Melbourne V Sydney game thread

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

miller has been good since been pushed forward

should have had the shot though

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

someone need to make bruce drop the ball closer to his body, he drops it a mile from himself which why he has to really reach out with the kicking foot

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

19 for petterd

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

why isnt godfrey banging into goodes shoulder?

he bloody should be

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

PETTERD GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

GOODES deserves 2 weeks for that the dirty [censored]!

[gOLLy 401]

miller on hall and godfrey on goodes! Bring on 2008

Godders Bathed him

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

why didnt godfrey tackle him? instead he tries to bump him and then they get a goal

petterd 20 pos

11 kicks, 9 handballs, 1 goal, stood in front of hall

BRILLIANT! ABSOLUTELTY BRILLIANT!

[gOLLy 401]

why isnt godfrey banging into goodes shoulder?

he bloody should be

He was

[Kiss of Death 755]

Godders got into him earlier, and goodes cracked a massive sad at the time. Had to duck a friend out to do nightwork at a supermarket, what did Goodes do that deserves 2 weeks?

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

MASSIVE ELBOW INTO HIS BACK, he runs straight up to him and does it so he knew what he was doing, intentional, high impact, behind play

sorry about the caps

[occo 2]

Some members here will be happy to know Bate is injured. Im not but there are thoes calling his cra* so u guys will be gleaming

[gOLLy 401]

im on the positives at the moment

petterd

petterd

petterd

havent been so happy or in love with a player since the ox graced us with his presence

He reminded me aswell of oxes first game

[Kiss of Death 755]

Wouldn't mind having Brett Kirk in my team... 16 kicks and handballs, 7 tackles and 5-0 free kicks for!

Wasn't goodes the recipient of something similar? Oh that's right, Neita crunched him in the back recently.

[Adzman 2,154]

Oh well, back to the ol drawing board.

I sat through the whole game. Some good things such as beamer and young ricky, but plenty of things to ponder also.

Time to start thinking about next week.

NOW ON TO THE WORLD CUP!!

[Jaded No More 68,936]

I was thinking to myself with 2 minutes to go "Gees, first game this season where we sustained no injuries"... trust me to jinx us!

Bate on crutches is a terrible sign. I thought he was much improved today after a couple of ordinary games. He looked comfortable on the wing.

When will this nightmare run of injuries end? Hopefully Green is ready to come straight back in to replace him.

Well what can you say, huge loss on the scoreboard, but apart from the first quarter where we played pathetically, I thought we at least fought out the rest of the game. The real worry for me is the midfield. Can McLean and Jones really be the only 2 effective clearance players we have?

McLean's fitness is just so vital to this side. Not only does he get the ball, he also takes the opposition's best tagger away from TJ. Hopefully he'll be back for the Eagles game, or I'm scared a record losing margin is on the cards.

Godfrey was probably BOG tonight, which is scary thought in itself. He did a great job on Goodes, who was clearly playing hurt in the second half, but the fact that he got stuck into him was just gold to watch. Might cop a week for that sly elbow in the back. Sometimes I just love Simon Godfrey (I feel very dirty for saying that!).

[gOLLy 401]

I was thinking to myself with 2 minutes to go "Gees, first game this season where we sustained no injuries"... trust me to jinx us!

Bate on crutches is a terrible sign. I thought he was much improved today after a couple of ordinary games. He looked comfortable on the wing.

When will this nightmare run of injuries end? Hopefully Green is ready to come straight back in to replace him.

Well what can you say, huge loss on the scoreboard, but apart from the first quarter where we played pathetically, I thought we at least fought out the rest of the game. The real worry for me is the midfield. Can McLean and Jones really be the only 2 effective clearance players we have?

McLean's fitness is just so vital to this side. Not only does he get the ball, he also takes the opposition's best tagger away from TJ. Hopefully he'll be back for the Eagles game, or I'm scared a record losing margin is on the cards.

Godfrey was probably BOG tonight, which is scary thought in itself. He did a great job on Goodes, who was clearly playing hurt in the second half, but the fact that he got stuck into him was just gold to watch. Might cop a week for that sly elbow in the back. Sometimes I just love Simon Godfrey (I feel very dirty for saying that!).

