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14 hours ago, Billy said:

OMG,

 didn’t think it was that bad

I’d rather finish 14th than 9th… a top 5 pick combined with a bundled pick at 20 will help us secure 2 very good mids. 

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    2 hours ago, 640MD said:

    Disappointing to miss the finals but this was a very even year. 
    we only had the two(?) really bad games.  Why. NFI.  Something was wrong.

    And how many by less than 10 or so points.  And we started with two less top 22 players.   So with the football gods with us in 2025.  And some  better team management. Look forward. Go Dee’s 

    Really we had 7 bad games. Lions, Pies twice, Dogs, and Freo twice plus WCoast. 
    Swans ok and 4 losses under a goal and 11 wins. 

    Better Team Management you mean Coaching which should include our Forward and Mids inc. ruck plus of course our Sub ( no 23) management.  

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    29 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    14th is 14th and needs a serious review 

    STARTING WITH THE COACH!

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    We lost 10 of our last 15, so it wasn’t exactly elite. Lots of mitigating factors, but an absolute mile off where we expected to be.

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    Our lack of pressure (or specifically the picking and choosing of which we week we brought pressure) and atrocious skills explain exactly why we're the 5th worst side in the league.

    Compare that to the teams that are currently playing in the finals.

    We have a massive amount of work to do if we want to return to finals next year. A return of a few injured players isn't going to simply solve everything, IIRC we had a far stronger team in for the Freo debacle compared to the final game.

    The mindset to bring uncompromising and unconditional  pressure week in week out is the main factor that will determine if we jump back up the ladder.

     

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    A lot of work to do but 11 wins after a disasterous end to 2023, unrelenting media pressue, the retirement of Gus, Loss of Smith and lack of preseasons for Oliver, Petty and a few others it's somewhat remarkable it didn't turn out worse. Particularly when you add in injuries to May, Lever, Salem, Tracc and Gawn. 

    Hopefully the spirit we saw in the first 10 rounds is the real Melbourne despite the pressure that was put upon them and it just became to hard to fight against the wind in the second half of the season once injuries mounted amid continued media pressure. 

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    typo

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    On 25/08/2024 at 21:32, dees189227 said:

    It's actually disgraceful but not a surprise.  No wonder trac is livid

    Hey Trac , all your other team mates have signed on!

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    9 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

     

    Oh no, we are the worst team, with the worst culture, our under performing coach must be sacked.

    Burn the club to the ground, burn it all! 

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