This game produced one of the highlights of Melbourne's dismal 2014 season when a chain of disposals ended with a dramatic last minute mark and goal to Christian Salem to the Demons get up by the narrowest of margins against an inaccurate Essendon. The lowlight was that it was the team's last win for 2014.

THE TEAMS

ESSENDON

B: Jake Carlisle, Cale Hooker, Courtenay Dempsey

HB: Michael Hibberd, Michael Hurley, Mark Baguley

C: Brendon Goddard, Dyson Heppell, Jake Melksham

HF: Zach Merrett, Joe Daniher, David Zaharakis

F: Jason Winderlich, Patrick Ryder, Patrick Ambrose

Foll: Tom Bellchambers, Heath Hocking, Brent Stanton

I/C: Paul Chapman, Dustin Fletcher, Ben Howlett, David Myers

EMG: Travis Colyer, Cory DellOlio, Elliott Kavanagh

IN: Michael Hurley, Jason Winderlich

OUT: Cory DellOlio, Jobe Watson (hip surgery)

MELBOURNE

B: Jeremy Howe, Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta

HB: Colin Garland, Lynden Dunn, Jack Grimes

C: Bernie Vince, Jack Viney, Daniel Cross

HF: Nathan Jones, Chris Dawes, Rohan Bail

F: Cam Pedersen, James Frawley, Jack Watts

Foll: Mark Jamar, Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson

I/C: Dean Kent, Jordie McKenzie, Aidan Riley Christian Salem

EMG: Max Gawn, Dean Kent, Dan Nicholson, Dean Terlich

IN: Dean Kent, Jordie McKenzie, Aidan Riley

OUT: Max Gawn, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Dean Terlich

Edited July 6, 201510 yr by hogans_heroes

How good was that passage of play to get it to Salem? Loved Pederson just ducking down and seeing Hocking fly over the top of him.

How good was that passage of play to get it to Salem? Loved Pederson just ducking down and seeing Hocking fly over the top of him.

yes i was thinking that, it was excellent and started the whole passage of play......we almost didnt defend that 19 seconds tho!!....lucky it wasnt 42 seconds....

yes i was thinking that, it was excellent and started the whole passage of play......we almost didnt defend that 19 seconds tho!!....lucky it wasnt 42 seconds....

Unfortunately, I think our players are a bit slow to learn. You'd think they all would have seen the last couple of minutes of that Essendon game (probably over and over) and heard the commentators bemoan the lack of appreciation of the need to stack the backline. Yet they forgot to do that same thing in the St Kilda game.

To think that if we kept Pick 2, we wouldn't have Tyson and/or Salem.

A disgrace that this was our final win for 2014

Still cannot believe that...

Shame that we still don't have this guy. One of my favourite goals from last year.

From Titus:

Saturday

Essendon vs. Melbourne (MCG) 1.40pm

Speaking of danger games, if Melbourne lose this, it will arguably be their biggest low point and that’s really saying something.

Playing Essendon at this point is like a UFC match where the ref has let it go on too long. The Bombers are out for the count.

Their captain is gone for the rest of the year, the players are mentally fatigued from the scandal that has no end and they don’t have a coach.

Really, Hird should go back to where he came from — France.

Even worse than those things, they bought in Mark Neeld and Neil Craig to help out. That’s like seeking out Bernard Tomic’s dad to coach your teenage tennis prodigy.

Apparently, Essendon players and coaches held a two-hour honesty session on Monday.

The fact the club has to make a special time for ‘honesty’ probably speaks volumes.

I’m told having Tania Hird in the corner taking notes put some people off.

If the Dees lose this they should just pack up shop; AFL doesn’t have to be for everyone.

I’m pretty worried as a Dees fan. After all, Melbourne lost to Essendon in the NAB Challenge when the Dons were playing top up players, which were basically Melbourne’s cast offs.

Melbourne are returning from a game in Darwin and have often struggled the week after. Luckily they took the second half off last week so should be OK.

I’m going to go against tradition and one of my key rules for living and tip Melbourne but if Essendon win, I deserve everything I cop from Bombers fans.

Shame that we still don't have this guy. One of my favourite goals from last year.

My favourite player, just an absolute gun in the making. Such a shame he tore his hammy off the bone, we miss him for sure. Fast as lightning, tough as nails, loves dishing out hard hits, booming kick... whats not to love?

Once of my favourite highlight clips, which I have watched many many times since the game last year!

Couldnt help but notice now though, post the last 21 second debacle vs St Kilda, that we almost did the same thing in this game, with 19 seconds left....

Shame that we still don't have this guy. One of my favourite goals from last year.

Hell be back.

Shame that we still don't have this guy. One of my favourite goals from last year.

At that moment in the game it was a dead set fist shaking rip snorter.

Listening to the crowd I'm not the only one that thought so either.

Shame that we still don't have this guy. One of my favourite goals from last year.

What a goal. Solid effort by Jordie to get it going