Post Match Discussion - Elimination Final

[What 18,810]

9 minutes ago, DavidNeitz9 said:

 

Awesome.  Imagine what he will be like when his son Kobe is kicking goals for us in the finals on the G'.

[nosoupforme 3,085]

91,000 + at the  G Felt like 70,000 supporting the Dees, incredible atmosphere and led from start to finish. Incredible football team and now l will always believed in this side that has been built since the Roos years. Now Goody is carrying on with his fantastic  work so far.   Viney is something special and Weideman is going to be something , infact  the football club is in a good space. 

Yes! we can do it.  

[Jaded No More 68,973]

11 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Prefer the power stance.

The pre match said to me everything I already suspected. We are a team. Geelong are a bunch of “look at me” egotistical douchbags. 

[Jaded No More 68,973]

7 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Reported as being [censored] awesome.

Just another lazy 30 for Oliver. Leading possession winner. First final. 21 years old. Whatever. 

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,778]

James Harmes BOG, followed closely by Sam Weideman

Harmes 10 tackles what an animal!!?

[Beetle 4,673]

Harmes 

Weid 

Brayshaw

take that to the votes thread. I’m drunk and feeling a million bucks.

 

[Lucifers Hero 40,360]

Just popped over to read the Geelong bigfooty page.  I expected a lot of animosity.  Not a bit of it,  In fact, here is a selection from the first few pages: 

• -good luck to the dees, their supporters deserve it.
• -But both teams played rubbish and we were flogged.  I hope the demons can now get momentum.
• -Melbourne should go deep, I'm actually going for them now in this Finals series, they play a good style of footy. Plenty of talent, their list was bound to explode.
• -Congratulations to Melbourne! The best performing team won.  Now, I'm on the Melbourne bandwagon! I think I mentioned my darling Dad was a Melbourne supporter! While I'm devo for my Geelong Cats, I'm delighted for Melbourne! Go Dees!

Very gacious of them.  They saved their angst for their players and their coach. 

My favourite comment from them is:   Oh well. Hope the Dees belt the p.ss and sh.t next week.

Edited September 7, 2018 by Lucifer's Hero

[Vipercrunch 2,827]

2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

 

My favourite comment from them is:   Oh well. Hope the Dees belt the [censored] and [censored] next week.

 

We had plenty of Cats fan express similar sentiments on the Geelong train home. They HATE the Hawks!!!

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

The Sandringham train was singing its a grand old flag......

[Vipercrunch 2,827]

Just watched the last 10 minutes on Fox. The way Goodwin hugged each player after the final siren.... wow they are tight. 

[Goffer 256]

20 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

The Sandringham train was singing its a grand old flag......

When all is said and done it’s our city....

[WERRIDEE 5,504]

We are playing some great football ATM hopefully we can keep it up for another 3 weeks.

We have really found a gun in Weid, maybe Hogan for pick 6 and Neale isn't so crazy overall.

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!

[deebug 1,754]

Can't be more proud of our guys well done boys

Welcome back Jack Viney?

[dl4e 5,851]

That was the first stop. Now for Hawthorn.

[Converted Dee 115]

Please sir can I have some more?

They kept to the task all night. Wasted some scoring opportunities, but didn’t waver. Very proud of the team ?

[RalphiusMaximus 6,088]

Home now.  Bloody Hell that was awesome.  The noise when Jones kicked that goal in the last...  Incredible. 

Loved the Weed's game.  Not just that he had 24 disposals and three goals, but he also racked up four tackles.  For a young KPF, that's awesome. 

I've done my share of bagging Lewis during the season, but he was immense tonight.  If there's one knock n his game it's that he didn't get a tackle to his name, but he did everything else, including putting himself in Harm's way taking intercept marks.  He was everything we needed from a veteran tonight. 

I don't think I can go through everyone who was amazing tonight, but I've NEVER seen the team attack the ball and their opponents like that before.  If they do that a few more times this year we'll have a pretty silver cup. 

I should also point out that we have 18 players in that side with a 100% winning record in finals.  ?

1 hour ago, SPC said:

Spargo and Tyson, only ones down on form tonight. Otherwise an even contribution 

I would have Salem in that sentence.  He had some shockers.  He was the only player out there for us who looked like he was overwhelmed by the occasion. 

