Norm Smith's Curse

Want to hold the coach and the members to the dogs if your knickers get in a knot? Do so elsewhere.

From the outside it looks like the older players thought they could just ride on respect whether it was earned or otherwise.

Go the youngsters. Want to change the culture, start by getting rid of everyone who contributes to the old ways. Give youngsters like Blease and Gysberts (when not injured), Fitzpatrick, McDonald etc game time. The season is a right off - may as well use it to try and blood some youngsters.

I used to defend our players like you but I can tell you from today's game that Watts was terrible. he panics too often and causes more turnovers than just about anyone else. Bartram tries but he has never been AFL standard, Bennell has had too many chances, Morton is a Tambling and its too soon to say on the other youngsters. We endless give these guys patience and year after year to come on. I can tell you that all of these guys would last five minutes in elite sides. I think a midfield of Blease, Gysberts, Viney and McKenzie with Jones and Trengove might offer something in the future but the biggest stand out stat of the game was the lack of possession of our older players. they are clearly not interested and they cant all be out of form. Now its up to Neeld to finally make a stand and show them the door.

This is the worst melbourne side I have ever seen. Because they just dont care. they just cant be bothered.

Yeah he was very good at turnovers. He's a dud. Im never defending him again. And despite how this post reads Im usually not a supporter that turns on the players - ive defended this team for YEARS but ive had a gutfull.

Look at our list and how we played - we played like Fuschias not Demons. the only people who care about this club and truly hurt in response to our plight is us - the endlessly paying supporters who keep turning up and paying... No players on our list can dare to say they bleed red and blue.

Sylvia has had too many chances. he's part of the problem. I agree with all the above culls but you can add Sylvia and Moloney to that list. If you really 'bleed red and blue' you'd hurt yourself trying to wint he ball not just sit back dumb founded. Jurrah will be in jail soon.

Firm leadership is required. the dead wood must be culled immediately. Ive heard that Liam Jurrah is pretty handy with an axe.

Very true - all our highest ball winners were the kids. Bailey wanted to sack the dead wood and get games into the young players. Neeld needs to continue this - p!ss all the old players off and play ONLY the kids.

We actually won the clearances some how! All our highest possession winners were the young players. Its time for generation D - D for dead...

We won the clearances some how. All our biggest ball winners were our young players. The old players have to go. This is crisis time.

The siren was like a bullet for a dog that needed to be shot months earlier.

haha - you cheered me up when i thought that was impossible. the siren was like a bullet to a dying dog.

Everytime peoplek said Melbourne were soft I defended us. Everytime someone criticised the team Ive defended us. Ive alwasy believed that this team would eventually prove Scully wrong. But not ive finally realised everyone else is right and Im the one that is wrong. Ive gone for this team for so long purely out of blind stupidity or perhaps self delusion Honestly, its as if Bailey got rid of everyone with even a molecule or heart and pride (Junior in particular) and replaced them with 'weak reeds'

Bring back Yze!

Sam Blease looks alright. I bet he wishes he could have gone up to GWS with Scully. We all criticised Scully for saying we didnt have the right culture, but the proof is in the pudding.

Exactly and then someone here was defending out defenders. Its obvious our opponents know to just smash our appalling midfield, press it into the forward 50 and wait for the defenders to cough it up.

Some people here might want to waste a few more seasons on duds like Morton and Watts but its pretty clear both are tambling material for mine.

You must be watching a different game. Im watching the one were the defenders have spent the last 10 minutes passing between each other in a panic until the turnover inevitably happens... We cant even get it out of the back 50 - the saints kept it in there for the last quarter, similarly last week - just press it in and wait for the dees to turn it over or panic.

No matter what you might think - Watts is the modern day Tambling - and he panics and constantly causes turnovers.

This is really flying in the face of the full paying members! Id be better spending the money on {insert anything}

We are finished. No one will want to play for us. There are no stars in our team, most of the players are substandard.

Well done Jonesy. Jamar is great at tapping to the opposition... 'jamar wins the tap, posession goes to [insert Sydney player]' 'Watts takes the ball, kicks to an opponent' 'back to Sylvia who is caught'

That's not fair on Ben - he could kick points.