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Well not much positive that can be taken out of tonight’s game. Here’s the way I saw it:
I was sitting with a mate behind the goals near the cheer squad, and I noticed from the start there weren’t anywhere near as many Melbourne supporters as St. Kilda ones.. From the first “play” of the day it was signs of things to come, and if it hadn’t been from wasteful St. Kilda kicking, we could have lost by much more.
The main problem seemed to be defense, we where getting out marked on almost every occasion, I feel Lamb really struggled for most of the night, Bizzel and Ellis did OK, but nothing to write home about.
The ruck was a weird one, Jeff seemed to be winning a fair share of the taps, but they would go straight to a St. Kilda player or there would be an easy Melbourne turnover. White then played as a loose player in defense, and I feel he saved Lamb a bit by chopping of some passes that would have been taken against Lamb’s opponent.
The forwards didn’t really get much of the ball, I didn’t notice Neitz much, and Robbo was quiet. Bruce did OK but hitting the post from 15 meters out while running into an open goal????
The main new players I noticed where Bizzel, Ellis and Lamb, mainly because the ball was in our back line a heck of allot.
In the positives I thought Chelli played well, and TJ got a fair bit of the ball across half back, although his disposal was a wayward at times.
What can you say about the game… We played poorly, had waste full disposals, gave it away in the middle all too often, and gave away too many free’s inside our 50 (some where questionable)
Sure it’s only pre-season; but the poor performance must be noted, maybe it will give the Dee’s the wakeup they need, or maybe it’s showing of a poor year to come...
Although there where many other things I noticed in the game, I can’t really be bothered writing anymore, so I’ll just stop now
Lets hope for a better effort next week!!
(BTW – I think this may be my first footy post... lol)
I was sitting with a mate behind the goals near the cheer squad, and I noticed from the start there weren’t anywhere near as many Melbourne supporters as St. Kilda ones.. From the first “play” of the day it was signs of things to come, and if it hadn’t been from wasteful St. Kilda kicking, we could have lost by much more.
The main problem seemed to be defense, we where getting out marked on almost every occasion, I feel Lamb really struggled for most of the night, Bizzel and Ellis did OK, but nothing to write home about.
The ruck was a weird one, Jeff seemed to be winning a fair share of the taps, but they would go straight to a St. Kilda player or there would be an easy Melbourne turnover. White then played as a loose player in defense, and I feel he saved Lamb a bit by chopping of some passes that would have been taken against Lamb’s opponent.
The forwards didn’t really get much of the ball, I didn’t notice Neitz much, and Robbo was quiet. Bruce did OK but hitting the post from 15 meters out while running into an open goal????
The main new players I noticed where Bizzel, Ellis and Lamb, mainly because the ball was in our back line a heck of allot.
In the positives I thought Chelli played well, and TJ got a fair bit of the ball across half back, although his disposal was a wayward at times.
What can you say about the game… We played poorly, had waste full disposals, gave it away in the middle all too often, and gave away too many free’s inside our 50 (some where questionable)
Sure it’s only pre-season; but the poor performance must be noted, maybe it will give the Dee’s the wakeup they need, or maybe it’s showing of a poor year to come...
Although there where many other things I noticed in the game, I can’t really be bothered writing anymore, so I’ll just stop now
Lets hope for a better effort next week!!(BTW – I think this may be my first footy post... lol)
I'll never give up on a season until it is no longer mathematically possible to make the eight, after all it's still pre season 
and to top it off it looks like Febeys torn some muscle in his arm and could miss 3-4 weeks.
