joeboy 3,193 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Gawn - an Herculean effort Viney - quiet after first Petracca - amazing second half Oliver - many irrelevant possessions May - passion and heart Lever - had little input Bowey - an important game Rivers - was surprisingly quiet Salem - slow and loose McVee - often out positioned Smith - had limited opportunities McDonald - needed more involvement vanRooyen - will be suspended Fritsch - still wearing moonboot Pickett - an almost game Neal-Bullen - was rarely sighted Sparrow - better second half Chandler - little to praise Hunter - slow decision making Hibberd - slow but tight Laurie - was seemingly overwhelmed Langdon - better second half 8 Quote
Buzzy 992 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Langdon got slaughtered by old man Sidebottom, let's not sugar coat it. 24 1 Quote
Tarax Club 4,189 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Brayshaw - unmercifully cleaned up Neal - Bullen - joeboy book specsavers 4 2 Quote
leave it to deever 17,618 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 52 minutes ago, joeboy said: Petracca - amazing second half Half a game. 5 Quote
leave it to deever 17,618 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 53 minutes ago, joeboy said: Gawn - an Herculean effort Viney - quiet after first Petracca - amazing second half Oliver - many irrelevant possessions May - passion and heart Lever - had little input Bowey - an important game Rivers - was surprisingly quiet Salem - slow and loose McVee - often out positioned Smith - had limited opportunities McDonald - needed more involvement vanRooyen - will be suspended Fritsch - still wearing moonboot Pickett - an almost game Neal-Bullen - was rarely sighted Sparrow - better second half Chandler - little to praise Hunter - slow decision making Hibberd - slow but tight Laurie - was seemingly overwhelmed Langdon - better second half Forgot about Bowey. Take a bow. That's a lot of poor efforts noticed Joeboy but sadly true. And we almost won. 2 Quote
dee-tox 4,835 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 ANB was pretty good. Clarry 750 metres gained. Not useful? 3 Quote
spirit of norm smith 16,679 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) Gawn - Huge Heart. Herculean effort. Huge Viney - flew the flag then tried but overall not at his best at all Petracca - nowhere in 1st half / lifted to almost bring us home in the second half, but learn to tackle , often easily pushed away or evaded Oliver - tried and tried and tried but many many irrelevant possessions , got better and nearly lifted us May - looked out of sorts early but lifted to one of the best Dees in the night - such passion and heart Lever - big on spoils , had a few brain fades , why didn’t we keep Turner in so Lever could be intercept defender Bowey - good and almost very good. Safe in disposal… an important game Rivers - where was his energy. No go tonight … was surprisingly quiet Salem - ummm he’s not the player of 2021 … looked slow and loose McVee - good game … Hill got 2 early but Judd was break even tonight Smith - had his chances - rather see him in defence McDonald - retire now … slow … cannot turn … 3 minutes - 2 goals vanRooyen - young colt - raw - overawed - will be suspended Fritsch - brain fades … almost good … his defence is non existent - players brush him off learn to tackle !!! Pickett - an almost game as usual - brilliant and poor in so many passages - could have won it but it’s often a case now of almost !!! Neal-Bullen - good in patches - a defensive forward Sparrow - nowhere in 1st half then better second half Chandler - did he play? Looked lost Hunter - gets the footy BUT slow to dispose of footy - must improve decision making Hibberd - very good as stopped Elliott all night Laurie - no no no was lost almost delist now Langdon - yes he was Sidebottom gimp but got much better in second half Edited September 7, 2023 by spirit of norm smith P 3 1 2 Quote
Mel Bourne 4,541 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 McDonald - needed more involvement. That’s putting it lightly. 2 1 Quote
Bobby McKenzie 2,408 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, joeboy said: Gawn - an Herculean effort Viney - quiet after first Petracca - amazing second half Oliver - many irrelevant possessions May - passion and heart Lever - had little input Bowey - an important game Rivers - was surprisingly quiet Salem - slow and loose McVee - often out positioned Smith - had limited opportunities McDonald - needed more involvement vanRooyen - will be suspended Fritsch - still wearing moonboot Pickett - an almost game Neal-Bullen - was rarely sighted Sparrow - better second half Chandler - little to praise Hunter - slow decision making Hibberd - slow but tight Laurie - was seemingly overwhelmed Langdon - better second half ANB 'Was rarely sighted" Standard comment by Joeboy on Alex ,who played a bloody good game.Not his fault we lost. 10 Quote
napster 191 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Rivers - Feature article curse 1 1 3 1 Quote
Jaded No More 68,976 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Max Gawn deserves to win another flag. He is arguably the best player I’ve ever seen play for Melbourne. A god amongst mere mortals. His [censored] plays better football than Mason “I’m a yank thug” Cox. 3 Quote
Jaded No More 68,976 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Once again our backline delivered. I swear they must pull their hair out. Kept Pies to 60 points and watch our forwards blow 30 chances to score two measly goals in the last quarter. 8 1 1 2 Quote
