Undeeterred

2 minutes ago, BDA said:

I'm very happy

The lot of the average sports fan is disappointment. Most teams are just average, up and down, inconsistent

Other than Freo and Geelong we have been competitive every game, sit second on the ladder and are right in the mix for a back to back. We have problems and concerns but compared to others we are in a great spot

A stretch to say we weren’t competitive in those two games 

1 minute ago, layzie said:

Fair call, unfortunate if it's the case though.

Agreed. I just can’t see it still being up in there air - surely they all know by now… anyway, what would I know!!

1 hour ago, layzie said:

Make sure there is a symphony orchestra playing outside at nighttime every single gameday eve ET.

This is peak Melbourne.
 

I love that your disturbance of choice is a symphony orchestra

10 hours ago, layzie said:

You're not suggesting this is acceptable are you? 

In that case he's got a notice period of 2 months to go and the company is better off walking him out of the building.

Oh I think it’s just human nature. 

and plenty of companies do exactly that. 

11 hours ago, Boris Yeltsin said:

Playing football isn’t like a typical job. It is played out in the public arena, where a brand is built.

And if he has indeed ‘checked out’, that says a lot about him competitiveness and commitment to his teams, while playing for a team that is 2nd on the ladder and in a match against an arch rival 

Mate, football is a job like any other, public or not. We fans think it’s way more than it is. 

12 hours ago, Kent said:

if so then an aware coach wouldnt play him!

One, the coach might not be aware. I certainly haven’t telegraphed my plans to move jobs before I had to.

Two, he might not care. Even when I’ve quit jobs my bosses have all made sure as [censored] they get their pound of flesh out my notice period and why would footy clubs be any different?

10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

Wouldn’t necessarily trust a source that can’t spell ‘knew’

4 hours ago, BenF said:

I thought Jackson was crap tonight. No-where near the money they are quoting. Good luck to them.

You never checked out of a job when you’ve got a better offer somewhere else?

1 minute ago, Blue-and-red said:

Every week that goes on tells me Jackson is not worth big money

He’ll be fine once he gets on the plane and lands back in Perth 

1 minute ago, Webber said:

Contrary to many, I reckon that was our best chance for a win from here to finals, so being so comprehensively outplayed in the second half is very disappointing. They were fierce, clean, and opened us up like a tin of old sardines from the breakdown, and made us look just predictable and under-committed. Consequently, not only will top 2 be a bridge too far now, but top 4 I suspect given our run home. Haven’t seen Maxy lower his colours like that to another ruckman in 5 years - he won’t be happy - and many players were unsighted in the second half. Umpires yes, a problem again of course, but you expect that vs Dogs, and in truth they were way better. We just keep plugging from here, but a home town flag is looking very very shaky.

Contrary to who? This was the only one I’d pencilled in.

2 hours ago, 640MD said:

So just another player with a broken bone after we played Geelong 

This.

What a pack of dirty barstads

13 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

It would be embarrassing if nth beat the pies & we couldn't

Not as embarrassing as losing to North in the first place 

35 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

This is why I phone it in for every job I ever do. No fluctuations in form means everyone’s always guessing.

Touché 

On 7/7/2022 at 10:29 AM, Lucifers Hero said:

 

But we would have to trade out something/someone of equivalent first round value to get that whereas our 'natural first round pick, which we don't have is 'free'.

Yes aware of that 

20 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

Didn’t have a disposal in the second half last night. Million dollar players don't go an entire half without touching the ball when the whips are cracking.

When you last quit a job how did your last month go once you’d handed in your resignation? I bet you did the equivalent of not getting a single touch too. 

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

 

I don't think we have one at the moment.

We always seems to manage to find one

11 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Or we could just give them our 1st rounder back and they include their 2nd rounder - basically will be a downgrade of 2-5 picks

That’s an excellent solution actually 

5 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

I don’t think it matters much if commentators are connected with certain clubs. Sport is entertainment. We had Daisy Pearce commentating and no one here complains. The football world and associated media is incestuous and nepotistic and bias in some form is always there. It is what it is.

Nate Jones often gets the Dees too and I’ve no problems with his commentary 

That tackle on Coleman in the last was pretty special

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Another consequence of Steven May’s actions ~

Melksham to miss Round 13

Not sure it’s a consequence of May’s actions. Melksham has free will and can choose how to respond.

If he’d just said ‘get stuffed you k n o b’ then we’d be fine.

If anything, it could be argued May being suspended is in fact a consequence of Melksham’s actions. Not saying I agree but you can’t pin the decision to punch someone on the victim. 

2 minutes ago, Winter Dan said:

Dee supporters need to lift our game. Far too quite, far too 'polite'. Not cheering our club and players is unacceptable. 

This is so overblown and it’s all over this thread.

We had no problems belting teams in empty stadiums last year, how much noise you do or don’t make is largely irrelevant. 

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Give me a break

I think ‘livid’ in the original post I quoted was a slightly hysterical assessment of the club’s probable view of crowd numbers in the last two weeks. 

6 hours ago, bing181 said:

Hopefully May back next week. The back line needs a general to knock it into shape onfield -  or a second general, it's too much just for Lever. Also need May's lockdown so that Lever can play the third man up - Lever has never been great one-on-one, and has never been a great disposer either.

Thought Petty played a better game, or at least a second half, so hopefully if we can get the band back together with May back in, the backline will start to resemble the all-dominant machine it was last year.

We’re asking Tomlinson who hasn’t played for a year, an out of of form and probably still sore Lever and a busted up Petty to be our key defenders. It’s temporary, but it’s no wonder Logan McDonald and Sam Reid got off the chain. If the mids worked harder it wouldn’t have flown in so much or so quickly.

58 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

As supporters there’s not a lot we can do - but there is one thing we can always do, and we don’t do it. This is the best Melbourne team 90% of us have ever seen, and for 2 weeks in a row we’ve been out cheered at our home ground by interstate supporters.

Had we as supporters brought even the same intensity as North did against us at Docklands there’s no way umpires pay those contentious free kicks against us, and not pay us at least one of the 50’s in the third quarter to kick certain goals. That’s the game folks.

We are far too nice, far too quick to make an excuse not to attend a game, and clearly en masse far too complacent thinking that memberships this year are for ‘grand final guaranteed’ tickets.

Where’s the fans that brought the heat and noise in 2018? It’s really embarrassing, as it’s literally the only thing we can control. I bet the club internally is livid. 

Frankly I suspect the club knows most of the city has COVID or the flu and is extremely unlikely to venture out on a freezing cold night in June.

But go for it!

On 6/3/2022 at 4:37 PM, PaulRB said:

I inadvertently displayed a lack of humility at the Melb vs Hawks final in 2018, and ... loved it.

I usually sit behind the goals at the punt road end, and when we score, will clap and turn around to watch the crowd behind me also cheering, enjoy and savour the moment, while enjoying them doing likewise... but in that final our seats were a single row in a solid bay of Hawks fans ... so when Melksham jagged the goal that killed their run I was on my feet chapping and cheering loudly, I turned around and realised that 500 Hawks fans were looking at me as I eyeballed their misery while cheering loudly.

The first time it happened I was kinda shocked... but the second time was pure pleasure and got a few of them heckling me about the merger, years in the wilderness, etc... 

was awesome.

Reminds me of the time I went to the World Cup semi final to watch the Wallabies against Scotland in 2015, and Bernard Foley kicked a penalty to win with about 30 seconds left. As I went berserk my mate had to drag me back into my seat and remind me that 1000 angry Scots supporters were staring at me, and he would prefer we reach the exits alive.

That was awesome too 

Stuff being humble, it’s sport for God’s sake