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The reason Gawn dropped that mark was he took his eyes off the ball because there was a St Kilda player coming the other way. He really is down on confidence at the moment. Why did Brayshaw and Salem spend the first 7 minutes on the bench to start the third quarter ? As some would know, I'm a Goody fan, but would a Clarkson coached team ever be so disorganised behind the ball and so easy to play against ? I think we both know the answer to that one. Our team defence is terrible.

I get you disagree about Goody, so no need to respond. I don't want a table tennis match. Derp

We have far more issues than pace. Teams always look slow when they're confused and don't know when to run or where to run.

Goody's smart and will work it out. But 2019 won't deliver what we crave. I get you disagree about Goody, so no need to respond. I don't want a table tennis match.

Yep. I love Goody, but they've learnt nothing over summer. At least he won't be telling us that we want to be a humble football club, which I've heard ad nauseum. I wish we had something to be humble about. We're all used to this feeling. It's not like it's anything new for a Melbourne supporter. You'll all survive. 2019 is over. Alas, I'm still bullish about the future.

That too.

But I'd rather you wallow in misery ?

It's clearly system based. We're poorly organised. Players and coaches out of form.

You get what you deserve in football and if we can't knock off the mediocre Saints we don't deserve to be finalists. Last week St.Kilda fell over the line against Hawthorn by less than a goal. This was a Hawthorn who had no Shiel, no O'Meara, no Burgoyne, no Mitchell AND lost Frawley before half-time and Stratton in the third quarter, so their rotations were stuffed and their personnel decimated.

Who'd he lose it to ? ?

I'd usually agree, but Hawthorn is a different beast. Opposition clubs and players would have been in awe of Clarkson and Hawthorn for a decade. If your best mate is O'Meara and you know Mitchell is returning in 2020 and you've seen them land your former colleague in Scully, as well as Wingard, then it adds up to an attractive proposition. If it were me I'd be wanting to go to them ahead of every other Victorian club.

His contract will get sorted. It's not worth being up in arms about nothing. The club will pay him what he's worth and he'll accept. He'll also become a very good player. Clearly a 20 odd game key tall forward isn't playing his best footy at 21. And he wasn't at Casey when he was a teenager. I'm glad he's now getting continuum in the seniors. It will only help him develop.

Are you new to football ? If so, I understand why you'd point that out. You must also think Gold Coast are the bomb. ?

St Kilda are hopeless. If they win so be it. It just shows where we're at in this particular season. Only a flag interests me. I couldn't give a continental about making up the numbers. If our preseason surgeries and interruptions (that we supposedly never had) mean we're cooked in 2019 it is what it is. St Kilda are still [censored] win or lose.

He was tough and clean. He didn't fumble like he has been. And he made really good decisions. One of his best games. Btw, how he didn't get a free kick for front on contact against Allir I'll never know.

This is the only thread I've read since the game finished. It's more that you have to say the same thing ad nauseum. It's tedious.

You're a funny bloke. You carry on about Hore, repeatedly denigrating him as though you think people need to be told something 20 times, because once won't do, and you now lord the Wagners, who are average depth players at best.

It appears Rugby Australia is planning on ripping up Folau's contract over his bigoted remarks concerning homosexuality, among other things Most Australians won't agree with his views, including me, but he should be able to express his religious beliefs in a free democratic society. Unfortunately, Australia doesn't really have ''free speech''. It's very restricted. The USA, through its constitution, has much more free speech than this country. If he is sacked it's a disgrace.

It's quite extraordinary to me that the word ''he's'' has become ''his''. I see it everywhere.

Give him a role that he can focus on. Free up his mind. Have him lock down on a key opposition player. Stop them. Harmes is quicker and more dynamic, so is better suited to the outside running role, while still winning contested footy. Try it.

Like you I didn't watch the game, so came onto the thread for information. It was the biggest mistake I made on the weekend.

A wonderful thread by quality posters. Every third post was about Keilty and how poor he was playing. Even though he's been incredible for weeks. I think I hate the guy and he's probably a good bloke. Seeing a bloke's name 35 times will do that. Every fourth post I learnt that Hore is horrible. Apparently Petty wasn't playing well before being injured and was Oscar reincarnate. I believe Bedford was ''unsighted''. Notwithstanding his 14 disposals and 9 tackles. I learnt a bit about the game plan being the same as the seniors. Tim Smith can kick as well as Chaplin can coach. Stretch played well. Chandler was good, but he's supposedly not quick enough. And a rebuild is on the cards. I'm sure I've missed a few things. Why people need to post the same observations over and over and over is extraordinary.

It's certainly the wrong word. It's not possible for sporting teams to overachieve.

Notwithstanding that some of you wait with baited breath for preseason reports from those (can't be named) that argue players did not have an interrupted preseason (incredible), Goodwin said this morning on SEN that ''every one of our midfielders spent most of the preseason in rehab''. It's not the only problem, but we're coming from a long way back across the entire ground.

I really wish Melbourne players would just shut up.