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37 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That's a problem with your perception/expectation rather than the team's performance. "Line in the sand" games make for good narratives for the talk shows and journos but in reality things are not so black and white. It's the trajectory that matters and we are still on the right path with a good group of young competitive beasts. Hopefully they pay no heed to bipolar emotions of the support base who are mentally scarred from decades of following the club.

Yeah, blah blah blah....

Win against rubbish teams like Norf. Until we do nobody will take us seriously. Competitive beasts ? Only one week out of 2. We lost Gonzo, against a rubbish team that wont figure in the finals. More than 10 years and our players are still mentally soft. No wonder our supporter base cant trust the team to perform consistently. I dont care what Goodwin says, the team is NOT ignoring the past yet. We keep repeating it every second week. 

Like i said, maybe next year we can play finals.................................................... maybe...........................

i thought the Adelaide game was our line-in-the-sand game... turns out it was nothing more than an aberration.

maybe next year or the year after..... or the year after that...... maybe..................

40 minutes ago, bandicoot said:

You might win a game here and there without a ruckman but it's not going to see you on the positive side of the ledger.

We would have won all 9 games if either Gawn or spencer played 

lol yeah nah, we wouldnt have. Thats just dreaming

Weid has to go. Needs about 2 years in the 2's to develop physically. Other changes?? Dunno.No way we lose next week......... Do we?

Dont bring back anyone who cant kick or tackle for ANY reason. Whiskey here i come.........................................................

3 minutes ago, bandicoot said:

What??? We didn't have a ruckman. Do you not understand what difference that makes to the side? 

lol what, last week didnt show you that our ruck isnt necessary to have a win?

Its between the ears, not on the team sheet.

5 minutes ago, bandicoot said:

We are a developing side with a makeship forward line and ruck. 

Even the most developed sides would struggle 

So with the same average age, Norf are a better side than we are.

Awesome.We are clearly going places.......... 

Just now, danielE288 said:

Out Bugg in Harmes

Melksham will probably get a run for Wagner too

Local footy type umpiring

Again losing to an average team, shattered

Bugg for Hrames doesnt improve us at all. 

Bugg is average, but Harmes is an absolute butcher of the ball.

I would prefer Weid out for anyone. Kid might eventually become a player (I actually see a genuine future footballer in him) but atm he is faeces.

Deckchairs tbh. Even if we win next week we are no closer to the big dance.

Insipid against middle range oppo after a great game away against the ladder leader. Is anything more Melbourne than that?

GC next week just reeks of another loss. I hate supporting this club for so many decades. Angry doesnt even begin to describe how i feel after tipping a win AGAIN, only to lose.

You make me sick MFC.

1 minute ago, dimmy said:

When look at it :

• No tall ruckman against best in AFL ( at the moment) has a massive impact on structure as you are playing catchup.
• Above had impact on our defence who were outmuscled except when Tmac went back there. Waite and Brown plus Mason Wood are pretty big people. I think alot of Omac "mistakes"belong to a few other people. He was not the scapegoat last week !!
• Key forward missing
• Umpiring bloody disgraceful
• .
• North won it by removing Higgins (and Bernie ) out of the Centre Square . Luckily Higgins did not have his kicking boots on.

. Excuse

. Excuse

. Excuse

.Correct but still an excuse

. Irrelevant

2 minutes ago, deegirl said:

Beyond furious with that effort. Walked out with 3 mins left to play & don't care who calls me a bad supporter. [censored] useless. 

Any time we lose to rubbish like Norf our members deserve to be pizzed.

Sorry you had to watch it live.

Just now, Night Crawler said:

I know this will sound weird. But im proud of the boys.

No ruck.

No key forward.

Umps horribly against us.

 

rubbish, we squibbed it again

Well, if we cant beat a side like Norf, surprise wins mean nothing. Aint no way we threaten from here. Turns out we are the pretenders. 

lol and another to Norf to rub it in.

Fark off you squib pretenders

Goal to Lewis is just teasing. Cant win from here. 

Norf by 14. Game over

Again, we find a way to disappoint. Forget finals, today proves we dont have the talent.

Later than the last few years, but its time to visit the draft thread i think.

Frees still 21 to 9.... Where are the cheap, meaningless eveners umps???

i havent watched since the second qtr.... My ticker cant handle it.

No way are North a better side than us. 

DO IT DEES !!!!!!

Free kicks

21 to 9 Norfs way

Free kicks 18 to 9 Norths way.

Its not just the disparity, its the obvious missed ones......

Watch the umps even it up in the last by calling every contested mark or clean take we have as a free. Happens practically every game. (Not just ours)

I actually thought we could beat these bastards. Turns out we are the pretenders. Once again we find a way to embarrass ourselves against a rubbish team.

Geez this team tests my patience..................... 

Even if you win Norf, you are still nothing but a Christmas Stocking-filler.

FFS 

Norf still have all the answers.

If we are gonna capitulate i expect at the very minimum that we go the knuckle.

make em earn it and at the same time ensure they never try the physical [censored] again.

Line in the sand dees.

We will still beat these friggin pretenders.....

DO IT!!!!

Geez, of all teams in the league we are allowing ourselves to be physically intimidated by Norf... Higgins especially. Our guys shouldnt be able to look each other in the eyes at half time for allowing that.

Contenders or pretenders............ I think the footy world agrees that North is the latter, including the last couple of years when they were a better team than they are now. Which one are we?

For once i am actually confident. 

Time for MFC to become a contender. 

Melbourne by 28 points.