Flower Magic

6 Oliver - welcome back! 5 Langford - gun gun gun 4 Fritsch - welcome back! 3 Gawn - Mr Reliable 2 Bowey - great season 1 Rivers

6 Max easily 5 Rivers 4 Bowzer 3 Salo 2 Petts 1 Clarry Bit bemused by the Harvey votes, thought he had a quiet game until the great last quarter grab.

I hope you will reconsider your determination not to do the podcast. If you do, I want to know how could Max commit such a catastrophic blunder in not telling anyone else about the 6-6-6 warning in the second quarter? This beggars belief. I thought Max was a reasonably smart guy, but now I'm not so sure. Why would you keep this information to yourself? I would be interested in your thoughts please gentlemen.

Rush KC is a much better bet than Anderson, who has lost most of the appeals he has run.

So Max has answered my question. There was a previous warning in the second quarter and Max didn't tell anyone!!!!!! Are you kidding me? I love Max but this omission is unforgivable 😡.

Minus 21 the team (6,5,4.3,2,1) for the pitiful last quarter. Feel so sorry for Max and Jack who both tried their guts out.

Sunday horror show.

I don't like bagging our players, but how on earth could you get the 6-6-6 wrong with 26 seconds to go. Just unbelievable stupidity by someone. Who got it wrong? I switched off the TV in complete disgust so I didn't see a replay or the explanation. And don't you only get a free kick if there's been an earlier warning? When did that happen? And if it did, who caused the warning? So may questions. But the big question for me is why do I keep watching this hopeless team of losers?

The only good thing about the Clarry holding the ball howler was the passion and vitriol of the Melbourne supporters that followed. The MCC members close to the incident, myself included, went ballistic. The sad thing about it and the dubious Curnow free that followed was that these decisions killed the contest. To that point, either team could have won, and the Dees certainly had the momentum. But no, again the game is decided by the [censored] in yellow and not by the players. Interestingly, regarding the extraordinary run of free kicks to Carlton in the last quarter, most of them were there (what was Jake Bowey thinking???), but the last two decisions really decided the game in the end.

6 Kozzy 5 Fritta 4 Max 3 Salo 2 Clarry 1 Riv Hon mention Harvey But where were the other 16 players tonight? All very average or poor.

6 Trac 5 Melk 4 Harv 3 Fritta 2 Salo 1 Jack

6 Gawn - how his back and shoulders must hurt from trying to carry the whole team. 5 Fritsch 4 Bowey 3 Howes 2 Nah 1 Nah -6 Melksham, -5 Rivers, -4 Lever, -3 Petty, -2 Windsor, -1 Viney

Not watching the game? Several set shots from marks or free kicks is what I saw.

I was at the game. More fool me for wasting my money travelling from Melbourne. I have only felt physically ill while at a Melbourne game twice - first time was sick with worry as Gus was lying unconscious on the MCG. The second time was the last quarter today as I felt sick with disgust at the sight of simple shot after simple shot being missed by players that I thought were good kicks. We gave that game to the Saints, plain and simple.

Only players I didn't spot were Sparrow and Petty, but that doesn't mean they weren't there because every player was wearing the same T-shirt and shorts, many with identical caps. But those two didn't come to the fence to sign autographs, so I don't think they were there, or perhaps went off the ground early as did Viney and Lever.