They are worse than us on player and umpire criticism. Gee they were having a great big cry. BUT there were many favourable comments about the mighty Dees. ( What a fantastic performance). Here are few samples of praise from the opposition.

"Well done Dees you looked fantastic," "Melbourne will be scary in 2-3 years." ......."As a footy fan tho it was great to see how good Melbourne could become."..... One poster wrote, " We can come back from this. It was a poor loss but it won't happen again this year." The reply was. "True. We don't play Melbourne again until next year."...... Another wrote, " It was nice to see Jim Stynes relaxing and just soaking up the success of his team. The Dees have some amazing talent on their list. I reckon Watts will be very good when he gets it together. I also reckon Bailey is a great coach( and a great guy). Another comment was.' The Demons would have troubled every single team in the competition and trounced all but the top handful." Yes, among all the whingers there were some very fair comments made about our effort today.

RESPECT will come with our success, it's good to hear that it's already starting.

Nice to see other teams fans recognizing the forward momentum the club has been building.