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Skills must be a high priority next year. We don't know how to change direction, baulk, weave, evade, find a low 30mtre kick to advantage, sit at the front of the marking contest to crumb.....just a couple of suggestions. 

 
3 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

It honestly looked like a VFL vs an AFL side the entire night. 

Woewodin

Laurie 

Billings

Tomlinson 

Tholstrup 

Hore 

Howes

Not surprised that we looked VFL level. Realistically we should only have 1 maybe 2 of those players getting a game at this stage. 

Our list depth is a real worry.

Just now, dees189227 said:

If they go back on just stand near daicos. The lightening won't strike him

I hope a player brings out a gum tree branch over Daicis’s head. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

 

This is a weirdly fitting end to a very odd and disappointing 12 months as a Melbourne member. 

1 minute ago, BAMF said:

Woewodin

Laurie 

Billings

Tomlinson 

Tholstrup 

Hore 

Howes

Not surprised that we looked VFL level. Realistically we should only have 1 maybe 2 of those players getting a game at this stage. 

Our list depth is a real worry.

100%. Yet when I said this at the start of the year I was shouted down. 


13 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Sorry but I had to call it a day. I can’t no more. 

Yeah I'm done, don't need to prove anything.

7 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

Well, unlike I suspect many of the people on this thread, I have been at the game. All our best midfielders were out. Lever and May were not playing. Free kicks were 3 to one in their favour. We made some terrible errors, but I think our players did their best and I'm not going to criticise them.

100% agree And I was there too*.
 

(Had to leave at half time to visit ‘The Royal’ for a quick pot, but still home by end of the game)

4 minutes ago, mauriesy said:

Doesn't matter if the security people get hit by lightning apparently.  They're all standing out on the ground.

Nyc Lightning GIF by Digg

Human lightning rods.

 
1 minute ago, Demonsterative said:

I hope a player brings out a gum tree branch over Daicis’s head. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Strap a copper pole to him while you're at it, please 🙏 


Just now, layzie said:

Yeah I'm done, don't need to prove anything.

I wanted to stay for Nibbler but I’ve had a truly horrible day and it took a lot of effort just to get there today. 
I lost my voice abusing Maynard. I got 20 Pies filth kicked out of the members area. I’m done. 

4 minutes ago, zeldacat said:

Skills must be a high priority next year. We don't know how to change direction, baulk, weave, evade, find a low 30mtre kick to advantage, sit at the front of the marking contest to crumb.....just a couple of suggestions. 

Or hand ball with advantage to our players 

12 minutes ago, dimmy said:

Come off the grass Mc Donald was extremely competitive. I have bagged Lever , but his organisation skills would have been very handy tonight.

However I think this was treated as a practice matcxh to try out a new style of play. Unfortunately we were undermanned and unprepared. Collingwood play this running game so it was really difficult for our blokes to be trying something so different. Firstly in this game style you need to be moving more ,not letting using delaying tactics which lets the next level setup properly.

You have got to have the right personnel to play a particular game style. Collingwood have got it with Daicos 1 & 2 etc.

Have not said anything about Tmac..

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

I wanted to stay for Nibbler but I’ve had a truly horrible day and it took a lot of effort just to get there today. 
I lost my voice abusing Maynard. I got 20 Pies filth kicked out of the members area. I’m done. 

Great effort! 🫡


Just now, Jaded No More said:

I wanted to stay for Nibbler but I’ve had a truly horrible day and it took a lot of effort just to get there today. 
I lost my voice abusing Maynard. I got 20 Pies filth kicked out of the members area. I’m done. 

You did a good job Jaded. 
 

personally I think you could have aimed higher with 50 of the fkr’s. But I’ll give you a silver star for your work. 

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

I wanted to stay for Nibbler but I’ve had a truly horrible day and it took a lot of effort just to get there today. 
I lost my voice abusing Maynard. I got 20 Pies filth kicked out of the members area. I’m done.

Unlike others not disappointed losing Nibler, great clubman, played a role good luck to him. 

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I wanted to stay for Nibbler but I’ve had a truly horrible day and it took a lot of effort just to get there today. 
I lost my voice abusing Maynard. I got 20 Pies filth kicked out of the members area. I’m done. 

Yes, I hear you. I was desperate to stay for him too. Also had a horrible week myself and coming down with something. That's a wrap.

4 minutes ago, Gunna’s said:

Did petty just hand ANB a phone?

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it was his shoe. Move along nothing to see here 

4 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

100%. Yet when I said this at the start of the year I was shouted down. 

I think most of us thought that McAdams and Fullarton would at the least be decent depth at the start of the year. Two decent players would make a big difference.


Sad end to the season with so many things going wrong, was at the game a dead rubber, the skills errors, missed targets … 

10 minutes ago, DubDee said:

completely agree we should throw away our most prolific goal scorer over the past 5 years. Also our most skilled played along side Kozzi

He is never going to be a hard man. He is our finisher. When we play well he looks great like the 6 he kicked in the GF

It’s not about him “never going to be a hard man” , it’s about him regularly being a serious defensive liability ie. lack lustre chase, feeble tackles. This also sets a horrible example to his teammates and surely can’t be good for team morale.

3 minutes ago, Demonsterative said:

You did a good job Jaded. 
 

personally I think you could have aimed higher with 50 of the fkr’s. But I’ll give you a silver star for your work. 

After I got the first 20, the rest left voluntarily with a few choice words from me 

 
9 minutes ago, BAMF said:

Woewodin

Laurie 

Billings

Tomlinson 

Tholstrup 

Hore 

Howes

Not surprised that we looked VFL level. Realistically we should only have 1 maybe 2 of those players getting a game at this stage. 

Our list depth is a real worry.

Melksham

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