Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

[ledge]

Suns might not be an easy kill , remember how much they travelled? They look like they have discovered some love and are playing for each other , could be an interesting match.

[Mofra]

Is it true that Melbourne are 0-5 against top 8 sides?

[Grantysghost]

Is it true that Melbourne are 0-5 against top 8 sides?

Current top 8 sounds right without fact checking. They beat crows when they were in the 8 Rd 10.

Edit : Decided to check

So here are their games against current top 8 :

Rd 1 v Cats Loss 94-97 MCG
Rd 4 v Tigers Loss 56-102 MCG
Rd 12 v Magpies Loss 91-133 MCG
Rd 14 v Power Loss 65-75 Adelaide
Rd 18 v Cats Loss 98-100 GMHBA

So 0-5 For 404 Against 507 Percentage 79.68

Games to come v current top 8

Rd 19 v Crows Adelaide
Rd 21 v Swans MCG
Rd 22 v Eagles Optus
Rd 23 v GWS MCG

They'd want to win the MCG games to ensure finals.

[Happy Days]

Good to see they've honed in on the real issues coming from their performance last night:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-2...ring-free-kick

[ledge]

Good to see they've honed in on the real issues coming from their performance last night:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-2...ring-free-kick

That is very funny .. He had a helmet on and couldn't hear , so it's the AFLs fault.
To be honest It's a stupid rule nominating the ruck though.

[westdog54]

That is very funny .. He had a helmet on and couldn't hear , so it's the AFLs fault.
To be honest It's a stupid rule nominating the ruck though.

A stupid rule (the no 3rd man part), which, when shown to be stupid, led to an even stupider rule (the nominating part). The whole thing creates more trouble than it prevents.

[bornadog]

Good to see they've honed in on the real issues coming from their performance last night:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-2...ring-free-kick

That was almost cheating by Dangerfield

[Daughter of the West]

I think that was Petracca.

I watched him closely in the last quarter. Has some Stringer characteristics. If he doesn't win the first contest, he falls off and couldn't give a shit.

Show pony.

One of the commentators referred to him last night as the "Italian Stallion." Kinda close to "show pony"...

[ratsmac]

A stupid rule (the no 3rd man part), which, when shown to be stupid, led to an even stupider rule (the nominating part). The whole thing creates more trouble than it prevents.

It's embarrassing for the game if you ask me. Treating men like primary school children.
If a third player goes up in the ruck, pay a free kick, simple. No need for this nomination nonsense. So if no one nominates the ump throws the ball up and it has to hit the ground before anyone can go for the ball....that's insanity.

[ledge]

It's embarrassing for the game if you ask me. Treating men like primary school children.
If a third player goes up in the ruck, pay a free kick, simple. No need for this nomination nonsense. So if no one nominates the ump throws the ball up and it has to hit the ground before anyone can go for the ball....that's insanity.

They also wait for the person nominating to get there, apparently Gawn nominated from 50 Mtres from the contest a few weeks ago and the umpire waited for him to get there!
And then the AFL worry about too much congestion , this is the major rule that causes it !
But they won't admit it and change it , they will make more insane rules that cause more headaches.
The taking the legs out rule baffles me completely , when is it the player on the ground who's head gets hit by someone's legs ok and the player hitting him is awarded a free kick for head high hitting when they tell
Us the head is a no go area.

[jeemak]

They also wait for the person nominating to get there, apparently Gawn nominated from 50 Mtres from the contest a few weeks ago and the umpire waited for him to get there!
And then the AFL worry about too much congestion , this is the major rule that causes it !
But they won't admit it and change it , they will make more insane rules that cause more headaches.
The taking the legs out rule baffles me completely , when is it the player on the ground who's head gets hit by someone's legs ok and the player hitting him is awarded a free kick for head high hitting when they tell
Us the head is a no go area.

The contact below the legs rule has nothing to do with injuries either. It's to help decrease congestion, and funnily enough, much like when they made the head sacrosanct (when players dived head first into contests) it's causing players to lead with their legs knowing they'll get a free kick - increasing the risk of injury.

[Dry Rot]

Bump. Well done Swans against the pea hearts. Love Heeney.

[bulldogtragic]

Their piss weakness certainly has nothing to do with Roos. It's probably some ingrained culture his genius just couldn't get out of the place.

[Twodogs]

Bump. Well done Swans against the pea hearts. Love Heeney.

Wasn't Heeney massive in the last ten minutes? If I was the Melbourne captain I would have called a count to see how the swans snuck all the Isaac *!*!*!*!ing Heeney lookalikes onto the ground with nobody noticing. There were four Isaac Heeneys at one stage because Heeney marked it then kicked it to Heeney who handballed to Heeney running past who got a solid block from Heeney to keep going.

Hes my new "wish he was in red, white and blue' boy. He's taken over from Josh Kelly

[Sedat]

They haven't beaten anyone in the top 9 all season and yet have a percentage over 130. They know how to beat up on the weaklings but always fall short of the mark against the better teams.