If Goody was to get sacked after the Carlton game (purely as a hypothetical) and the interim coach said “ok we’ve got the pies this, let’s play them at their own game, let’s play with pace, run in numbers, hunt the opposition when the have the ball. Let’s play a smaller fwd line, let’s get it in quick, low and direct, let’s change the way we come out of the back half. Let’s leave Kosi / Fritsch isolated at times in the goal square and kick it to their advantage, let’s leave JVR one out and kick it in front of him instead of on top of him whilst Kosi and Chandler steam in from opposite pockets to anticipate the ball drop”. etc etc….

We’d almost wipe them and everyone would be saying where’s this been for the past 12 months. Goody is the coach and yes he built a lot of this team but we have a very stale feel about us currently. 
 

Why does it take a change of coach (most times) to change things up?

 

So who here remembers the tone at the start of the 2021 season, when we'd missed finals again in 2020 and St Kilda were closer to a premership than us?

Sucess and failure are on a knife edge in the AFL, but I think we've got more to be hopeful about than pessimistic.

Sounding a bit like a Goodwin clone here, but we nearly won yesterday while playing badly and I'm sure there were plenty of lessons for us to learn.  ...just like we did post 2020.

Out of all the teams currently in the eight we have by far the most upside to our game. And we are fourth, we just have to find that connection again. 

54 minutes ago, binman said:

If you were sitting anywhere within a 100 metre radius of me yesterday you would have no doubt how passionate, frustrated and disappointed I was. My throat is ruined.

On a related point, I have not generally been critical of dees fans not showing up. But yesterday was pathetic. 29k on a perfect Saturday arvo for footy. 

And I'm positive it would have made a difference if there was more vocal passionate dees at the ground. For one thing we might have actually won a God damn holding the ball free. 

So anyone who is on board the dees are rubbish train who could have gone yesterday (i dont mean those who cant, live interstate, have mobility issues, had a funeral, were getting married, have covid etc etc) but chose not to - you are part of the problem not the solution. Buy a mirror.

I let out an expletive at one stage. The kids a couple rows in front back with a shocked look. Bad form on my part. I took a deep breath and told myself to calm down and not be such a nuffie.

I agree regarding the crowd. No excuses yesterday. It was a pathetic turnout.

1 hour ago, Demonsone said:

Including our strait finals exit in 2022 we have beaten 1 current top 8 team (dogs) in 13 games. 
 

Including the 2022 finals the pies have played played 7 top 8 teams.

And lost 3 of those games (two finals and lions this year). And only scraped past the saint and the bombers.

So the supposedly unbeatable pies are not much better than 50 50 against top 8 sides in that period.

Just sayin'.

 

57 minutes ago, BDA said:

I let out an expletive at one stage. The kids a couple rows in front back with a shocked look. Bad form on my part. I took a deep breath and told myself to calm down and not be such a nuffie.

I agree regarding the crowd. No excuses yesterday. It was a pathetic turnout.

Some of the worst non calls from the umpires were right below me on the members wing.

Noone call tell me the pies or tigers would have not got some of those frees in front of their home crowd going bannnas - hell, they would get them when we are the home team.

I might have scared some kids too. Also told myself to pull my head in.

Edited May 28, 20231 yr by binman

1 hour ago, Billy said:

Totally agree, but don’t we have to make the most of a quality list while we can, it turns around quickly 

 

21 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

If Goody was to get sacked after the Carlton game (purely as a hypothetical) and the interim coach said “ok we’ve got the pies this, let’s play them at their own game, let’s play with pace, run in numbers, hunt the opposition when the have the ball. Let’s play a smaller fwd line, let’s get it in quick, low and direct, let’s change the way we come out of the back half. Let’s leave Kosi / Fritsch isolated at times in the goal square and kick it to their advantage, let’s leave JVR one out and kick it in front of him instead of on top of him whilst Kosi and Chandler steam in from opposite pockets to anticipate the ball drop”. etc etc….

We’d almost wipe them and everyone would be saying where’s this been for the past 12 months. Goody is the coach and yes he built a lot of this team but we have a very stale feel about us currently. 
 

