Lord Travis

[censored] abysmal. How long must we wait to support an average team, let alone a good one?

9 years ago. 2 full rebuilds since. 3 coaches since. Still a bottom four team. Disgrace.

Weid playing 1 vs 4... why kick to someone outnumbered that heavily?! That means there’s 3 free team mates elsewhere. Have a look you idiot!

Georgiades went 6 picks after Pickett in last years draft... and they say talls usually take longer!

Is Goodwin still at the ground? Has he been in the bog taking a [censored] for the last 90 minutes? What is going on?! Do something you pelican!

Our forward line is rat****. Pickett looks flashy, but ultimately is a non-contributor. Offers little offensively and defensively. Jackson isn’t a forward. Weid can’t handle wrestling with big defenders. TMac is slower and less agile than my grandmother. Fritsch is a specialist at shanking his kicks. Melksham doesn’t rock up half the time. Possibly the worst forward line since Brad Miller lead players like Pettard and Dawes into battle.

Coaches responsibility to motivate, inspire and lead the players. He’s clearly not able to do that consistently even after 4-5 years now.

That’s terrifying. 9 years, 2 rebuilds and 3 coaches later and we’re still a bottom team getting spanked. Us Melbourne supporters must be the most loyal people on earth to put up with this much disappointment.

We had the run of the umpires in the first quarter. No point complaining about them. We are simply nowhere near good enough.

Gawn and Petracca are basically the only thing saving us from certain bottom four at this point. The optimists here surely have to admit this team is going nowhere fast and needs significant list changes and coaching changes.

Goalless half coming up in clear conditions in a game with little physical pressure against average opposition. Absolutely inexcusable. If Goodwin survives this year then the club may as well fold. What a disgrace.

We are the easiest team to coach against. Play an extra behind the ball or flood back and we turn to water and just bomb it long to opposition into repeat. The current coaching group must be the worst strategically in the league by a fair margin.

Oliver reported? As if this match couldn’t get any worse!

[censored] this [censored]. Time to switch off. Wtf has happened to Tom McDonald. He’s gone from 50+ goal kicker to an absolute potato who’s lucky to have employment!

Who’s our next coach? Who’s available? Ross Lyon?

Another goalless quarter.

Smashing coming up. Pathetic defending. Rubbish kicking. Too many passengers. 2020 done.

Ah well. There’s always 2021.

Thanks for the reminder Demon Head. Great positive way to start the day!

Needs to sort out his kicking, but glad he'll be sticking around. Great strong mark for such a wirey player!

Salem’s having a down year. Averaging 7 disposals less than last year. Less kicks. Less tackles. Less rebound 50s. It’s statistically his worst year since 2016. He’s definitely dropped off, but it’s less noticeable compared to say Brayshaw. It’s possible Salem’s another who’s struggling with his role this season. Agree that he, Brayshaw and Harmes are ones we need to get performing well. They’re in the age bracket where they should be peaking. 25 year olds shouldn’t struggle with their role and confidence.

Rubbish. AFL need to get their head out of their [censored].

Hopefully the no-stat highlights change and become actual highlights! Kossie is flashy, but he needs to starts contributing if he wants to retain his place in the team. He was the same at underage level, looked flashy and exciting, but ultimately contributed little. Forward coach needs to tell him to stop flying for marks and get front and centre for the crumb. He missed 3-4 goal opportunities last night because he made poor decisions. The skillset is there, now we need to give him a footy IQ lesson.

I've previously banged on about our midfield being unbalanced and that we should look to trade either Brayshaw or Viney to address the issue. I'm usually shouted down, but seems others are starting to agree. We have too many see ball get ball inside types, and lack classy disposers and more rounded players. Our mids also don't kick enough goals. Brayshaw has been that player in the past (2018) where he shone both inside winning ball and outside linking up. That match against Adelaide where he had 39 touches and 3 goals is proof of that. Noone on our entire list has produced that sort of output before. For whatever reason, he's struggled since and is playing an unsuitable role. Most of our midfield has regressed since 2018, Petracca is the only ones who's improved not regressed. Back in 2018 Clarry kicked 12.11 too. He's regressed in scoring and impact since. Harmes has also struggled with his role being shifted around, though he's less talented than the others. He's getting less ball, making worse decisions and not scoring as much. Can we afford to send him back to being a permanent tagger? I still believe we need to trade one of them to re-balance and bring in the type of midfielder we need. I'm not talking about a pure outside Langdon type, I'm talking a rounded midfielder who performs both inside and outside depending on what the team needs. Viney is in hot form, so Brayshaw is the logical trade option. Do we trade him off to Freo to be with his family? What can they offer us?

Gus played only 65% game time tonight, and was exclusively playing on the wings. He attended one centre bounce all night. Below is his heat map. Can’t help but think somethings not right with him at the moment seeing that.