Jaded No More

Jesus, most people wouldn't go to their desk job after that, let alone play AFL in 32 degree heat while getting constantly smashed behind play. No wonder he could barely move. And no wonder we lost. His lack of influence in the ruck and around the ground had a massive impact on our midfield's ability to win clean ball. No Gawn no Melbourne. The fact that we chose to play him, and play him solo, says a lot more about Pruess than it does Gawn.

If you are in hospital, your condition isn’t “mild”. If you are in hospital then play footy a few days, you are not 100% at your best.

Agreed. We parked 20 mins away and walked. Melbourne’s public transport is borderline third world.

The one positive from yesterday is that Salem finally looks ready to take the next step after many injury interrupted seasons. I would love him and KK on the wings. He is just such a good user of the footy and his attack on the ball has improved out of sight.

Devastating if true. Poor guy can’t catch a break. Is it a return of the same injury or something new?

Let’s hope KK can add some much needed speed and class.

Pick 1? *ducks*

Well at least we aren’t the only disappointment of round 1. Brisbane will make the 8.

I always feel so bad for young defenders. What a baptism of fire. He looked so overawed. And I mean why wouldn’t you be standing next to the defensive giants that are Frost and Omac. I think Oscar McDonald will be a good defender but he is also inexperienced and needs help. This is where Lewis is so valuable at half back. He ushers the troops. Our backline without Lever and May is horrible. Very few winners except Jetta. Hibbo looks to be on his last legs.

Petracca- poor man’s Sylvia (RIP)

Oliver and Brayshaw were very bad by their own standards. I can forgive the prelim game. We lost to the eventual premiers on their own turf. Today was just a disappointing day and lots of players barely went. Viney really didn’t deserve a game based on his fitness levels.

In: May, Lewis (if fit) Out: Frost, Hore Dear god I cannot with Frost. He is legit the dumbest footballer I have ever seen. Must go. Did I hear correctly that KK is playing VFL this weekend? If so, I’d love to see him in the side.

I didn’t think Goodwin’s post match was arrogant at all. He said all credit to Port but let’s not panic. What do you want him to say? The sky is falling, book your September holidays now?! We we’re arrogant either out there. We were slow. We spread like cold butter on frozen pizza. We lack pace, but when you lack pace and you’re also not winning enough of the loose ball and enough clean clearances, you look even slower. Lots of guys looked severely underdone. The heat didn’t help either. I can’t remember a game when Gawn, Oliver, Viney, Brayshaw, TMac, Hibbo and Jetta all had absolute stinkers together. It was just a really bad day. I hope they are all better for the run and we get May next week, which means no Frost and suddenly our overall team’s IQ quatriples.

The bitter disappointment that is the MFC

Hot garbage. Literally. It’s hot and this game is garbage. Embarrasing.

Been good so far. Done his bit. Good attack on the ball.

Well he had zero pre season. So....

Nice to see Watts trying to be a hard man and giving away frees. Loser.

We look spent. Too many underdone players and our midfield is struggling. Gawn having a shocker, Oliver, Viney and Gus extremely quiet. Trac done nothing. May and Lever in, Hore and Frost out ASAP.

Nervous. Very. Very. Nervous. I don’t have a good feeling about today and the miserable Melbourne weather isn’t helping. Go Dees!

Stretch must be hanging on by a thread.

As the game gets closer, I get less and less confident. We have a few underdone players and I worry about their forwardline. The mids will win it as always. On paper our midfield looks a class above theirs, but this is Melbourne. We could equally win or lose by 100 points. Feels like this new season has crept up on us very quickly. Must be because we actually played past August last year.

The worst thing someone struggling with mental health issues can do, is mix up with the wrong crowd. It sounds like his “mates” that he so desperately wanted to get back to, are the wrong crowd. Mix that with a footy club that has a poor culture and a failed history of handling troubled players badly, and you have a recipe for disaster.

Our backline is not filling me with confidence. I suppose we won 2 finals with a similar lineup. But May getting himself suspended is really going to hurt on Saturday. A few underdone players too Not confident as I was hoping to be, but maybe just MFCSS kicking in on the eve of a new season

F right off! Poor Vanders he really can’t take a trick. I love what he brings to the side so not a good start to our season really. Not to mention our stupid stupid stupid call to let Joel Smith to play out an irrelevant practice game and injure himself. Seriously dumb!