Why does it take a change of coach (most times) to change things up?

 

If we play the pies at their game they’ll murder us

2 minutes ago, BDA said:

If we play the pies at their game they’ll murder us

Disagree, they’ll murder us if we continue what we’ve been doing. We’ve got a defensive unit that can stop them but currently we won’t hurt them on the scoreboard. 
 

What would you have us do differently if anything?

39 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

 

Why does it take a change of coach (most times) to change things up?

 

Elementary....it's self evident. Sadly

Goody thinks he's right. I dont blame him. He should. 

Regrettably and respectfully... he's not.

38 minutes ago, binman said:

Some of the worst non calls from the umpires were right below me on the members wing.

Noone call tell me the pies or tigers would have got some of those frees in front of their home crowd going bannnas - hell, they would get them when we are the home team.

I might have scared some kids too. Also told myself to pull my head in.

Nothing gets the blood boiling like umpiring when at the ground (or elsewhere for that matter).  I've begun sitting with the Demon Army recently and my barracking has become a lot more positive, bar booing the umpires

The beauty of being interstate and having the house to oneself is that I can swear and rave at the TV all I like with no one being affected... then I log onto Demonland and try to be calm and rational and to hopefully learn something about the loss.  Perfect Jekyll and Hyde scenario!

1 hour ago, binman said:

who is on board the dees are rubbish train who could have gone yesterday (i dont mean those who cant, live interstate, have mobility issues, had a funeral, were getting married, have covid etc etc) but chose not to - you are part of the problem not the solution. Buy a mirror.

Pfffg. ..As if my wedding date would stop me from going to a game. And you call yourself a passionate supporter. 

😇🤷‍♂️

16 hours ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

Oh dear! we lose two games against good teams by a kick and the reaction of gloom and doom by some of our regular contributors including Joe Boy is so predictable.

 Win, we are the best. Lose. we are rabble and all is lost this year. Honestly, what mindset do they have? 7-4 and a great percentage and they complain.

What do you think Geelong supporters are feeling right now?  Do you think they have thrown in the towel? Sensible non Geelong supporters would never write them off as premiers 2023, me included. We will still give this flag a shake. 

Without know if you were there.

This was the worst game I’ve seen melb play since 2019. We played with no dare, fluffed kicks all day and we’re absolutely hammered in the ground ball and clearances. 
 

Which has been consistent for a month!

Edited May 28, 20231 yr by Doug Reemer

2 hours ago, binman said:

If you were sitting anywhere within a 100 metre radius of me yesterday you would have no doubt how passionate, frustrated and disappointed I was. My throat is ruined.

On a related point, I have not generally been critical of dees fans not showing up. But yesterday was pathetic. 29k on a perfect Saturday arvo for footy. 

And I'm positive it would have made a difference if there was more vocal passionate dees at the ground. For one thing we might have actually won a God damn holding the ball free. 

So anyone who is on board the dees are rubbish train who could have gone yesterday (i dont mean those who cant, live interstate, have mobility issues, had a funeral, were getting married, have covid etc etc) but chose not to - you are part of the problem not the solution. Buy a mirror.

Wholeheartedly agree. I went on my own and was alternating between yelling my guts out and being quietly incensed at the silence of supporters who were sitting in groups around me. 
 

I do often wonder if our players have genuine issues with their supporters, and the lack of support they offer compared to other teams. 

2 hours ago, binman said:

If you were sitting anywhere within a 100 metre radius of me yesterday you would have no doubt how passionate, frustrated and disappointed I was. My throat is ruined.

On a related point, I have not generally been critical of dees fans not showing up. But yesterday was pathetic. 29k on a perfect Saturday arvo for footy. 

And I'm positive it would have made a difference if there was more vocal passionate dees at the ground. For one thing we might have actually won a God damn holding the ball free. 

So anyone who is on board the dees are rubbish train who could have gone yesterday (i dont mean those who cant, live interstate, have mobility issues, had a funeral, were getting married, have covid etc etc) but chose not to - you are part of the problem not the solution. Buy a mirror.

