Melbourne v GWS, MCG

[Crawb]

On the contrary that's likely all that will keep them in existence.

Because being a founding club totally helped Fitzroy?

 

[Giant Pete]

Great win given that Cameron, Scully, Coniglio, Whitfield, Haynes, Ward, Davis, and Patton either didn't play or got injured early on.

And Hampton and mohr.. Who were starting 22

 

[The Casey Cat]

Because being a founding club totally helped Fitzroy?

No because giving the AFL 9 games a week means more $ TV rights wise. If the AFL wanted Melbourne gone to the extent they did with Fitzroy they could have been pissed off long ago.

 

[captain cotch 9]

All those outs happen on the day of or during the game, did they?

Patton, ward and Davis did

 

[Damon_3388]

Patton, ward and Davis did

The other five didn't, though.

 

[IanW]

The other five didn't, though.

A lesser team would have turned into a rabble sometime just after quarter time, as the coach froze and panicked from a lack of rotations and the player just gave up.

That remind you of any recent game ?

 

[captain cotch 9]

The other five didn't, though.

Still it's both captains and the full foward in a 3rd year team.
It's a bit different to Collingwood

 

[Damon_3388]

A lesser team would have turned into a rabble sometime just after quarter time, as the coach froze and panicked from a lack of rotations and the player just gave up.

That remind you of any recent game ?

Yes, it does.

Still it's both captains and the full foward in a 3rd year team.
It's a bit different to Collingwood

Yes, it is different.

 

[Falchoon]

Decent crowd at the game of about 85,000 I'd say.

similar to your game in the last quarter ?

 

[Tiger71]

I should've known you would somehow base your response around Essendon being drug cheats, but I really didn't think it was possible. I guess when you pay no heed to how inane your comment is there are no limits.

Heh? where in my post did I mention drug cheats?

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

In all seriousness I do feel for the Dees supporters they deserve a lot better than this rabble

How many of them were cheering when they were tanking and jizzing over the prospect of getting Watts, Scully and Trengove?

 

[LeverPuller]

How many of them were cheering when they were tanking and jizzing over the prospect of getting Watts, Scully and Trengove?

Didn't cheer in 09 for the loss. Never supported the idea of tanking.

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

How many of them were cheering when they were tanking and jizzing over the prospect of getting Watts, Scully and Trengove?

The worst part is Scully is not there, Trengove is injured and Watts is getting the Bronx cheer from the same supporters who jizzed then.

 

[DaVillaBlues]

Isn't Melbourne FC listed with The Heritage Trust being the oldest established football club in Australia, if not the world ?

There is absolutely no chance of them relocating/merging or folding, despite those bitter, nasty trolls wanting a football club to die, a club that's meant so much people, through many generations.

I was at Fitzroy's last game in Melbourne in 1996, never want to see scenes that again, absolutely heart breaking.

 

[grouse mate]

All those outs happen on the day of or during the game, did they?

Eliott was not injured on Saturday, your club tried to be smart and failed. Pendlebury was replaced in the 22 so it was Reid, Cloke and Beams as opposed to Davis, Patton and Ward. Fairly similar I would say, yet one team battled on and the other folded like a cheap suit.

 

[Righteo]

And he'll really, REALLLLLLLY MAKE IT HARD.

Worst commentary for a goal ever and I don't say that lightly with guys like Snoz Zempilas and Hamish stinking up the airwaves these days. My face is actually sore from the cringe, give it up Bruce you closeted relic.

 

[Damon_3388]

Eliott was not injured on Saturday, your club tried to be smart and failed.

No, they tried to get him up for the game, after he struggled with tightness in his hamstring during the week, and failed. There's no reason for us to pretend that he's going to play, only to have him replaced by a completely different type of player in Clinton Young.

Pendlebury was replaced in the 22

Yeah, five minutes before gametime. I think most clubs would stuggle to adapt to their captain and best player suddenly being out, particularly when the bloke replacing him (Tony Armstrong) had already played four quarters of footy in the VFL that day.

so it was Reid, Cloke and Beams as opposed to Davis, Patton and Ward. Fairly similar I would say, yet one team battled on and the other folded like a cheap suit.

So our best forward, our second best midfielder and a former All-Australian all go down, along with the other late outs, and we couldn't work through it. Not really surprising TBH. Yeah, the players that were out there could have given a better effort no doubt, but I'm not sure why we're supposed to just take those circumstances in our stride like it's nothing and still get a good result, as though it's such a common thing that every club deals with.

Good on your team for getting through it today, but to make out as though it's all so easy to do is just stupid.

 

[scarecrow2k1]

No, they tried to get him up for the game, after he struggled with tightness in his hamstring during the week, and failed. There's no reason for us to pretend that he's going to play, only to have him replaced by a completely different type of player in Clinton Young.



Yeah, five minutes before gametime. I think most clubs would stuggle to adapt to their captain and best player suddenly being out, particularly when the bloke replacing him (Tony Armstrong) had already played four quarters of footy in the VFL that day.



So our best forward, our second best midfielder and a former All-Australian all go down, along with the other late outs, and we couldn't work through it. Not really surprising TBH. Yeah, the players that were out there could have given a better effort no doubt, but I'm not sure why we're supposed to just take those circumstances in our stride like it's nothing and still get a good result, as though it's such a common thing that every club deals with.

Good on your team for getting through it today, but to make out as though it's all so easy to do is just stupid.

I agree that the loss is excusable, its just the level of capitulation that's not. Anyway, I digress, thread is about Dees v Giants