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Who else was nervous at 3/4 time

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Sir Why You Little Legend

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I was. It seems that until the final siren is gone I can see a way for opponents to come from behing and beat us.

Is this just a by play of being a Melbourne supporter :)

We had to kick the first goal of the final quarter. We had soaked up 10 minutes before junior kicked truly.

If the Bears had kicked the first they could have challenged, But after junior kicked that ripper, we put them away-Broke their spirit.

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We had to kick the first goal of the final quarter. We had soaked up 10 minutes before junior kicked truly.

If the Bears had kicked the first they could have challenged, But after junior kicked that ripper, we put them away-Broke their spirit.

We had to kick the first goal of the final quarter - agree totally! I was very nervous at 3/4 time. I'm glad the boys finished the game off they way they did, fantastic!!!

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Absolutely!! Nerves crept in...

Let me ask people this; This "losing culture" thing.. surely it has been debunked as nothing more than myth...?

Surely 'losing culture' is a loser mentality, which can be overcome by effort and determination... anyone spouting the 'ol 'losing culture' chestnut now? Didn't think so..

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Absolutely!! Nerves crept in...

Let me ask people this; This "loosing culture" thing.. surely it has been debunked as nothing more than myth...?

Surely 'loosing culture' is a looser mentality, which can be overcome by effort and determination... anyone spouting the 'ol 'loosing culture' chestnut now? Didn't think so..

You might want to drop one of the 'o's' in 'loosing', so that it becomes 'losing'

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Yeah Fevola's the one with the loosing culture!

But yeah I have to admit, until we got six goals up I didn't remove the idea of a Brisbane comeback from the back of my mind.

Just read on Nathan Jones' twitter that he said it was the best win of his career. Interesting call from Nathan considering that he played in a winning final against the Saints in '06. Shows how massive what is happening at MFC at the moment is for all of us and obviously for all of the boys too.

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You might want to drop one of the 'o's' in 'loosing', so that it becomes 'losing'

I was terribly nervous. Not so much that we would lose the game but that they would win it. They had done so in the weeks before from similar margins behind and it did worry me but once the quarter started I relaxed a bit. Despite it taking some time to get that first goal, once we did I believe that's when I thought we had it.

The thing that impressed me was that they didnt stop tackling or smothering - Green on TJ was a classic example - and they sure didnt stop running.

I love this new Melbourne.

The thing is tho, it's not really a "new" Melbourne, as an emerging one. As someone has said already, only 3 players are new to the club from last year's wooden spooners. Two of those are brand new recruits that are 18 years old and one is getting a new lease of life at his new club. The rest suffered like we did last year to deliver those two prize recruits and impressive as they are, they didnt win the game for us. The entire TEAM won the game.

So very very proud to be a Demon

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Yep.

I said to the missus something like "they will get us. We will cop a couple of bad umpiring decisions and Brown and Fev will run amok".

After the game I said something like "never in doubt" much to my wife's mirth. She stopped laughing about an hour later.

Still I'd be nervous if we were 80pts up in the last minute of a grand final.

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Have to admit, I was. They'd kicked the last two of the third, could have been the last three if Brown hadn't missed, so I was just nervous that if they got the first that players like Black, Drummond, Brennan would lift them even more.

Me too. We had more errors in those last 10 minutes of the third quarter than for the rest of the game, I reckon.

We lacked run, Ricky P could not keep his feet and even JMac was creating blues. We really needed the spell that the break gave us. Once we had the first goal of the last term we were home but there were signs of fatigue in the third quarter.

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I have been nervous at nearly every 3/4 time when we've led since that day in 1992 when we blew the seven goal lead at the last change against Essendon. Horrendous.

How good was Davey's smother at the end of the 3rd?

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They had to kick 5 goals to nothing in the last quarter. We would have to have stood still to allow them to do that. The tackling and the pressure was far too good for Brisbane to overwhelm us in any way. I feel the stress and lose confidence sometimes but not last night.

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Absolutely!! Nerves crept in...

Let me ask people this; This "losing culture" thing.. surely it has been debunked as nothing more than myth...?

Surely 'losing culture' is a loser mentality, which can be overcome by effort and determination... anyone spouting the 'ol 'losing culture' chestnut now? Didn't think so..

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We have overcome losing culture by drafting winners. The likes of Watts, Scully, Trengove, Morton, Jurrah, Blease are the elite junior talent in the country. They only play to win and the change at the club has been dramatic and beautiful to watch.

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I thought we'd win but i remember seeing Bruce come off in the third and he looked distressed so did Jordie when he was shown on the big screen. I was a bit concerned they'd spent all their energy but they were actually full of running at the end. I've followed the team for over 50 years and this was one of the best wins we have had in that time, not just the margin or the team we beat but for the fact we are such a young side with so much promise. I've seen some of our more mature sides win by more and against good opposition but this was something else.

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How good was Davey's smother at the end of the 3rd?

Exactly what I was thinking. They had all the momentum at the end of the third and that kick could have put them within 4 goals, but Flash closed in with speed we don't see from him as often as we used to, with no regard for any injury niggles he may be nursing. 10 minutes of arm wrestling, 2 points each way I think, I was getting very nervous but then Junior, Davey and Scully kicked three brilliant goals and I was able to relax and enjoy that winning feeling.

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