Jaded No More

His predecessor won more games in his first season, with arguably a worse list, than I reckon Neeld will. His predecessor also got 8 wins out of the same list last year, including over Port in Darwin. We can keep blaming Bailey, and our recruiting til the cows come home, or the people in charge now can try to show us something positive to hold onto. Because right now we have done nothing but go backwards. We are no more defensive, but we certainly seem to have lost our ability to attack. We are back to ground zero. I'd like to see what Neeld's legacy will be. I desperately hope it's a good one, but my hope is not based on anything I've seen thus far. It is just a reason to keep holding on.

No accountability on or off the ground. Mark Neeld has a hell of a lot to answer for, and our list seems to be a lot worse than anyone could foresee after years of rebuilding.

6- Grimes 5- Jetta 4- Martin The rest are dead to me this week.

We've been rebuilding for 5 years. What's another 5 hey?

Exactly. Minus Clark. Now, I'm not saying Bailey was the right coach, I'm not saying we would have won a flag under him. In fact, it wasn't feasible to keep him after 186. But FFS, what is this rubbish? Worse lists than ours have achieved more this year. We have been utterly destroyed by teams who aren't and shouldn't be ahead of us. I simply refuse to believe that we could continue to go backwards with a list that is no different to last year's. Yes we've had injuries and yes we've had off field issues, but nothing excuses the complete incompetency we've witnessed again and again this year. At what point do we question what the hell this game plan is? Why players have gone backwards? When does Neeld take some sort of accountability? I'm tired of feeling so goddamn hopeless.

Good to see how teams really struggle with losing their sub early. We've won 1 game by 1 point this year (I don't count the GWS game because it's not a contest). Under Bailey we never lost to Port outside of Adelaide. Enough said.

[censored] you Melbourne. Every goddamn week. Same [censored]. One man down in this heat, and we are hopelessly out of it.

Well I have a migraine now. This is just another frustrating game, highlighted by rubbish disposal, rubbish decision making and some equally poor opposition. Time to put your coaching hat on Neeld and pull something out of the bag. Switch Rivers and Garland? Strauss to the wing? Can Blease actually run in the middle or is the little redhead too stuffed from his 6 disposals tonight? This is so winnable, it's killing me. You are killing me Melbourne!

What the hell? Seriously. This is just some of the dumbest [censored] I have ever seen Garland do. How can one team be so bad. How? Tearing. Hair. Out.

What a difference Howe makes down there!

Mark Neeld, get a goddamn forward line in there. Argh!!!

Grimes and Martin are the only two I haven't wanted to punch in the face tonight. But there's still time...

Mark Neeld, wtf are you smoking? Get a man in the square who isn't a classified midget. And somebody for the love of God teach our players to kick. Horrible quarter. Sick to death of this team's inability to play 4 quarters. Say what you like about the quality of the list, but our coaching staff and conditioning staff have a lot to answer for. Everyone yelled at me last week that we lost because we were two men down. Port lost one already and have another throwing up on the field. And yet they destroyed us. Lets see whether their lack of run aids us, but somehow I still think we'll limply turn it over and lose.

It's [censored] inexcusable how a team just stops.

[censored], learn to kick Melbourne!

Give me Stef everyday of the week and twice on Sunday* *nothing inappropriate

Great comeback game from Jetta. And as much as Spencer is cringeworthy with ball in hand, his tackling and attack on the ball is great! Ricky Petterd is an angry man who can't kick. Next!

Stef Martin, take a bow!

So glad I pay a fortune to have Foxtel, so I can watch a broken link and pixelated photo with poor sound quality. FFS Foxtel!

It's like watching Little League

I'd keep everyone forever, and bring back Weetra. Hell, bring Bruce back from retirement!

Well, the couch, the TV and the bottle of wine are all ready for this utterly irrelevant game. This would be a great way to spend a Saturday night if I thought we'd win, or at lease thought it would matter if we didn't!

Really annoys me that we didn't let him go to the Dogs last year. It would have been a win for both clubs. I feel very sorry for Bater. He wanted to go, and we asked him to stay, and now it looks like it's all been for nothing. He is no midfielder, and would have had better success as a forward at the Bulldogs who are lacking fire power. Stupid decision by the club IMHO.

Wasn't Clark signed sealed and delivered at Freo? Judd to Melbourne? Scully is staying? Damien Barrett has about as much credibility as the folks on The Shire.

Bring back Jace Bode!