What's gone wrong with Melbourne in 2019?

[SSSSSS]

Even Krillin has his moments.

 

[PAFC_1870]

Maybe we should be asking what happened to Melbourne last year?

Soft draw.

From memory they didn't beat many quality teams last year.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Petracca not developing as expected hurts, ditto Weideman

Have to ask questions about their development program at Melbourne ? Is it the facilities at Casey/Coaching etc ?

I admit they overachieved last year, but they are still a lot better than the dross they have dished up this season.

 

[Duskfire]

Maybe last year was the abnormality, and this year is the real Melb.

 

[BigVic]

The real Melbourne showed up in the Preliminary Final

 

[Toump Ass]

From memory they didn't beat many quality teams last year.

How many other teams beat the Eagles in Perth?

 

[BF Tiger]

How many other teams beat the Eagles in Perth?

And when it counted?

 

[100action]

nothing, its a return to the norm.

The pertinent question is, what happened to Melbourne last year?

 

[Tinyparts]

nothing, its a return to the norm.

The pertinent question is, what happened to Melbourne last year?

touch of the 2016 dogs? just fell short unfortunately for them

 

[Marcel Proust]

not a grand old flag

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Maybe last year was the abnormality, and this year is the real Melb.

Probably a little from column A and a little from column B.

They can easily make the Eight again next season with some good drafting and injury. Had quite a lot of injuries this year too.

Think they need a clean out of assistant coaches and give Josh Mahoney the flick too, he had a woeful trade period last year (May deal etc)

They still have some valuable pieces to be a very good team, the depth and youth development program is a worry, but they are in much better shape than what they were in the past.

 

[Adz]

They will not make the 8 best year. Same people predicted Adelaide top 4 this year. Their list is just not that good.

 

[JackFlash]

Melbourne will need to clear out a couple of their so called "stars" and start all over again....They could not possibly go into 2020 without making some radical changes?

 

[Marcel Proust]

I thought it was pretty dumb to get rid of Hogan just quietly

 

[btdg]

Melbourne have a younger team than people think - their team is still at - median age of 23 yrs and 75 games, which is close, but not quite peak performance.

They’ve got some positional deficiencies - particularly up forward, where losing Hogan has hurt. They got a great year last year from McDonald and guys like Fritsch, Mellsham on the back of heavy ball usage but those guys have regressed a bit in impact. Also lack a bit of outside run in the midfield imo. Slow plus low quality KP forwards is a bad recipe...

Combined with that they have had a tough run with injury. Right now missing Lever, May, McDonald, Weideman - that’s their best 22 spine. Plus a few other guys like Jetta who don’t have much to replace them.

In a very even league those things are enough to bump them from just above the middle pack to below it. Imo the worst thing they could do is panic. Still a very solid young core to build around, but it takes longer than expected. They desperately need to insert a bit of pizazz into the team this offseason if they can though. They’re tough and can get the ball, just need something to actually put scores on the board.

 

[Tinyparts]

I thought it was pretty dumb to get rid of Hogan just quietly

Seems he added that "something" to their setup

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Just look like a bunch of frontrunners tbh

Reckon they might have a real deficiency in on field leadership.

Every time things start to get tough, there’s nobody who stands up.

 

[Tinyparts]

Just look like a bunch of frontrunners tbh

Reckon they might have a real deficiency in on field leadership.

Every time things start to get tough, there’s nobody who stands up.

Jones is a shadow of his best now
Both in playing and leadership

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Goodwin happened.

 

[iBeng]

Unlike lion's fans who haven't turned into arrogant fu** heads

Meow.

 

[Blackas87]

The team has not performed well

 

[thedank]

Failure is engrained too deep to ever pull themselves out of it, it's hard to fathom the last success was in 64, 10 YEARS before colour tv.

 

[nahnah]

Their midfield make up is all wrong and their forwards all have kicking yips. Both can be fixed in an offseason, especially when you have pick 2.

 

[Headless]

Petracca not developing as expected hurts, ditto Weideman

Have to ask questions about their development program at Melbourne ? Is it the facilities at Casey/Coaching etc ?

I admit they overachieved last year, but they are still a lot better than the dross they have dished up this season.

Petracca has been one of our best players this season.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

I thought it was pretty dumb to get rid of Hogan just quietly

This. Not the sole reason obviously but to lose a focal point and think nothing will change is just stupid.