I'm watching the coverage just to see goodys presser & what answers he will spew out

I don’t know what’s going on behind closed doors but we are absolutely devoid of confidence and this was evident from Round 1.

Track watchers were praising the dare and dash displayed all summer and yet we’ve barely made it to the start gate.

We are witnessing one of the greatest falls from grace in sporting history

For those potting Sparrow have a look at Max Holmes's stats. Sparrow in our best tonight.

At least our first draft pick is going to Essendon and not a club who will use it wisely.

We are just laughably bad in and around the forward 50. And it’s gotten worse year on year.

Edited April 4Apr 4 by P-man

4 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Bombers, Freo and Tigers to come.

Lose all three and I'm not sure how Goodwin can survive.

Will be 0/6 guaranteed

The majority of the players looked at least remotely interested for at least some of the game, so that is clear progress from the past fortnight.

However our disposal, decision making, game plan and fitness remain the stuff of nightmares.

Other than money I'm not sure why any player or coach would want to stick around here long term. Maybe we just blow everything up and start completely fresh.

Petracca looked really [censored] off that last quarter

Harry Petty went from playing like Matty Scarlett in round 1 to playing like Tom Gillies tonight.

Speaking of Tom Gillies, Harry Sharp is equal level with him as one of the worst players I've seen in a red and blue jumper. Please never again.

Anyway.. i thought we competed well but the skills level in general was 2013 esque.. then we completed imploded in the last quarter.

JVR is not the answer and never will be. We are light years away from finding a genuine key forward.

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8 minutes ago, red and blue forever said:

Fritsch?

Magoos!!

JVR doesn't want for effort. But he's playing so poorly, he may be better served playing down back during a game. May be a 'rob Peter to pay Paul' but at least it would get rid of Harry the Heartbreaker. I'm not sure I want to see him in the team again. A performance without any redeeming qualities. Does not appear to give a s h i t.

Not ideal.

At least I saw a flag.

Just now, red and blue forever said:

Petracca looked really [censored] off that last quarter

Wouldn't you if your own teammates were dishing up that garbage?

Edited April 4Apr 4 by dazzledavey36

Maybe goody should go, but Selwyn Griffiths should absolutely go! We’ve gone backwards at a rate of knots since he took over from Burgess.

Forwards seem to have very little body work craft. At least 3 occasions in first quarter when one of JVR and Disco had oppo player out positioned under the ball and only needed slightest body contact but zero contact. Simple stuff.

How many times did we handball blindly forward. Don’t think it worked once. Look like a complete rabble.

Harrison Petty - The Rooster is calling. You are better off contacting Red Rooster to see if they have any vacancies after yet another inept defending performance. Did you even do anything positive. If so, I must have missed it.

Simon Goodwin ... please order a taxi for yourself and leave your office keys at reception before you go.

Melbourne FC ... Keep up the great consistent effort of being such a low scoring side each week. If you keep it up, you'll be sure to win something by the end of the season ... something made of wood.

Bayley Fritsch ... the goal is the one worth 6 points where your job is to kick the ball between the two big sticks

Surely, no levelheaded Demons supporter comes back from this one saying 'it's only Round 4' or that golden chestnut ' just wait all you opposition teams until we get our best players back from injury'

And yet again, Melbourne has no idea of the meaning of 'last quarter'.

1 minute ago, Demon Jack said:

Bombers, Freo and Tigers to come.

Lose all three and I'm not sure how Goodwin can survive.

Just now, Return to Glory said:

JVR doesn't want for effort. But he's playing so poorly, he may be better served playing down back during a game. May be a 'rob Peter to pay Paul' but at least it would get rid of Harry the Heartbreaker. I'm not sure I want to see him in the team again. A performance without any redeeming qualities. Does not appear to give a s h i t.

I hate using this expression, but Petty is soft. Doesn’t want it, doesn’t want the contest.

Can’t play again.

JVR playing young… immature tactically, immature physically.

We have senior "woe is me" players. Oliver, Gawn, Petty, May ... its not a good look or example and focus goes out the window. Buckle down and get your [censored] together.

Might as well just copy and paste from last week. We’re a rabble.

Did our ability to attack leave the city with Darren Burgess?

Kozzys heart is in WA. Christian doesn’t like his team mates. Clayton isn’t liked by his team mates. Max is in no man’s land. The coach is in denial.

A sad state of affairs.

5 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

1.2

1.2

2.2

0.3

Our final quarters this year…unfortunately those training reports aren’t adhering to ‘super fit ‘ with those stats

Still hold hope we will improve as the season goes, but geez it’s hard.

I genuinely think we have more players not up to AFL level fitness than any other team

A few have excuses but are way off where they need to be - it’s the reason we can’t man up and it’s the reason we get run off our feet in the last quarter

Add to this we seem to be totally bereft of confidence I can’t see a win any time soon

4 minutes ago, Tom Dyson said:

This 100%, absolutely spot on DemonDman. Since we lost Burgo, to say our fitness has regressed would be an understatement.

Our horribly sub-par final quarters has to point blame at our fitness team.

Agree it appears we have a number of players that aren’t fit enough for AFL competition

Unfortunately that’s not something that can change quickly

4 minutes ago, Witches Hat said:

For those potting Sparrow have a look at Max Holmes's stats. Sparrow in our best tonight.

At least our first draft pick is going to Essendon and not a club who will use it wisely.

Exactly, their drafting is like our forward entries. Lindsay will be way better than whatever they get.

I think this all comes down to fitness

Selwyn is not the man

We have to get to a higher level, better fitness gives better skills

6 goals on a dry night

It’s unacceptable

Goodwin and Selwyn have to move on

Goodwin has found a way to completely unravel this team from the hardest to play against to the easiest, failed miserably to fix the fwd issues, our list mgt has been pathetic in attracting experienced talent

7 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I'm watching the coverage just to see goodys presser & what answers he will spew out

There won't be any emotions or surprises. Change the channel or go to bed

2 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

I've been a Fritsch defender and while I thought be showed more desire to be involved tonight, my god, he is in the biggest form slump I can remember for a Melbourne player.

Shanked nearly every kick and made some terrible decisions when we looked dangerous going forward.

I'd consider dropping him but the options just aren't there.

…and your last sentence is where the problem lies - he knows it.

Plays like a bloke who couldn’t even consider being dropped, still living off a 6 goal Grand Final.

An absolute downhill skiing lazy flop since 2021. Zero defensive effort and zero grunt on top on an inability to kick straight.

Move him on to the highest bidder, this club can’t afford anymore passengers than it already has.