Sir Why You Little

I hope you are absolutely correct on that one RR

When did i pick or choose?? My original post on this subject talked from 3-2 onwards.... You rate our season so far a 6-8. Well i don't that's the fundamental difference between you and i 45. Sorry mate a loss is a loss, and to that matter so is a draw. They are 3 games we should have won but did not. I mean even our coach rated us a 5/10 season mark so far a few weeks back. Room for major improvement and overall disappointing considering the good form that has been played sporadically. I knew the game against the Wet Coke was over after the first 2 minutes-so i think your marking system is far to lenient mate, and as a teacher i hope you test your students harder for their own sake in future! The Season is not over or wasted, but the onfield must show more up to round 22

If we win the Flag in a white Jumper i will be Furious (& yes i will still enjoy it-but you get my point) Keep up the Fight Daisy. We must fight for our colours.

No lets look at it from the time we were 3-2 & then the picture becomes clearer 45. Stop making excuses when it only covers up the point i am making. Apart from the Dogs game & our QB Grand Final we have struggled & it has nothing to do with our draw-Adelaide have been shite this year so i don't buy that one. Carlton are patchy at best & should never have been allowed that start. Rather than saying how hard everything is, lets look at putting up better performances against sides in the same competition.

Which to me aounds like Brad Scott & his assistants did there homework really well, and works us out. And since then we have struggled with a couple of exeptions. So your use of the word "Garbage" earlier is a little harsh i would say. (Nice Reg Grundy's on your new Avatar btw-very suave look indeed)!

Who is whingeing? I am making an observation as to why the season has stalled for us. Our Draw has been pretty good really- it could have been way worse so i do not except that one. We are part of a 16 team comp, so we play where we play. We have many senior players on our list-sadly they are not in the top bracket- I am actually sick of people on here making so many excuses for them-But that's my opinion. I saw all the games played by this team up to QB so i am entitled to have a view. What the Club is achieving so far all round is FANTASTIC but onfield we have stagnated, if you do not agree that's up to you. And concerning me fixing the problem, i am a paid up member like you 45. I do not work at the club, but if i was ever given the chance sure i would love to sit down with DB for a few hours-it's always good to listen to different perspectives. We actually do have a forward line, but most of them do not work hard enough to get back to position when the ball is rebounded off Half Back. How deflating is an empty forward 50...

Since the Bears game at the 'G all teams have done their homework on the Demons, look at the results since then. We are usually beaten in the first 10 minutes of the Game. I want to know where the counter strategy is....we were always going to be examined this year. Losing LJ for the First 14-15 games didn't help, granted. But i have been very disappointed at how early in a match it has been Game Over.

The AFL should also take a large dose of blame in the loyalty stakes, as it is them who have conceived these Faceless soulless Franchise Monsters. Hey if Cam Bruce can get a good last contract-good luck to him. He will always be a Demon in my eyes. I can't see him going though unless they offer him Top coin.

It all depends on the Forward line, if Jurrah & Sylvia can find some form we may win some games. If the Forward line does not fire we will not win another game this year. Right now opposition Clubs have all our bases and strategies covered-they know how to beat us. Hope i am wrong guys, but right now we are easy meat-Which makes next weekends game a good contest because Essendon are no better.

I was at the '76 GF & i can assurer you the MFC was not there, we missed the finals by half a game after carlton & Footscray drew in Round 22. On that same day we Beat the Filth at Victoria Park-i remember it well. Our next Finals campagn after '64 was in '87, and i think we all no how that happened.

You are correct to a point over the last few years, but there is no reason to kowtow to the Faceless AFL for the Future. I will not watch this club Roll Over and be dictated to, This is the perfect timew to Stand Up and say no. Right now. A white strip against St.kilda??? Last Time i looked they have neither read or Blue in their Jumper or shorts, but they do have white. FIGHT THE POWER old dee. we are red & blue

Well said, this is the perfect opportunity after wearing white against St. kilda to say NO. If we need to wear a more Red Jumper against certain teams or a more predominantly Blue Jumper Fair Enough, But this white arguement is just incorrect. Stand Up Melbourne, if there is a fine for not wearing that Rubbish-Tell us all what it is and lets get the arguement out in the open....Red & Blue only.

Cause & Effect is exactly right-The Effect a bad Loss has on our younger kids when our Older "leaders" go missing is bad. The Effect being our young kids full of potential see Mediocre performances & bad Habits during a game creep in. That is the Effect that worries me. I know very well the long term goals-But at present we have hit a wall and some adjustments need to be made.

Did we really wear a white clash strip last week against St.kilda?? Well that just backs up my arguement from all along doesn't it-These Alternative strips are not used for "Clash" purposes. They are a marketing Tool, that the AFL make a cut out of. Playing in a white jumper against St.kilda-How ridiculous and down right arrogant AFL. If we must wear this Rubbish it must be Red & Blue. Essendon do not wear white in a clash strip so why should the MFC??

The only assumption i am making is, that i am worried you are content with Insipid performances like the adelaide game, a game where Jack Trengove was directing senior players for part of the time.Jack is class yes, but there are way too many passengers away from the MCG on our list-so to be content is just not right 25. But you are entitled to an opinion mate

I agree. My impression is that a few things inside the Footy Dept. are not quite going to plan, and a little "tweaking" is needed-nothing drastic-but it looks like the other sides have us good and worked out right now. So we have to work out new strategies.

Yep i have looked at the Draw of both clubs over the last 6 weeks. And Richmond have won games interstate on enemy soil so i reckon they are way ahead of us sadly, and it hurts me to say that. Considering we smashed them in round 5. People were predicting the Toiges would go winless this year-Far Far from it now.

I agree. I want Jimmy to lead our club to success, but i wonder if some of the players are not putting in their share on match day, which is why they are so well paid. No i am not a Lawyer, just a very passionate supporter who has seen this club stumble so often over the years-It has got to learn to stand tall, or no amount of other work will help.

You Forget one thing. If kids are taught the right way by good teachers they learn real quick. which is why i ask the question. Hardwick seems to have sorted out quite a bit over the last 6 weeks whilst we tread water at best.....so it's worth asking. (and no i do not want bailey sacked-I want him to be a better coach)

But that can never Happen. The Reguiar season should be treated as 22 games of equal 4 points. If you Win Great-If you lose, not good enough and why? The Finals should all be treated like GF's. That's the time to excell. The Home & away is the time for work. We as a club have always struggled with playing 22 rounds as long as i have supported the club.

I am not blaming anyone, i merely asked a question. If you have a group of kids with less than 50 games in them this is the perfect time to Get the Fundamentals of the Game into them. And i consider a rolling defensive zone a modern Fundamental-so if the team doesn't know how to play that style, which has been around for over 3 years something is lacking....

Happy with todays effort were you??? Sorry for speaking my mind-I am sure nobody inside the club is worried that i speak openly, with always the best intentions. My wish is for this club to be a Power again over a long period of time, & not a mere Doorstop like Fitzroy ended up.

But why don't we know?? These Guys train Daily now-Have team Meetings, everything is viewed on laptop over & over, so why do they not know? Is it our teaching Staff? I was always taught that ignorance is no excuse. So i wonder how long we can use those types of answers? Maybe its time to actually learn rather than hide-Head down in the study & Learn....Just an idea.

Sure, well let's hope so...Because Remember..."Failure Requires no Preparation" So if nothing changes at least i will know that you are satisfied. That's a comforting thought!