Lineup v Doggies this week

[Darksidepoints]

Roos will be livid. It should of been an absolute blood bath.

 

[Darksidepoints]

Kick

The

Ball

Melbourne

 

[RandB]

How Was that HTB?

 

[Topkent]

Right now I'm so happy I took melbourne at 1.45 and not at the line because they are about to ****ing blow it

 

[d33my]

Also worth remembering we were kicking with the wind in the last....

 

[youngbear]

Empty win, even for NAB challenge, considering that second half.

 

[deeman87]

promising signs, worrying signs. I do like the Lumumba and Garlett inclusions. Meh.

 

[Topkent]

I'll take my money and I'll never put it on melbourne again

Apart from the prince I can't think of anything good about that second half

 

[Darksidepoints]

Should of been a 10 goal win.

Disappointing.

 

[deeman87]

I.e. Jordie McKenzie continually bombing long

Jordie and Matt Jones need to play a really solid 22 games for Casey this year.

 

[RandB]

Once again shows the value of a fresh mid as sub rather than a forward or defender. I hope this doesn't happen throughout the season.

 

[Tempy Tiger]

Something's change- Hogan, Garlett, Frost, Salem. Some stay the same - Watts, Dawes, M. Jones, McKenzie... We still have our share of spuds. As soon as Watts came into the ground our intensity dropped by 50%. ****ing disappointing.

 

[Benwah83]

Really dunno what to make of all of that. What a pathetically flaccid second half effort...

 

[Topkent]

Atleast we played well in the first half and the dropped away rather than showing something in trash time

I'm just gonna mentally block the second half

 

[djpaulydemon]

We really need to increase our efficiency under pressure. At least the first half showed what we ideally want to be doing.

 

[Samsara]

Very typical Melbourne, even find a way to make a win disappointing.

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[CWaffles]

My tip is "if" and thats a big if we are leading at half time the $20 and put it on the opposition, that way if they come back and roll us then you can go and buy alcohol with your winnings, "if" we win then Yay!

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Toumpas today: 24 touches, 10 marks and 4 tackles. He had 12 at half time so it was a nice four-quarter effort from him. Looked very good at times, I'm sure the detractors will find something to hang on him but that was his best game for Melbourne. Bring it in Round 1 Jimmy!

 

[deeman87]

Something's change- Hogan, Garlett, Frost, Salem. Some stay the same - Watts, Dawes, M. Jones, McKenzie... We still have our share of spuds. As soon as Watts came into the ground our intensity dropped by 50%. ******* disappointing.

That being said though Watts actually looked like our most dangerous forward in the 2nd half. Missed a few he'd normally kick in that breeze which is always a momentum killer. You're right though, Still much dead weight to be cut.

 

[Biffinator]

Guys, I reckon the Toump is crap. He cannot break a tackle. For an outside player (sic) his pace is crap. What did we see in him???

 

[Topkent]

Atleast he got his hands on It today

Where the **** did his leg speed go

 

[Bluelegs]

Atleast he got his hands on It today

Where the **** did his leg speed go

Hip injury before his first season crippled him

 

[RandB]

Atleast he got his hands on It today

Where the **** did his leg speed go

He looked a bit proppy late in the game IMO. Sure he isn't express pace but even by his standards I think he dropped off, possibly a knock.

Given it was a barrage of inside 50s for the Dogs for the last 30minutes defenders will struggle in that situation and its a new role for him.

Plenty of others didn't even get near it as you said. The midfield was non-existant.

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Guys, I reckon the Toump is crap. He cannot break a tackle. For an outside player (sic) his pace is crap. What did we see in him???

I have no idea how you have reached this conclusion after today's game. He had lots of the ball, neat disposal, a couple of strong marks, some hard tackles. He was the biggest individual positive from the game today, IMO. But, as I said, the detractors will always find something.

 

[Demon 16]

I've resorted to cleaning up some left over light beers for the last 2 quarters.. I'm not missing our first dominant display in 7 years.

I should have done the beer run..