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Does not know how to play man on man football. Is continually beaten when he does get into a one on one situation. Hve been a supporter of Col but I'm done. Our defence is f******d. Garland what has happened?? Used to be a smart footballer under Bailey/ Under Neeld his confidence is shot.

We played man on man for the first half. The maggots tried to kill us. BUt we were competitive. The third quarter we went zone Why? I would like to know. We were crucified by the maggots but we didn't help ourselves and stopped running. We have dumb lazy footballers.

After watching the replay of the Ess game (I know I know) its so blindingly obvious that we stand metres away from our opponents and don't chase them. Watching Ess v Freo last night it was scary how much work we have to do in this area,. I for one want to know WTF we did for 7 months in the off season. Because we weren't ready for rd 1 or 2. In fact we haven't been since 2005 because we haven't won in rd 1 or 2 since 2005. Our team played together for the first time in rd 1. No wonder that had no idea what their teamates were doing. No wonder we had no momentum. We would all be so much happier if we started like a house on fire and faded by rd 10. This crap about 'its a marathon season' is meaningless for us because our season is over by rd 2 every year. Get the team together in the off season and train together in match simulations. FFS it aint that hard. its football. Another pizz poor effort today and we won't get a crowd of 5000 for the rest of the season. What I want to see today?? Man to man football. wear them like a glove. I don't care if it is 4 goals to 3 goals. I want to see a slogfest of effort. If we cna't do that I would rather watch our all our young players and f off the old batards who can't be bothered.

Melbourne is the laziest team in the AFL. Can't argue with anything Roos says in this article. No defensive pressure at all. We don't get high numbers of tackles because we are NOWHERE near our opposition players, OMG its so freaking obvious. Everything that we see and complain about week in week out. Lazy lazy lazy players. He breaks it all down with damning stats. They don't lie, and while I blame the players, the fact that we have five coaches that have coached at senior level ands they can't get effort out of the players is incredibly damning on the coaching staff. http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/lazy-demons-back-to-square-one-says-paul-roos/story-e6frfkp9-1226619240205

Yes it is as serious question. I guess I was referring to his taking a substance that is not illegal for a non-player to take, There seems to be a real fuss over that part. I get the governance issues surrounding the player. That is bad and doesn't bode well for him. ps thanks for answering the question in detail.

What has Hird actually done wrong?

I reckon Dom Barry weighs more than RObbie...

ANYONE that has a proven coaching record

I'd prefer it if they worked hard for 120 minutes.

Yes you're right - he is morally responsible but he is only an assistant coach. Corcoran, Hird and Robson all head up areas on the org chart.....

Leoncelli. Didn't like the boys club....

Yeah, I think you are right with Toumpas. Don't want to completely kill his confidence. Tear it up in the Magoos.

I'm told by an Ess insider that the players have been told by ASADA they are essentially in the clear but Robson, Hird and Corcoran are the ones in trouble for governance issues.. Ironically it may mean Bomber Thompson becomes coach,

Great post.

I know some of you will be thinking other thoughts with that headline but..... One of our Directors Stuart Grimshaw is CEO of Bank of Queensland that yesterday announced it was to buy the Virgin Money business for $40m. They will be looking to expand aggressively keeping the VM brand. Perhaps we might see a new Demon sponsor???

Watched the replay last night to see who was the baddest.....BTW I don't recommend watching it again. Given we can't drop everyone there are some absolute musts. Gillies must be dropped. Jamar has to go. Watts is out. And Sylvia has to go. And I'd start Mitch Clark in the middle. Not as a ruck, as a ruck rover. Had 2 clearances from 4 centre bounces last week.

Gee we used to have a guy who was president of a global ad agency and was a big Dees supporter. Seemed cashed up. What was his name??? Left us $5m in debt, hired McNamee without Board approval, didn't like going to rd 1 because we would get belted and he had better things to do and now mouths off about the club and how bad it was at every opportunity. What was his name???? Oh yeah that's right. Paul Gardner. A complete disaster.

No you don't. Because then they would have had an excuse to whitewash the drug scandal or move it off the front page

It is certainly looking that way. But we have Leigh Brown, Neil Craig, Jade Rawlings, Brian Royal as well. Are they not playing for them??

26 i50s doesn't help. Clark was in the middle for 4 bounces and had 2 clearances. If you want the ball enough you can get it, Our midfield is jst crap.

Yes the buck stops but really? The players have to take a lot of responsibility.

Much of that was Ess supporters

And the Blazers??

The CEO doesn't pick the President. The Board picks the President. The Board also picks the CEO. Thanks Roost it I think your time is up.,,,,

Sylvia is in his 10th year and was ready to play from day 1. He just hasnt done it. I am a fan of Watts but he has almost lost me after the first 2 weeks, Not irretrievable. Unlike Sylvia.