Buzzy

i think he means the long centering kick that he coughed up, which the Swans goaled from.

Not without a big payout! Brainstrust at the club gave him a 5 year x $500K a year contract and this is the third year by my count. Ridiculous decision to lock him in for that long - and $150K a year too much. He wasn't even a regular for GWS in 2019. .

It's pretty unlucky to not really have any frontline midfielders who are great kicks.. Brayshaw hasn't exactly raised the standard there, efficiency is probably his biggest weakness. If our kicking skills in the middle were just a little better we would absolutely dominate teams. Jealous of the Hawthorn and Brisbane midfields in their special eras, they were hard as nails but nearly all fantastic kicks too.

Hunt was brilliant. Feels like we stole that. Weird game, I didn't feel like we were awful, Blues were fired up, kicked decently to their forwards and they got a few ricochets their way too. Our forward line looked a bit more sticky, the tackling was better. Ben Brown though... looks like his only option now is repeatedly run vaguely to the drop of the ball with one arm and pimp slap it? What is he doing?

Wow this has been a horrible 5 minutes for us. fumble / fumble / fall over / fumble Worrying signs

to be fair he looks slow every week

Unfortunately the same issues come up week after week - that have been around for well over a decade. - No power forwards. - Horrible inside 50's (Spargo is excused) - Woeful kicking skills/turnovers. On top of that, we also look slow as hell at the moment. Tomlinson, JJ, Brayshaw, we're carrying a few too many plodders at once. We can't win a final with Tomlinson and JJ in our team, they are just so far off AFL pace and intensity. And Brayshaw getting it more these days just highlights his poor disposal efficiency. He's 50/50 at best, always been a bit NQR at the worst times. Embarrasingly outcoached tonight. The Bulldogs just chipped sideways until we all sagged deep up the ground.. so even if we intercepted we would never have anything to kick to except a wall of Bulldogs. Instead of trying to run it, we just politely kicked it long straight back to them. Can't think of one player that has improved this year. Not enjoyable to watch.

Brayshaw has always been a turnover merchant by hand or foot, particularly when there's pressure but often without. And yes Weid was non-competitive in so many contests. We're all used to that now aren't we?

Finally we have the forward target of our dreams : P. McCartin

I am loving Viney tonight.

We're being bullied by Sydney 😂

Why does everything we try to do look so goddamn awful at the moment. It's just a panicky mess. We are so inefficient going foward, it's always the same story.

wow, everything Thommo touches turns to gold tonight

Not exactly the dynamic powerforward partnership you'd expect to see in what is considered to be the best team in the competition.

Already looks 100% more confident and assured than Weid too

Jeez I'd really love it if we didn't keep burning easy goal opportunities. One day it's going to come back to bite us. Ben Brown hasn't had more than 5cm separation from his opponent in the last 4 games. Absolute treacle.

I am so happy. This team has really helped me get through this godawful year. Imagine that. A consistent and dependable Melbourne team, in my lifetime. ❤️💙

2 major issues in this disastrous quarter. Our defence look panicky and slow. They are scoring every time they go in. May, Lever, Petty can't handle the chaos down there after the spoil. Nobody at ground level for us up forward, it's rebounding out way too easily. Danger signs everywhere.

Rivers was fantastic tonight, desperate when it mattered, made great decisions, held his marks, hit his targets. SOLID.

Please, anyone can 'take a defender' and allow others space. He's not a decoy, he's there to kick goals. He was well below his best and barely got near it. 4 possessions from a roaming forward with his tank is not good.

What's going on with Tmac? Almost replace him with Melksham at this point..

BRAYSHAW stop disappointing me

the only thing worse is his looping handballs over his head straight to them

FRITATA

Ben Brown is really annoying me tonight.