praha

Having a drink with Yze_Magic somewhere.

I wasn't surprised by the loss, but I was disappointment. It's not like we lost through lack of effort. You can certainly tell that they just had more experience and big bodies. I reckon Carlton will give us a similar touch-up this year when we meet them. Some teams we just don't match up well with at this point.

The fact that they beat Geelong despite having only 2 players on the bench for 3 quarter demonstrates that there is still something fundamentally wrong with Melbourne's development, that our causes for losses somehow aren't as big issues for other teams. Carlton is currently ahead in development of where we were at the same time (2014).

Zone demands accountability and at the moment, young, experienced players simply aren't playing accountable football. We will be better for it.

Garland just looks overwhelmed. He doesn't play like a player with almost 150 games experience. He lacks composure, aggression, urgency and any sort of respectable football IQ. He reminds me of the type of player that would dominate in VFL and win every award but wouldn't get a look in at most AFL clubs. He just seems to me to be a "no other choice" sort of inclusion, and it tells. He just doesn't seem like he wants to be here. I get that he has a very soft, introverted personality but he seems to play with resentment, like as if he's only doing it because he *has* to. He needs to go. He's done.

We'll beat Hawthorn.

[censored]. We lost today because we drafted Toumpas instead of Wines.

Not that we needed proof but the work up by the media this week proved they are clueless. Jump on the bandwagon for clicks. We are way off.

Wines > Toumpas

Been keeping count. Goal number 5 over the back into an open goal. That's the difference.

Our forward line has lost it for us today.

Won't win from here.

Garland costs us a goal even when it's not his fault.

He is a spud. Colleague is a Port supporter and hates him.

we are not playing well but says more about Port than Melbourne. Winnable.

COME ON!

You [censored] hack, Garland. Stay on your [censored] feet!

Good passage.

Last time I saw a kick into the man on the mark from a point was an under-10s game.

Hogan looks angry today.

Port will run away with this. Can't remember the last time we played this bad and won.

What we're seeing here is a team that wants to play finals vs a team that thinks it's good enough to play finals.

Better off making contact with your eyes on the ball than turning to face the attacker player. As soon as you attempt the spoil without eyes on the ball, it's a freekick.

The Diamond Defense if anything highlights how poor our defensive stocks are. It's a system that demands accountability but Garland, Omac, Tmac all breakdown in this regard. Jetta the only one accountable. It's a learning curve, and we're learning a lot.

Garland is moronic. He leaves players empty constantly despite having multiple teammates attacking the player he's running too. You could see that goal as soon as Garland left him.