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yeah, let's blame the umpires, and not the amount of errors we had, or our average foot skills, or inability to kick goals when the oppurtunity arose, or the fact that we had 9 goals and 17 behinds, or the fact that Tredrea was clearly below his best... yeah, let's blame the umpires.

the player we love to hate? I'd say his the player we hate to love. If only half our team played with the heart he does.

i have no doubt that had we started off the way we should of (considering our fixture, we probably could have started 5-0) we would have 30,000+. ps. deanox, great movie

I'm gonna say between 10k-14k

I seriously think Richmond will beat Geelong....I would love to see it, because if they do, bye bye Mark Thompson. Honestly, I can't believe that after one massive win against Carlton, everyone was saying how "inform" they were, even after a round 1 disgrace against the doggies. then they beat us, and lose to the hawks and roos. Thompsons is gone anyway. They won't make much of a huff this year, even if they do win this week.

it was actually round 4, but agreed...

Brown - last Melbourne game Carroll - held Hall well P Johnson - absolutely no impact C. Johnson - showed rare urgency Rivers - great defensive display Bate - poor handling skills Yze - fancy overrated leader Moloney - another determined performance Petterd - outstanding debut performance Garland - made no impact Johnstone - lacking when needed Davey - made impact again Pickett - unfit and uninterested Dunn - not enough oppurtunity Bell - hard at it Miller - better up forward Godfrey - showed great endeavour Bruce - won ball plenty White - 4 quarter performance Sylvia - couldnt be seen Jamar - big dumb dud McDonald - where was he?

It's hard to actually explain what the culture is, but part of it is the teams "home". I think the fact that the players move around so much and don't really have a true base has a lot to do with it. I've seen West Coasts facilities (on a tour of Subi when I toured Perth as a member of the under 15s DVFL squad) and I just couldnt believe what they had. You compare it to the club rooms and facilities Melbourne has, and you can't help but understand why WC players always seem that much bigger and tougher and more committed to the club. The Culture will never change at the MFC. All that can change is the environment. West Coast will always be the LA Lakers (most hated but also most supported. richest and most glamourous) of the AFL, and we will always be the Milwaukee Bucks (ugly, financially unstable, not many fans) . I think that once Melbourne moves into its home at Olympic Park, we will see a change. And it's even been said before in the media. In saying that, the environment also has a lot to do with culture, so it kind of connects in together. Personal wise, culture will never change. Appearence wise, it can change.

Our inability to score a goal in that last 4 or 5 minutes cost us the game.

Good mark by Jamar although it was out lol

Sydney are losing player after player. Take advantage Melbourne!

Rivers been awesome tonight. Goodes is back.

"Travis Johnstone in for a reletively rare possession." - Huddo So true it's scary...

Once again Bruce kicks a shocker.....and a goal.

finally we have our first injured player. i was starting to get worried!

I've said it once and I'll say it again... Bruce, Yze, Davey, Pickett, Johnstone. Where are you???????

pettard again. cleanly and calmly.

wow melbourne. you're allowing a team that has struggled to score for 4 years absolutely kick goals at will.

lucky goal....we've had a lot of lucky goals kicked against us this year.

Pettard again... Bell misses

Ok this is not good. Goodes is off, so that means Godfrey is no longer tagging. He might get the ball more..... oh no

Simon friggin Godfrey

So, what's to say for the 1st half? 1. We are getting massacred out of the centre, probably the most important place at the SCG; win it out of the centre, one kick and you're 25-30 out of goal. 2. 1st quarter was horrendous. We just couldn't adapt. It's possible, but not acceptable, that 4 straight weeks on the MCG has made it difficult to adapt to such a small ground. We just didn't play it that well and Sydney were always first to the ball. 3. Pettard has been superb. Playing like a veteran. Bar that shot at goal. Playing smart, intelligent and tough fooball. 4. Godders has held Goodes. 5. Hall is killing us. 6. Yze, Davey, Bruce and Pickett have been too quiet. Once again, out leadership seems to have gone missing when we need it. Moloney, Pettard leading the way. 7. Umpires have been average both ways. 6. We are kicking it (bombing it) into a conjested foward line. If it's so full, space it out. Use your brains. Slow it down and wait for a better lead. No, it's not the best way to play the SCG, but you just won't kick goals like that. 7. Johnstone is the most underachieving and undersving footballer to have ever played the game. 8. Nathan Brown is playing his last AFL game.

Godfrey has done very well on Goodes. Bar a few times, everytime Goodes even gets near it, Godders is right there. I love the bloke.