leave it to deever

Can we begin by stopping selling a home game to play on a ground that is a four hour flight away dominated by supporters from another club. We may not have won at the Mcg but I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have lost by almost 100 points. It's disrespectful to the fans who can't afford to fly interstate and pay for hotel bills. Times are tough Its shortsighted. Yes the money is good but isn't winning more important? Can we also trade Petty asap before we can't get anything for him. Can we say no to players who left other clubs like, Hunter, Schache, McAdam, Fullerton and Billings?

It's worth a shot I reckon. We need a bit of mongrel in our fwd line. Although I worry about Petty even playing in the backline now. Yesterday he was defending and chose to try and handball over the head of a Docker's player only to have it intercepted and result in a goal to Freo. Petty is so out of form he shouldn't be playing at all. As for Tracca we simply can't afford to play him fwd. And as much as i like Kozzie he is much better playing fwd. The real issue is our lack of depth. We don't have the cattle to drop players and allow them to regain form elsewhere. Or put mental pressure on all players each week through fear of being dropped. Our "seconds" list consists of a few young players still developing or players rejected or let go by other clubs. We have resorted to using players like McAdam who embarrassingly can't kick a footy more than thirty metres. In 21 the best 22 was hard to break into and players new full well if you got dropped it was difficult to break back in. Today it is much different. A player like Petty can play one good game and ten shockers and still get selected. Why did we let it come to this? Why do we not have enough depth to mount a strong fwd line instead of having to consider Bbb who looked well and truly past it in our 22 finals campaign? Or why can't we drop Oliver or Sparrow? Why did we recruit players like Fullerton, Schache, Billings.,and co? Did the club get complacent after our 21 flag? I feel we need to go back and start rebuilding the entire list. It's a shame that this generational team is only going to be remembered for one flag. Last year's loss to Cwood was a combination of a horrendous hit of injury to our fwds and also a dog act by one filth player. We should of and could of won it last year. Alas in less than 12 months we are smashed by an average team by almost 100 points. We will be well and truly beaten in the KB game. 100 point losses scar you for a while. The trio of Tracca , Oliver and Viney seems very slow and out of form today. I don't know what went wrong but we lack vigour, passion and commitment. Freo shook a lot of our tackles off and we didn't chase half as much as we should off. I fear the KB game is going to see us smashed again . I would like to see Petty actually dropped just as a statement to all that you can't play the way he has been and gifted games every week. But with Lever injured, I'm not sure we can do this. In fact there are probably six to eight players I'd like dropped. They certainly deserve to be. I think the club got caught up in the 21 success and took their eye off the ball. Like the bulldogs a cup after a long drought makes one satisfied and distracted from all the things necessary to have got there in the first place. The club and the players seem to have lost a lot of their appetite for another flag.

I'd say we probably are now though.

We have been well beaten at half time by other teams. But this is the first time in ages I've seen this club not fight back. Disgraceful effort today. Just don't care after halftime.

It probably wasn't that hard to predict that Gus wouldn't play anymore. The club has been complacent with team depth and made some poor recruiting choices lately. How McAdam was chosen when he can't kick a ball past 30 m is a mystery.

Who comes in for Tommo?

Interest factor only if I'm honest. Won't happen. And we won't win I'm afraid.

Sparrow never really delivers. He tries hard but doesn't have the skills for a mid Probably suited to a Cameo up fwd Petty has fallen apart. You forgot Oliver.... Hasn't been great.

Yep.

Not contenders.

Let him walk. The exercise will do him good.

Care factor waning. I mean the players don't seem too. Apologies to all those who flew up.

Today doesn't fill me with confidence that the season is very even.

I'd prefer anyone. Can't be much worse and at least a statement is made. But your right, some terrible recruiting and lack of thereof,by us leaves us with nobody else.

We will make the eight. We will be seventh. This is a club very much in decline as evidenced by the players we have recruited and kept in Schache, Hunter, McAdam, Fullerton, Bbb....to name a few. Where players like Petty gets gifted game after game because there is simply no replacement. We need to rebuild our list and that takes time. Today is not an aberration. It happened two weeks ago against the eagles. And before that to Carlton and the lions. We can be competitive but the difference between our best and worst is vast. Our once touted midfield is alas no longer functioning like it used to and we have one good fwd in Fritta. Today is ample proof of our deterioration.

Like what? This team is done and dusted. Mentally lazy. It reeks of .." but we have won a flag." Us supporters deserve better than this. Shame on these players. Shame on the coaches. I feel sorry for those fans that spent their hard earned going to NT for this game. And why exactly are we playing in Nt to start with? Like we haven't travelled enough this year.

In any good club, players are very mindful of the pressure to perform. Simply if they don't perform they have to play in the twos. Since we stopped recruiting and let some good players leave we don't have enough players in the twos for such pressure to exist. So we get sloppy efforts from players who know they will get a game regardless. We need a rebuild I'm afraid. And the reality of that means a few great players of today won't see another flag.

It's pretty bad but there is a part of me that wants us to be smashed so we do something. I guess we are being smashed But then I think there isnt anything we can do. Our list is in disarray. We have McAdam, Bbb and Schache on our list.

May is up there with him today.

Go away Petty. You are lazy.

He's had a shocker.

This is sadly Melbourne of the old dark days. Our midfield is so broken and slow.

The window slammed shut today folks. We are gone. Sorry.

Agree. Heads should have rolled after eagles disaster. But we don't have the players. The question is why?

Look at the players on our list . There are so many we don't play. Not saying we should but why are we paying them?