Today was an absolute and utter disgrace. The sort of day that makes me wonder why I continually roll up to be dissapointed week in week out - at the moment I feel ashamed to call myself a Doggies supporter.
Where was the aggression at the ball?
Where was the accountability?
Why couldn't we be competivie in the middle?
How come we couldn't hit targets?
Where was the leadership?
It is so frustrating to see us play like that. Its ok to lose but not like that. There are no excuses for not going in hard, not showing any spirit and failing to help your mates out. What I saw today was a bunch of marshmallows pussy footing around, none willing to stand up and do the hard things when they counted. (Apologies to Robbo / Murphy) We never even looked like getting a sniff and to be honest I would question whether some of the blokes out there actualy wanted to be out there!
Johnno, Bandy and Darcy all had shockers and no one else stepped up or even had a red hot go - we were a team of passengers today and that is very, very dissapointing. Thats two bad performances in a row from the team and the leadership group in particular; we simply can't afford for that to happen. Melbourne were a better team on the day for sure but we did them a favour by just laying down and letting them walk all over us. The midfield pressure was just non existant and the Dees won the contested ball with ease, they really highlighted how soft we are (or were today at least). The general skills were very poor and not acceptable by anyones standards, lets hope they can fix things up a bit this week. Sheedy must be rubbing his hands together.
Performances like that just aren't on and should not be accepted by the players, the coach and the fans. Very poor effort indeed, one which will want to be reversed if the Club is serious about making the finals this year.