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[censored]. The Swans played for their coach. He built on a strong culture established by Barrassi and turned a solid team into a Premiership-winning one. That Swans team had half the talent of the current one, and no where near as many match-winners as the Eagles. But they played a disciplined style of team football, and often won games they should have lost. I am not suggesting Roos isn't to shoulder some of the blame here, but he brought a flag to a club that hadn't won one in 70 years. I think respect where it's due.

Probably the same as his cousins. "Wow...Melbourne's pretty [censored]."

Updated.

Jones - Pay check game Dunn - Reliable and confident Hogan - A football lesson Watts - Buckled under pressure Dawes - Presented but fumbled Viney - Just like daddy Lumumba - Erratic and indecisive Brayshaw - Superior work rate Gawn - Solid ruck work Tyson - Out of form Stretch - Promising but tired Cross - Slow but required Garland - Soundly, empathically beaten Michie - Another Michie classic Vince - Tries but fades McDonald - Out of position Grimes - Dear God no Garlett - Lacked defensive urgency Howe - Went through motions Jetta - Constantly missed targets vandenBerg - Out of touch Harmes - Promising yet uninspiring

We have improved under Roos, yet somehow with more talent, better recruiting, and a young core with far more potential, we allow sides that were once below us control the tempo and beat us. St Kilda is ahead of us after one year of a rebuild with a 2nd-year coach. We have blokes with 9, 10 years experience that simply go through the motions, collect a pay check, some B&F votes, and then tell the media, "We're disappointed with our effort". I'd name names, but I always get hounded here when I do. It makes me sick that I trust guys with 10, 15 games of experience more than I do blokes with 150+ games experience. How long until Brayshaw, VB, Billy start playing "through the motions" and simply show up to just show up? That's what defines this club: making up the numbers.

186 had nothing to do with Bailey, and you know it. It was a playing group protesting against a micromanaging off-field team that undermined the progress Bailey, the coaching staff and the on-field leaders were having. In 2010 and 2011, the club was look very, very good. We played attractive football, smashed teams, and had a great young core. We might have remained mid-range under Bailey but at least we knew what we were going to get. We lost by 186, but we also flogged a few sides by 70-100 points. Roos has been shockingly outcoached multiple times by coaches with more than half the experience at AFL level than him. Buckley, Hird, Cameron, Richardson (twice), they have all out-coached him. Let's not forget that this group of players plays like they hate each other. But it's a two-way street, and the team's structures are horrid. Is any team with this much talent break down so badly across half-forward like Melbourne? There is no trust in the style, no trust in one another. We let average backlines push our forward line around like ragdolls, and it's because we permit them freedom to control the tempo, week in, week out. The buck stops with Roos here. We have the cattle. We have drafted well. Something is amiss.

Roos will be under the pump this week. The structures are horrid.

Without a doubt, we are the worst team in the league. Carlton and Brisbane don't have the cattle. We have a stack of talent that have no team dynamics. They breakdown on team fundamentals. I can't see us turning a corner next year and playing finals. We absolutely suck as a team. Comical then when we finally draft well, we put together a bunch of blokes that look like they hate each other.

Done with this club. Done. Done. Done.

Aren't these deadbeats sick of losing?

Game over. I'm done with this club for the year. I don't care anymoe.

The game is up for grabs. TAKE THE GAME ON!

How do we even get people to our games anymore?

I don't think it matters who we draft. There is a stigma attached to pulling on the Melbourne jumper.

Kicking at 76% efficiency apparently.

I swear to God I age 20 years every week watching this mob. I'm pushing 1,000,000 years old now.

1 goal in 4 quarters of football.

If we can't get up today and turn a corner, I'm not sure where else the wins will come from. We need to get over this mob today. On our ground, our home. We haven't beaten them in far too long.

Last week was a [censored] game but a win. Maybe today will be a great game but a loss?

About to notch his 4th flag in his 11th season. In the modern game, that is outstanding. That's probably the equivalent (if not better) than 6 flags in 11 years under Norm Smith.

Well, I like a lot of their posts, Retweet a lot of their tweets, and comment a lot, so I may as well get *something* out of it, even if it is just a poster. I imagine that the more points you have, the more merchandise that is available to you.

Shave your head, buy a Laz-y-boy and...travel the galaxy?

It's integral that teams like Melbourne perform better because playing at the MCG, we do tend to attract good crowds when playing well. We averaged 39,000 per home game in 2005, compared to 26,000 this year. Even in 2008 we averaged 30,000. Imagine if we were a half decent football club the past 10 years? We'd have 50,000 members and average 50,000 a game. Carlton home average has dropped off about 5k-6k since 2008. Collingwood has dropped off 13,000. Bombers have somehow improved by 3,000. Biggest drop off undoubtedly is in Collingwood. Hawthorn does not have as many Melbourne fans as their membership base suggests, with only 40,000 per home game. I put down a drop in Victoria attendance to Collingwood falling off a bit since 2010, and teams like Melbourne being an indictment on the entertainment value of the sport in Victoria. This club has actively turned people away.

I'm on Pluto time.

It's been 51 years since Melbourne won a flag. 50 years since Norm was sacked. We have 5 wins this season. 51 - 50 + 5 = 6 Smith won 6 flags. Illuminati? 6 flags, 8 Grand Finals, 10 straight Finals series. 10 - 8 + 6 = 8 8 - 5 = 3 Half-Life 3 confirmed.