Two Weeks in the Red and Blue.

Colin Garland was among the best for
 Melbourne against West Coast
Source: afl.com.au

I have said it many times, and I will say it again, a week is a long time in football. Two weeks ago, Melbourne was coming in to their first bye in a comfortable position, with 2 wins, a loss and a draw.

Many fans were content with Melbournes position coming in to the long break, but how things were going to change within a week.

Melbourne headed over to the west to face the Eagles at the newly renamed Paterson Stadium (Subiaco), but would come home bitterly disappointed, and leave all of those involved in the club with some soul searching to do.

On the big stage of the Thursday night game, the Demons were well and truly outclassed by the Eagles, to the tune of 54 points. But this does not explain how badly Melbourne played, being 31 points down at quarter time.

However, many people have explained the frustrations of the supporters and players alike, and being the optimist that I am, I will focus on the positives.

Colin Garland wins my best afield for the Demons, picking up 19 disposals (14 of which were kicks), and 7 marks.
Also, Jack Watts finally showed some resolve, and won some of his own ball, the one thing we have all been waiting to see, winning 5 marks with his 15 possessions.

Although this was not only a bad game for the club, and all those involved, playing Adelaide, who have 3 players on report by the Match Review Panel (Tambling, Tippett and Jacobs) of which only Tambling would miss the game with an early guilty plea.

The MCG is the place to be this weekend, and the team can use all the support they can get as they try to put their season back on track.

So here's to hoping we can do better on the weekend, and earn back some of the respect that we left over in the west.

Nick.