Another Thursday night game I can't get to. It really devalues my memberships having games on a Thursday night. I lived in Bendigo for 17 years: a weekday game was never viable then. I really feel like suing the AFL.
we are just unprofessional is my summation. Can't play for the club, cant play for the team, worried about individual performances rather than doing the team things i reckon. Then you get slippery, cold, wet, hot excuses.
easy to say our fitness was a problem. but its amazing how slow and unfit you look when the other sides is just on one. they couldnt do a thing wrong, and you always look spent when you are chasing for 45mins.
i agree with all the comments about the lack of any tactical changes to try to arrest the slide in the 3rd q. but not sure we can blame it on fitness
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Not the AFL's fault that Melbourne has become a place that is not that desirable to live in anymore. Between the traffic, the volume of works, and sheer annoyance at all the reducing speed limits, parking times, and how much harder it is to get anything completed, its no surprise AFL players who have the means and the motivation to flee are.
This is where the clubs need to work hard to keep their players happy, and COVID did a number on Melbourne that it hasnt recovered from.
I do love where I live, but I dont live in inner city melbourne, and stay away from the city as much as possible. Perhaps thats why Hawthorn, St. Kilda, and Footscray are having a better time of attracting people lately.
There is always some humidity in Sydney and the same applies in Brisbane. The Dogs were able to handle the conditions well enough to win. Just what is our problem? When the Tassie side enters the competition, will we be blaming the cold conditions in Hobart for any loss we have there?we are just unprofessional is my summation. Can't play for the club, cant play for the team, worried about individual performances rather than doing the team things i reckon. Then you get slippery, cold, wet, hot excuses.
^^Off topic but I went to Syd on the weekend, from a tourists point of view, it craps on Melb in every way (cleanliness, lack of graffiti, rough sleepers, drug affected people in the CBD, ease/availability of public transport). Im talking about the CBD of course, our CBD is a dive by comparison). You listening Mayor Reece?
Not the AFL's fault that Melbourne has become a place that is not that desirable to live in anymore. Between the traffic, the volume of works, and sheer annoyance at all the reducing speed limits, parking times, and how much harder it is to get anything completed, its no surprise AFL players who have the means and the motivation to flee are.
This is where the clubs need to work hard to keep their players happy, and COVID did a number on Melbourne that it hasnt recovered from.
I do love where I live, but I dont live in inner city melbourne, and stay away from the city as much as possible. Perhaps thats why Hawthorn, St. Kilda, and Footscray are having a better time of attracting people lately.