40 minutes ago, DeeSince73 said:

Thanks, not arguing but should he have been that close anyway? Just another part of the game that has gone past me from when I played in the last century....lol.

I hear you brother I hear you.

that was a mark to maxy

Gawn robbed of a mark just now

Just awful

Where's the intensity gone??

Come on Dees let’s not let them make this respectable

McVee is having another ordinary game

Ffs Melbourne wake up. They always do this

Time to swing Petts back coach.

Umps getting worse if that is possible

Come on Melbourne. You still have to finish this quarter

God we are predictable.

16 hours ago, picket fence said:

I haven't been this happy since ma mammy, met ma pappy, in mississippi!

No mark for max?

Come on mcvee bloody dive to touch the ball through.

Should have touched it

FFS....... ???

Embarrassing work

Can’t trust this team to make a game enjoyable

Here they come. So predictable

3 minutes ago, DutchDemons said:

We look way better without May and Lever.

3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Let’s not forget the Saints have a terrible tall forward line. We aren’t playing Jeremy Cameron and Jesse Hogan here.

1 minute ago, Heart Beats True said:

So far our pressure has been great. Effort couldn’t been questioned.

I'm going to speculate that it is a case of the rest of the team being forced to take collective responsibility.

Lever's value especially was always built on being able to pay the reward for the whole team's defensive pressure forcing loose kicks that he could swallow and rebound from. Allowed to play that role he was gold, but exposed 1-1 on the like of Hawkins or Walker is not a happy memory.

If the team plays well then Lever is a multiplier, which should not be confused with a cherry on top, a downhill skier or a passenger.

However, that factor does make me doubt whether he can be an effective captain when so much of his own value depends on the team effort. That and the occasional brain fart, of course.

If Maxy's mark was paid ......

embarrassing effort from a player asking for more $$

Good Lawd, we are a chance to [censored] the bed here

We refuse to be a normal team

How typical

Just now, Satan said:

No mark for max?

nah he ended up dropping it

1 minute ago, bluey said:

Time to swing Petts back coach.

That should have happened 2 years ago