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Maggots killing us

Dumb football again

If we can stop their i50 marks we're in this

For the last 4 years.....

Langdon sparrow chandler and Fritsch need to get involved. Spectators at this point

I know we got the goal but why is Maynard allowed to dance around the mark and not stand? And5 seconds in the clock we allow a shot on goal. Leadership personified

1st minute of he game and mcvee streams into a fwd line and kicks to a 1 on 3 How stupid are our players?

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1869499/demon-trio-sign-on

he appears to be managing himself going on last week's effort

You could write a book on confidence, repercussions of decisions and mental frailty on foot ball teams. Some teams have been given licence to play with abandon. Doesn't always work but it seems opposite to what melbourne does. I'm talking about the instinctive give or hit up kick to a leading player. When that is coached out of you everything becomes second guessing and stagnant Watch how Brisbane chip kick their way out of defence - they don't think they just pull the trigger. Now watch melbourne. They kick backwards, half switch and then stop. Nothing instinctive at all about that and oppo's have plenty of time to shift their defence across the ground or send players back. Before people say 'we don't have the skills' I don't believe that for a second. 15m short passes to space for a leading player to run onto are easy compared to a 40m pass to a contest. I. believe its mostly in the head and with players conflicted between instinct and coaching instructions. Its why IMO a change of voice is critical to getting our game plan shifted.

I would argue they don't even look inboard for easy hit up kicks. There are numerous examples of players streaming downfield only to bomb the ball long. If its not to instruction the the players should have been dragged and whipped until they adhered to team rules. But someone was maybe too friendly with the players and refuses to drop them until 2 years has gone by...

Don't forget to check under your beds for Reds before you go to sleep.

I think there's a difference between how supporters feel vs how players feel. Its just a job at the end of the day. And why I don't get too invested in individual players. We remember stuff from 30 years ago whereas current players have no investment in that history generally Its the club I love.

The Cornes article was 100% a call for a new job for his former Port Coach

Those calling for Richardson to be sacked have no idea what he does on a day to day basis. But let's throw the baby out with the bathwater.

And this doesn't count his complete misses

His whole career he has too high a ball drop. Its not hard. Don't know what Choco has been doing. Gawn and Tracc are infuriating with their kicking. Momentum killers

Who can forget Buckley's last game as coach against us at the SCG. In an upset The Pies had their 4th win for the season whilst Melbourne had their second loss. Cameron and Mihocek kicked 7 between them. Some wags will say we were loading but we were well off the pace that day. I'd like to turn the screws on the Pies and upset their season - if we can keep the Daicos boys to under 78 possessions between them and only 23 frees I think we are in with a chance...

Yet you still come back every day for more.... 🤣

To paraphrase Christine Keeler "they would say that wouldn't they" Not earth shattering news to say that the two key coaches think the team is on track. Would have preferred to hear them say with a bit more honesty "we were miles off it it and us coaches have no idea how to fix our forward connection and our poor distribution out of the midfield" but I suspect that would have been unlikely.

Last time we played these goons in the final round of the year was 2024. The Daicos boys had 80 disposals between them I'm tipping there were no useful learnings for the Demons brains trust..... A similar game style to the Hawks so expect the same

CPs aren't the stat they used to be. Post clearance possession is more important. And i50s don't mean squat anymore. The Pies won the i50 count by 34 (!!!) against the Crows - although it helps when you are allowed the throw the ball to your teammate. Have a look at how fast Hawthorn transitioned the ball against us. We were better in the last 3 qtrs but they cut us with their precise kicking and sticking their tackles. Something we don't seem to be able to do. I really do hate their smugness and will be happy to see them fall flat in finals.

That doesn't stack up. We have had 5 losses under 10 points (coll, GWS, Dogs, StK, Carl). Should have beaten Ess and North (and St Kilda twice!). That makes us competitive with finals teams. The players are clueless about game plan, particularly with ball in hand. Watch the game on the weekend. The number of times we had players take a mark and then go backwards despite having a player up the field in a decent position was infuriating. We consistently bomb the ball to contests in the pockets. There is so much wrong with our game plan. Their brains are fried trying to implement Simon's game plan. A new coach will change the dynamic and free them up significantly. We still have 15 premiership players on the list. They're not total spuds. They are totally bereft of confidence and instinct. A new voice is exactly what we need.

'Clearly' Must be true then

Just watched 15mins of that qtr. Demons playing all over the Hawks. They look switched on with high pressure football and decent disposal Not something we are used to seeing. Great stuff