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We still need to make up the Saints game, which means beating three of Adelaide, Sydney, GWS and West Coast. That's provided we beat Gold Coast.

We just gifted Sydney, GWS, Adelaide, Hawthorn and Port all a clear path to the top 8. We forfeited our top 4 credentials. We BUCKLED under pressure and folded. We are an average, average football club.

8.0 to 3.5 in the last. Another important game dropped. What's that, like, 6 now for Goodwin? In 2 years? Has to be under pressure now. Staring down under year out of the 8. Talent across the board and losing games like that against old men. I [censored] hate Geelong. I [censored] hate this sport. I am over it.

Will stick with my plan of not attending a game again until we play finals. Sick of having my weekends ruined.

I am done. [censored] this club. [censored] this sport.

Goodwin can't do much now. Time for leaders to stand up.

5 goals in six minutes.

This is our season going down the toilet.

Pretty lazy there.

[censored] off Hawkins

sorry but we are better than this mob. just feel we have a few passengers out there today.

Classic Lewis goal. We're gifting them some.

hahahahaha they go forward once and kick a goal. fmd.

Irrelevant if we dont win tonight.

Sydney look stuffed. We are being absolutely gifted a top 8 spot. Even more reason to win tonight.

This game will showcase both Goodwin's coaching prowess, and Melbourne leadership capabilities. Pushed around by the Cats for more than a decade; we've lost pivotal games we should win; and we appear to struggle when applying plan B. We can either play to Geelong's game, slow it down and hope for the best. Or, we can back ourselves in, play aggressive and attacking, and trust all 22 players to do what's required. This game will either be a turning point and propel us into finals, or it will hit us hard like a freight train and signal a spiral. This is an absolute MUST win.

Addam Maric; Just didn't work hard enough for a small forward in a bad team. Tapscott: Worked hard but low skill ceiling stood out in an especially bad team. May have been more successful in today's team. Bate: Speed and situational awareness. Blease: Lazy. Gysberts: Lazy Toumpas: Deer in headlights.

North can't afford to bottom out and it's why they never have. Melbourne was on the brink but with influential supporters and an AFL that sees an MFC as the most hopeful and financially appealing of the "smaller" clubs, we survived. NO chance North get the same support we did. The AFL sold them out to GC and has been trying to get them to merge or relocate for decades. They are doing everything they can to avoid bottoming out. Imagine North being in Carlton's situation. They would get 10k (if that) to their games. That won't hold up.

Regardless, Geelong in Geelong when they have the "three best midfielders in the comp" will go a long way.

Many of the teams we play against are also fighting for a spot so 12 with strong % will get it done imo. We hear a lot of our "tough" draw because we haven't played finals in a decade, and so a lot of eyes are on us. reality is no one team fighting for top 8 has an easy draw.

If Dom finds himself on the wing at any point, I'm convinced Goodwin isn't a good coach. Tyson is one dimensional and contested, can win the ball and should be in the guts 100% of his time on the ground. leave him there.

no desperate. pricing competitors out of the market. they'll land their big fish.

If you think he is overrated, take a look at West Coast's performance when he is and isn't in the team. They are a top 4 side with, mid-table without. Which says just as much about Nic Nat than it does of WC. That sort of influence on a team cannot be understated. I think he's a very good player that can totally alter the defensive structure of a team.

Is he a better footballer? Hannan hasn't had a great year but his positioning, disposal and smarts are generally well above Tyson's. I find Tyson to be a liability in an already slow team that can't afford poor field kicking and the lack of peripheral vision of Tyson, who seems to get run down 2-3 times a game. I swear sometimes he seems to be playing with a cardboard taped to sides of his head.

Further to this: "We'll have a look at our grounds, we'll have a look at our loads, we'll have a look at all those things that potentially go into those things." Goodwin had some padding around that comment to soften the blow, but he's clearly talking about NT.