As a Melbourne member for many years, I have finally found a voice in response to the game yesterday.
That was undeniably the most shattering football experience that I have encountered over the many years that I have been to the footy and followed this once great club.
It seems by the response of both the head coach and his players, that no one knows the reason nor the answer to our pathetic performance.
The rot has been forming for a while now. It is my opinion that the treatment of a great leader in junior McDonald was the real beginning of the end. The man was a true leader who led by example each and every time he represented this club. His treatment, at the end of his career was unacceptable. It left a gaping hole that has not been filled.
The club has no real leadership, no one of the ilk of Nietz or junior. It's only round one but if the performances of Byrnes And Rodan are anything to go by the team is in real trouble.they both appeared to be happy with just going through the motions. Not good enough! The glimpse of Ny real leadership came in the guise of Mitch Clarke and already, J. Viney. He will be great, but he is still a Kid.
Where to from now. Will a better performance next week really achieve anything?! The answer is of course, no.
This club is in dire straights. We all want to watch a contest week in week out. It appears that, yet again, this will be a hit and miss affair.
Any way you look at it, this is unnacceptable. I really thought that I would never ever say this, but I am afraid that I will not renew my membership for the first time in many years as a consequence of the players total lack of commitment to its club and its members, the lack of any real integrity and leadership by its coaches and the CEO.
At some point in time you have take some sort of stand. It seems my time is now.
