Why They Get No Respect

This is in response to the Blog posted by Moose last week. The "Mighty"Kangaroos came more than a little unstuck a week after their first up win over a Port Adelaide side that is coming off the biggest Priemership hangover I've ever seen in the 26 seasons I've been watching VFL/AFL. I thought following the Cats was frustrating, but man, how can one team go from a 41pt win to a 69 pt loss. That is a 110pt turn around in 7 days. Granted they were playing at Kardinia Park and against a Cats side that thumped Brisbane the week before...but fair dinkum, I think a few hard decisions need to be made regarding their playing list.... and quickly. Glen Archer, one of the toughest backman going around....10 years ago, is past it. Nathan Thompson, apart from an absolute screamer he took at the Telstra Dome, while playing for Hawthorn...never had it and the same goes for Jade Rawlings. Shannon Grant had 35 possessions, Adam Simpson 33, but the obvious question is, if these two midfielders had 68 touches between them, who were they kicking it too?? It's the same old story for the boys from Arden St. They rely on too few to do the hard work each week and have way too many passengers. Until they start to spread the work load evenly and maybe even get back to their surburban roots and start calling themselves Nth Melbourne again, then maybe... just maybe the respect they so badly crave may come their way.