1 hour ago, DubDee said:

should be an easy win once we get our competitiveness back

Harris needs to show something or i’d drop her. 

The rate we're going, we won't need too.

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by dazzledavey36

well this hasnt started well

Opportunities to attack have been squandered repeatedly by weak, half bandpasses failing to find targets or not carrying to the targeted player. looking reactive and lost.

appalling

Can someone explain what has happened to this side? Did we really just beat up on minnows all year?

Can we actually take a mark...

This is total [censored] by the team...

They have fallen off cliff.

Going to take one hell of an effort to get out of this mess.

And it gets better.......

Just now, Chook said:

Can someone explain what has happened to this side? Did we really just beat up on minnows all year?

looking that way... the win against North was good but the opposition have learnt that if you close down the run we have no chance

Great decision to play home finals at that dump. No hope.

1 minute ago, darkhorse72 said:

Can we actually take a mark...

This is total [censored] by the team...

They have fallen off cliff.

A cliff seems like the perfect analogy.

I'm perplexed. It wasn't just the opposition, we were playing amazing footy in the first half of the season.

Our drop off across all lines is just mind blowing.

Getting absolutely smashed around the stoppages, Morrison and McDonald have bought their own footy

4 minutes ago, Chook said:

Can someone explain what has happened to this side? Did we really just beat up on minnows all year?

Marnie Vinall has had a go at explaining it.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/why-dominant-melbourne-demons-are-at-risk-of-straight-sets-aflw-finals-exit-20231114-p5ejvh.html

 

Our disposal is the worst I’ve ever seen

Every time straight to a cat's player as we go forward...  event from our good kicks

Disposal out of half back is killing us. Kicking it straight to Cats.

Absolutely no run. Even when going for a mark they seem to stop and wait instead of attacking the ball.

We all thought that keeping this list together was a good thing, but the reality is that we haven't added to the group in recent years and other teams have gone past us. 

We need to find a way to add foot skills and pace at year end. If that means trading a few experienced players (eg Mithen, Birch, Gay, etc), so be it. 

geeloong taking every opportunity we give them

Disposal is TERRIBLE. Lost all skill suddenly. Very poor. Stinnear?!?!?! 
 

0.4 v lions in last half 

1.3 v Kangas in a full game 

0.3 v cats in 1st half 

best players … Rushed 

come on Dees !!!  

1 minute ago, poita said:

We all thought that keeping this list together was a good thing, but the reality is that we haven't added to the group in recent years and other teams have gone past us. 

We need to find a way to add foot skills and pace at year end. If that means trading a few experienced players (eg Mithen, Birch, Gay, etc), so be it. 

First one traded out should be Mithen. Disposal is atrocious.

That kick to Fitzsimmons through the centre. 

She had 3 cats to beat

Pffft

3 minutes ago, poita said:

We all thought that keeping this list together was a good thing, but the reality is that we haven't added to the group in recent years and other teams have gone past us. 

We need to find a way to add foot skills and pace at year end. If that means trading a few experienced players (eg Mithen, Birch, Gay, etc), so be it. 

And despite all the games played together, it looks for all the world like they've never played with each other in their lives. Absolutely zero connection.

Is that now one goal in 8 quarters.