Demon Dynasty

So basically Red... nothing's changed from last year on or off the field in a performance/output sense. I watched a loose McVeigh and to a lessor extent Shaw, run rings around us, setting up goals, making their fellow players look good (bringing them into the play) and us look silly last year and we refused to man them up (or couldn't). Wind the clock one season on and....groundhog day. With the exception of a few individuals and changes to the deck chairs with a few new players, i can only assess from this performance (ie., worse than last year's) that as a "team", we haven't progressed at all.

The ruck role is an issue but it's not THE issue. It's the mid field's inability to win enough ball and get that first possession or 2 out quickly on the spread then deliver decent ball inside 50. It's the lack of speed, run & carry/overlap play off half back and through the middle. Our inability to hit lead up targets (or offer them over and over) as we work our way up the field. Our poor short passing skills. You can teach any footballer with half a brain how to tackle, corral, defend a zone, leave your opponent and spoil in general play. It's the class inside, the outside run/overlap, footskills and finish coming i50 that needs fixing. I think we are well on the way to a solid D in terms of defending balls coming in. On the rebound is a different matter. I think we are in the early stages of setting up a reasonable forward line that will start finishing off the good work. But there is a stack of work to do through the mid field and rebounding off half back, delivery coming i50. You won't fix so many significant aspects of our game with many on the current list as they just seem inept in many of these crucial aspects of our game when up against the top 6 to 8. It will take at least 2 more drafts and drilling of skills/game style to get ourselves competitive with teams around the middle of the ladder (8 to 12) and start winning more than the odd game here and there against the bottom 4 to 6 clubs who are in a similar position to us. The AFL's dogmatic expansion of the competition with the draft moratorium and free agency (allowing players to move to top 4 to 6 clubs instead of those outside only) hasn't helped our cause or others trying to bounce off the bottom.

6. T Mac 5. Salem 5. Jones 3. Vince 2. Cross 1. Tyson

Thats a fricken Storm Trooper hat on his head hahahaha! LMFAO

Green means Go Red ....ummm Nope

Spencer's about as athletic as Andre. And i wouldn't call him athletic.....

Very much so hood but it's also our woeful kicking skills and we don't spread/lead up over and over or barely enough to offer targets up the field. Not that we would be capable of hitting loose targets if we did. Our kicking disposal is easily the worst in the competition

The Hawks will need to watch out as we'll be on a double rebound and Dawes/Spence will be better for the run!

Give t-Mac a medal. Given the heat and who he was playing on that was one amazing game

Dawes marks turns outside instead of inside then proceeds to hack the ball forward to the advantage of them.... Fm he has no idea

our boys just don't play instinctive attacking footy....they don't back themselves from the get go and only start taking their opponents on and taking risks when the game is well and truly lost

Salem Cross Vince (2nd quarter) not bad tonight

dawes shldve gone back and flattened shaw after that goal!

Dunn shepherd wtf!!

Dawes has given us nothing. Pedo nothing. jake so slow he can barely get to a short throw in. at least the Russian makes it a contest. Our big men apart from hulk are shyte!

that goal was all from Cross's clearance and lightning handball.... Pro Dee where are u!???

Some disgraceful impiring amongst our disgraceful performance isn't helping

only a demon player can kick a short pass on top of a small forwards head... Sheez

Roos man up Mcveigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fark!!!

Pedo Off... Watts on! Couldn't be worse could he?

Roos needs to move the forward line into the back line. I want to break another "lowest score since" record and get something out of tonight!

Hey he looks pretty though! ;-)

Simply embarrasing. Only 1 goal from a first gamer in 60 minutes of farkball

where's the rain!!!??

Melbourne don't play FOOTball. They destroy it. Can't win if u can't hit targets (and find the opposition instead) under no pressure...Dawes/Salem