[What 18,810]

1 minute ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

 

I would have Salem in that sentence.  He had some shockers.  He was the only player out there for us who looked like he was overwhelmed by the occasion. 

His kicking was wayward early but he settled down in the 2nd half.

Had no problem finding the footy.  

[RalphiusMaximus 6,088]

1 minute ago, Petraccattack said:

His kicking was wayward early but he settled down in the 2nd half.

Had no problem finding the footy.  

He contributed multiple uncontested marks to the Geelong stat sheet. 

[Watts the matter 1,235]

Just now, Petraccattack said:

His kicking was wayward early but he settled down in the 2nd half.

Had no problem finding the footy.  

Those 2 goals he missed you expect him to kick.

I don't know who he was trying to evade on the first attempt.

It wasn't just his disposal in this game, his decision making seemed off also. 

Parfitt has stitched him up a couple of times before so it was nice for Salem to blanket him tonight.

[Drunkn167 5,093]

CARN THE [censored] DESS YYEEWW!! IFM ANYONE IS DRUNKER AND HAPPIER THEN I AM I CHALENNEGE YOU COZ WHAT A GOD DAMN WIN!!!!!!

[Adam The God 30,407]

4 hours ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

Awesome pressure, if we learn to convert, we CAN go all the Way

Bring tonight's pressure game and convert a bit better and we should account for Hawthorn. Anything less than that though and we're in trouble.

But on tonight's performance we were brilliant. Weideman, Harmes and Max were the standouts for me. Quite incredible to think Weed could stand up in a final like that and Harmes is a truly dominant mid now. He is matching it with Clarry and Gus. When you add Viney's tackle pressure, our midfield really could rip any other midfield in the comp in two.

I want to see more composure inside 50 next week, but generally, they made us proud on the big stage. We go again.

And how was that MFC crowd!? Incredible. At least 65-70,000 were Melbourne. At least. We keep this up and we'll walk in 50,000 members next year. It shows that if we can have some sustained success (and I mean flags), our dormant supporter base has the capacity to reach at least 65,000 members. And if you win flags, you get the kids jumping on board and 70,000+ becomes very attainable in the next 5-10 years.

The most exciting aspect about tonight was ticking off the mental barrier of winning a final. We saw what impact that had on Richmond for years. Well, we've ticked that off now.

The other thing this victory tonight does is really announce us to the footy world and stamp us as contenders over the next 3-5 years. We play a brand that stacks up in finals and will only get better as our younger players develop. This finals experience too will hopefully hold them in really good stead for next year, whatever the outcome from here on is in 2018. 

And if I'm an opposition player, I'm wondering how do I get to Melbourne to play with these guys. Andrew Gaff, Dylan Shiel. These types. Lever saw it. Lewis saw it. Nights like tonight I'm front of 91,767 put us in that destination club conversation even further. Well done, PJ! And well done MFC.

Edited September 7, 2018 by A F

[Demon Disciple 12,274]

91k at the ground.

Conservatively estimate 50k were Dees supporters, probably closer to 55k. Looking around the stands whilst the song was playing was a sight to behold. Never seen so many Dees fans at the G before, i kinda like it.

[Dees_In_October 3,495]

What a night. What a win!

I loved that our players' response to mistakes and missed shots or free kicks seemed to be to go harder again. Never dropped their heads or lost their cool too much, even as the points piled up. That mindset seemed pervasive enough to have been coaching instruction and I think it really prevented us from collectively ever being too overawed by the occasion, which could easily have been a problem. What I'll always remember from this game though is the relentless pressure we put on, especially early: the smothers, tackles, bumps, niggle, chase-downs. Amazing.

And just so proud of our supporters. We really brought it from the first bounce too. There were clearly heaps of nerves and so many of us have been scarred by the past, but the volume of support we brought from the get-go really matched and (I like to think) reinforced the players' intensity. So I guess what I'm saying is well done us!

Sweet dreams, demonlanders ?

[Deestroy All 14,266]

100% winning finals record over the last 12 years.

[Pates 9,660]

Looking back one of the things I love the most (apart from simply winning) is the unlike the last time we didn’t take our chances against them the players didn’t drop their heads one bit. They backed themselves, they backed each other, they supported one another, and didn’t give Geelong a chance to breathe. We literally suffocated them and gave them nothing. 

We should’ve won by more but I couldn’t care less!