Chook

Slamming mindfulness, Dusty, and Mark Neeld. I admire your deadly wit, but you're not going after any sacred cows there!

Hibberd in the forward line has me bum-puzzled. Goodwin doesn't play ducks and drakes like that. Tom McDonald Mk. II…?

Wow that's pathetic. No wonder we're a joke of a footy club.

I'd be playing a small defensive forward line and kicking grubbers, then locking it in for another stoppage, where our dominant ruckman and great clearance players get to go again.

Mitch Clark may or may not have made a pass at Stef's girlfriend. After that point, it may or may not have mattered. Stef wanted out, and we were doing anything we could to keep Mitch happy.

Kennedy definitely out for this match. Source: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-13/sore-eagles-spearhead-set-to-miss-again

Need I remind everyone that his first year was wrecked by a bad back too? He sways more than my mum when he moves, and she has scoliosis.

Doesn't mean you should believe in it. Plenty of football followers are smart enough not to.

And yet you believe in the Melbourne Football Club. I think that's irony.

Win and I like it. Lose and it's the worst thing ever.

OUT: Hunt, Pedersen, Spargo, Garlett IN: Melksham, Hibberd, Hannan, Kent

I've turned off and started playing No Man's Sky with one eye on the scores. We've gotten within 3 goals, I'll continue to do so and won't watch because evidently I was the problem.

Horrific stoppage work by us to give up whatever ghost of a chance we had.

To say we needed that goal is massive understatement 4 goals down. Get another one and we're still a chance. Got to stay positive because the alternative is to just end it all.

Sydney's just chipping the ball through our shithouse zone with consumate ease.

Kicked it. 14 down.

Harmes and AVB the only ones giving us any offensive potency.

lol avb our only forward

They keep mentioning that the Swans are 2 men down as though Garlett isn't just buzzing around like mosquito doing nothing.

Just godawful delivery inside 50.

We're really missing Melksham's disposal into our forward 50 and his ability to kick a clutch steadying goal. He better be right for next week regardless of what happens today.

Positives: Frost on Franklin, Tyson, Gawn Negatives: Everything else. Season on the line Melbourne. What do you stand for?

Stop. Kicking it. To. Aliir.

Playing completely into Sydney's hands right now. Not running hard enough, not kicking away from the loose man in defence. Awful. Not a top 8 side's bootlace based on this.

Last 3 Sydney goals have been touchable on the line but we've had no one there. Oliver's kick was touchable on the line and the Swans had one there of course. We play an attractive finals brand of footy but we don't have the game sense to actually win big games.