Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

[azabob]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

I was happy with Fletchers effort again today. He is slowy building into a reliable defender.

[Greystache]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

I was happy with Fletchers effort again today. He is slowy building into a reliable defender.

He took a couple of really nice grabs.

[Twodogs]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

I was happy with Fletchers effort again today. He is slowy building into a reliable defender.

Very happy with his game.

[Twodogs]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

I can't believe we subbed Boyd off and left Cordy on.

Let's never do it again.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Let's never do it again.

Sub Boyd or play Cordy?

[Twodogs]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Sub Boyd or play Cordy?

Not sub Boyd. We needed Ted Parker to go and tell Laurie.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Let's never do it again.

I like you doing a rainman convo with yourself. Could you give me a bit of 'Cordy doesn't crash (contests)'?

[The Pie Man]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Not sub Boyd. We needed Ted Parker to go and tell Laurie.

He was awful, deserved to be subbed.

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Disappointing day at the office for us. Need to be better than that. Our use of the ball was shocking - far too many turnovers which cost us. Need to make some changes for next weeks match against GWS. Dahlhaus, Boyd, Wood were good. Stringer, Boyd, Bonts, Goodes, Cordy disappointing today. Roughy and Talia did some good things at times but overall have a lot of work to do.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

I have Hunter in my sights to be dropped. Goodes will most likely be out with an injury.
Redpath maybe considered to help Boyd.

[F'scary]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Disappointing day at the office for us. Need to be better than that. Our use of the ball was shocking - far too many turnovers which cost us. Need to make some changes for next weeks match against GWS. Dahlhaus, Boyd, Wood were good. Stringer, Boyd, Bonts, Goodes, Cordy disappointing today. Roughy and Talia did some good things at times but overall have a lot of work to do.

Easty, you are the sanest person in the world. I am so angry I have been stopping myself from writing anything much.

[Webby]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

We were sucker punched today by fixture management.

Option 1: "we're playing Hawthorn/Freo today. Can't beat em. So let's rest up 7-8 key players, get smacked and set ourselves for the far more vulnerable Dogs/Dees.

Option 2: "option 1 is a cheap option in the grand scheme of things. Let's give Freo/Hawthorn our best shot. Test ourselves/learn against the best. Sure it may leave us sore/vulnerable against a lesser team who've set themselves, but in the long game, this is the way to go.

For the record, I prefer option 2. Clubs just can't get filled in by 100+ points just to set themselves up for weaker opponents. Clubs can't dodge real tests against genuine premiership quality sides. Even if it means shitty days like today. In the long game, Melbourne are going nowhere. Mid table mediocrity. We've got our eyes on a flag. Short term pain for long term gain.

We've got a lot of young bodies which are due a rest. Unfortunately we've got a game we simply can't let blow out on us next week.

My mate and I were discussing his thoughts that "Beveridge needs to play smarter to the fixture." For me, that was a blinkered view. Sure, if you're looking to try to sneak a couple of spots, that has merit. However, surely we're trying to build a group who play robust footy and win finals.

We're not ready at this point, but I'm pleased that we're going hard at the big dogs. We're sticking fat with the youngest list in Victoria and we're not bottling it by signing 28+ year olds from other clubs just so that we can kid ourselves that we're on our way.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

I am so angry I have been stopping myself from writing anything much.

Me too.

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Easty, you are the sanest person in the world. I am so angry I have been stopping myself from writing anything much.

Yeah I still try and find some of the positives but overall I'm very disappointed.

[SonofScray]

Re: Game Day Round 8 2015 - Melbourne V Western Bulldogs

Bitterly disappointing result. We have too many players not hitting the level they've shown in previous weeks, so many guys labouring. Bonti, Jong, Stringer, Boyd, Stevens all look lke they can hardly get out of first gear, despite a genuine effort to get involved. very difficult to get a result with that level of quality diminished.

The ruck situation is frustrating. I feel like Will should be playing, without Libba, without Smith and with an undercooked Wallis carrying the clearance workload his skill set would be very valuable. Not sure where we can go with it.