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No Dees player wanted the ball

Their goals have all come from frees or where we’ve missed a free (Mark not paid, etc) and our horrible turnovers. The only way to cope with this is to drink my sorrows because this game is [censored].

[censored] you Melbourne

AFL has become so hard to watch with this horribly inconsistent umpiring.

There are so many issues, hard to know where to start. Do we even have a coach? We’re rudderless

Pathetic.

Haven’t been watching too many non-Dees games but this umpiring between WC v Tiges is terrible (appearing to favor the Tiges at this point). AFL is a shambles with regards to the umpiring, so disappointingly bad. Just put the bloody whistle away – if there is any doubt or grey area over a potential free - just leave it and let them play!

Lots to be fixed. We’re just zoning back way too far and letting them walk it in their F50

Well we are not looking very good against the worst side in the competitions Reserves side. Who is getting their hands on the ball? Can we try something different when kicking out after a behind? No creativity or dare whatsoever - might as well just give them the ball back

Oliver was a bloody good kick - what’s happened? Answer: Came to the MFC and we ruined him.

Geez it would just be really nice if it all came together tonight. Bit sick of being disappointed in our team and hope we can make it click and build some momentum as we hit our strides in the hub. This lockdown 2.0 already sucks but if we lose tonight the next 6 weeks will be even rougher for Dees fans if we’ve wasted another season before the halfway mark.

[censored] me this game with the [censored] umpires makes me so angry

Clean up our kicking and we’re away. Effort and energy is excellent. Big difference in the style of hand balling between the two sides: we handball to someone next to us, who then has to do the same thing, before we eventually get caught. Richmond handball to someone 5 meters away.

Something I see every week: We'll have a player with a clear run, in possession of the ball, from about 70m out and take 2 steps and kick it forward (similar to the vision Ross showed on FC). As soon as the camera pans forward to where the ball lands you see that there was no opposition player coming towards the kicker. Opposition players just hold back and know the ball is coming in. We should be running the ball closer to goal and where possible shooting for goal once we get to the 50m mark and if not we've had enough time for the forwards to actually 'lead' at a kicker, even double back and lead again to lose their opponent. It's teenage/junior footy basics but we're playing like Auskick in the forward half. When do we ever see a Melbourne player cross the 50m mark with the ball in their hands?

This sums us up perfectly in my opinion. I’m sure a large number of DemonLanders would agree, at least to a certain degree: Demons are a bull at a gate type of team with players like Oliver, Viney & Brayshaw in the middle. They’ve brought in width with Langdon & Tomlinson, yet still butcher the ball going forward and run forward of the ball and get exposed the other way. If they put it together they can blow us away, yet they’re very inconsistent and poorly coached. They’re definitely a mood team.

He’s just not a footballer. Not sure if he watched his dad or not but he just doesn’t seem to understand the game. It’s not about ‘getting a kick’ or jumping high - it’s about teamwork and he’s got no idea. No slight on him as a bloke but we need to move past him.

Yep. He’s just had a kid in the last year and a bit and I can see he’s put it all on the hips. Same thing happened to me, but like everywhere. Would be keen to see how he goes in the time trial now, looks a mile off unfortunately.

Giving them a sniff allowing those goals. Where did all the influential players go? Stopped winning the ball

Should get multiple weeks for that. But of course if the player gets up and plays on the AFL won’t punish.

Watched for about 2 minutes. Thought Howe shirked it going back with the flight of the ball. Game not too interesting yet, might wait till Saturday.

Bennell, Jones, Salem, Weid all come in for mine. Vanders would be great on Cripps for those calling for a close tag, not sure if he squeezes into the team just yet though. Better quality across the park compared to against WCE but it doesn’t really matter if we just bomb the ball inside 50 –need to be smart and we’re still missing the proper link up player at CHF. Go Dees.

Can anyone access the club website? I've been trying for a few days now and it isn't working. All the other clubs are.

Could Jonesy potentially edge out Viney Senior for an interchange spot? Career averages Career totals

Our game is going ahead to ensure Rd 1 is completed - Via AFL App

Interesting. The players still know that there’s a million people watching and that every innocuous little piece of play will be analyzed. They just won’t have the instant feedback from the crowd – it will all be on their own shoulders. In similar circumstances (jokes) I played touch/social footy not that long ago and I couldn’t temper my competitive streak, didn’t matter that no one was watching – I just had to beat my opponent and was willing to go above and beyond to do it. Footy players are ultra competitive so I think it will be high intensity – question is whether that translates for the viewers without crowd involvement / feedback. Could be a bit like watching a sitcom without the ‘laugh track’ - a bit soulless unless the true quality of the content is prominent.