Jaded No More

That’s it. You can see already we are falling apart. What in God’s name is wrong with this [censored] club????

We look asleep. Petracca needs to stop bombing it away. A massive letdown as a player.

Rubbish goal kicking. Again. Soul destroying.

They’ve settled now. It’s game on. I expect them to draw level very soon.

TMac set shot still ?

Turnovers. Will. Kill. Us.

Come on Dees!!! Keep this up. You want this and you can do this!

[censored] off with the kicking inside 50. Seriously.

If our players spend all [censored] day passing the ball inside 50 instead of going for set shots I will kill someone.

He’s already payed a free against us. Couldn’t wait.

When I see Mr Piggy umpiring I’m immensely confident we will lose.

You’d have to be seriously desperate for cash to go to North over Melbourne or even Essendon. If Gaff picks North good luck to him. I don’t want anyone at our club who cares only about money. Winning and success has to be the main motivation if you come to Melbourne, as we have lots of great players we need to fit into the cap going forward.

What does it say about us that we can’t even beat these rubbish teams or that we might miss out on finals altogether when so many teams in the top 8 are rubbish? We can’t be excluded from this list of “rubbish” teams presently.

I just can’t see us winning this. I hope I’m wrong but I’m going in with minimal expectations to avoid disappointment.

I'm not sure how or why, but I have lost a lot of interest in this season following last week's loss. Maybe it's because I know for sure that no matter what happens in the last two matches, we are no real threat of winning anything of importance this year. My interest will probably be restored if we win this week, but I still went and booked a work trip for the day after the GF because I know the only hangover I'll be suffering will be from watching yet another grand final without Melbourne in it.

Dude, check out the date of when those posts were made

The only player currently in our team who has proven to be a match winner in the past, is Tom McDonald. Nobody in our team fills me with any confidence that they can stand up and pull us over the line in big games, least of all our older leaders. However I see Oliver as a potential match winner going forward, especially with his ability to play out of the goal square and kick goals, Dusty style. I also think that Lever will be one who will change matches as he matures and stays (hopefully!) injury free.

Completely agree. The jury is very much still out, and IMHO Goodwin has until the middle of next season to prove that he can coach and improve on the issues we have seen repeatedly for two years now. Not to mention make finals. If he doesn't, I can't see how they can extend his contract. He has all the talent and support at his disposal, and unlike years ago, there would be coaches falling over themselves to coach us and take our list to a premiership, which is very very possible in the current AFL environment.

Nothing would be more Melbourne than, after missing finals last year by the narrowest margin in the history of the competition, missing finals this year with the biggest margin in the history of the competition. I mean you just can't write this [censored]. How have they not made a TV movie special on us yet, I will never know.

Balls will still be flying over every forwards head on a repeat basis. Worry not.

Bit rich considering he has also spent a bit of time on the injury list, and was about 12kgs wet when he got to Melbourne. Having said that, it is his time now to show us that he is worth the early pick we invested in him. Needs to stand up and deliver, and they should play him from now until the season ends, whenever that may be. Regardless of how he performs. Nothing to lose, as literally we are cooked.

Agreed. It was a ridiculous match up, literally the last person you should put on Aliir is a bulky mid sized dude with no athleticism. I would bring in Weids and tell him his sole job this weekend is to make McGovern accountable, and nullify aerial contests to bring the ball to ground. Great learning experience, and at least Weids has the height and athleticism to compete with McGovern in the air.

For 2 years now I've forked over $700 for a membership that comes with guaranteed finals tickets access. Smart move that was.

With Vince seemingly gone and Lewis and Jones on their last legs (I hope Lewis gets very little game time next year), I think we need to import some 'wise heads' and leadership. We desperately lack maturity in our side, and unfortunately our mature players are not very good. This is why the OP makes a lot of sense. We know he's a fantastic leader, and we could use more of those.

Can we agree now that we are cursed tho?