Straight Sets Simon

Genuinely laughed out loud.

And as the lowest scoring team in the AFL that’s working very well.

Good thing we re-signed him last year. Definitely shouldn’t have traded him last year when his value was still relatively high like I suggested.

What a relief Spargo has been included. His speed, height, skills and long kicking are exactly what we have been missing.

Can't wait for us to give North Melbourne the number one draft pick.

Good to see the masses finally wake up to how bad Melksham has been, he should never have played after his efforts in the Carlton game. Completely inexcusable selection which cost us dearly on the weekend. Why does our football department keep making these basic errors?

Do you have the details of that trade? I can’t find it.

Great game, very few negatives. No one could have predicted the result based on previous form and team selections, just bad luck in the end.

Laughable goal line defending.

Should have been the first dropped after the Carlton game as was stated many times here, sadly our coaching geniuses thought otherwise.

I wish I could say I was shocked.

Put Fritsch in the backline.

Clangdon.

Oliver should be banned from taking advantage. Always stuffs it up.

Contrast this to Geelong’s first goal.

Goodwin is a genius.

Two kicks to the hot spot (both correct kicks to make) but no tall forwards to contest. Nice.

I’m judging already.

Hopefully we can kick a winning score with this forward line.

Rubbish forward line.

Yes, as a first year player he did some really good things, even in big games which is a credit to him. However, as others mentioned he just doesn’t seem to have the weapons to go to another level let alone reproduce the performances of his first season.

Carlton's three tall forwards set up their win against Geelong and yet we persist with Smith in the backline (he's clearly a better forward) and just one genuine tall up forward in McDonald who can't buy a kick or a mark at this stage.

I'd prefer the post-draft experience where I get to berate them for their decisions with the benefit of hindsight.

Bloody hell.

Not just saying this because I’m a Melbourne supporter but Essendon should forfeit and we should just get the four points. The reason is the rest of the season will be disrupted trying to squeeze games in to make up for it. I would also suggest this if a Melbourne player tested positive.