Demon Disciple 12,537 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 I haven’t been his biggest fan this year, but Max was immense tonight. A pity that most didn’t follow the example that he led by. The forward line was disappointing all night, as was the delivery into it. As for TMAC - I’m sorry, but even a 1-legged Melky would’ve done better tonight. And I have no idea what we see in Smith, he is well entrenched in our bottom 6 and yet he manages to hang around on the list (I’m sure he’s a great guy and all, but he is not an AFL quality player). Kozzie just needs to be told to go out and have fun playing footy, his heads all at sea. 4 Quote
Billy 2,576 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Langdon & Hunter we’re so soft, in a final you’ve got to put your head over the ball, both ineffective 2 1 Quote
Demon Dynasty 17,165 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Club - Giant Brain Fart Harden up & link up boys or it's out in straight sets again! 2 1 Quote
Roost it far 10,149 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 9 hours ago, dee-tox said: ANB was pretty good. Clarry 750 metres gained. Not useful? Grabbing the ball and kicking it forward as far of you can to an intercept is not what we need from him Melbourne: Lower your eyes Melbourne: Do not Panic 5 Quote
loges 6,767 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 11 hours ago, joeboy said: Gawn - an Herculean effort Viney - quiet after first Petracca - amazing second half Oliver - many irrelevant possessions May - passion and heart Lever - had little input Bowey - an important game Rivers - was surprisingly quiet Salem - slow and loose McVee - often out positioned Smith - had limited opportunities McDonald - needed more involvement vanRooyen - will be suspended Fritsch - still wearing moonboot Pickett - an almost game Neal-Bullen - was rarely sighted Sparrow - better second half Chandler - little to praise Hunter - slow decision making Hibberd - slow but tight Laurie - was seemingly overwhelmed Langdon - better second half Wrong on Neal Bullen 3 Quote
picket fence 18,188 Posted September 7, 2023 Posted September 7, 2023 Laurie, Back to Casey Oh wait! 1 Quote
IRW 1,388 Posted September 8, 2023 Posted September 8, 2023 Kossi an almost game Needs to put meat on his obvious talent. " nearly " is getting old 2 Quote
leave it to deever 17,618 Posted September 8, 2023 Posted September 8, 2023 10 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said: Gawn - Huge Heart. Herculean effort. Huge Viney - flew the flag then tried but overall not at his best at all Petracca - nowhere in 1st half / lifted to almost bring us home in the second half, but learn to tackle , often easily pushed away or evaded Oliver - tried and tried and tried but many many irrelevant possessions , got better and nearly lifted us May - looked out of sorts early but lifted to one of the best Dees in the night - such passion and heart Lever - big on spoils , had a few brain fades , why didn’t we keep Turner in so Lever could be intercept defender Bowey - good and almost very good. Safe in disposal… an important game Rivers - where was his energy. No go tonight … was surprisingly quiet Salem - ummm he’s not the player of 2021 … looked slow and loose McVee - good game … Hill got 2 early but Judd was break even tonight Smith - had his chances - rather see him in defence McDonald - retire now … slow … cannot turn … 3 minutes - 2 goals vanRooyen - young colt - raw - overawed - will be suspended Fritsch - brain fades … almost good … his defence is non existent - players brush him off learn to tackle !!! Pickett - an almost game as usual - brilliant and poor in so many passages - could have won it but it’s often a case now of almost !!! Neal-Bullen - good in patches - a defensive forward Sparrow - nowhere in 1st half then better second half Chandler - did he play? Looked lost Hunter - gets the footy BUT slow to dispose of footy - must improve decision making Hibberd - very good as stopped Elliott all night Laurie - no no no was lost almost delist now Langdon - yes he was Sidebottom gimp but got much better in second half Perfect analysis. 2 Quote
I'va Worn Smith 996 Posted September 8, 2023 Posted September 8, 2023 I am so frustrated with this loss. Seems yet another wasted opportunity. No real connection in the forward line and looks like we lose Roo. But, I cannot understand why we re-signed Schache. A former number 2 in the national draft, us being his third club, he clearly is not up to standard and as a result, we don't select him to play, when we are in desperate need of forwards. Yet we select a bloke that has only played 2 VFL games in 4 months. I have the utmost respect for TMac, but sadly, I think the game has passed him by. We have seen the lack of separation in our forward line several times this year, yet we dominated inside 50's last night. Surely our coaches can come up with a better plan that what we appear to have at the moment. So bloody annoyed. 3 Quote
monoccular 17,760 Posted September 8, 2023 Posted September 8, 2023 9 hours ago, Demon Disciple said: I haven’t been his biggest fan this year, but Max was immense tonight. A pity that most didn’t follow the example that he led by. The forward line was disappointing all night, as was the delivery into it. As for TMAC - I’m sorry, but even a 1-legged Melky would’ve done better tonight. And I have no idea what we see in Smith, he is well entrenched in our bottom 6 and yet he manages to hang around on the list (I’m sure he’s a great guy and all, but he is not an AFL quality player). Kozzie just needs to be told to go out and have fun playing footy, his heads all at sea. Re Tommy and Smith - best available and probably neither picked now as forwards were Petty Melksham BBB fit and available. But I believe they will both be needed next week especially as the impartial MRO and former Collingwood player feels the need to flex his muscles and JVR gets done (as he will). 1 Quote
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