3 minutes ago, D4Life said:

Umpires in last quarter 

50 against Pickett up other end goal

soft holding to McStay - goal

Bailey pushed Hunt square in middle of back - goal

Andrews chops Brown arm 15 metres out - no free

just to close out game umpire free against Lever not being tackled and 5Om to gift it

Umpires pathetic influenced result

 

Gotta say, I really hate the umpire excuse. I hate it when all teams use it, but I especially hate it when we use it. Should have buried the game in the first quarter. Should have kicked another 5-6 goals easily throughout the game. 
 

We let them get easy goals at the ends of quarters. There’s the game right there. 
 

We absolutely choked and all ire should be directed at us for many reasons.

Not even shocked. 

9 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Lost it at selection

Yep. Full blame surely must rest with selection committee.

Going with the same team after being comprehensively bested the week before was flawed.

 

Why is our key backman already our best full forward?

Biggest choke ever

And one of the poorest coaching performances also

If I made the mistake /kryios tantrum like Lever (with the $$ he is on ) I would be sacked  from my job. Inexplicable.lack of discipline  by Kozzie, Lever and a couple of other incidents.

Keep May,Petty, Oliver, Viney,Brayshaw , Petracca ,Gawn & ANB (Effort plus) . Their efforts were fantastic but were let down  by brain fades. I hope some people recognise that they owe the MFC

We MUST have more variety in the Forward line !!!

4 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

If Jackson leaves we might be better off.  How can you be a third year AFL player who can’t take a one grab mark? He might as well take Rivers with him. Bowey is far better. 

Not if we waste a pick on Grundy.

3 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

That was not lost by game plan or selection or coaching. That was lost through atrocious kicking (again), poor decision making in close (again), and 2 x 50m penalties (again).

Absolutely this. Re kicking, there was a passage in the 3rd quarter where for 4 or 5 shots on goal we managed a couple of OOB on the full and a couple of points. 

Means very little but my god that game had some of the worst non calls for HTB I think I’ve ever seen.

Cats would’ve belted us, and likely will do the same to the Lions, so that’s all I’m taking solace in.

Hopefully JVR plays Round 1 next year.

 

i’m sitting here at the G after that. 

 

apart from being pretty upset, I am furious that Goodein failed to do anything about the dysfunctional forward line. it’s been evident from the Queens birthday game. and it took until the game was lost for him to put someone (Petty - kicked one and gave away another) up there. 

Dam now we'll never know Tom would have gone next week. 

Cannot believe I was walking past Melbourne supporters clapping them off.

 

15 minutes ago, adonski said:

If Sparrow is in our side round 1 next year we're finishing 12th 

Shhh.. they'll bring back James Jordan, the world's slowest man over 10 metres.  

Amazing depth.

absolutely Out Coached in the second half,     too many times that it has happened this year,   Jackson is he going , is he staying  should have been decided    too much of a distraction,,    finally moved Petty forward,     just too late and Smith  still unused  that's plain BS    Win 10 straight,     then out of the finals in straight sets    something smells,   I need a break,   Am I disappointed    Yes .

 

BBB   is not the answer ,   not without help  when Petty went forward  it was different. And brain fades by May last week and Lever this week     .....FFS

The usual second-half fadeout. Outrun by fitter opponents.

Incredibly woeful  kicking at goal. How many actually finished out of bounds?

Same old bombing into forward packs with the customary result.

Salem a mere shadow of the player he once was.

Pickett -- couple of magic touches, utterly useless for the rest of the game.

Fumbles and  missed passes galore.

Goodwin, unable to think on his feet and change tactics, totally outsmarted by Fagan..

Please just let Jackson go and get the best deal we can.

Spargo, Melksham and Neal-Bullen a long way from premiership-winning material.

Sadly, our straight-sets exit was richly deserved.

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Edited September 9, 20223 yr by P-man

Bitterly, bitterly disappointed.  Gutted! Heartbroken!

4 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I do not want to hear Goodwin or the club come out with the Geelong excuse from last year about injuries or illnesses.

They are reasons but not excuses. For 2 weeks we have given up a lead

2 weeks?

Try about 7 over the course of the year.

Putrid effort. Absolutely soulless and weak. 
 

See you next year, Landers. 

So much for the players motivation to win it in front of the Melbourne fans. That waned 

Good bounce back game from ANB, didn't see it coming

Petty just huge

Again it's evident we need more runners & classy ball users as much as another key forward option. Two of the worst games you'll ever see from Sparrow & Rivers tonight

 

Geelong and Sydney are very beatable. We legitimately gifted away a flag this year. 
We have the best list with the worst coach. Same loss for the last 4 months. 

This season has been just freaking foul. Truly like watching a car crash in slow motion. We are seriously the most boring team to watch in the comp. Brisbane are probably the worst tram to ever make a prelim and we let them do it. How embarrassing.

2 minutes ago, frankie_d said:

apart from being pretty upset, I am furious that Goodein failed to do anything about the dysfunctional forward line.

Who's your answer then? An untried kid who's been inconsistent even at Casey (but hopefully will be great in the longer term) or Mitch Brown? 

We had 22 shots on goal (more than them), not counting a few OOB on the full which were aimed in the general direction of the goals -  that should be enough to win a game of footy.

Not saying we don't need to look at what's going on with the forward line, but you can't lose your main tall forward/CHF and that not have consequences.

Inside 50 entries killed us. 

No variation. No cross ground thought.

We lost. Brisbane didn't win. They will be smashed my geelong.

9 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I do not want to hear Goodwin or the club come out with the Geelong excuse from last year about injuries or illnesses.

They are reasons but not excuses. For 2 weeks we have given up a lead

All of our losses have come through choking leads this year.

Even in games we won we rarely put the foot down and actually went on with it, we always left the door ajar for opposition teams.