POST GAME: Rd 04 vs Sydney

[640MD 3,490]

sorry a little bit TOO excited

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,954]

Glad to see some of our out of form players like Jonesy, Viney, Trac and Hunt return to form tonight, even T & O Mac I thought started looking better as the game went on (though both were comming off a pretty low base).  Also good to see good games from emerging players Preuss and Hore, who I thought was pretty important for us.

I thought the Weid was pretty quite and had minor impact for most of the game, but did some really good stuff for us in the last quarter when it was there to be won.  That 50m goal was a sensational kick for goal under pressure and I thought he also did alot of other little things like tackles, a few good marks and knock on's in the last quarter.

Harmes was really good early when we were struggling a bit, as was Jones, who went on to play a great captains game, along with Viney to some degree.

[MudDogs Gawn Win.. someday 499]

This is the start of a new Era.

All embarrassing Hoodoos have now been broken. Sydney was the last team we hd not beaten for 9 years. We have also now won on everyone ground in the last 5 years except for Hobart.

[DV8 2,271]

19 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Trac  needs to bring that mindset every game.  He was a bull tonight.

 

That attitude is the base,  he has to start from every week.

That attitude will bring him results week in, week out.....  because it will take him to the contests.... and it will bring the ball in his direction.

[Richard Tionary 145]

Love Bailey Fritsch and feel very comfortable when the ball is in his hands. Think he’s our most composed player. 

[dees189227 12,453]

As max said we now have to back it up next week otherwise tonight will mean nothing.  

But so happy and im rapt to see jonsey stand up.

Tomorrow morning waking up early to go to work will feel a lot better. Happy days

[Mel Bourne 4,537]

Jetta 

Lever

May

vanDenberg

Hannan

And I can forgive that prelim effort and say Lewis. 

Will be great to have these players back. 

[Magoo 40]

27 minutes ago, Skuit said:

Special shout out to Petracca, Hunt and Oliver for their utter determination to win/win back the ball.

Spot on.

[Magoo 40]

22 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Loved Hunts two games up forward. Doesn’t get a heap of it, but he’s so damaging with his pressure and hits the scoreboard. Ticks all the boxes needed for the small/medium forward type player. He and Petracca really stood up tonight.

I'm with you.

[DV8 2,271]

26 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Didn't sound like it...

i hope not. 

May wasn't ready for his first game in rednblue,  and he wasn't ready for the Cats game.   He sure as hell won't be ready for next week...  unless they want him injured, again.

 

[Moonshadow 17,678]

7 minutes ago, Richard Tionary said:

Love Bailey Fritsch and feel very comfortable when the ball is in his hands. Think he’s our most composed player. 

Yes, he and Salem

[Sigil 1,002]

AFL: *coughs quietly*: Might bring in some new roolz.

Dees: *blink*

Dees in trade season: Need some ruck, we like moar ruck. Very good, we will ruck. Roost the Preuss!

Fans: WTF is this nonsense. Can’t play two Ruckz0rz. Preuss dum, will neva play!

AFL: Haha yeah you silleh buggz, we like speed. Very ferarri, much wheel spinz!

Dees: We woz gud!

AFL: Look at the the 666 format. You are sillehs

Dees: Oh sheet, da dood we got in to play with Gawnee didn’t actually play with Gawnee. An’ when he did we were gud. Preuss gr8.

AFL: We still h8 u.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,766]

7 minutes ago, MudDogs Gawn Win.. someday said:

This is the start of a new Era.

All embarrassing Hoodoos have now been broken. Sydney was the last team we hd not beaten for 9 years. We have also now won on everyone ground in the last 5 years except for Hobart.

Glad to see the end of the Swans once and for all. They can enjoy playing in front of crowds of 5000 now.

Bye, bye.

[picket fence 17,964]

59 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I am so proud of the boys tonight.  I've almost got a tear in my eye.  We've been smashed from pillar to post these last three weeks, some of it warranted, some of it over the top, and when the Swans got 20 odd points up you could argue that we were in big, big trouble.  

But we didn't panic.  We went back to playing the Melbourne way.  We hassled.  We tackled.  And by God we took our chances.  This was a modern Melbourne performance and you could almost sense, when we got up, that we weren't going to give it up.

The one person I want to single out is Nathan Jones.  Under the pump from all and sundry, he steps up to kick three crucial, captain's goals to help us win this game of footy.  How bloody good is it?  Right the man off at your peril.

I also thought Marty Hore, another to cop it on here, really stood up down back, particularly early.  Also to Frosty who did a pretty good job on Buddy!

