Jump to content

POSTGAME: Rd 09 vs West Coast

Demonland
Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

So much to like about effort and application. Skill errors and some really dumb things (Frosty), but, when the game was in the balance for the first 15 minutes of the last, the maggots came to the fore. Fair dinkum the system is corrupt. Proud, heartbroken but furious about the cheats in green. Isn’t Vardy a choice piece of work.? Rant over.

  • Quote
    • Like 4
    • Love 2
     

    Trac should have had 6. Easy. Jeff 4. 

    Just kick the easy goals!!

    great effort by the boys. Pity we couldn’t finish. 

    Vardy is a dead set [censored]

  • Quote
    • Like 9
    • Love 1

    Best game of the year so far.  Baker and Petty both showed us something.  Now we just need someone to teach these players how to kick goals.  None of the top sides miss basic shots the way we do. 

  • Quote
    • Like 8
     

    Undone by the injuries. Swap Baker for Melksham and Petty for Hibberd and we win that.

    It's not just that the bottom 6 or so underperform, it's that they turn the ball over, which then becomes a springboard for the opposition.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Bet you the dangerous tackle that rode Bull Smith into the ground doesn’t get a second look

  • Quote
    • Angry 3

    4 more scoring shots.  Should have won.

    Great effort with half our list injured and such a young team.

    West Coast are cheating druggos  and can go [censored] themselves.

    Edited by Petraccattack

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Love 2
     

    fritch and salem both turned the ball over. i liked frost and oscar both did pretty well. shame our forwards cannot kick straight, or mark, or tackle, or chase, or handball

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1
    1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    Put your house on us winning next week.

    Still not sure how Ryan had such a free run at that mark. 

    Ryan and Rioli ran around doing whatever they liked all game. All the selfish, hang off the back of the pack garbage you'd expect that type of player to get away with against Melbourne.

    Commentary fawns over it as usual.

  • Quote

    [censored] [censored] weak, learn how to kick into 50 and set shot territory where the game was lost.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Set shots

    hit up a target inside 50 - skills or vision - not sure which is worse

    a couple of [censored] decisions but hey we shat our own bed here

  • Quote
    • Like 3

    That was a new look team and I liked it.

    We were quicker, more mobile and had better agility.

    Preuss up forward would have been good to help provide relief again McGovern.

    Baker and Petty a big tick.

    Wagner, Smith (despite brain fade), Lockhart and even Stretch were all solid.

    Get a Fritsch back into the forward line, get Petracca a sports psychologist, get Preuss in the team, keep Lewis and other slow players out and we’ll be fine.

    The focus this week at training should be how to pick the ball up off the ground, we simply can’t do it.

    Edited by Clint Bizkit

  • Quote
    • Like 12
    1 minute ago, In Harmes Way said:

    Bet you the dangerous tackle that rode Bull Smith into the ground doesn’t get a second look

    Most likely the AFL will come out and say it should have been a free and 50.

  • Quote

    Some sh*t calls that quarter. But that's not what cost us. Our kicking skills are well off.

    With that said Hunt and Frost (exc that fumble) were our best on grounds tonight.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    The effort was terrific. Lost but proud of the effort. Umpires just never give us the rub of the green.

  • Quote
    • Like 7

    Why is it the same thing every week. It’s the last critical possession that we stuff up, or a fumble at a critical time. Everyone can see it. Either the coaches aren’t identifying it or the players can’t execute properly. Either way extremely frustrating. 

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Ugh, an honourable loss.

    9.15, not good enough. Can't win if you don't take your chances. 

    Depleted list, playing away, umps on the Eagles payroll, I thought we played great, we just didn't convert, which has cost us the game and all but confirmed we won't be playing finals.

    We really lacked composure at the end, and did not kick our goals. Why aren't these things on the 'to fix' list? Get some of our boys back, send everyone to practice kicking, start playing some smart footy and 2020 looks good.

    All that aside, I really liked our effort tonight.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Trac should have had 6. Easy. Jeff 4. 

    Just kick the easy goals!!

    great effort by the boys. Pity we couldn’t finish. 

