Wiseblood

Apart from Hogan, those guys wouldn't have made a lick of difference last night. Are you trying to tell us that Dom Tyson would have helped change the outcome of the game? Or that Jack Watts would have stood up under the pressure? You're kidding yourself.

The only Wagner I'd bring in is Josh. He can play half back and release Fritsch to play forward. If Preuss is okay then he comes back in. Will they have the guts to drop Weideman? Outside of that, there isn't much else at Casey, while May, Lever, AVB, Hannan, Joel Smith, Nev etc all won't be ready for the Hawks game.

I loves posts like these. Let's take a look, shall we? Hogan wanted the opportunity to go home. Not much you can do there. Last night would have seen Watts go missing for large chunks of the game. He did that for years and he has done it for Port. Plus he left in 2017, not 2018. Kent has played one good game all year. Tyson is in the reserves for North. Bugg couldn't get a game. Neither could Pedersen. It was time for Bernie to retire, much like Lewis and potentially Jones at the end of the year. Losing those guys has nothing to do with how we are playing now. Apart from Vince and Tyson (who didn't do much), none of the above played in our finals. They didn't factor in. Pur confidence is shot, our depth is being tested by a large amount of injuries and we have a horribly dysfunctional forward line. We have a little mountain to climb, but it has little to do with the players you mentioned. Even if they were still on the list, only possibly Hogan would have helped last night.

Oh, it's noted. He also didn't show up until late in the game tonight. I don't actually think he is a Melbourne supporter. Just probably hops across different forums to do the same thing.

It's the the suggestion that Taylor can't be bothered scouting anywhere else. That is the absolute [censored] you're talking, and you know it.

How wonderful for you.

You talk absolute [censored], olisik. You must be loving the result tonight.

I'm one of them, and not once did I blame it for the loss. I'm insane, but not that far gone. And it was annoying have to listen to it all night. I apologise if you enjoyed it.

One of his best games for the club tonight.

Yeah, yeah.

I agree re: physicality. If he is there to play third man up he goes okay, but anything else and he can be found out. He did some great stuff for us last year up forward and through the wings. I agree - time to leave him there.

Exactly. He plays a straight bat to the media, and so he should. It will always be that way.

I didn't think he was that bad, and he is one player who can be clean with the footy, but I agree that he is a forward first. I'd love to see them do the right thing and stick him down there for the rest of the season.

I'm not surprised. Ling was salivating over the Tigers all night.

Well... at least we did it for a quarter this week...

I thought the effort was there. It was better than last week at any rate. Everything else kinda stunk though.

That's kicking you when you're down right there.

After the first term it was a horribly frustrating game to watch. The dew played a bit of a factor, but we fumbled more than I've ever seen from a Melbourne team. That comes from a lack of confidence and, as the game wore on, the perceived pressure from the Tigers. They just kept at us all night and wore us down until we simply couldn't handle it. The way we used the ball going forward was probably the most disappointing aspect. We controlled parts of the game but rushed our kicks forward which allowed Grimes and Vlastuin to pick it off at will. It doesn't help that Weideman is waaaay out of form and Smith is not really a tall forward. I thought early our pressure down there was okay, but it's hard to keep it in there when they're marking it uncontested. Garlett and Hunt didn't have any impact, Petracca had one or two good moments and Melky didn't really play down there. It was tough to watch. On the flip side, I thought the way we set up defensively was pretty good and we weathered the storm for most of the night until the dam wall broke in the last. I thought Stretch played really well and took his chance. Hibberd did a pretty good job on Dusty, while I thought Frost and Tom Mac drew even with Lynch and Riewoldt. I thought Hore was pretty good again across half back too. Outside of that, there isn't much to write home about. I was also impressed to see Goody make some changes to kick off the game, even if they didn't make a difference all night. It shows he is willing to mix things up a little, and he made some changes to the gameplan. But with no confidence and a night that made our skills look even more deplorable, we were always ice skating up a hill. But it's on to next week. Keep your chin up, Demonlanders. Footy stinks at the moment, but there is always next week. I'm already looking forward to it.

Has this been the most biased commentary you've ever heard? Cameron Ling wants to boof every one of the Tiger players up the [censored].

Sorry mate, must have mis-read it. ?

The commentators on the umpires side when Richmond get a free kick? Perish the thought!

ANB would've missed him, so it's a moot point.

Not fussed one bit how others see it and how I support the club. I'll feel how I please, you are free to do the same. Cheers.

Astbury block? Nah, push in the back. Typical.

I love how they keep gushing about the Stack bump. That's right, tried to run through a bloke running back with the flight. So courageous. Did so much damage that Jack's already back on the ground.