..I suppose I ought to have used some kind of emoticon.. ....but then again, fug 'em..

....although, trading free agents sounds like a top idea, I reckon after we do that, we get an ace kid in the draft with the compo, and don't forget to chuck cash at a free agent too.. ..cos we haven't got midfield class, so I think a seasoned mid with still plenty of years left would be great.. ..must be a good kick of the ball, and if he can play fwd and back flank as well, would be perfect..

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We missed Kouta.

We missed Judd.

We missed on the good umpires.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Nearly 24 hours. Still hurting.

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#DonTheStash

I make it around 105,000 hours.

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Winston Churchill

Massive defensive liability, has been all year!

Much more obvious being at the game than TV...

Same here


Campbell admitting Menz should've got the free isn't helping. He gets the free & the game is ours.

Pros:

Perhaps the best performance for the year.
Gibbs. Probably best game ever. Enjoyed playing against Geelong's slower midfield.
Docherty is a beauty.
Nice to see Carrazzo back near his best.
Best game we've seen from Thomas.
Best game of the year from Walker.
Further improvement from Casboult.
Menzel continues to show amazing flashes.
Jamo playing through injuries.
We're a better team when Army plays.
Kicked pretty well for goal, and got a decent score.
Hopefully the publicity about umpiring will pay off down the track.

Cons:

Another close loss. Choked again near the end. Not sure why we didn't get extra numbers down back after Gibbs' goal.
Sick of how we seem to keep finding ways to lose to Geelong, Essendon* and Hawthorn.
We're still relying on small/medium forwards to kick a score. Only really got a decent return once this year from our key position forwards.
Garlett jibbed it a few times in marking contests.

As frustrating as the umpiring blunders were, it's the team drop off that irks me most. Not long after we'd reached that 16 point lead, my mate & I could just tell we were looking shakey & nervous. Garlett dropped that mark & it just set the tone. The last 2 weeks we've been like North last year.

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Let's not get too carried away. The cats were well below their best.

But for the fantasists I note the lions won away from home.

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and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
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Robert Frost

OOOh - another VTer!

What's your username there?

I don't see anyone getting carried away TBH.

Unless you call extremely pissed off getting carried away.

No-one thinks we are better than where we currently are, but we didn't get what we deserved last night.

What absolute tripe. "Stevo" is always coming up with his statements on the game or dead ended questions. MM is giving it the time of day it & he deserves. Thought he answered well with regards to the game changing decisions not paid. A bit of theatre & I like it. Emotional game is footy, and a presser after such a game with amateur hour questioning, give him a break.

Watched the 68 GF for the first time in about 20 years. My memory wasn't as good as I thought. Blethyn didn't mark but did give away frees in the first for too early going up and not taking it.

My observations from that game as they relate to the Geelong game are these and I recommend to people that they watch it. It's on youtube.

The players these days are about a million times more skilled than in 1968.
There was only one umpire and he did a good job, albeit at one stage Mike Williamson did mention that he had put the whistle away.
Players accepted the umpire's decision without arguing apart from the odd polite query.
Carlton couldn't kick straight to save themselves.
The rules really haven't changed at all apart from the OOB on the full and the introduction of the 50 metre penalty. What has changed is the pace of the game that has turned it into an adult version of little league where everybody is i a small group around the footy.
No histrionics from umpires or goal umpires. They just did their job with no fanfare or exaggerated movements or signals. In other words they didn't think they were the reason the players were on the ground.
Ted Whitten wished umpires would have the courage to play frees in front of goal when they were there to be paid.
Robert Warnock should watch the game to see how John Nicholls varied his hitouts, several times when he had a clear advantage, actually spiked the ball to CHF and with one minute to go, tapped the ball over the line instead of stupidly trying to take it both hands and giving away the winning goal.
Ragsy Gould running with the ball in one hand like Kouta but not as good.
The drop kick in all its glory and the reasons why it was scrapped.

I could go on. It was my first live GF, thanks to a ticket I was given by Rev Bro T.G. O'Brien, who stood with the small knot of kids from boarding school who had also been given tickets. He was a mad Essendon* supporter and used to kick the footy with us every night after school. He had wonderful kicking skills and would put the drops up for us to take speccys and would stab pass on the lead to those too short to pack mark it to make sure we all got a kick.
Them were the days of the Jenkin Topliner.

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One thing I dislike about MM. His treatment of people in pressers is a disgrace. Show some respect and you will get some back. Holds a grudge too long.

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At least Mick is consistent. If he was one of those moody pricks who one day is enlightening and generous with reporters, than the next treating them like crap. That's hard to take.

But mick is consistently sour to them which I can deal with just fine.

Go youtube the best coach in pro sports, Greg Poppovich coach of the San antonio spurs. Some of the ways over the years he's dispatched the media is priceless. He's consistent, just like Mick. If mm became a little a humorous with his sourness toward the media, it'd make it compulsory viewing. lol

Mick should go.

Get a new coaching team via a real process.

I thought MM was good. Nearly extracted an admission from the reporter asking the questions..."well what do you think it is when Robbos run is impeded on by a runner?" He nearly said..."a free" or did he?

He spoke for all of us who have no say. I'm also glad they requested explanation from the umpires for last weeks dismal umpiring too, which also impacted the result.

The @#$%&! AFL hadnt responded...so what do we do? We bring it to the forfront of media spotlight. Why not?

Supporters can do nothing except cry but our off field admin and coaches can bring this trend of umpires against the Blues being highlighted, exposed and hopefully thos umpires are put on notice because the bias impacts many people's lives.

Just remember, every opposition supporter who watched the last 2 games believe we were robbed by the umpires.
I'm not going to continue to suppport AFL in this type of unfair scenarion. Its like standing there with no help whilst someone punches me in the mouth repeatedly. Now imagine this if you are 6 pr 10 yo? Think about it. Not healthy to say nothing.

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It is OK to have a personal opinion.

The issue here wasnt with the reporter it was with the umpires.
MM didnt have a go at the reporter.

Its OK. You obviously just dont like MM.

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He doesn't like MM?
Psych is one of Malthouses biggest supporters.
Yes it's OK to have an opinion but when it's not a positive comment, you're a "hater" or you hold a grudge.

Malthouse is abrupt and rude to the media. The problem is, that's the grab most people see on the news or football shows. It doesn't paint the club in a positive light.
It's just one of the little things that contribute to the current malaise the club is in. Shit membership, shit performance, shit attitude to supporters and shit relationships.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Tigers attitude

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