Name 3 good things about yesterdays game/result. Just a fun way to stay sane & optimistic during this long season ahead.

If anyone has been supporting this club more than 3 years you will know one thing: They can do your head in. Jarring disappointment followed by glimpses of brilliance. The season ahead is long. After Round 24's devastation we had yesterday's disappointment. 21 games remain.
 

Demons supporter PTSD is a real thing. We suffer anxiety during games, depression after losses, bad dreams and cold sweats (I actually awoke at 2am last night and my first thought was the game).
 

Given the perennial disappointment we have learned pessimism. To counter this we must learn optimism to get through this season with our heads in tact. It's the only way. The good thing studies have shown is optimism can be learned.
 

It's so easy to look at yesterday & say "We have probably cost our selves a spot in the 8 again" or "what a disappointment". But you could also equally say "We took a top 4 team to the very last minute of the game & nearly won". The latter is actually far more accurate a statement and a lot easier to live with.
 

Based on this I suggest we come up with 3 good things about yesterdays game/result. Here's my go:
 

1. We have the best percentage of all losing teams

2. We took a top 4 side from last year to the brink (& lost to them by less than we did last year) - all a sign of improvement.

3. Mark Neeld is no longer our coach

 

Your turn.
 

Cheers

1. We looked gone at half time then came back hard

2. No one dominated yet we pushed them to the final siren. 

3. Petracca looks fitter and set for a big year. 

A season isn’t defined by one game

petracca ...Oliver & Gawn were brilliant

still looking forward to watching the continued development of our new brigade

+s

1- Petracca is a star

2- Lever is a star

3- Oliver is a star

Petracca - emerging superstar

Oliver - his commitment to the contest in the final minutes - he put his body on the line in one contest that he could have squibbed, and no one would have noticed

Ablett's head looks like my left nut (if I shaved it)

Petracca - looks to continue to improve - he could be anything

Hannan - he did nothing for roughly the first 3 quarters but he seemed to keep running and tried to will himself into it in the last and actually did some nice things - is what you want, we've had too many who would just accept it as not their day. 

Fritsch - has great attack at the ball, if he can fill out some and get more endurance will be a great pick up. 

1. This is Petracca's year

2. Oliver will become even more damaging when it starts kicking more goals more often

3. We still have Brayshaw, Tyson, T Mac, Viney to all come back in. 

1. We had ten players who did absolutely nothing, and still gave Geelong a real contest. Some of those, including Lever, Salem & Jetta, could not have played worse if they had tried.

2. We didn't throw in the towel in the second half, and put ourselves in a position to win the game.

3. Simon Goodwin gets another reminder that he is not as smart as he thinks he is, and can not afford to play games at selection.

Max, Oliver and Trac combo.

Bernie steamrolling that puddy tat and putting him on his ass.

OMac’s rapid improvement.

Petracca' class and hunt for the footy

Oliver - as above

The hardness the boys played with in the second half.. Do that all season and we're finals bound easy.

Petracca and Oliver in the middle. 

Bayley Fritsch showing some positive signs

OMac toweling up Hawkins

Bayley Fritsch first goal

Fighting to the last gasp (9 secs)

the other half of the team will turn up next week

1. Fritsch  was great. He ran hard all game and didnt stop. Great disposal apart from that one kick that was smothered.

2. Tracca and Oliver are our future. Both were outstanding.

3. Gawnys tap work was first class. Gave mids first use of the ball just about all day.

Some good displays of hardness - bumps etc.

Confidence that they were still in the game.

Petracca, Oliver, Gawn, Hogan, Jones

 

As a side note, Gerard Whateley said that he felt the Melbourne v Geelong game was the highest quality game of the weekend and that if you’d picked those 2 sides as legitimate contenders at the end of the year, you would have left the game convinced. Always good to get an outside perspective.

Sensational Tackling Pressure

Unquestionable effort

If we play like that all year we're gonna win a tonne

Gawns ruckwork

Petracca and Oliver

Best quality game of the weekend.

We play attacking footy which against some teams will lead to very attractive and high scoring games.

We came back.

Midfielders kicked goals.

1. Goodwin can't coach as badly again either on match day or at the selection table.                                                               2. We haven't lost to Brisbane yet.             3. One game off top spot.

We won three quarters (but lost it in the second)!!!!!!

Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver are genuine stars of the game.

Fritsch looked like he belongs.

we had many passengers and still should have won ( Melk / Nev / Lever / Jeffy  - all pretty ordinary)

Oliver & Gawn combo may become the best in the comp

didn't panic at half time - made changes to get us back in the game.

Petracca

Oliver

Gawn (minus last 20 seconds)

1. No injuries

2. Max took the mark in the big moment.

3. No reports

Glad to see OMac getting some recognition for his game on Hawkins 

  On 25/03/2018 at 21:59, buck_nekkid said:

Petracca - emerging superstar

Oliver - his commitment to the contest in the final minutes - he put his body on the line in one contest that he could have squibbed, and no one would have noticed

Ablett's head looks like my left nut (if I shaved it)

Looks like the guy from Little Britain 

Trac/Gawn/Oliver all excellent (minus 'that' moment).

Came back in q3 where historically we have tended to fold, and let the game blow out.

Took a top4 team to the brink, even though we didn't play as well as we could have. Yes, they were sans Danger and Harry, but we were also missing TMac and Jack.

(I was there, it was electric - we'll fine-tune, it's going to be a great year - thanks for the positive post @billyblanks29)