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AFL Round 1 - Non MFC Games (2017)

rjay
in Melbourne Demons

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Lets be fair.They both put a good effort.

Lets see how we go up tomorrow !

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    2 minutes ago, puntkick said:

    Lets be fair.They both put a good effort.

    Lets see how we go up tomorrow !

    That was a mark to Moore.... might have made it interesting

    Dogs aren't that good but hell they won last year and boy am I jealous !!

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    A great game of footy from Pies and Dogs. 

    Pies midfield of Pendlebury, Adams and Treloar was very impressive. Their backline looks fragile at best.

    The Bulldogs in full flight remind me so much of Geelong 2007 - 2009. Freakish quick skills. Murphy and Bontompelli are just so good to watch. 

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    6 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    A great game of footy from Pies and Dogs. 

    Pies midfield of Pendlebury, Adams and Treloar was very impressive. Their backline looks fragile at best.

    The Bulldogs in full flight remind me so much of Geelong 2007 - 2009. Freakish quick skills. Murphy and Bontompelli are just so good to watch. 

    The Pies midfield is really good, so skill full. Adams is such a gun.

    Doggies just looked under done to me, all the same instincts were there but they just couldn't quite execute to the level they did at the end of last year. They are building back into it and will again be a chance for the flag.

    Pies if they play with that endeavour every week will square the ledger, if they drop off slightly it will be curtains for Bucks.

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    Statistically the Pies won the game in most facets of the game. When you win the clearances 43 to 25 and have more contested and uncontested possessions you should win. Even their %age of disposal efficiency was only marginally behind the doggies. 

    In the end it was a few weak links on their part and maybe had the mark been paid to Moore, they might have brought home the bacon in the end.

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    18 minutes ago, The Great Pretender said:

    Statistically the Pies won the game in most facets of the game. When you win the clearances 43 to 25 and have more contested and uncontested possessions you should win. Even their %age of disposal efficiency was only marginally behind the doggies. 

    In the end it was a few weak links on their part and maybe had the mark been paid to Moore, they might have brought home the bacon in the end.

    Agreed, TGP.

    I would add that the pies don't have much of a forward line:  Talls: an inexperienced Moore and part timers White and resting ruckmen; Grundy/Cox.  Small:  Fasolo, Blair, Varcoe.  They outplayed the dogs with i50 and marks i50 and worked hard defensively to keep the ball in but they just didn't have the players to goal and eventually the dogs got it out and the pies were opened up a few times out the back.. 

    Had thought we could pencil in wins vs the pies this year but not so sure now.   The pies have improved a lot and will get better.  Have we improved more?  Time will tell. 

    Edited by Lucifer's Hero

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    Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

    The Cheats have started well

    Who do I support tonight?  I hate both teams with a passion.  I think I hate the Bummer supporters cheering drug cheats more, though, so I think I'll end up hoping for a Hawthorn win.

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    3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Who do I support tonight?  I hate both teams with a passion.  I think I hate the Bummer supporters cheering drug cheats more, though, so I think I'll end up hoping for a Hawthorn win.

    I just hope Essendrug lose weekly

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    2 minutes ago, doc roet said:

    Hawthorn / essendon game looks in slow motion compared to the melb/saints game

    I was just thinking the same thing. And the Hawks looking very pedestrian. 

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    17 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    I was just thinking the same thing. And the Hawks looking very pedestrian. 

    Missing a player maybe?

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    38 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Whorethorn are a shell of what they were. 

    Will Essendrug run out of gas?

    Neither side are doing much, really.

    Hawks are certainly not the same side they were, but it was bound to happen.  Guys like Gibson and Burgoyne aren't far away from retirement either, so they will certainly slide down the ladder in the coming years.

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    Just now, Wiseblood said:

    Neither side are doing much, really.

    Hawks are certainly not the same side they were, but it was bound to happen.  Guys like Gibson and Burgoyne aren't far away from retirement either, so they will certainly slide down the ladder in the coming years.

    Roughead just took a superb pack mark

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    Hawthorn need a Sam Mitchell / Jordan Lewis type. 

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    3 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

    Hawthorn need a Sam Mitchell / Jordan Lewis type. 

    BANG! They most certainly do

    4 goals in a row to the cheats

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    As much as I despise the druggos I wont mind too much if they won tonight as the demise of Hawthorn is gonna be lovely to watch.

    Edited by Petraccattack

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    This game is driving me insane.

    I hate Hawthorn and watching them struggle across most lines on the ground is delightful. Wiping the smugness of their faces (including those of their supporters) is priceless.

    But, Essendon is being celebrated, rewarded and idolised for cheating and that makes me sick.

    This is simultaneously win-win and lose-lose.

    Edit: Also, the third man up rule is a farce. That free kick against Merrett is pathetic.

    Edited by titan_uranus

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    2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    This game is driving me insane.

    I hate Hawthorn and watching them struggle across most lines on the ground is delightful. Wiping the smugness of their faces (including those of their supporters) is priceless.

    But, Essendon is being celebrated, rewarded and idolised for cheating and that makes me sick.

    This is simultaneously win-win and lose-lose.

    Edit: Also, the third man up rule is a farce. That free kick against Merrett is pathetic.

    Yep the 3rd man up is a complete joke. 

    Could cost a flag just because a player is marking an oponent

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    3 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    ..

    Edit: Also, the third man up rule is a farce. That free kick against Merrett is pathetic.

    Wasn't so much a case of third man up as man in the way. Hasn't that always been liable to lead to a free?

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    Very conflicted on what I want to happen in the Hawks v Bombers game, the Hawks have been so good for so long so seeing them lose is always a good day. Although bombers fans will be insufferable if they win.

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    24 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

    As much as I despise the druggos I wont mind too much if they won tonight as the demise of Hawthorn is gonna be lovely to watch.

    ...started by us.

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