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My 3 word player analysis V The Corks

joeboy
in Melbourne Demons

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Bell - was hardly sighted

Bruce - played with discomfort

Buckley - seemed completely overawed

Carroll - played under duress

Davey - career worst performance

Garland - a year away

Green - often found floundering

Johnson - a commendable effort

Jones - team's bravest performer

McDonald - age has wearied

McLean - never stopped trying

Miller - has learnt nothing

Moloney - some valuable involvement

Morton - oh so raw

Neitz - tried to inspire

Newton - one trick pony

Petterd - was rarely sighted

Robertson - fat and disinterested

Weetra - slow and unsure

Wheatley - needed the run

White - needn't have played

Yze - was probably playing

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    Bruce - playing with discomfort

    Yeah, its called no heart

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    Yeah, its called no heart

    3 players I hated today:

    Miller - Dumb, slow, lacks awareness... Why the hell do we persist with him? What do the coaching staff see that we don't? He's a pathetic excuse for a footballer.

    Newton - Soft. Can't provide a contest at ground level.

    Robbo - Lazy.... didn't chase, didn't tackle. 3 token goals when there was no sting in the game.

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    Robertson - it takes one

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    Newton had a dip i thought. I agree about Miller completely, he should never have been given ANOTHER chance.. How may chances are we gonna give this guy??

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    Morton - a scared boy playing against men

    At the start he looked out of place

    But he did settle

    In fact he made a courageous play running with the flight of the ball and got cleaned up.

    Cameron Bruce has not done that once in over 160 games. He was shown up by a 17 year old kid.

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    Morton - a scared boy playing against men

    [censored] Mojo

    He had to go hard into a contest in the last quarter & didn't flinch.

    He was far from our worst & will inspire us over the next decade.

    If you feel the need to be a big man have a go @ some of our 8 to 10 year players,

    most where a disgrace in the heat of battle today.

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    [censored] Mojo

    He had to go hard into a contest in the last quarter & didn't flinch.

    He was far from our worst & will inspire us over the next decade.

    If you feel the need to be a big man have a go @ some of our 8 to 10 year players,

    most where a disgrace in the heat of battle today.

    Indeed.

    Cale showed composer in many contests, and it's a good start.

    I can't imagine how bad it must have been for him and Weetra, playing their first match, and having to deal with such crap all around them.

    Unfair assessment of Bell and Petterd. Bell shut down his opponent, and was then forced to play on Franklin, who he did reasonably well against (given the quality of delivery and lack of Melbourne pressure). His tackling is superb, and so is his ball use, but when you are left all on your own to stand against Franklin, you can't be rebounding the ball and creating play.

    As for Petterd, we should be thankful that he's alive, let alone playing with such courage.

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    Neitz - tried to inspire

    Debatable. Was surrounded by [censored] which didn't help...

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    Debatable. Was surrounded by [censored] which didn't help...

    He actually borked and played on

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    Newton - Soft. Can't provide a contest at ground level.

    The softest performance over the ball ever. Lifts his head every time. A complete joke at this level

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    Unfair assessment of Bell and Petterd. Bell shut down his opponent, and was then forced to play on Franklin, who he did reasonably well against (given the quality of delivery and lack of Melbourne pressure). His tackling is superb, and so is his ball use, but when you are left all on your own to stand against Franklin, you can't be rebounding the ball and creating play.

    As for Petterd, we should be thankful that he's alive, let alone playing with such courage.

    Bulldust, Bell was uselless all day.

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    i thought buckley was good- only one who was willing to take the game on, take a few risks

    paul johnson tried his guts out all day too

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    Debatable. Was surrounded by [censored] which didn't help...

    I wouldn't blame him if he threw in the towel and told them all to stick it.

    The poor guy has been playing his heart out for years, carrying a pathetic team on his shoulders, being the only leader on and off the field.

    In this, his twilight years, it would be nice if the players he carried for years payed him some respect and actually played like they care.

    It is terrible that someone so talented, so honest, so passionate is going to leave this club without a flag, and through no fault of his own.

    That he was the first, and probably only player to run down a Hawks defender during the entire game, is a complete disgrace.

    He shouldn't be chasing the opponents of his 20 year old teammates ffs!

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    I wouldn't blame him if he threw in the towel and told them all to stick it.

    The poor guy has been playing his heart out for years, carrying a pathetic team on his shoulders, being the only leader on and off the field.

    Couldn't agree more.

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    I can't single anyone out today. What's the point? I was laughing almost flabbergasted as to how bad we are.

    Here's the ONLY postive. We know we are shithouse in Round 1 as opposed to being heartbroken somewhere else down the line.

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    I wouldn't blame him if he threw in the towel and told them all to stick it.

    The poor guy has been playing his heart out for years, carrying a pathetic team on his shoulders, being the only leader on and off the field.

    In this, his twilight years, it would be nice if the players he carried for years payed him some respect and actually played like they care.

    It is terrible that someone so talented, so honest, so passionate is going to leave this club without a flag, and through no fault of his own.That he was the first, and probably only player to run down a Hawks defender during the entire game, is a complete disgrace.

    He shouldn't be chasing the opponents of his 20 year old teammates ffs!

    Meh. There are more deserving players that have left the game without one. Neitz has been a great servant, but he was terrible today and lacked leadership

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    Morton - a scared boy playing against men

    That takes the cake, can't get much lower than to have a go at a kid in his first game.

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    That takes the cake, can't get much lower than to have a go at a kid in his first game.

    Half truth though. Wouldnt have gotten a game at another club.

    Indictment on the club, not him

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    Leave the kid alone - show a bit of courage in the last quarter.

    What the whole side needs is to learn how to tackle and hurt - there were so many soft tackles today - some supporters near me were just laughing at how soft we were.

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    i thought buckley was good- only one who was willing to take the game on, take a few risks

    paul johnson tried his guts out all day too

    Agreed BP, thought PJ at least showed pride / stomach for the battle

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    Agreed BP, thought PJ at least showed pride / stomach for the battle

    Agree, PJ tried all day. I also thought Weetra did quite well - i.e. he at least had a go!

    Otherwise, the worst performance by a Melbourne team in probably 30 years!

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