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AFL would’ve fined him for staging and taken the flag off us

6 tackles last night, equal 4th on the ground with Clarry

No legs, ran out of gas like last week and went defensive - didn’t want to take a risk in case we turned it over cos it would be a certain goal the other way as no one could get back to cover. There was at least 3 times they got it off us and it was 3 on 1 in their forward line cos no one could get back to help. Same as last week they were cooked but this time we didn’t have a big enough lead. Still [censored] off they didn’t pay May the mark on our half forward line, instead of him kicking it to the top of the square it’s down the other end.

As Melbourne supporters it does feel at times as if Gawd has forsaken us

Viney, Oliver, Koz, May, TMac, Tholstrup all good. The rest not so good. stopped dead in the last, no gas. Season done, but we’re not far off. Umpires [censored] disgraceful. Lions, bunch of massive [censored]. Won’t win anything. Edit: AMW also good

Yeah I’m not on board the loading train. Have only ever seen us look bad which gets blamed on loading and I’m yet to see any of the supposed benefit where we come out the other side looking fresh. If we’re putting heavy loads in during the week when we’re sitting outside the 8 and can’t afford to drop a single game the fitness staff should get the bullet. For me it’s a combo of new gameplan where players aren’t in the right spots and have to do more work to compensate, Clarry & Petty not having preseasons, young players not having the fitness base, bad turnovers catching us out of position and doing more tail chasing. All of that makes us look slow and tired cos we are.

Yeah I thought this was harsh as well, it’s impossible to replace 25-30yo players like for like with 19-22yo - the kids will be fine in most cases but they need time. I get the frustration but there’s not much to be done about it. I thought it was going to come to blows in the first 3min of the pod but it settled after that 😂

A bit weird that Brown jnr got dropped but lots on here seem to assume that because things are a surprise to us on a Thursday night that the players are as mystified as we are, I don’t think that's the case. Lever back helps us, interesting to see us go tall and that’s probably what cost Brown, couldn’t fit AMW in without dropping a small and it was LIFO. Can’t see us winning, lions by 30 unless we find a way to kick 85+ which has been pretty rare.

Less than 7months older on average than the Roos team we played last week and they’re in full rebuild mode. I had us probably 6-8th preseason, losing to the eagles and getting flogged by the dockers derailed that a bit and now Trac going out for the year probably has us 7-12th now with more turnover of the best 23 than was planned preseason. I think it’ll stand us in good stead for next year with some games under the belt of the kids and hopefully add a couple of guns through draft and free agency. It’s a reset and refresh year not a burn it down and start again year.

Some serial offenders in there. Is Will Schofield still annoyed at us over Clarry getting him reported there? Would explain his commentary the other week..

Exactly. We’d all like Clarry back in B&F form but setting minimum standards on an internet forum isn’t going to get him anymore kicks on the weekend

I was scrolling through AFL tables looking at his record against us to see how this could possibly be a decent prediction before the penny dropped..

You poor thing. Thoughts and prayers 🙏🏻

In the highlights you can see he gets to Petty after the mark telling him to (I assume) take his time, do his routine or whatever and then as you point out is in there celebrating after Petty kicks the goal - shows that even though he’s got his own issues he’s got genuine care for his teammates and is trying to help them out. Obviously has or had some off field issues, played with a broken finger for a month, is having a down year but he isn’t Robinson Crusoe there. He’ll be back.

It was good when we were winning, gone off the rails in the past month. I haven’t managed to get through a full ep in a while.

I went hard on north at $5.30 so I can pretty much guarantee they are no chance given my punting record.

Agree, culture doesn’t prevent bad times, it helps you get through the bad times. The slump we’re in doesn’t show the culture is bad, but how we come through it will show where we’re at.

Fair enough, but that vision doesn’t show what Lloyd’s claiming in my view. He’s 70m out in the first one, not looking to have a shot - I think he’s thinking does he go to JVR or to Pickett and ends up taking too long. The handball to Chandler was probably there but he’s also our main goal kicker so is paid to kick them.

I think this’ll be it. Won’t see Fullarton, AMW or Sestan until they start appearing in the emergencies first - club usually signals who’s next in line

Big call from Lloyd to call 3 players selfish when his only vision is Fritsch fluffing 2 kicks, I think it’s indecision more than anything cos they’re trying to work out what they’re supposed to do under the new plan. May has been like that every game of his career, when we’re winning it’s being uncompromising and hard-nosed, when we’re losing it’s an issue. Potato potahto. Uncomfortable viewing seeing Eddie defending us though.

I’d say take my money now but you’re gonna need to wait til he retires to get all the good gear, hopefully 2030ish

I find… It helps if you… read them.. as some… kind of.. haiku… full of sound and fury.. signifying…?

Couldn’t agree more, 2024 has been a shambles so far and clearly we all want things to improve but the drama on here from some is way over the top. Club is profitable, memberships are good, crowds have been good (though might drop off a bit if we don’t get back on track), AFL is looking after us on fixtures, stable board, management, coaching group. We’ve still got some all time greats of the club running around out there. Maybe it won’t get better this year but if it doesn’t we’ll be back next year. It’s not a bin fire, the new game plan either isn’t working or they haven’t got it working yet and we’re missing some key pieces but because we’re suddenly out of the 8 for a few weeks it’s all “boo-hoo we’re irrelevant, pies supporters say mean things to me, my feelings are hurt so someone needs to be fired”. A few on here need to grow up.

you’d be at 200 pages before you got past technicolor yawns and darts on the way to training

Not against HARD decisions, I’m just against unnecessary panic leading to poor decisions. Yardsticks of the competition, Swans (two coaches since 2002), Cats (two coaches since 2000). Underachieving panic merchants, Blues (8 coaches since 2001, many of them would’ve sacked Voss mid-year last year if they could’ve too), Bombers (6 coaches since 2008, plus some interims). Who do we want to be? Perennial finalists or panicked yo-yos? P.s. Seems you find typing HARD… to do, maybe try… using… both hands.