Dr. Gonzo

I couldn't disagree more. It's not a lack of quality that lost it against the Swans. It's a lack of onfield leadership, workrate and pride in their performance.

What is the point in a Wednesday night final? So they can avoid Sunday games? Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat?

It was just as bad under Northey too. Check the results from 88-91 strings of losses (many against non-finalists) coating us double chances every year.

Exactly look at the pressure they put on our ball users from the 1st bounce. Even the goal Brayshaw kicked he had about 3 or 4 Swans ready to tackle him. Meanwhile we just let the Swans waltz through middle of our zone with handballs with no pressure just "corralling" them through. Pathetic

Just sit him on the bench and play a man down. Would have been better. Smith could go sit next to him.

May should be captain next year

We have to get ridiculed about 3 or 4 times a year. The message doesn't sink in only lasts a handful of weeks.

I doubt they have direct flights to Cairns from Alice. Plus the saints had to fly out too so that's an extra flight anyway. Plus the extra accommodation in Cairns while they are already paying for accommodation at Maroochydore.

Apparently we had a 2hr bus ride at 7am to get to the airport for the plane trip and landed in Cairns a few hours before the bounce? I don't want to give them any excuses as it was still [censored] poor but that is absolutely unacceptable if true. Someone in the other thread said we went today so we could wait for Freo to fly up on the same plane after their game last night. WTF??? Cost saving measure by the AFL at our expense? And they don't give a stuff because they know that we will never push back or kick up a stink over it. Wouldn't it have been smarter to make the Swans wait an extra day for US to return from Alice before heading over with them on Monday?

Out: Smith OMac Jones Fritsch Wagner In: Lockhart Hibberd Pickett Bennell VDB

Yep, you can forgive skill errors or execution but you cannot forgive effort. It was obvious within minutes we were not on. Players getting run down with no awareness of their opposition. Dinky little kicks going 15m up and 15m across. Handballs over the head to no-one. Targeting Aliir as if he were our key forward. Same old [censored] and all comes down to preparation, mindset and effort.

What makes me most angry is even though I backed the Swans at $3.25 it was only a token $20 bet. I should've loaded up on them, this was so predictable every Melbourne supporter knew deep down it's exactly what would happen. Oh well, I can make up for it backing us against Freo and GWS and then loading up on the Bombers as we all know the season will come down to that game just like the Pies in 2017 and we will completely [censored] the bed again.

3 weeks? He's done [censored] all all season

He outcoached Ratten last week. He got outcoached by Longmire this week. Those things are not mutually exclusive.

I don't think you can blame this one on Weideman. Short of just running through someone Plugger on Caven style I don't how much he could impact the game considering the game plan and forward structure we had. Not to mention the Swans 3rd man up, flooding our forward line and Fritsch blocking him out of marking contests. Plenty of others to blame before having a crack at Weid who has done everything asked of him since returning this year.

Lever had a great interview on the Dees Podcast this week. I'll have to go back and relisten but I'm certain he said he plays better without Omac in the team. His rationale was because it makes him (Lever) more accountable and he gets led to the ball more playing on a key forward who is targeted more often by the opposition mids but I thought it was an interesting comment nevertheless.

Because Sydney just sat back in our forward 50, turned the game into a scrap and won it off a 4 or 5 goal burst. Same thing happens every time we play them, it's the easiest game in the fixture for Longmire.

Hannan last week and Fritsch this week going up for marks and getting the way of Weideman and Gawn is another example of this. No strategic thinkers just too dumb to play team footy or just playing for themselves.

He wasn't the problem but he is a problem. He wasn't the reason we lost, we can thank all our self-annointed superstars for that. May and maybe Langdon the only two who had a crack. The rest of them can get stuffed.

And we just said "yeah no worries boss"

Completely outcoached. Players with no hunger at all. Club can get stuffed. Pert and Bartlett will and should be ropeable, those kinds of performances cost the club big $$$

At the moment I don't feel like I'll do that at all. Why bother? Let down after let down after let down.

[censored] peahearts. They make me sick

Our top 10 have been pathetic

[censored] them all