Dont feel dirty...share the love

[Gorgoroth 12,961]

its ok jaded its dirty love

moloney and petterd were our 2 best

miller, godfrey were also very good

[drdrake 3,178]

Don't under estimate the effect on losing Bartram as well, he gets to job on the better midfielders that frees us Mcdonald to attack the footy at clearances. With Bartram out Mcdonald has play defensive.

[Guest baysidedave]

THIS IS THE WORST GAME OF FOOTBALL I HAVE EVER SEEN. IN SO MANY YEARS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MORE DISGUSTING GAME OF FOOTBALL BY SO CALLED "ATHLETES" THAN I HAVE TONIGHT

BRUCE, JOHNSTONE, YZE, DAVEY, PICKETT....WHERE ARE YOU GUYS???????????????????????????????????????????

I thought Johnno put in and Davey and Yze were not too bad now Bruce is another matter he is NOT interested

[Demonic_Inferno 17]

I'd say that, quite astonishingly, Pettard was best on ground for Melb.

[demonfanjezza 1]

Disappointed of course with losing our 5th straight game, but there some some positives, as some of you have mentioned like:

* Ricky playing a great debut game

* We tried hard to fight our way back in the game

[Guest baysidedave]

GOODES deserves 2 weeks for that the dirty [censored]!

he will get at least one, but he might be given a commendation, you don't know with those idiots at the tribunal

[NO MERGER 20]

Another display of indirect football by Melbourne. Lost count at the number of times Sydney kicked long and direct which resulted in goals. Melbourne need to seriously consider a new game plan, it's clearly obvious after 0-5 that what they are setting out to do is not working. How many more weeks can they continue to do this.

THUMBS UP:

Ricky Pettard...what a sensational debut match. He's picking up where Nathan Jones left off. Well done Ricky.

Aaron Davey...a great game by him, good to see him finding his form slowly. He tried hard.

Cameron Bruce...played all over the place, good running, great game.

Jared Rivers...did a great job, as well as pick up the pieces Carroll and Bell left behind. Well done Jared.

Almost thumbs up: Pickett, White, Lynden Dunn, Brent Maloney.

THUMBS DOWN:

Brad Miller...still not convinced. Had the chance to get Melbourne back into the game...nothing.

Nathan Carroll...fumbling around a little too much, lost composure, although did well on Hall.

Paul Johnson...drop him. He's contributed nothing.

Nathan Brown...needs to be replaced next week with Clint Bizzell.

Travis Johnstone...playing nothing like we all know he can. MIA.

Next week V Port Adelaide at home...We'll manage to scrape approx 15,000 fans into the G...disgraceful. When are those Demons going to break the drought and win a game. It's strangely feeling like the year 1996 all over again...

[Guest baysidedave]

Another display of indirect football by Melbourne. Lost count at the number of times Sydney kicked long and direct which resulted in goals. Melbourne need to seriously consider a new game plan, it's clearly obvious after 0-5 that what they are setting out to do is not working. How many more weeks can they continue to do this.

THUMBS UP:

Ricky Pettard...what a sensational debut match. He's picking up where Nathan Jones left off. Well done Ricky.

Aaron Davey...a great game by him, good to see him finding his form slowly. He tried hard.

Cameron Bruce...played all over the place, good running, great game.

Jared Rivers...did a great job, as well as pick up the pieces Carroll and Bell left behind. Well done Jared.

Almost thumbs up: Pickett, White, Lynden Dunn, Brent Maloney.

THUMBS DOWN:

Brad Miller...still not convinced. Had the chance to get Melbourne back into the game...nothing.

Nathan Carroll...fumbling around a little too much, lost composure, although did well on Hall.

Paul Johnson...drop him. He's contributed nothing.

Nathan Brown...needs to be replaced next week with Clint Bizzell.

Travis Johnstone...playing nothing like we all know he can. MIA.

Next week V Port Adelaide at home...We'll manage to scrape approx 15,000 fans into the G...disgraceful. When are those Demons going to break the drought and win a game. It's strangely feeling like the year 1996 all over again...

could be the first time Port beat us at MCG