maggotbasher

Give Red Nob (aka Bate) a chance. He was a cracking little player last year. Quite a surprise. Hasn't fired up yet this year, but that seems to be indicative of the whole team.

\ Can't we all just get along! Look at us! Turning on eachother. Eating our young. Imploding. Ahh, the life of a Demons fan.

Alot of you spend time and thought with analysis and opinion, trying to pinpoint the flaw in our team. From these first 2 games I honestly don't know where to start. Absolutely found wanting in every aspect of the game. I don't envy ND's task. He must look at that display and think 'where do I start?'

Yeah I've been ranting. But I'm upset damnit! I want my pound of flesh. I'm living in Sydney with Vic plates and Demons stickers on my car. What do I get for it? Key scratches down the side and flattened tires. All I want is this list to start fullfilling it's hyped up potential. Do right by the fans and make an effort. They're a rabble from the evidence so far.

Freo looked like a reasonably organized team in those losses. We look to be in complete disarray!

You can tell me Richmond and Carlton are coming up, and I'd write those games off too at this point!

"Miller was great!" Competitive maybe. But Great? Come on. You're as confused as Miller when he gets possession.

That's 0 and 5 then. Quite a hole to dig out of.

Yeah, I agree. The status quo. Though this year looks like a struggle to even accomplish that.

I've come to learn that part of being a Melbourne fan, means the weekly ritual of building your hopes, dissapointment, quickly followed by a feral rant at the same players I'll be hailing as heroes when they occasionally snatch a victory. I think I'd be lost if they suddenly became consistently good.

Yeah, Mclean looks the goods for next captain. But who knows, he could come back after injury and stink. Twice the leadership potential that Bruce has shown.

Dude, are you for real? Are you Bruces agent or something?

You know it's gonna be a long, fruitless season when you can honestly say Bell was one of our best. And Miller tries hard. His hearts in the right place. But when it comes to disposal, I'd swear he was blind folded.

I admire you defending your favourite player. Bruce is pretty good, but he's no superstar yet. Unfortunately his kicking is irratic and he's surrounded by baffoons. I see his confidence being sapped by the rest of his team mates lack oif performance, where I'd really like to see him provide some real leadership. Grab the game by the scruff of the neck, like Hird has done on many occasion.

When's ski season start?

Am I winding you up? Sorry mate, you're right, he wasn't a disgrace. But I think he's given the tagging job too much. He stiched up Hodge in the first quarter, but then he was on Franklin and fought a losing battle. He's only freed up to attack when the game's getting desperate. Let the guy play. He's so much better than that.

In the area of playing football!!!! Specifically. Does that help any

He was rubbish. Those were his faults.

I want blood damnit! Heads need to roll! How dare they spout all that top 4 propaganda and then deliver a performance of utter toilet. I'm let down, disillusioned, deceived and sick of ND's media rhetoric. 'That's something we've got to take a look at'. Here's a news flash Neale. You've had 10 years to take a look at it. Thanks for your input, now move on and lets' see if we can salvage a respectable team from this list.

Why you all trying to defend your favourite players. Each and every one of those bums played like they'd been shot full of tranquilizers.

Recalling last season, we didn't start winning games until Byron started throwing his weight about. I'll grant you that the rest of the team seemed alot more compitent then, but if he doesn't play, we'll be battling for the wooden spoon.

You should be able to get your money back on your membership with a totally inept performance displayed in the opening rounds. We're so bad, I can't fathom how we're even gonna get competitive this year. There's so many deficiencies it's heart breaking.

Yeah, I'd agree with that thoughtful analysis! But I feel better simply to say, 'YOU SUUUUUCK!!!! EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BUMS'.

Davey has bulked up at the expense of his speed and stamina, and TJ seems to have lost interest.

Yeah, but atleast Daniher will be on the case! He'll be in front of the press in the coming hours and days, saying 'Yeah, that's something we gotta look at, where we're at at the moment' or some other uncomforting piece of drivell.