:

Goody in the presser;

'I couldn't be prouder of the group' tonight 

DL posters:

"They plsyed like rubbish'

Goodwin is not the right guy… 

 

 

 

… to take on Melbourne supporters with deeply ingrained trauma 

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Goodwin is not the right guy… 

 

 

 

… to take on Melbourne supporters with deeply ingrained trauma 

Don't start that [censored] again Jaded!! 🤣

[Supreme_Demon 3,020]

We basically suffocated Port Power. Keeping them to no goals for a half! Just wow! I remember games where Melbourne didn't score a goal for a half.

Port Power were humiliated.

Was a very clinical but ugly win.

Would of been a good percentage booster if we didn't muck around with it so much going forward.

I felt they were a bit too cute with the handballing at times.

Nevertheless, a win is a win!

Max Gawn played a brilliant game.

Sadly Sam Weideman didn't grasp his opportunity and I expect Ben Brown to be back in the side against GWS.

[John Crow Batty 8,315]

SInce round 15 2020 we are 26-4-1.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

1 minute ago, John Crow Batty said:

SInce round 15 2020 we are 26-4-1.

Who would have seen that comming after the couple of games in Cairns that preceded that run.

Edited April 7, 2022 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

[Smokey 4,146]

Easy money. You love to see it.

Our defence is unbelievable. We’re tighter than a nuns something 

[ding 5,126]

This team is the Black Caviar of AFL.

 

We do just enough to get the W without spending all our tickets.

That can wait until September.

[Nasher 33,166]

6 minutes ago, Ben E said:

Contest and defence. We are so bloody good. What a team. Other sides are terrified of us. They park the bus, chip it around. So what? We’ll out work them, be patient, grind them down. They take a risk, we’ll exploit them on turnover in devastating fashion. They score? Who cares! We’ll reset at the centre bounce with the two best rucks in the league, and the two best offensive mids (and also arguably the best defensive mid)  - all in their prime - with the field set at 6-6-6.

100 points to 7 in 45 minutes of football in a GF has spooked the comp. They don’t know how to play us. No lead is ever safe. Fall behind and you’re stuffed.

It was a while coming (my whole life!) but what a time to be a Melbourne supporter.

Amen Ben. I’m 38 and this is the first time I’ve had the luxury of a team that is the real deal.

And it could just as easily be the last. I remember as a teenager in 2000 watching the Essendon juggernaut roll us in the granny, thinking, who’s ever going to stop these bastards? Vossy’s Lions did the next year, I blinked, and suddenly Essendon have been in the wilderness for 22 years. Here’s hoping they stay there another 22.

Screw being angry or setting impossible standards. I’m just enjoying the ride. We’re 4 games in and I’ve spent zero minutes entertaining notions that we’d lose any of them. We just haven’t looked like it. The last two teams have hoisted up the white flag before the bounce and have tried to outscrap us - lol. Good luck with that.

The thrilling footy and dealing out hidings will come. We had to wait a while for it last year too. No team ever plays like that every week, I’m more than happy to settle for coasting to 30 point wins without breaking sweat until the purple patch comes.

[fr_ap 2,178]

It won't do any good for his confidence but Weid has to go. Not only did he fail to impose himself on the game, he's got zero chemistry and spoiled Tom, Max and Jacko on numerous occasions. He's got zero chemistry with any of them and I don't think he can work with BBB either - they are more similiar players than Tom and BBB and would both operate too close to goal. 

Don't forget that Weid played on Laverde last week. He's a pretty poor player who was an oversized half forward flanker until 8 months ago...

Tom is not shooting the lights out by any means but he was better tonight and I have far more confidence with him in the team over Sam 

I've been wrong before and hope I am again. I'm just not sure the guy has it against the best defenders in the land 

[John Crow Batty 8,315]

12 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Who would have seen that comming after the couple of games in Cairns that preceded that run.

They turned out to be ‘the line in the sand’  games we were waiting to happen for over a decade.

Edited April 7, 2022 by John Crow Batty