Getting beaten in a half by ex Richmond and Melbourne players says where we are at as a club at the moment. Hoping for a better 3rd quarter as our 4ths have been putrid.

4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Despite all the criticism of Oliver , we could certainly use him tonight because Kozzie and Viney ain't the answer today.

How so? We are slaughtering them at clearance and stoppage.

6 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Gawn and Petracca senior leaders missing relative sitters (Tracs a bit harder but should be nailing those) absolutely kill us. Not good enough.

Chandler burning Fritsch open in the pocket. Not good enough.

Pressure for 2nd quarter back to rubbish levels. Not good enough.

They deserve a rocket at halftime.

Why give the ball to fritsch, he never returns favoir!!!

This club can't handle man on man pressure

Won every single source and clearance stat but can't handle a bit of pressure.

Constantly turn the ball over under pressure.

Nowhere near AFL standard.

Woeful coaching, panic stations by so many around and inside 50

No leaders or quality up forward either

The forward half madness continues

1 minute ago, Bay Riffin said:

That was a poor last 10 minutes but the umpiring in this game is an absolute disgrace. If we get within 40m of goal its an automatic free to the Weagles. First quarter we had their backmen cold dropping the ball, play on, for us Tholstrup and Pickett dropping the ball the latter an unbelievable decision. The non frees in front of goal and frees to them are to me cheating and not umpiring in the moment, I'm over it. add our poor kicking for goal and ridiculous unrealistic marking attempts forward and it is unwatchable.

When you have Gloufsis as an field umpire you know we are dealing with the bottom of the AFL umpiring barrel.

1 minute ago, DutchDemons said:

Followed by the 4th quarter where we are like 30-250 or whatever so far this season.

I sort of left that deliberately unsaid... lol

( definitely the inference 😉 )

Zone too far up the fiend to stop the quick beak out of our forward half

Looking for a big 3rd like last week

Edited May 3, 2025May 3 by darkhorse72

Like history repeating itself for 60 yrs this club finds a way to be absolute [censored]. Yeah 1/2 time but writing on the wall

4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

It's OK everyone.. the 3rd qtr is coming up... you know ...our Good One 👍😉

Followed by.

1 minute ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

When you have Gloufsis as a field umpire you know we are dealing with the bottom of the AFL umpiring barrel.

Is that the female umpire, she’s a shocker about contested football.

Spargo, Fritsch, Petty, Sparrow, Melksham, McVee all 5 disposals or less. Just pathetic.

Relax everyone, we’re gonna smoke these dorks in the second half. Albo 2025 election style.

(Eagles = Dutton).

Same old story nothing changes.

Win all the stats except the scoreboard, because we have zero decent AFL level forwards.

Petty as the main target is just hope more than any sort of form or runs on the board.

We simply cannot score

We’re gonna win easily.

We played like Dutton in that 2nd quarter.

1st half summary

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Horrible game

dees drinking their own bath water

dees had chances but inaccurate goalkicking

Eagles got a sniff and took their chances

Dees inside50s 29 … 3 goals

Spargo is one of the worst players to wear red and blue. You simply cannot defend him. Delist him and see that no other AFL club would be interested

Simply must respond Simply must win !!

Sharp should be straight on for Kolt after half time. Sorry but someone that raw and wet in terms of football smarts, skills and slow reaction / decision making needs to learn it lower down.

He's mucked so many moments in that first half. Coach & team killer.

Kozzy trying to do too much .... again! Just play the percentages pls. It's a team game!

Imagine thinking that forward line could kick a decent score. This club is utterly clueless.

7 minutes ago, reynolds46 said:

We have had so many it will hardly rank

The creativity in embarrassing the supporters has to be commended.

Where's Ben Brown when you need him.

We were literally two goals away from putting this game to sleep.

Now we are more than likely to lose it and fail to kick a score over 50 points. This is another North, GC, Essendon game again just against the absolute worst team in the AFL by a long way.

Not sure who's more disappointed, the Melbourne supporters on here or the sky news panel

1 minute ago, poita said:

Imagine thinking that forward line could kick a decent score. This club is utterly clueless.

A few weeks ago we had a bad game with forward entries and the club stated during the week they hadn't even spoken about forward entries.
Still think all they have to do is get it inside 50 and we win.

bye bye melk nice knowing you

I'd still play Tholstrup in the two's for a while. He does the get ball thing well, but then there's this moment of hesitation while he works out which option to take. Needs all that to become a single event. The other young players are a long way in front of him, and really impressed with Langford, he keeps on getting the ball AND doing something with it.