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In a season that many thought could not get any worse, the Devils' ineptness and uncompetitiveness plunged to levels not seen by a Tasmanian VFL team before on home soil.

Like naughty schoolboys, captain Scott Stephens, Ken Hall, Paul Koulouriotis and Bard Moran were marched out to try to explain the Devils' 10th consecutive loss.

What made this loss such a disgrace was the positive start in which the home side led by two goals in the second term, before conceding the next 15 without a score and eventually losing by 96 points, 22.13 (145) to 7.7 (49).

"We are embarrassed and sorry for our supporters who came today and paid their good, hard-earned money to watch us dish that shit up," Stephens said.

"Next time we play a home game down here, we will be playing with a spirit and fight for the contest. You have my word on that.

"You can tell by the amount of people we are getting through the gate (2152 at yesterday's game).

"A couple of years back in the Southern Stand there was people everywhere.

"Now they are walking out the gate at half-time because they are embarrassed and we are not doing anything to stand in the way to say `hey, stick around and watch us'."

Moran said it was not a matter of skill level, but simply attitude.

"We just don't want to work for each other, to be honest, just letting the game slip out of our hands and then not doing anything about it," he said.

"It is heads down and we roll over. It needs to be addressed."

Hall was one of the most experienced Devils out there and even endured last year's season from hell that saw inaugural coach Mathew Armstrong resign mid-season and the side miss the finals.

"I thought last year was a bad year and it couldn't get any worse, but now we have hit rock bottom," Hall said.

"Daryn can't really say too much more to us, it has to come from within the group. He can rant and rave and say how bad we are going as much as he wants, but until we put it together on the field for four quarters, we are not going to break out of the rut."

Leading by four goals at half-time, the Bombers piled on 10 majors to one in the third term as the Devils resembled statues.

Such was the ease of their goals, the Bombers repeatedly took uncontested marks 30m out.

The Bombers' class shone out, with the likes of Angus Monfries, Jason Cloke, Chris Heffernan and Ricky Dyson doing as they pleased.

Trying to end the losing streak gets no easier, with the Devils hosting three-time reigning premier Sandringham in Launceston next Saturday night.