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3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

That miss by Betts could be the difference between us playing finals or not.

Huge let off.

Even if he kicked it we would've won

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2 hours ago, america de cali said:

I would say this was our best win of the season so far. We withstood tremendous pressure early on, took control and fought off their late charge at the finish. I was very impressed with Frost and his  speed and ability to always be at the contest. Made Walker look like a second rate hack and that free against him late was a joke. 

Agree with this. 

Undermanned (Viney, Lever, Hibberd), coming off last week’s gut-wrenching loss, against a desperate side in form at home and close to full strength (although Seedsman injury helped), 20 points down in first half, clawing our way back, having the balls to pull the trigger in the 3rd and then stack the defence in the last - in the wet - Sydney-style and guts out a win! 

A great test of the character and mental strength of this group of players, who are maturing before our eyes. Well done, Demons.

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It's a bit sad some on here only seem to be able to post about the negatives. in fact there is one frequently negative poster who seems hasn't been able to come on here at all and post about one of the best wins of the season.

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5 minutes ago, Ben E said:

Agree with this. 

Undermanned (Viney, Lever, Hibberd), coming off last week’s gut-wrenching loss, against a desperate side in form at home and close to full strength (although Seedsman injury helped), 20 points down in first half, clawing our way back, having the balls to pull the trigger in the 3rd and then stack the defence in the last - in the wet - Sydney-style and guts out a win! 

A great test of the character and mental strength of this group of players, who are maturing before our eyes. Well done, Demons.

We HAD to win. It was ugly at times and a little too close, but the job got done. 

Winning is what it’s all about

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1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We HAD to win. It was ugly at times and a little too close, but the job got done. 

Winning is what it’s all about

Indeed we did. And so did Adelaide, which makes the win even more meritorious.

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Ahhhhhhhh, I have a single odd habit that seems to only come out at the end of excruciating close games of football. One, single, clap. I did it once at a bar years ago and the bar went quiet for a moment. I'm not a big or noisy person in general, but give me 20 minutes of tension and somehow it all comes out in one single gesture.

The other big occasion I recall doing it to the surprise of everyone around me was the win at the end of the season, against Essendon, in 2005. There's a distinct resemblence.

Anyway, the Demons march on, winning a game against a respectable opponent that had studied us closely and played the right way to stifle us, and we had a couple of players out of sorts a bit. But we still won.

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I would like to thank Don Pyke for his help winning the game.

In exactly the same way as the Alice Springs game, he changes nothing.  Kick down the wings and get it to Tex and Jenkins.

Then to top it off with barely a kick or two in the match and a couple of minutes, he leaves Cheney as an extra man in defence, and lets Bayley Fritsch do the same for us.   Obviously didn't want to win the game, just trying to stop us scoring. 

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6 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

I would like to thank Don Pyke for his help winning the game.

In exactly the same way as the Alice Springs game, he changes nothing.  Kick down the wings and get it to Tex and Jenkins.

Then to top it off with barely a kick or two in the match and a couple of minutes, he leaves Cheney as an extra man in defence, and lets Bayley Fritsch do the same for us.   Obviously didn't want to win the game, just trying to stop us scoring. 

Great point George

That last quarter requires some analysis from both sides though perhaps some latitude can be shown given the rain and the apparent wind.

Not having a sweeper back cost us that first goal (may have been the second) in the final quarter.

Great win and onto next week to consolidate.

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26 minutes ago, loges said:

It's a bit sad some on here only seem to be able to post about the negatives. in fact there is one frequently negative poster who seems hasn't been able to come on here at all and post about one of the best wins of the season.

Agree . I was devastated last week but today was an amazing win. Still think next year will be the year but just making the eight would be a big step. Keep it up chaps!

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41 minutes ago, Ben E said:

Agree with this. 

Undermanned (Viney, Lever, Hibberd), coming off last week’s gut-wrenching loss, against a desperate side in form at home and close to full strength (although Seedsman injury helped), 20 points down in first half, clawing our way back, having the balls to pull the trigger in the 3rd and then stack the defence in the last - in the wet - Sydney-style and guts out a win! 