    Vardy is a dead set [censored]

    Where the game was lost, should have been 5 goals up going up into the last qtr.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 1

    Goodwin's recruitment policy is competitve and combative players, the trade off is skill, balance and poise. Too many of one, not enough of the other. And WTF has happened to Brayshaw.

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • GAMEDAY: Essendon

      It’s Game Day, and the Demons are staring down the barrel of an 0-5 start for the first time since 2012 as they take on Essendon at Adelaide Oval for Gather Round. In that forgettable season, Melbourne finally broke their drought by toppling the Bombers. Can lightning strike twice? Will the Dees turn their nightmare start around and breathe life back into 2025?

        • Like
      • 17 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Essendon

      As the focus of the AFL moves exclusively to South Australia for Gather Round, the question is raised as to what are we going to get from the  Melbourne Football Club this weekend? Will it be a repeat of the slop fest of the last three weeks that have seen the team score a measly 174 points and concede 310 or will a return to the City of Churches and the scene where they performed at their best in 2024 act as a wakeup call and bring them out of their early season reverie?  Or will the sleepy Dees treat their fans to a reenactment of their lazy effort from the first Gather Round of two years ago when they allowed the Bombers to trample all over them on a soggy and wet Adelaide Oval? The two examples from above tell us how fickle form can be in football. Last year, a committed group of players turned up in Adelaide with a businesslike mindset. They had a plan, went in confidently and hard for the football and kicked winning scores against both home teams in a difficult environment for visitors. And they repeated that sort of effort later in the season when they played Essendon at the MCG.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Essendon

      Facing the very real and daunting prospect of starting the season with five straight losses, the Demons head to South Australia for the annual Gather Round, where they’ll take on the Bombers in search of their first win of the year. Who comes in, and who comes out?

        • Thanks
      • 489 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 05

      Gather Round is here, kicking off with a Thursday night blockbuster as Adelaide faces Geelong. The Crows will be out for redemption after a controversial loss last week. Saturday starts with the Magpies taking on the Swans. Collingwood will be eager to cement their spot in the top eight, while Sydney is hot on their heels. In the Barossa Valley, two rising sides go head-to-head in a fascinating battle to prove they're the real deal. Later, Carlton and West Coast face off at Adelaide Oval, both desperate to notch their first win of the season. The action then shifts to Norwood, where the undefeated Lions will aim to keep their streak alive against the Bulldogs. Sunday’s games begin in the Barossa with Richmond up against Fremantle. In Norwood, the Saints will be looking to take a scalp when they come up against the Giants. The round concludes with a fiery rematch of last year's semi-final, as the Hawks seek revenge for their narrow loss to Port Adelaide. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

        • Thanks
      • 188 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Geelong

      There was a time in the second quarter of the game at the Cattery on Friday afternoon when the Casey Demons threatened to take the game apart against the Cats. The Demons had been well on top early but were struggling to convert their ascendancy over the ground until Tom Fullarton’s burst of three goals in the space of eight minutes on the way to a five goal haul and his best game for the club since arriving from Brisbane at the end of 2023. He was leading, marking and otherwise giving his opponents a merry dance as Casey grabbed a three goal lead in the blink of an eye. Fullarton has now kicked ten goals in Casey’s three matches and, with Melbourne’s forward conversion woes, he is definitely in with a chance to get his first game with the club in next week’s Gather Round in Adelaide. Despite the tall forward’s efforts - he finished with 19 disposals and eight marks and had four hit outs as back up to Will Verrall in the second half - it wasn’t enough as Geelong reigned in the lead through persistent attacks and eventually clawed their way to the lead early in the last and held it till they achieved the end aim of victory.

        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Geelong

      I was disappointed to hear Goody say at his post match presser after the team’s 39 point defeat against Geelong that "we're getting high quality entry, just poor execution" because Melbourne’s problems extend far beyond that after its 0 - 4 start to the 2025 football season. There are clearly problems with poor execution, some of which were evident well before the current season and were in play when the Demons met the Cats in early May last year and beat them in a near top-of-the-table clash that saw both sides sitting comfortably in the top four after round eight. Since that game, the Demons’ performances have been positively Third World with only five wins in 19 games with a no longer majestic midfield and a dysfunctional forward line that has become too easy for opposing coaches to counter. This is an area of their game that is currently being played out as if they were all completely panic-stricken.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All