I just find it odd that when we're lacking midfield depth Ratten talks about Davies and White. The three rucks was mentioned and whether it was working...Ratten said it gives us an advantage in the air (which game was that in???).

White and Davies in particular aren't up to it anyway...Davies lack of pace, poor agility, poor disposal and poor decision making make him a liability like Joseph/Russell/Bower. Why would you mention these two???

1 down, 11 to go.

1 down, 11 to go.

Good time to crack one open as any.

that was sickening full stop
they had a chance for a galvanising backs to the wall win to keep the season alive
only to let it slip away through awful goalkicking, no excuse for that it's piss poor concentration
the thing that hurts most is if we started with lucas and russell/bower in place of joseph and watson we win that game.

watson geez i wanna give the kid time but he makes lance whitnall look like black caviar.. only faster
and we are -2 goals per week with joseph in the side every week

soul destroying and the rest of the comp is laughing at as.... and selectors GAGF you are out of your minds

Reading this ,and hearing some callers on radio, I wonder if it looked worse on TV than live?
I'm going to watch a few quarters on the replay and find out.
I thought the boys put a lot of effort in tonite, and Watto surprised me. way better than I thought he'd
be. Only last quarter really he got tired i think.

Cats weren't that flash which makes the loss all the more disappointing given the effort shown....our fwd 50 entries continue to be terrible and certainly contribute greatly to the misses on goal....

After that little piece of analys, I think you need to sit down and have a good long think about what you have written, I hope it is just disappointment talking.

Everyone on this site has just wanted them to have a crack, and they did, all of them.

AJ battled hard and while he made mistakes I can't see how Lucas would have done any better.

Your criticisim of Watson IMO is just wrong, on current form neither Bower or Russell would have made any difference, I think Watson has played well in his last two games and maybe it is time to leave him in the side for an extended period to see how he settles in and if he can make it.

Players made mistakes last night, but had a go

A pleasing return to some form after a month-long coma - you can't expect them to get it all right straight away, but tonight was a massive step in the right direction. Cobwebs definitely blown off. Disappointed with the loss but comforted by the fact that we lost the game, Geelong didn't win it. Yeah we didn't get the 4 points but given what we're up against I think we get a tick tonight. They set out to play bold footy, they set out to win clearances and play harder footy and that's what happened. There'll be hard taskmasters and whipcrackers out in force here as per usual but sooner or later you've gotta appreciate some improvement, and let's face it - the boys played 100x better than anything in the last 5+ weeks and with more heart than pretty much any game this season.

A true night out for the whipping boys of CFC. The redemption of Bryce Gibbs was great, did an excellent shutdown role on Stevie J. Makes you wonder if the contract stuff was playing more heavily on his mind than anyone considered. Could just be coincidental. To be fair though, he was given a job tonight, he focused and he won that battle. Excellent clutch goal - the last month would have seen him miss that, easy money, Seeing him shut down Goodes every time, it baffles me why he's not given a job every game - he seems to excel when he has a focal point. Brock McLean taking his chances again and dominating, I hope more supporters start seeing what he can bring to the team rather than his deficiencies - every player has them. He's showing what he can do and I think if this form continues we have a spot for him on our list. Watson is growing leaps and bounds every game, again I hope supporters start seeing his potential - some of his one-on-one work when the ball was in dispute was excellent. Collins with another solid game - getting his first CFC goal is a monkey off his back and he will grow in confidence from here with each game. Bootsma much better than last week, a great spoiler and not afraid to crack in. A little lost at times as you'd expect a kid to be but hard at it and tougher than his build would ever suggest.

Duigan a great return, probably the best game he's played all season with the exception of his 4th quarter as sub which can hardly be included. Backline looking much more settled with him back and Hendo floating. Once Laidler returns things will be vastly tighter. Jamo sadly out of sorts, definitely a shadow of last year - hoping it's just confidence in his body and that he'll turn that corner soon. Simmo pretty dominant, kicked a goal I was sure he'd miss any other game this year. Little guy's tough as nails, really looked like he was gonna carry us home in the last quarter which should be Judd's job. Judd definitely out of sorts. He's not the only elite midfielder that gets tagged or hassled...champions find a way into the game. Desperately need a 'Captain's Game' from him real soon, not elite at this stage. Armfield great and AJ solid despite a few errors, he did some great stuff too. Hammer in a horrible, horrible form slump after a promising start to the year. Kreuzer making up numbers, Walker weird, Garlett improved around the ground but needs to find his feet soon or get given a week off to practice in front of the sticks.

Umpiring was absolutely disgusting and I'm actually surprised we got given as many as we did. Stevie J is a dog and Hunt should go for standing on Eddie's hand, but we all know the only bigger joke than the umps in the AFL is the MRP.

2.9 in the last is incredibly wasteful but look on the bright side - we never shut up shop, 11 scoring shots in the last is encouraging. If it had been 11.0, 8.3, hell even 6.5 we'd have proclaimed ourselves as fourth quarter specialists. Gotta get the shots on goal to be in with some sort of chance and we did...but blew it. As I said earlier, we can't expect them to get everything right first week out of a coma.

Geelong are shit. Premiership team and not nearly enough injuries to justify getting out of jail due to us kicking 400 behinds. At least we ARE decimated by injuries and have been in a horror slump.

A four quarter game for the most part, no real fade outs. Hard contested footy, good spread, some good 1%ers, youngsters stepping up, vast improvements to some of our whipping boys and dimmed stars...it's only up from here you'd hope. More players returning, more games into our kids to build depth - there's a lot to like tonight.

But yes, we lost. I think given the circumstances, we had a few wins tonight also.

6 day break going to the West isn't ideal, but with West Coast coming off a loss and a bye and redemption for the finals loss last year burning in the team's memory, anything is possible if they build upon that performance and bring that form next week.

We're on a knife's edge, but we're not quite licked yet. Renewed faith after tonight, hope the hunger continues, it's all we can ask for fairly as supporters - get in, have a crack for 4 quarters, stay in it. We led for large chunks tonight also. If we keep sustained efforts like that up and improve our conversion rate, the wins will come.

Blues get a pass from me tonight, I can actually sleep tonight and will wake up without being in a violent rage.

Good time to crack one open as any.

To go till what? I ask hoping for a laugh....

i think you have sit down and have a good think about supporting the melbourne football club

oh everything is great they had a crack

HAVING A CRACK EACH WEEK SHOULD BE A GIVEN

Ratten asked about depth on 3AW and mentioning names like Simon White/Davies...White in particular who according to Ratten can play anywhere.

If we end up in the bottom reaches of the eight or out all together it will hurt, but occasionally things don't go the way we expect them to, look at Geelong the year they dropped to tenth and the knives came out, they won the flag the next year with pretty much the same list.
Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forward.

Ratten asked about depth on 3AW and mentioning names like Simon White/Davies...White in particular who according to Ratten can play anywhere.

I just find it odd that when we're lacking midfield depth Ratten talks about Davies and White. The three rucks was mentioned and whether it was working...Ratten said it gives us an advantage in the air (which game was that in???).

White and Davies in particular aren't up to it anyway...Davies lack of pace, poor agility, poor disposal and poor decision making make him a liability like Joseph/Russell/Bower. Why would you mention these two???

please dont compare us to geelong, and you dont really think joseph should be getting a game ahead of lucas do you???