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exactly. hunt was embarrassed.

May ain't the issue. The body pressure is non existent. Everywhere. We're not winning tonight.

The bye really couldn't come soon enough. So many of the teams we've played thus far have thrown absolutely everything at us. Almost every game has been a grind. We just look so tired. It's really quite concerning how we look though. Don't think we win tonight. Sydney look just as Freo did. Seriously I love how every team is suddenly made up of aerial superstars whenever they play us. Sydney hasn't looked this good all year.

Swans supporters outnumbers Melbourne supporters 2:1. Maybe Caro was right. Maybe we do have a problem.

Richmond supporters definitely take the cake. The last two years I have been flat out abused by sore losing Tigers supporters. Simply cannot handle losing. Like they just hurl insults at you. And not even prompted. I remember one bogan looking at me while they were walking out and saying, "You're not even that good." Like wtf kind of comment is that? Eagles supporters are horrid. Similar levels of just inability to accept a loss. And when they win, they jeer and ridicule. I have absolutely zero sympathy for that club atm. I hope they end up with the worst percentage ever. All that said, Melbourne's support base is pretty tame. There's definitely your loud and passionate diehards but holistically we are a tame bunch. And it stands out more now that we are winning. We sit and watch and enjoy. We don't really seem to "barrack". I think it was Gerard Wheatley who made the comment that watching Melbourne was like viewing art in a museum whereas Carlton was like a rock band. I think that pretty much sums up both how the clubs play but also how their support bases carry themselves. I know it was 22 years ago but if Safeway Niddrie back then was anything like it is now, she was doing you a favour.

Seems our entire philosophy is around "exposure" to the elite level rather than "easing" in. We haven't really been conservative with anyone over the past two years, Brown excluded at the start of last year. Still, bringing in Salem who has played 10 minutes in the past 8 months, in freezing and potentially wet conditions... I really don't get why we wouldn't have kept Bedford in, especially given he was probably our best small last week, whilst having Salem ease back in via the twos. I really can't help but think we are slowly grinding to the bye here. Internally they must surely be content with a few loses now before a huge drive at the end of the year. Just seems to be like we are "managing" things to the extreme, maximise exposure, accept a few loses, and then we're ready for a huge push. I'm really indifferent about the result for the next two weeks.

I want him to get off. We don't need the opposition to be missing players. Also Buddy at the G on a Saturday night....easily brings in an extra 5k at least. Swans fans in Melbourne haven't got to see much Buddy over the past 5-6 years. People literally go to see him. It will be electric if he's playing.

Crowd was okay. Would have been nice to tick over 30k though. Honestly though the whole Mt Buller joke is actually legit. Our crowds tend to pick up towards the end of the season. We somehow got 38k vs GWS in 2018 in August. Absolutely zero chance we get that in May or June. It's always been like this. I hope we can get 40k+ vs Sydney this Saturday which is definitely doable. No Buddy definitely hurts but should still be a bumper crowd.

I feel the same but also remember how the Bulldogs tore us open for a quarter in round 1 once Salem went down. We quickly adjusted. Today just wasn't our day. But I do sense a few weeks of pain ahead. There were some weird concerning signs this week. Lack of disconnect and awareness. We were pressured for the first time in a while and got absolutely annihilated. I hope it's a wake up call.

This fills me with overcast confidence.

Brown at least competes in the air though and gets the ball to ground level. Weed loses contests that are counteractive to his use as a forward. He only started playing better when he moved up the ground, but then he's kicking it to contests with Spargo as the tall lol

Today was as much about our holes across the ground and how poorly we played, as it was about how utterly awesome Freo were. They were scary good. Looked very Melbourne circa 2021 finals series. They're legit and are still very much a threat. People wrote them off after the last two weeks. Credit where it was due. My main concern today was just the overall disconnect in general play. Hospital handpasses casually to players directly under pressure. Poor aerial contest. Outmarked across the ground. Constant space between Melbourne and Freo players. They pulled off every trick they tried. We had nothing up our sleeve. We were a shadow of our best. But Freo were just awesome.

Adds nothing. Slow and zero pressure. Finished.

you just don't lose games playing the way they did in the third. good on them.

Actually let's add Frederick here too.

Underrating Freo here. They've had a poor 2 weeks but they're a top team. We are extremely flat and they are dominating us in the right places. There's to lose.

Walters a new recipient of the Kent Kingsley Award For Spuds That Play Well Against Us

never seen a team be so dominant in the air. absolutely everything going their way. could get ugly.

What's wrong with May

May okay or what?

Langdon the bigger loss. But TMac is just such a smarter footballer than Weid. I'd force Weid up the ground to counter Lobb, and get Brown to play deeper.

Lobb keeping them in it. They must be tagging Trac. They're taking advantage of no Langdon by zoning defensively just behind the wing, in a straight line. Chopping off everything. Weid needs to [censored] position himself better. Caught flat-footed and behind opponent too often. They're killing us in the air so far.

Yeah it did but everyone just stopped and no one clapped. Was weirdly quiet.

Jesus the indigenous version of the song sure did suck the energy out of the crowr. No one expected it.

Tassie is different to GC. Tasmania is not a growth area in anything. Most people leave in their 20s for more opportunity. The initial interest there is strong but historically teams just don't survive there because the economics can't keep up with the rest of the country. NT would be the same. GC is sustained growth corridor so there's more upside if you commit long term. But Tasmania will have a huge honeymoon period before eventual struggles.