A great test of the character and mental strength of this group of players, who are maturing before our eyes. Well done, Demons.

Yeah, I said to my old man last night in the third that our performance was really reminiscent of the old Sydney. Grind it out and slowly work your way on top, despite not playing your best footy.

It was a really mature performance in the second half and it's exciting. Clarry really stood up too.

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30 minutes ago, A F said:

Yeah, I said to my old man last night in the third that our performance was really reminiscent of the old Sydney. Grind it out and slowly work your way on top, despite not playing your best footy.

It was a really mature performance in the second half and it's exciting. Clarry really stood up too.

Agree AF they did grind it out, stopped the Crows from scoring in the second whilst kicking critical goals to get us back in the game, then went on the rampage in the third and then steadied and contested every ball to hang onto a hard fought win. it was hard to watch, i found it very stressful but loved every minute of that last quarter.

Go Dee's................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We were pretty outclassed in the first half but kept getting the goal to keep in touch. Our third quarter was cracking, the last seemed more like we tried to do the right things from the start of the quarter and try and save it. Needed more offensive threat especially early as we allowed crows to dictate. Swung it a bit too far the other way this week.

great win, good teams win when they don’t play that well, but to do it interstate vs a team that needed the win to stay in touch was huge!

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1 hour ago, MSFebey said:

How overrated is Tex? Give me Tim Smith any day lol

He is not overrated, but I think he is still having a sook about the GF, and lever leaving, he has became a  cancer. He came back in bad shape from the off season.

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5 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Yes I did. Your posts don't exactly read like you're happy, do they?

I don't understand why you would come on here and only post about the 10 shots against in the last quarter, given the magnitude of the win otherwise. 

What aspects of the game, other than the result, did you enjoy?

I couldn't care less what you think about my happiness or otherwise.

I was glad for the win on an interstate deck (as I said) but as always with Melbourne it comes with caveats. What would your position be if we had lost? For the second time like that in two weeks? The fact that we won doesn't paper over the cracks for me like it clearly does for you.

We have had a porous defence for 2 years now and I don't see much change in our ability to stop oppo's scoring when there get the ball in their fwd 50. So much for 'we have learned a lot from last week'. Unless you are 12 yo you would have heard that sort of thing 1 million times from melbourne teams. We keep repeating the same mistakes. Our lack of composure at critical times can be infuriating. And if we make finals that will be deadly.

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2 hours ago, MSFebey said:

The "Quarters Won" Ladder sees us in 1st place with 48 if anyone wants a stat.

Wasn't that Mark neeld's KPI?

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2 hours ago, binman said:

Sorry dis i miss something- what free kick?

By the by i love the fresh air TMac gives Spargo when Spargo tried to gibe him a high five. Ignores him completely and Spartacus ends up lamely tapping his body. 

You know that free kick they give to other teams for the front on interference, but not to us


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Still feeling the same way today. Yeah the last quarter and the 10 scoring shots is a worry but we stay alive another week and that is all the matters. Great win boys! 

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6 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

Someone needs to make a montage of every time James Brayshaw said "Milera's been brilliant tonight"

Every bloody time he went near the ball!

Was getting very upset with Brayshaw. His commentary was SO biased towards Adelaide until it was unwinnable then started to say complimentary things about Melbourne. Why not just commentate on what you see in front of you without biase. Channel 7 of course take the cake. Every time I hear  Ling's voice I cringe.             

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5 hours ago, ProDee said:

Adelaide are a soulless cheeseburger corporation.

More like a pie floater corporation.

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7 minutes ago, MT64 said:

Was getting very upset with Brayshaw. His commentary was SO biased towards Adelaide until it was unwinnable then started to say complimentary things about Melbourne. Why not just commentate on what you see in front of you without biase. Channel 7 of course take the cake. Every time I hear  Ling's voice I cringe.             

What about Luke Darcy? That guy has to be the most inaccurate caller going round.

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2 hours ago, loges said:

It's a bit sad some on here only seem to be able to post about the negatives. in fact there is one frequently negative poster who seems hasn't been able to come on here at all and post about one of the best wins of the season.

Yep best win  for the year    finally.

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