1 minute ago, Previously known as LITD. said:

Oliver never scores any goals. Tracca is an atrocious set shot. They are so overated now.

It was Viney who stood out today.

Tracca lacks fitness and is slowing big time.

Oliver just throws the ball on his boot without looking.

Salem too has joined them.

And our leadership down back today was totally missing.

And for the 50 th time....Petty ain't a forward Simon

You need to learn this. Why can't you accept it and move on. Just why?

2021 core must go, not all of them but like 60% of them.

35 minutes ago, binman said:

Cold. Wet. Train replacements there and back.

So pleased I made the effort to go.

Glad at least u stayed for the full 4 quarters bin unlike the MFC!

Edited July 27Jul 27 by DemonOX

6 minutes ago, BDA said:

Clarry kicking it out on the full when a point would have put 2 kicks between the team late

its so sad to see where he's at. From a champion to this.

i'm falling into a depression this evening

There was also a play early on in the final quarter where the ball was kicked into our 50 & melksham set himself to mark it but Oliver cut in front and marked it, went back & missed.

Melksham would have probably nailed it

Interesting that a lot of this thread is about small moments or single problems.

To lose a game when you're eight goals up at the start of the last quarter, with no notable injuries, close to EVERYTHING has to go wrong. Kozzie on the bench at the end or the 666 [censored] up are just two of dozens upon dozens of disastrous decisions and failures. You could do an entire thread alone on the absolute calamity that was our centre bounce work as St Kilda got a sniff.

We didn't [censored] the bed. We filled an entire bedroom with diarrhoea.

This team's fall must be close to the most precipitous of any team in the last 75 years. From bringing back a sense of pride in the club, to becoming as large a basket case as significantly less talented teams between 1970 and 2013.

What an unfathomable disappointment.

Tuned out of most footy after the Port game when it finally sank in for me that the players (bar Gawn, Koz and a couple of others) don’t actually give a [censored].

Still think this year is on the players but tonight ends Goody’s time with us, no coach survives that.

Emailing the club tomorrow to pause the renewal on my 5 memberships. Telling them I’m not renewing til we get some honesty from the club about what has gone so wrong and why, and see some change.

Every week we hear about learning and working to get better, how did we get so bad? We still have most of the flag team? What do they need to [censored] learn?

Where were our leaders?

Remember Noah Anderson a few weeks ago against Collingwood where he stood up & kicked that great goal to get his team back in front & willed them to victory, or how many times do you see pendles & sidebottom get there team over the line.

We really don't have that on show

1 minute ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Tuned out of most footy after the Port game when it finally sank in for me that the players (bar Gawn, Koz and a couple of others) don’t actually give a [censored].

Still think this year is on the players but tonight ends Goody’s time with us, no coach survives that.

Emailing the club tomorrow to pause the renewal on my 5 memberships. Telling them I’m not renewing til we get some honesty from the club about what has gone so wrong and why, and see some change.

Every week we hear about learning and working to get better, how did we get so bad? We still have most of the flag team? What do they need to [censored] learn?

I would ring too but the phone system will probably be in meltdown.

1 hour ago, William said:

Commentator: Saints were planning their last move while Melbourne couldn’t even get their 6-6-6 right.

That is on the coach.

The coach can’t do it for the players, at most they can do is send the runner out.

It’s our senior players who are the problem.

Oliver is a flat out embarrassment.

Gawn’s had stuff all leadership for 2 years. Where was his awareness to make sure we had 4 in the square?

Viney is dumb as a post. Tracc has zero defensive running.

If Gawn stands the mark and the 3 mids man up the Saints have one chance to win with a bombed kick.

If our last quarter involved just a fraction more composure we win. No moment more than Oliver just hacking it around the forward 50 when any score extends the margin to at least 7.

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

That was. We just suffered the worst 3/4 time loss in AFL history.

Always coming up with new and innovative ways to destroy the supporters

One of the all time list blunders was not trading Harrison Petty for that first rounder Adelaide were offering.

I dont think ive seen a worse player since Tom Gillies.

And to make it sweeter, we dropped Jefferson for him. Let that sink in.

Edited July 27Jul 27 by dazzledavey36

Accountability - there is NONE.

If this were to happen any other "performance based industry" (thanks Simon) then the Board and/or the Chairman and/or the CEO would be out.

Our club was like that four times in my memory - Smith/Cardwell, Northey/Someone, Daniher/Someone and the sainted Peter Jackson/Paul Roos.

Who get sacked after this performance???

I’ve tried to be positive all week. I don’t know how now. Gutted.

Thought the young fellas in general played well. Leaders are the failure. I agree that Tracc and Clarry needed to step up and didn’t.

That loss is on the midfield and HHFs. Backs couldn’t stop the easy entries. And i hate to say it, because I’ve been avoiding it, but that’s on the coach.

Finally, Spargs is a poor sub. He laid a great tackle in the end but he’s too slow, we needed speed and pressure off the bench and I feel he was a step down from a tired Windsor.

This will be a tough week.

Thank god there are always learnings,

What exactly did we learn from the learnings today. I suggest that if you can score one goal you might win

I was there.

A really weird feeling.

Something has to happen now.

If we win everyone sweeps our problems under the carpet. Difficult to do that now (I hope)

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

One of thr all time list blunders was not trading Harrison Petty for that first rounder Adelaide were offering.

I dont think ive seen a worse player since Tom Gillies.

And to make it sweeter, we dropped Jefferson for him. Let that sink in.

Jefferson is horrible. Shush.

This is NOT me having a go at Spargo, but he is a terrible choice of sub. He has no versatility in role at all, and playing him as the sub ahead of guys like Laurie or even Billings given their form at Casey, and ability to play multiple roles, makes a total mockery of the guys working so hard at the lowest level.

Again Spargo is not at fault at all here, but it’s SO infuriating to watch these poor selections.

I’ve had colonoscopies that felt better than that.

Absolute s**t

Can someone please explain the last 8 seconds to me.
The infringement. the pause, no one following in NWM

Good sides do not lose that way.

No-one loses un-losable games like this club.

Well we're back to being a laughing stock again

9 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

The coach can’t do it for the players, at most they can do is send the runner out.

It’s our senior players who are the problem.

Oliver is a flat out embarrassment.

Gawn’s had stuff all leadership for 2 years. Where was his awareness to make sure we had 4 in the square?

Viney is dumb as a post. Tracc has zero defensive running.

If Gawn stands the mark and the 3 mids man up the Saints have one chance to win with a bombed kick.

If our last quarter involved just a fraction more composure we win. No moment more than Oliver just hacking it around the forward 50 when any score extends the margin to at least 7.

Defending Goodwin over Gawn is a good one. 🤮

So the midfield gets there [censored] kicked in the last but somehow its McVees fault.wtf.no wonder he hasn't signed

On Gawn

and i know this won't be popular

Uploading a social media post of your son singing the Carlton song after they've embarrassed you is not funny. And its not cute. Or cuddly. it's embarrassing actually. I thought it demeaned the club and your role as captain

maybe i need to chill a little but it really grated with me this week.

Blame me. Slept through my 6am alarm (hangover) so didn’t switch on ‘til 3/4 time. Sorry all.

Anyway, another Goodwin masterclass. Just think, if he’d gone for a dump at 3/4 time, we’d have won. Plus more braindead footy from mentally fragile players.

At least I’ve got a test match to take my mind off this shambles of a club.