Binman I have said elsewhere that we don't give enough credit to the average member / supporter. It was obvious to me that we would struggle yesterday. I think a lot of fans thought similar or thought we would straight out lose. Unlike Pies supporters who turn up no matter what because of belief after many years of winning seasons. I think Demon supporters are not wedded to footy in the same way, we are also conditioned over decades of loosing seasons. The old Here we go again rises to the surface. Having said all that I was surprised it was more than 20k. I was bitterly disappointed  yesterday the train marooned me at Sunshine and I did not get to the ground, returned home to watch the last three quarters on Kayo. The upside to yesterday was my GD won their Basketball game and she hit one from just inside the three line. four wins and a draw from 5 games this season.

9 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Wholeheartedly agree. I went on my own and was alternating between yelling my guts out and being quietly incensed at the silence of supporters who were sitting in groups around me. 
 

I do often wonder if our players have genuine issues with their supporters, and the lack of support they offer compared to other teams. 

I am surprised you are surprised MB. In my 63 years of following the Dees i see this every week. Dees supporters are conditioned and accepting of loosing, it is has been burned into our DNA. It will take decades of success to change.

20 minutes ago, Doug Reemer said:

Without know if you were there.

This was the worst game I’ve seen melb play since 2019. We played with no dare, fluffed kicks all day and we’re absolutely hammered in the ground ball and clearances. 
 

Which has been consistent for a month!

BM is one of our senior members who lives in WA Doug I can just about guarantee he was not there. He is however a passionate member over many years.

53 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Nothing gets the blood boiling like umpiring when at the ground (or elsewhere for that matter).  I've begun sitting with the Demon Army recently and my barracking has become a lot more positive, bar booing the umpires

The beauty of being interstate and having the house to oneself is that I can swear and rave at the TV all I like with no one being affected... then I log onto Demonland and try to be calm and rational and to hopefully learn something about the loss.  Perfect Jekyll and Hyde scenario!

You are not alone.

1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Sounding a bit like a Goodwin clone here, but we nearly won yesterday while playing badly and I'm sure there were plenty of lessons for us to learn.  ...just like we did post 2020.

It will be a huge relief when we finally graduate!

12 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Wholeheartedly agree. I went on my own and was alternating between yelling my guts out and being quietly incensed at the silence of supporters who were sitting in groups around me. 
 

I do often wonder if our players have genuine issues with their supporters, and the lack of support they offer compared to other teams. 

I was on level 4 in a sparsely populated bay. There were no shouts of encouragement or any vocals at all from the Dees in the bay. I was probably being a bit of goose but jesus you can show some emotional investment. Get off your seat and cheer/vent once in a while. Way too reserved and timid.

1 minute ago, old dee said:

BM is one of our senior members who lives in WA Doug I can just about guarantee he was not there. He is however a passionate member over many years.

By no means am I questioning him. I just think if you saw this game live you’d understand why some posters are irate. I’m still [censored] off.

Watching that Sandgroper destroy us after Darcy went down.. just really rubbed the salt in!

1 hour ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Disagree, they’ll murder us if we continue what we’ve been doing. We’ve got a defensive unit that can stop them but currently we won’t hurt them on the scoreboard. 
 

What would you have us do differently if anything?

My point is we can’t go gung ho immediately because the pies are much better at the attacking brand than we are. They’ve be doing it for 18 months now.

I reckon we should try to pinch Leppa off them or hire a similarly minded assistant to join our coaching team. I’m not sure we have the skills to execute like the pies do but that’s the way the game is going. We have to move with the times.

In terms of what to do in the immediate term I’d bring BB in and drop JVR (he needs a spell). Bring in a 3^rd tall defender which might help Lever regain his form. Maybe get the ball into Salems and Bowey hands and ask them to hit the corridor more. Put a rocket under our small brigade and tell them to get their collective finger out, including kossie.

46 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

😇🤷‍♂️

Wot a load of dribble

You a33hat

 

Edited May 28, 20231 yr by leave it to deever

4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Wot a load of dribble

You a33hat

 

I see what you did there.