But stuff it.  How good is it, everyone?  I love this club.  We have won this game when, with the injuries and the history against the Swans, we had no right to win it.  As I said earlier, it's shades of the '98 game over in Perth.

Kudos to the coaches, players and everyone else involved for lifting and keeping our season well and truly alive.

And I'm proud that I never lost the faith!  DEMONS!

Ahem Clarry Choo Choo sensational coped two extreme hard hits and created  stellar ball movement with telling possessions! SUPERSTAR!!

[Magoo 40]

14 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Immensely proud of the boys. I have been a Jones knocker of late and I’d like to apologise. Yes, he made errors again tonight and looked slow at times, but he put us on his back at the same time and kicked captain’s goals. 

Things clicked tonight in patches. We busted Our guts. Blokes put their body on the line. Hunt was magnificent. He has found a spot. Leave him there. Let him chase and attack and he will bob up and kick a couple a game. 

Let us go on with it next week. Must build on it. 

Well said.

[DV8 2,271]

9 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Glad to see some of our out of form players like Jonesy, Viney, Trac and Hunt return to form tonight, even T & O Mac I thought started looking better as the game went on (though both were comming off a pretty low base).  Also good to see good games from emerging players Preuss and Hore, who I thought was pretty important for us.

I thought the Weid was pretty quite and had minor impact for most of the game, but did some really good stuff for us in the last quarter when it was there to be won.  That 50m goal was a sensational kick for goal under pressure and I thought he also did alot of other little things like tackles, a few good marks and knock on's in the last quarter.

Harmes was really good early when we were struggling a bit, as was Jones, who went on to play a great captains game, along with Viney to some degree.

He has been slaughtered in the first few weeks by our useless delivery,  going inside F50...  and also TMc's poor showings.

Preuss took some of the heat off Weide and TMc tonight... and Gawn as well.   This imo showed,  and helped all of them.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,766]

13 minutes ago, DV8 said:

That attitude is the base,  he has to start from every week.

That attitude will bring him results week in, week out.....  because it will take him to the contests.... and it will bring the ball in his direction.

He played alright tonight DV8. Stats aside, he did chase, tackle and contest the ball in dispute and hit the scoreboard.

Got to bring this effort every week.

Edited April 11, 2019 by Win4theAges

[GCDee 3,199]

So I broke my phone when I saw Oscar got out marked by Reid in the 2nd quarter... 

Missed the rest of the game, I take it the game when in an upwards trajectory from the point of me breaking my phone... 

[Moonshadow 17,678]

Just now, GCDee said:

So I broke my phone when I saw Oscar got out marked by Reid in the 2nd quarter... 

Missed the rest of the game, I take it the game when in an upwards trajectory from the point of me breaking my phone... 

You'll need another 20 something phones this season then!

[Nasher 33,617]

I’m reserving judgement on Preuss the forward. One goal was plucked out of his arse on the boundary from the ruck, the other a long kick that a competent defence would have touched. Don’t get me wrong, quite happy to take two goals and enjoyed his physical play, just not quite ready to crow yet. 

[Smokey 4,389]

7 minutes ago, Sigil said:

AFL: *coughs quietly*: Might bring in some new roolz.

Dees: *blink*

Dees in trade season: Need some ruck, we like moar ruck. Very good, we will ruck. Roost the Preuss!

Fans: WTF is this nonsense. Can’t play two Ruckz0rz. Preuss dum, will neva play!

AFL: Haha yeah you silleh buggz, we like speed. Very ferarri, much wheel spinz!

Dees: We woz gud!

AFL: Look at the the 666 format. You are sillehs

Dees: Oh sheet, da dood we got in to play with Gawnee didn’t actually play with Gawnee. An’ when he did we were gud. Preuss gr8.

AFL: We still h8 u.

Sure this post wasn’t meant for 4chan circa 2003? 

[Demons11 7,096]

[monoccular 17,642]

38 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Roaming Brian would be so much better in the losing rooms. 

Roaming Brian  (autocorrect said Brain ????) is an utter waste of oxygen.

1 minute ago, GCDee said:

So I broke my phone when I saw Oscar got out marked by Reid in the 2nd quarter... 

Missed the rest of the game, I take it the game when in an upwards trajectory from the point of me breaking my phone... 

GCD - May I respectfully suggest that you leave it broken. 

[Smokey 4,389]

1 minute ago, Demons11 said:

He looks like he was carved out of an element scientists haven’t yet identified 

[DV8 2,271]

8 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

He played alright tonight DV8. Stats aside, he did chase, tackle and contest the ball in dispute and hit the scoreboard.

Got to bring this effort every week.

Yes... exactly.