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Bulldogs from memory, but his body was shot after Melbourne.

Melbourne's delivery into the 50 had been great tonight.....great at putting it down a Brisbane's defenders throat.

I did, and for St Kilda's sake, I hope he coaches better than he commentates. Not that he was alone there, the other commentators were also abysmal.

So many questions to be answered and resolved over the summer... - what is causing the fadeouts after being in front by around 25 points in games ? - is injury the cause of subpar performances in the last half of the year and if so, why not rest players ? - do we have dumb footballers or does fatigue set in during games and they just make dumb decisions ? It appeared we gave up two free kicks around 35 metres out, in Brisbanes attacking 50 last night by trying to dispose of the ball (incorrectly) when being tackled. Just hold onto it and pretend you are punching the ball until the umpires ball it up. Both times, there was no prior opportunity and the umpires had been fairly consistent in that interpretation last night (although there are always the 'rogue' decisions lurking...). Handballing it to someone standing stationary next to you when under pressure is also not very productive....especially when Brisbane in the second half were in the clear after 2- 3 slick handpasses. - why did Max win a lot of taps but Brisbane came away with the ball ? Is that our midfield coach/system failing ? - Forward line functionality. Its been a problem for a while now, hopefully more cash means we can afford a forward line coach that can coach forward line craft and system. That also depends on have a midfield that can actually find a target rather than streaming downfield and just pumping it long to a contest. - Goodwin says we want to be predictable in what we bring to the table in effort etc but teams have worked out our 'kick it to the left from defence' tactic and set up for it. Maybe we have become too predictable..... There were a number of other issues against Brisbane, like conceding goals with only seconds left in the quarter and missing gettable shots that would have put us further in front early in the game, is that a mental issue tied to fatigue ? Then there is gamesmanship...Buddy did nothing last week except shift momentum by running at May and getting a free kick...do we have players with the same smarts ? This has all been happening for a while and is repeating....so why is it not being fixed ? Maybe I've seen too many MFC losses but at various times I've lived in different cities and seen much of their AFL teams live and Melbourne seem to be the only team that can be so inept and confused at times.....

I haven't seen a replay yet, just got home, but at the game live, it appeared buddy ran at May from a distance and May just put him on his [censored] with a solid bump. The umpire gives a free kick because buddy collapsed and we never really got that momentum back for a period longer than a few minutes after that.

Couldnt agree more. There were gaps to lead into and rarely did anyone lead. The next thing was a high kick into a pack that was swept away time and again.

Hopefully no big issues with Rosman. He's been doing well in the games j have seen.

The Weid is an interesting player. i saw the last half live and was, like a few other posters a little disappointed in his output, and was surprised he kicked that many (6). So why is he marked more harshly than others ? I think its because he could be so more effective if he started marking a lot of the marks he spills. He gets his hands on a lot of kicks but drops so many....it gets frustrating, probably for him as well.

There were probably a lot of small reasons for not being there, plenty mentioned above such as Easter hols with people getting away, Covid, no real local rivalry (apart from Scully) and the ticketing system which is a shambles. I know a few members that would have been at the game normally but were out of town for the Easter break. It was strangely quiet on the way to the game, I come down Rathdowne St to get into the city and the traffic was very quiet. We got to the ground very quickly from the northern suburbs. Even the lady manning the cash register in the MCG food outlet commented how quiet traffic had been on the way in from Portsea. The weather was great for footy, but also great for a few days away. I counted around 70 - 80 GWS supporters in their area behind the goal, so they didn't bring many to pump up the attendance.

It took a while to get there but we finally did. Melbourne finally had top people in so many positions. in recruitment, development, fitness and tactics, we seemed to have top people in those positions. Allied to those were a dose of luck with injuries (less for us and more to some of our opponents) and the introduction of an x-factor in Choco Williams to keep people on their toes and introduce a different (in my opinion) point of view. They all came together last year and provided us with players that can now be called Premiership Players. It was more about getting the right people in, then the end result will hopefully follow. Seems simple but it took us a long time to get there ....

There are so many sentiments that I can identify with on this thread. Our family have been Melbourne supporters for close on 50 years. Unfortunately both parents have passed on in the last 3 years and missed the Premiership this year, which they would have loved to have seen and experienced, obviously. I still am getting used to the idea, I have had almost 50 years of thinking 'maybe next year' so it's taking time to realise it's actually happened THIS year. I still get emotional watching the last 10 minutes of the 3rd quarter despite watching it plenty of times. Like others have mentioned, I have admired and loved the efforts of great Melbourne players, however, up to now, when they were on TV etc, they're couldn't be described as premiership players which didn't quite elevate them to the status of other players in the same era, in my opinion. Now we can have those players....now we can revel in Melbourne's players having a Premiership reunion every few years, now we can have not just club champions, but competition champions.

I thought the Prelim team did a great job at commentating (bennett, Mclachlan, Leppitsch etc). I'm usually yelling at the tv to tell the commentators to just shut up ! a lot of the time but enjoyed the prelim commentary. My wife came in and asked who had commentated and I couldnt tell her, so I thought that if they hadnt annoyed me for the whole game they must have done ok. BT or Eddie are nauseating.

good initiative, the constant betting ads annoy me. Does anyone else see a similarity between Darcy and Neil from the Young Ones ?

he wasn't a great kick....used to shank it a bit.

Hasn't taken Melbourne long to coach browns accuracy out of him.

Viney out, Sparrow (or Harmes) in. I so tired of seeing Viney getting caught because he thinks he has some evasive skills, also tired of seeing him continually find the opposition with his passes, or handballing to players knees.... While we're at it, bring in someone that can work out how to get Max tapping to our players for a breakaway centre clearance, instead of the opposition.

What's the point of winning the tap and constantly giving it to hawthorn...

Same with viney and a number of Hawks players.

I had to do that last night....Ed was over the top about evverything and just wouldnt shut up. Couldn't listen to it anymore. He just loves the sound of his own voice nonstop at a hundred miles an hour crapping on.

If i click on/select the primary person on the app, the other people attached to my ticket and phone number appear in a list below. The down side is, I can't find where I can print them out to save time at the turnstile/entry into the ground. So I will have to fiddle with my phone to get multiple bar codes for the kids on my ticket. Seemingly, I also have to load Google Pay to get the barcodes on the phone. I'm not overly happy with the new process....

Yep. Derm seemed to totally misread his actions in standing up for Jordan. That said, the commentating was fairly ordinary generally anyway.

To me, that sums up Oscar in the main. When he played with intensity and aggresion I thought he looked ok but those games were few and far between. His first game back after being dropped, I thought he was good, but he then reverted back to appear to be just going through the motions in further games.

His issues started some time in 2019. I remember sitting in the stands watching him try and bend down to pick up a ball and I thought I had better flexibility in my back than him and I am 60 with a stiff back !...

I thought Weid did more over the year than your assessment. I do think he needs another physical presence to give him space up forward. In my opinion, Jackson gave him that while he played and i think that is a partnership that shows promise. Mcdonald gave him some help while I think Brown is a different type again. Thanks for your efforts over the season, I always look forward to reading your three word reviews.

I thought Hunt didnt look happy against Gws. He kicked a goal and didnt seem to enjoy it much. He seemd ok after the game but I thought he gave the impression he just wasnt happy or engaged. Its just my impression that i got.