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Re-watching us vs the Pies


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Lacking the motivation to go to sleep right now, I had a look on a USB I had sitting around and discovered us vs Collingwood on there.  Round 18 that is.  It's funny looking back and remembering watching it live.  I seem to recall commenting on here about it being a stereotypical Melbourne start to the game.  There's a dodgy free kick directly in front of Collingwood's goal to open the scoring.  Nathan Jones tries to show leadership by playing on blindly and getting into trouble.  Grimes takes a little too long with the ball and winds up kicking it out on the full. 

Fortunately, this is the incarnation of the Demons that was starting to show that they can hold their own in this weight division and rather than dropping their collective bundle they were able to keep their [censored] together and play like footballers after the first few minutes.  I'm quite looking forward to the rest of it. 

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Love Grimes for his endeavour, but how could you have him in the side when he repeatedly makes the mistakes he did in that match?

i know he's under immense pressure, but you need someone in that position who won't succumb so readily & often.

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On 25/12/2015 at 1:02 AM, RalphiusMaximus said:

Lacking the motivation to go to sleep right now, I had a look on a USB I had sitting around and discovered us vs Collingwood on there.  Round 18 that is.  It's funny looking back and remembering watching it live.  I seem to recall commenting on here about it being a stereotypical Melbourne start to the game.  There's a dodgy free kick directly in front of Collingwood's goal to open the scoring.  Nathan Jones tries to show leadership by playing on blindly and getting into trouble.  Grimes takes a little too long with the ball and winds up kicking it out on the full. 

Fortunately, this is the incarnation of the Demons that was starting to show that they can hold their own in this weight division and rather than dropping their collective bundle they were able to keep their [censored] together and play like footballers after the first few minutes.  I'm quite looking forward to the rest of it. 

You need to revisit it watching "press red for ed" in the last quarter for maximum effect....

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On 29 December 2015 at 3:41 PM, Delusional demon 82 said:

You need to revisit it watching "press red for ed" in the last quarter for maximum effect....

Oh...please.  Sadly the only recording I had of it was that awful commentary....though the angst at the end was enjoyable.  

Is Fox doing the replay of every game again this off season?   

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1 minute ago, monoccular said:

Oh...please.  Sadly the only recording I had of it was that awful commentary....though the angst at the end was enjoyable.  

Is Fox doing the replay of every game again this off season?   

Their finals dreams in tatters and ed & Co stuck in the box with nothing much better to say ...so bad it was hilarious. 

Season replay was in oct I think , In January fox is showing past great players programming on what in their view was the top games of the last 25 years (Brereton,  dunstall etc) not necessarily their own but dunstall (surprise surprise ) has lined up the merger game in 96 plus a few hawthorn gf's in recent years,  a bit too much hawthorn being shown lately if u ask me

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8 hours ago, Barra17 said:

One thing I never really got about that game is that Lumumba was getting boo'd by the Pies supporters. They didn't want him so why boo him?

That's just the mentality of a lot of supporters. Melksham will be booed when we play Essendon in 2016, even though all of their supporters say he's a complete spud

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6 hours ago, Good Times Grimes said:

That's just the mentality of a lot of supporters. Melksham will be booed when we play Essendon in 2016, even though all of their supporters say he's a complete spud

I went to the Richmond North final as my friend is a kangas supporter, and whenever Nahas got the ball the Richmond faithful booed him. I thought it was hilarious...booing a delisted player. Not the smartest idea.

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18 hours ago, Barra17 said:

One thing I never really got about that game is that Lumumba was getting boo'd by the Pies supporters. They didn't want him so why boo him?

I'm sure plenty of dees supporters boo Scully or Frawley, yet within the same breath will be espousing the virtues of Hogan & Brayshaw.

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11 hours ago, Good Times Grimes said:

That's just the mentality of a lot of supporters. Melksham will be booed when we play Essendon in 2016, even though all of their supporters say he's a complete spud

He won't be a spud for us though. I'm predicting a bloody good season for him.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

He won't be a spud for us though. I'm predicting a bloody good season for him.

 

 

I hope you are right Ron. I was dead against getting him before the trade period but that was based on not much more than the team he played for. He is one of us now so a "bloody good season" from Jake would be great. 

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On 30/12/2015 at 3:44 AM, Good Times Grimes said:

That's just the mentality of a lot of supporters. Melksham will be booed when we play Essendon in 2016, even though all of their supporters say he's a complete spud

If they are they allowed to play in 2016.....

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1 hour ago, low flying Robbo said:

I watched the same game last week along with the final round GWS game to cheer me up after watching Victory have a frustrating 1-1 draw with Perth. 

 

I just loved how attacking we can be and how much of a beast Hogan is. Loved Harmes' game against GWS. 

Might watch the Geelong game next

Funny you mention that, I found that game on a spare hard drive and watched it a few days ago.  I think it's a great cure for a crappy day. 

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This match should have featured in this morning's Age (of our five best wins since 1970) as should have our 2015 win at the Cattery!

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Just what I needed to watch. Love, love, love a win over Collingwood. Cannot wait for the footy season to begin - bring it on!!

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