Jaded No More

Mine is very slow, but I am going to assume it's because Optus are crap.

Love! He is the sort of player that makes you proud to be a Melbourne supporter.

The only problem I have is the time lag and slowness of trying to post/read on my iphone, which sucks because I pretty much only have time to read on the run.

When watching us play against the better teams doesn't leave me wanting to throw up.

FMD, Melbourne supporters always find something to complain about! Collingwood missing their assistant coach heading into a GF? WHO THE HELL CARES?! Neeld was going to sign with Adelaide this weekend. What a pity we didn't play nice and let another club snare him.

Keep dreaming.

Freo are a hell of a lot more focused and professional than us it seems. They weren't even needing a coach and they got the best one around. Wonderful. Just wonderful.

I am far more furious, upset and dissolutioned about this than I was about Scully. Come on, we have had more time than anyone to get our coaching situation sorted and here we are, losing out to goddamn Freo. FFS where is the hope in supporting this club?

FML. I really want Lyon. What does Freo have to offer him that we can't?

And this is why 20 year olds shouldn't be given such ridiculous amounts of money, because they are too dumb and weak to make their own calls. If his parents pressured him to take the money then his parents clearly are more concerned about their welfare than his own. Great parents!

LOL! We've been building a list for 4 seasons now and we are still struggling because we are so physically immature. Scully will be lucky to play finals before his 6 year contract is up. Gold Coast with Gary Ablett won the spoon. Stop thinking that Scully left because he was unhappy with the club, he left because he saw the cash and had no loyalty to us to even attempt to turn it down. I got the chance to meet him a few weeks ago, and I could tell straight away that he felt nothing for this club. From talking to him and other players, even players who have had a tough year at the club, he seemed the most disconnected and least passionate. It is a goddamn privilege to pull on an MFC jumper, not a right, and if he doesn't feel that, then he certainly isn't worth the millions we were going to pay him. He'll fit right in with the rest of the no-name mercenaries at GWS.

I think we all feel rightly angry and disappointed and bitter, because at the end of the day we have to ask WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO US? We take one step forward then we get stabbed in the heart with a money hungry kid getting paid so far over the odds we can't compete. It's disheartening! We spent years in Shitsville and we seem to have arrived back there this year. It's been a terrible 2011, and to watch Tom's slimy pathetic excuses only tops that off.

From what I've heard, some players did feel like the trip was too long, some were unhappy that what was essentially a working holiday wasn't then compensated back to them with a longer break over the pre-season, and some players also felt as though they had very little physical preparation pre and post the match against Brisbane, which was concerning for them. Having said all that, Scully is a sook and a cry baby if that is why he left, because the other 45 players who went are still at the club. Oh and talk about first world problems. You get a free trip to China, oh boo hoo, what a disaster for you. FFS, these damn footballers have it far too easy in life!

Who cares about Scully. My boy Stef signed so I'm happy!

Meh. Glad it's over. Karma is a [censored] and I fully expect Scully to experience very little team success in his life, while he watches his old club play finals and possibly win a premiership in the coming years. Money does not make you happy.

Yeah I think we both agree that our team could really use this mantra of defence first. We are woeful when we don't have the ball, and this has to change. Ross Lyon acknowledging that last night was an end of an era for the Saints, means that he is now ready to take on a club that is ready to climb again. I can't see why he'd stick around to try and rebuild the Saints, knowing how many coaches got given the arse from that club during a rebuilding phase.

I've spent this entire year supporting and backing Tom Scully to death, but I'm done. Seriously, this charade is becoming a joke and I have no respect left for someone who is now treating our club with such open contempt. If you want to leave, just leave. Don't drag out your decision, make a mockery of our club, take your time pissing off to Western Sydney, I mean come on, have some common level of decency for your club! He is not Chris Judd.

I think I've mentioned this before, but Ross Lyon has some of the crappiest defenders going around on his list. The Saints' backline is extremely poor, Zac Dawson is his full back FFS! He won't know what do with himself given Frawley, Garland, Rivers plus Grimes, Blease, Tapscott, Strauss and so forth. It will absolutely allow him to change his game plan and style, especially at an open ground like the MCG. I'd be beside myself with happiness if we managed to land him.

Whatever, go chase the money and be miserable and unsuccessful for the rest of your career. This is what happens when dumb 19 year olds are given stupid amounts of money. The least he can do is grow a pair of balls and stop being such a coward and just announce it already. Turning this into a circus is completely disrespectful to our club, a club that picked him up and nurtured him for two years. Pathetic. [censored] the hell off, and let us move on with our compensation picks. We are the Melbourne Football Club. We've been around for 151 years and no snotty-nosed money hungry kid is going to undo us.

You are a massive [censored]. I was at that dinner. It happened. I'm not sending you photos to prove it. Deal with it

Wow. I'm 99% sure that I have no idea whether Scully is staying or going, but am 100% sure that Wolfmother knows a hell of a lot more about the Scully issue than you do. FFS this is the most boring topic to ever be discussed on Demonland.

It's a joyous day when you finish the season below Richmond

Ordinary player, gives us nothing we need. Is as good as gone. Not a midfielder and struggles to hold a spot up forward with the likes of Watts, Jurrah and Howe all much better.

That is what most uneducated supporters said about Frawley and Garland and Watts. For your sake I hope nobody drags this little gem out in 2 seasons.

Very very important player. Needs to work on his disposal, but just so strong and so quick. We missed him.