Dr. Gonzo

What's the problem?

That's not correct, the article clearly states she is talking about the noise level of the supporters as well as the number of supporters. It is a fair comment, I don't know why anyone would feel offended. Obviously it's not all Melbourne supporters, many of us are lunatics that go berserk (after having too many coffees/ red bulls 😄 ) but a large portion are very quiet and sit on their hands, the loudest they get is when they are making negative comments about the team. I've seen it week in, week out for 35 years. I remember sitting in the old red seats in the 80s/90s and one guy in particular walking up and down the aisle pleading with the supporters to get up and make noise. It definitely has an impact on the team, I've seen players (notably Petracca) gesture to the supporters to make more noise and get loud. It's not just when we kick a goal or react to another act on the field, supporters should be proactively cheering to encourage the team and lift their momentum.

It's not 2-1 when we play Freo, Sydney, Brisbane etc at the G

And helps the players ride the momentum. I reckon a big part of the 3rd quarter run in the GF (bang bang bang) was the raucous WA crowd getting behind the Demons.

But it's true 🤷

He would be a big loss and put a massive hole in our list

Marking isn't an issue, can't kick straight. Would be a good intercept defender.

Can mark, can't kick

They got the result they wanted.

The media is an absolute joke, the less attention you pay the less relevant they are.

I still find it phenomenal that we cracked 70k last year considering where we were a decade ago.

I don't think he spat the dummy, I think the club were relying on him playing more time forward as he got older to protect him and make the combo work. Unfortunately Max is a poor forward, way to innacurate from set shots and takes the shots on the run he should be handing off. Played out of his skin in the 21 Prelim which set a ridiculously high standard that it's impossible for him to reach again. We weren't gonna dump Max so when him playing forward for larger parts wasn't an option we tried to shoehorn Grundy into that role. He's not a natural forward either and when we dropped him to the VFL to improve his forward craft I think he probably saw the writing on the wall and checked out. That's why he didn't play finals, even as a sub.

If you're relying on Fullarton to be the physical presence you may be disappointed. He seems more in the tall, athletic mould than the bullocking Mumford mould.

Play the game during Dark Mofo

Straight in after a preseason injury with no match practice was dumb.

Probably typical for the first proper hitout in 6 months. What about May, they mentioned on tv he was with the physios at 3/4 time?

This 100%.

The problem is the same issues as last year were repeated. Poor ball movement/disposal No movement inside 50 Poor entries inside 50 Inaccuracy in front of goal Too many NQR passengers Failure from coaches to change things up when not working

Come off it he's played one season as a mostly lone key forward in a team with [censored] poor delivery. If you want to point the finger look at our leaders, Petracca, Oliver, Viney, Gawn, ANB, Langdon, Lever disposal not good enough. How many times did they hack it forward, kick over a teammates head, kick directly to the opposition? JVR is far from the problem and neither are Schache, Laurie or Spargo despite how poor they might have been too.

That's why the constant talk about culture is garbage

Yeah I got fooled by how good we looked against a Carlton team missing 1/3 of their best 22 in February praccy game. We're not damaging enough, same issues persist, can't adjust when things aren't going our way etc

It's boring football, just really hard to watch.

Defence held up well considering. If it wasn't for May and Lever Jesus christ

Too many players not up to AFL in the one team. Schache and Laurie chief among them, Chandler and Spargo not far behind. I'm not an ANB basher but he hardly did much tonight, Petraccas disposal was awful, as was Rivers, Clarry underdone, Salem too many dinky handballs etc Gameplan is garbage, nothing has changed. Our one wood is contest and defence? Maybe it should be kicking goals.

Spargo underdone, Laurie no good, Schache no good, gameplan no good