Largely spiritless and bland performance. Reminded me a lot of 2020 - haphazard connection forward of centre and lack of a clear plan to mark inside 50. Dominated large parts of the third but kept kicking it to  no one.

The Lever free (probably the worst of a terrible bunch) just accelerated the anti-momentum.

Bye has come at a good time. Time to reset and learn to embrace being hunted.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm in two minds here. There's a few players that I'm ready to have a pot at, including my fave ANB. But this is a tired team. We'll beat Brisbane after the bye.

 

James Jordon, amongst all this hurt and devastation, you can hold your head up high young fella.

Edited June 13, 20222 yr by wheaters31

4 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Steven may owes us and his teammates big time. 

The bye has come at a good time

We would have still lost had May been in there. 

The team is not running and out hunting like last year. We are near the  bottom of the ladder on team pressure and it is now telling when a mid table team beats us. 

We will struggle to win many more games this year if we don’t get this back. It is the one thing we can fix easily without form. 

However,  I’m most disappointed at the response. I was expecting something special and finals like and yet  bar from a few it was insipid and embarrassing. 

1 minute ago, Demon Jack said:

Petty couldn't have done much more today. Late effort vs Mihocek wasn't great but worked hard in the absence of May.

He is being held together by duct tape and thin air ffs. He was immense. Lever is in some horrific form and is embarrassingly bad. 

3 minutes ago, BDA said:

Dire performance. We must be doing some serious loading because we have no legs. Flat as a tack.
 

Do you also believe in the tooth fairy?

Seasons over

 

Can we tank for pick 1??????????????

9 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Everything about that game was predictable. Only this time we gave up a 20 point lead instead of the standard 25-30 point lead.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.

This has been coming ever since we struggled in large parts against North and West Coast.

We don’t apply pressure and we can’t/don’t want to tackle anymore.

We are the worst team connecting inside 50 i think I've ever seen, so predictable always long to the pocket and not to advantage, slow ball movement also cost us  its like they are scared to make a mistake 

JFC there is some massive overreactions on here. We will reset over the bye and be fine.

Pies run in the third started with a horrendous umpiring decision. That isn't paid and it probably ends up completely different. 

Bring Bedford in and drop Neal Bullen 

1 minute ago, Dee-monic said:

Steven May might have made a difference to the shambolic defence, but the connection going forward was again non-existent. A big question mark is also growing about the physical fitness of a team that is developing a habit of building useful leads, only to fade away dramatically under pressure. This never happened when Burgess was there. Given the tough draw ahead, a top-four spot is in real danger now.

finals altogether are in danger . 

When a few of us raised concerns after the WC and North game we were immediately shut down on here.

There are few too many delusional supporters on here who could not see this coming.

We don't play or look like a top 6 side as it stands. 

The people having a crack at Petracca on here are being lead by their emotions. Is he off form.. yes. But he had more clearances and more i50s then anyone on the ground. Could they have been better i50s? Sure… but to bloody who??! Zero presence up forward, out marked again and again and again and again and again and again and… you guessed it, again. 
 

We have no forward line. If it comes in badly, no chance. But if we’re running in with more space, we’re being presented with nothing because Brown and Brown have zero mobility = zero advantageous lead, and no space in behind. 

Edited June 13, 20222 yr by watchtheeyes

1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Do you also believe in the tooth fairy?

I was being sarcastic champ

Time to bring back Dunstan & drop Sparrow. At least he can get the ball 38 times.

Everyone has worked out our game plan, we only play one side of the ground, when we have the ball no-one looks to transfer the play just kick it down the line, forwards have to go that way it is because that is the way we play, we will make finals but Jesus they have to change the way we play.

8 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

He did some really good things. He was ok. 

Alex Neal Bullen & sparrow need to get better

Sadly, both tend to delay disposals or spot the correct targets. Across the board, too many bombs allowing the Filth players to make ground to spoil, intercept or block. Gus played well inside a team that lacked cohesion.

Why oh why do we insist on not having a tall as the sub. FFS Tomlinson can play forward at a pinch, he can play wing. He can defend. Three weeks in a row we have defenders go down and the sub is a small forward. 
Also why didn’t we put Ben Brown in the ruck to help poor Gawn? This man is going to die on the field for this team. We don’t deserve him!

10 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Mitch brown never to play again. Just leave weiderman in. 

Until Weid comes back in an plays just as bad, then we can all call for JVR to come in and Weid never to play again 😂

I've always hoped Kozzie would light it up one of these days.  Maybe mark of the year and consecutive goals of the year.  But, if we are going to bomb it into our forward line, why isn't Kozzie at the feet of the tall guys.   The amount of time Collingwood ran it out of their backline to players who were free continually, was so frustrating.  Fritsch is ok, if we dominate in the middle, but he does not have the ability to change a game himself.  I thought BBB had  a real crack, but not many to support him.

Today was Neale's day.  A life member of the MFC.  When are we going to honour the man, on this day, which he so much deserves.  I am a 55 year member of the club and like many, I have seen much lower times, but we need to stand up in this current day and age and say, last year's flag was just the beginning.  It seems that the players are actually saying, we've done enough.

Not good enough.  For a reigning premier, I am embarrassed...... again..... tonight.

May would have held miocheck I reckon. Anyway we will be written off but I expect a response against Brisbane. Well I'm hopeful. 

Who won the medal?

 

4 minutes ago, watchtheeyes said:

The people having a crack at Petracca on here are lead by their emotions. Is he off form.. yes. But he had more clearances and more i50s then anyone on the ground. Could they have been better i50s? Sure… but to bloody who??! Zero presence up forward, our marked again and again and again and again and again and again and… you guess it again. 
 

We have no forward line. If it comes in badly, no chance. But if we’re running in with more space, we’re being presented with nothing because brown and brown have zero mobility = zero advantageous lead, and no space in behind. 

No forward line? Fritta who kicked 6 in a GF.  BBB who topped the galokicking multiple years running.,  etc. Please

Just now, Rednblueriseing said:

 its like they are scared to make a mistake 

This. We are playing like we’re afraid of losing. Get up by a decent amount then all of a sudden go ‘oh [censored] I hope we don’t lose from here’.

We play with no flare and have barely done so all year.

This is all on the coaching and playing group getting way too complacent.

It was fantastic whilst it lasted I guess.

Everyone will say that Jake only plays well when Steve is in the team, which is a shocking excuse, you can't play afl and only be able to play well as long as another person is in the team. Your form cannot and should not be solely dependant on one other player. I know the argument and I get it, but Steve's absence cannot excuse the performance he dished up today. 

and besides, even when Steve has been in the team this year, Jake has yet to have hit his straps. 

He is a shell of the All Australian defender he was last year. Not sure what has happened to him.