The AFL's contentious score review system has again come under fire with two incidents in today's Melbourne-Port Adelaide clash at the MCG
Nathan Jones after the match Picture: Harman Stephen Source: HWT Image Library
SHELL-SHOCKED coach Mark Neeld was flummoxed; Wayne Carey said he'd "never been as disappointed in a team".
And before the tactical dissection of Melbourne's 79-point capitulation to Port Adelaide began, shattered Demons players admitted they'd been rocked by - but understood - the savage hail of booing to which they were subjected as they trudged from the MCG.
Neeld, flanked by equally stunned captain Jack Grimes at his press conference, was at a loss to explain his team's inability to bring training track form and rudimentary footy basics to a Round 1 clash with an opponent, on average, actually younger than his Demons.
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"There are angry players, angry coaches, angry supporters, (an) angry club," Neeld said.
"It's particularly disappointing that you can train one way for four or five months, then come out and be unrecognisable on a footy field.
"We didn't deal with Port Adelaide's speed and aggression ... We didn't see that coming."
Former Kangaroos champ Carey was far less diplomatic.
"Rather than play stupid games and see who can grow the longest beard, how about train? They are a shambles," he said on Triple M.
"If I was Mark Neeld I'd say to the conditioning guy, 'I don't give a crap (about recovery)'.
"I'd get 'em up at 4.30am (on Monday morning) and give them a 10km time-trial and then a swim afterwards.
"Actually, a 10km time-trial, then make them watch this game (as punishment).
"They dress like AFL footballers, look like AFL footballers, but don't play anything like one.
I've never been as disappointed in a team."
After the game, Neeld spoke to his player for half an hour trying to find out "who's a competitor and who's not".
"And the general feeling in the room was that everyone's a competitor - at times.
"There weren't too many who were able to get up in front of everybody and say, 'I thought you competed all day'," he said.
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Neeld said the players had correctly recalled all aspects of his game plan in the review, but couldn't explain the variation from the reality.
There was one piece of good news for Melbourne: Forward Mitch Clark's leg injury is a rolled ankle, a pleasant surprise after he appeared to suffer a serious knee or ankle injury midway through the third term.
The match was peppered with stunning grabs; with Port's Jay Schulz taking an early contender for mark of the year.
But his towering speccy will be tinged with controversy after he clearly grabbed it over the goal line.
The umpires agreed the mark had been in the field of play, but went upstairs for a review that returned an "inconclusive" verdict, meaning the the mark stood.
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