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Essendon goal and we will now lose.

How very Melbourne.

Goal to Essendrug. We lead by 4 points

Goal to Watts and we lead by 11

Point to Frost from set shot. We lead by 5

Goal to Garlett and we now lead by 5 points.

I should know this & sorry for asking.. can someone remind me if vBERG is eligible for rnd 1?

Needs to be upgraded to main list before he can play. I think it will happen personally

ok fair enough mate

This sideways chipping is so frustrating.I know several peeps O/S who cant watch live so they need updates.

And i agree about the sideways stuff, its something we need to eradicate before we will improve.

i dont think you need to tell anyone that

Telling those who cant watch the game HH

I don't have a broadcast, but I noticed that Grimes, Lumumba and Jones (3 of our top 4 by stats) have all been on the same disposal count for ten minutes or so (that I've noticed), are they done, resting, or just not getting it at the moment?

All on the bench

Scores level after Dawes goal. Dont be fooled though, we have not been convincing at all.

61-56 after goal by Watts. Scoreboard still flattering us this qtr as we have been comprehensively outplayed.

3.5 to 2 goals this quarter.

Suger coaters must be so happy.

Haha that was stupid Viney.

Essendope now up by 11 points

Goal to Vandenberg.. we still trail by 5 points

You're the man.

And what part was incorrect champ?

inside 50's now 6:1.

this is a disgrace

5

inside 50' this qtr

4:1 Essendons way and now we are down by 7 points and looking terrible

Where are the sugar coaters now?

Goal to Garlett, scores level

First goal of second half to guess who..? Yep we are now down by a goal.

Go Dees

No-one's polishing any turds, it's just that some of us choose not to respond with one word dismissals and wrist-slashing.

It's a football match. We're not playing very well. There could be any number of reasons for that.

Could one of those reasons be that we are still rubbish? Or are there other excuses Nash? This is just about our best possible team on the park.

I might just highlight some positives of my own, change the mood a bit.

Vandenberg seems a real goer, reckon we'll see him heaps this year.

Grimes for me seems to be a calming influence and like several things he's done.

Watts to looks like he'll be really dangerous. Seen him throwing his weight around a couple of time and really getting around the ground.

Dawes and Hogan are working right up the ground, like what this can offer. Its clear that Bail isn't added a crumbing influence up forward, you bring Kent or JKH in up there and lot of those rolling balls i50 are going to be pounced on.

Agree with most of what you sat here, however......

Easily countered by the scoreline which shows us struggling to get past a cobbled-together side where half havent even been told the game plan. Wake up.

Said to myself when I logged on: "I thought that was below expectation but not that bad. I bet I log on to find slashed wrists everywhere."

Said to myself at half time, "that was absolute rubbish but it wont take long for the apologists to rock up trying to polish a turd"

So we find ourselves at 37-37 at half time. Against a VFL side..... Slow, unskilled, unsure, ..... MFC are in for another very very poor year if our pre season form so far is any guide ( And lets face it, our pre season form has given us a very accurate guide as to our regular season fortunes for the last decade).

Need a MASSIVE lift in the second half.

37 points apiece in a game where many were expecting a 100 point plus smashing. This is disgusting so far and we will need to lift massively to get some respect from this game.

WE have had in our forward fifty for all the game nearly. I give them some slack due to have 18 opposition players in the same space. Tell me what we are doing wrong

Im trying hard to see where you are coming from, and not just jumping down your throat, but geez man, if you cant see how bad we are playing you need to start following another sport coz you clearly dont understand this one.