Garbo

Another fail by the footy department, going to miss ever more games on top of offering nothing that last 2 games. Could have been fit and ready to play tigers after the bye if we were smart

I know this will be disputed but tonight’s loss I think can be blamed on 3 main factors 1. The selection of players who are not fit and able to play their roll, Oliver and BB, and some who are horribly out of form for one reason or another Billings, JVR, Petty. Some combination of these guys should not have been on the field tonight. 2. Goodwins refusal to adjust when things aren’t going our way, it seemed obvious to me due to the selection of several players who seem unable to play the zone defence tonight the Lions were able to repeatedly move the ball from defensive 50 to attacking 50 without us been able to get a hand on it putting our defence under enormous pressure. Why we didn’t switch to more man on man defence that would have shut this play down I have no idea. This was also evident the last 2 games but the wins papered over those cracks. 3. The inability to make Lachie Neale accountable, time after time he was extracting the ball and giving silver service to his team with seeming impunity, I watched on serval occasions where he was simply standing by him self at a stoppage. The fact our main man in this regard Oliver also seems unable to perform the same task for us is even more frustrating going back to my first point. Does any of this make you question our credentials this year and Goodwins ability to take us to the promised land, for me I feel like I’m living in ground hog day for the 3rd year running and we will bomb out of finals once again.

That was a game mainly lost at selection tonight and unwillingness to change the game up when things weren’t working. What is the point of playing Oliver when every stoppage and clearance all he can do is watch. Brown shouldn’t have been played clearly not able to impact the game. JVR and Petty also both horribly out of form but not much we can do about that. The zone simply doesn’t work if players can’t get back, the number of times they were able to chip the ball the length of the ground without us getting a hand on it is baffling. Goodwin should have switched to a man on man to stem the bleeding but alas he refuses to change things up once again Also Neale was just allowed to do whatever he wanted tonight did he get a pass because it was his 250th

Maybe we should have taken the offer from crows

Lost this at the selection table

Getting killed by Neale at the coal face we seem unable to do anything about it, combined with letting them chip the ball 2/3 of the wall up the field what are we doing to win

Big mistake to be playing Oliver

Lucky lions broke the bogy last week or it would extra embarrassing if we loose

Always exciting when a new high pick gets there first game

Soon as he bumped and got the head it was as a medium, the only occasion I’ve seen head contract get a low in recent time would be someone pushing in a melee making glancing contact. The level of contact kozzie made is medium plain and simple

And if he was concussed he would be getting a month or more not a week

I’d give Ben Brown and Oliver a rest till Anzac eve, both looked out of it tonight and bring in Brown and Tholstrup, Billings can start sub while Woewodin goes into the 22

Take the 2 wins away in 5 days every time regardless of how, a few banged up players out there, specially Oliver and Brown not sure either should be playing next week unless they make a miracle recovery I’d be giving both an extra long break to get ready for the Anzac game.

To bad we couldn’t finish it that qtr would have been good to be able to take it easy on the last

Horrible by Oliver didn’t even put a hand up, what was he even trying to do

Yep that’s a week for sure, contact with the head tucked the arm in left the ground looked for the contact, if unlucky could be 2

Sub Oliver half time Goodwin

Oliver should not be playing tonight clearly can’t use one hand, not able to tackle handball mark

This is a qtr to forget

Skill errors galore early

Be the most Melbourne thing that the funding dries up before we get our turn and after every other club gets there state of the art facilities

Players play with injuries all the time and you would never know, he will be hampered but so will a number of players from both sides

If it’s not getting worse then he’s still better than whoever would come in to replace.

As critical of ANB over the journey as anyone but props to him for the game tonight. Seems the forgotten man when listening to the media post game

1332 km Melbourne to Wuddina