I spoke to a Melbourne support during the week told him you guys really gone off the rails and said you wont beat the saints this week. He said we have to win to stay in the 8.. I then asked him and said if at the mid point of the season i was heading for the top 4 position and now looked at not getting in the final 8 i would be even more dissapointed than finishing last instead of somewhere in the bottom 4 his response echoed mine i would rather end up last this year build on some talent and get the picks and i would be far more dissapointed if i thought my team was heading for a top 4 position and now look as though they wont even make finals... So at this stage if Melbourne fail to get into the 8 i reckon they have failed even more than the Blues because very early in the piece we knew we were not going to play finals yes dissapointing to finish last bit we will get some benefits but missing the 8 when you where expected to be top 4 would be even worse i think

Yes and if Brisbane don't win the flag they have failed more than us too.

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

it might be bad for the dees at the moment but they had some fun - its been 11 weeks of hell for me.

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!