Jaded No More

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!

WTF is this TBC? No money to send the player to see a doctor?

Silly comment. Garland would be a walk up start at Carlton, and Hawthorn, and several other clubs crying out for a versatile defender. He is a very good footballer. Not a superstar, but a solid, dependable player with great leadership qualities. That's why he got a 3 year deal.

We always get killed on the spread. When we lost Bennell why didn't they rotate Petterd through the centre to ease the pressure on the midfield rotations? He has played there before. Why not push Rivers back in the last when it was obvious the backline was under siege? It's never ideal losing players early in the game, but it doesn't lead players to give away dumb 50meter penalties, or not manning up in the goal square. And our spread would be aided enormously by someone like Gysberts who can win the ball inside. As it is our best runners like Howe, Blease and Bail can't win their own ball so their spread doesn't help us because we struggle to win the contested ball. Besides we are currently playing lots of imperfect players in an effort to expose them to game time. Blease loses his man in just about every contest. Bennell can't get a touch. Tappy is too man conscious and not ball conscious enough. Developing Gysberts sure as hell does more for us long term than persisting with Bate for example. Why is it no ok to expect more from this team? Why do I not understand anything about the game because I am not pleased with players constantly turning it over? Running to the wrong spaces? Not manning up? FFS I get that being optimistic is all we have left, but I doubt Neeld was happy to get destroyed in the last quarter, and we shouldn't be either. P.S.- being a condescending [censored] doesn't make your point anymore valid.

Too easily pleased. Yes we ran out of legs, but we also make dumb decisions with the footy (or have a dumb coach!), we can't hit targets and we refuse to man up. Once again we got ripped apart on the run. They broke away and spread while we sat and watched. And for as long as our midfield fails to compete I will keep asking where the [censored] is Gysberts? Why are Bennell and Petterd getting a game ahead of him? And how can you justify playing Bate in the middle when we are already lacking run? We weren't unlucky to lose. We got smashed for about 30% of the game.