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Captain fantastic

Nice one Jacky

Its been a real bin dipper game

Soft free

Culley! Get around him

May god have mercy on us all.

You're a great inspiration for us all DeeZone. Could definitely learn a thing or two from you 🙂

Come on Deezone, the floodgates are well and truly open on the ruckus!

Culley's debut might be literally the only thing holding my interest in this game..

I might be harsh but I think $2.6m for Silvagni is way overs. Handy utility player at best.

If Coleman is gettable at all I'd be very keen.

I feel like I need to step in to return serve to the people criticising the comparisons to 186 as it was the first post I made in the Postgame thread on Sunday seconds after the siren. In no way am I comparing the severity of these two results, it is obvious which one is worse. But in terms of embarrassment? The not wanting to show your face in public feeling? Personally I haven't felt the the levels reach that height since 186. The only game that comes close since then is Rd 2 2016 and losing to a bunch of VFL replacement players. Those of you who cannot see why such a comparison would be made need to look beyond the basic mechanics of final scores and margins. The two games were obviously poles apart but the level of utter humiliation wasn't. Not to mention the timing of when these results occurred (coach under serious pressure and the club in disarray). In some ways 186 was easier to deal with because the result was a forgone conclusion for 4 quarters. The club has at least held its nerve for 2 days before swinging axes, had the emotion reach fever pitch levels like 2011 we could have seen the same action and then I'm sure it would have felt very familiar. I couldn't give a damn how close the game was, is that really supposed to be some kind of comfort? Really? This club set some amazing standards for a brief period but great teams do not set records like these, it simply doesn't happen and it is completely indefensible when it does happen. Taking comfort out of blowing a 46 point lead just because it was a close game compared to 186? Give me a spell. And honestly, how much more comfort do people want to take out of the nearly finals wins in 2023 if not for inaccuracy and one player being injured? Kicking goals is a very important part of the sport and we have had probably a dozen games since then where we 'would have won if we kicked straight'. I'm getting tired of hearing it, after that long it's no longer a good cop out line. Games are decided by goals, you either kick them or you don't. They don't give a Nobel Peace prize for attempted chemistry. I've said a ton of times that I've been undecided on Goodwin and will credit things he's done even this year but this narrative using our inaccuracy to support his case as a coach needs to stop.

His tap work around 2018 was on another level. Forward taps, side, over his head the variation he had was really spectacular. Not a terrible thing and coaching may have played a part but I'd use that era has the example of his best 'tap work'.

Yeah the good thing is knowing that we're never far away from breaking a record like that.

We need another Cold Light of Day thread.

A choice I'm willing to take.

It's looking like we need reviews to go to the bathroom at the moment. I'm sure the last one didn't come cheap either, would have been good to know a bit more about what it actually uncovered.

I might go and put on the 3rd quarter of that Rd 5 game against Essendon to feel better..

Appreciate what you're saying but we have got to stop using close losses as a measure for success.

Courtesy of @WheeloRatings , 4th quarter stats plus quarters 1-3. Quarter 4 Melbourne St Kilda Disposals 67 95 Contested Possessions 26 32 Post-Clearance Contested Possessions 19 20 Uncontested Possessions 39 62 Clearances 6 9 Centre Clearances 1 6 Inside 50s 7 18 Marks Inside 50 2 9 Quarters 1-3 Melbourne St Kilda Disposals 251 260 Contested Possessions 98 92 Post-Clearance Contested Possessions 57 49 Uncontested Possessions 157 166 Clearances 34 32 Centre Clearances 12 5 Inside 50s 45 25 Marks Inside 50 13 5 Pick your poison..

The moral of the story is when the other team gets momentum it can't be stopped. Even when you're 46 points up, you always get chased down.

Much appreciated mate!

And in typical MFC fashion we have to make sure that a scheduled board meeting has more media attendance than the Morwell magistrates court.

I really feel for the youngsters supporting this club. I'm at a point where I've seen it all now with this club and while it never gets any easier putting up with embarrassment like this, I do feel like I kind of know what to expect. But for kids a loss like this would be soul destroying. If I saw just one kid in tears after that last night it would have been heart shattering.

The Denver Nuggets were a better chance to get Dennis Rodman out of retirement back in the day.