Defining Moments

[DeeSpencer 23,689]

Started with Dean Kent getting hammered and getting back up.

The physicality of pretty much the entire back 6 and most of the rest of the team were a joy. Brayshaw in his first game was ripping in to the contest. Viney not letting Ablett off the hook and getting him with a crunching tackle.

I think it was Jones' goal in the 2nd quarter that really gave some belief.

We kicked 17 goals without a lot of easy ones. There wasn't a lot of well placed kicks on to leading chests followed by an easy set shot and I'm fine with that! Hawthorn score as many goals in that non traditional way as they do with mark and kick footy. They are great team goals and we have plenty of them yesterday

[Demi Dee 578]

Ablett's handball to Garland in the goal square.

The enjoyment and belief it seemed to give the boys was gold.

[deeflog 679]

Running onto the ground to hells bells

[Moneider96 1,045]

Viney slamming Ablett into the turf.

[The Third Eye 217]

[DeeZee 6,912]

Jack Watts was great, contributed to five scores and Garlett eight score involvements.

With someone like Hogan to straighten us up, skilled players like Watts and Garlett had a picnic on the periphery.

[deanox 9,006]

Has anyone mentioned JKHs pass to Tyson running through the guts?

It was beautiful and perfect. Tyson ran flat out and the kick sat up for him perfectly.

The side step and goal was great too but that kick was un-Melbourne-like.

Edited April 5, 2015 by deanox

[Brayshaw Self 847]

Garlett's goal from the middle

[Choko 493]

Agree with all the highlights listed! Particularly exciting goals were Dom and H.

I thought as much as anything what epitomised the game was the tough attitude. Viney's tackle on Ablett, Hogan smashing the pack, Kent getting hit and coming back and Ben Newton backing into the Suns player and drawing the kick late in the final quarter.

[DeeSpencer 23,689]

Agree with all the highlights listed! Particularly exciting goals were Dom and H.

I thought as much as anything what epitomised the game was the tough attitude. Viney's tackle on Ablett, Hogan smashing the pack, Kent getting hit and coming back and Ben Newton backing into the Suns player and drawing the kick late in the final quarter.

Should've been 50, that was a later hit than the Kent one!

[Biffen 12,567]

Abblett dropping a simple hand pass in an open goalmouth was the pivotal moment for me.

Had he popped that one through we were gone.

[titan_uranus 23,241]

The Tyson goal and the Lumumba goal.

Tyson's was an example of what we are trying to achieve this year. It was everything we were not in 2012-2014.

Lumumba's goal was the spark that the team needed to prevent a relapse into our pessimistic fourth-quarter selves from 2014.

[Pipefitter 2,085]

To me after Kent got floored, there was a typical weak melbourne shove to Shaw before H showed up out of nowhere throwing his weight around. That really fired the boys up.

[stuie 7,374]

There were lots of them in a win like yesterday's but my favourite was Heritier Lumumba's interception, mark, play on and goal because it represented everything that Melbourne was not in almost a whole decade - adventurous, attacking, purposeful and decisive.

Crowd wise I haven't felt a vibe like that moment in at least 10 years. People were out of their seats cheering before he even kicked it. Amazing, and felt like a defining moment for us as a club.

[M C 221]

Anyone have a video of the Lumumba goal?

I need to see it again!

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

THIS NEEDS TO BE A STAPLE AT EVERY HOME GAME!!!

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

ALL 17 GOALS:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2015-04-05/rd-1-watch-all-the-goals

[Henrietta Lumbago 331]

Tyson goal end to end, moving the ball from the wing into the centre of the 50. That would have felt do good to kick.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,002]

There were lots of them in a win like yesterday's but my favourite was Heritier Lumumba's interception, mark, play on and goal because it represented everything that Melbourne was not in almost a whole decade - adventurous, attacking, purposeful and decisive.

Lynden Dunn directing another player to swoop on the ball and then shepherding/blocking TWO opponents to give that player a chance to run on with the ball and clear the back 50.

Great play.

These were my two picks. The Lamumba goal when we really needed it to steady the ship, plus the way he did it were awesome.

What I loved with the blocking by Dunn, aside from the fact that we simply haven't done it in recent years, was the clear communication between them leading up to it. You could see our two players talking and gesturing in the lead up as they planned how to win the ball. Then as you say, Dunn takes on two and wins, giving us a clean takeaway from a 50/50. Just awesome play all 'round.

[daisycutter 28,727]

not being picky (well, maybe just a tad) but that great tap down by wattsy to garrlett for the goal

.......watching the replay 10 times, he could have just let the ball go through and it would have been a goal

all's well that ends well i suppose - lol

[RalphiusMaximus 6,002]

not being picky (well, maybe just a tad) but that great tap down by wattsy to garrlett for the goal

.......watching the replay 10 times, he could have just let the ball go through and it would have been a goal

all's well that ends well i suppose - lol

I was wondering about that myself. He's taken it from right on the line. I guess it was fading towards the post, so he couldn't know that it was going through and if you ignore that little fact it was a great bit of play.

[rjay 24,200]

Tommy Mac marking everything! He's a big unit now...

This is the guy I noticed at Casey before he came into the senior team...great hands.

[rjay 24,200]

THIS NEEDS TO BE A STAPLE AT EVERY HOME GAME!!!

THIS NEEDS TO BE A STAPLE AT EVERY HOME GAME!!!

Yep, and I would play the chorus through.....leave the club song until the end when we have a win.

[PaulRB 6,114]

Lamumba's interception and goal was huge, not only sealing the game, it broke the barrier and we then put them to the sword and enjoyed winning the game.

Reckon plays like that, are what build belief and raises the bar for all.

It was Wow! Wow! Wow! and made me think maybe we could compete against most teams this year...

[P-man 13,353]

Lumumba moment was huge, but the moment I knew it was our day and that perhaps our luck is about to change was when Ablett fumbled in the goal square.