POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs Essendon

[Maldonboy38 6,387]

My 55+ years of supporting Melbourne, all in one quarter. Stuff me that was gut wrenching. And Jake Leve might have just earned his salary - great last quarter.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Just now, leave it to deever said:

Outside of the 2nd quarter you dont want to know. Trust me.

So watching the replay might be a bad idea? 

All I heard was Hunt kicked 4, Fritta missed a few but came good and Joel Smith played well on Daniher. 

That last part could be wrong, but it's what I heard and read! 

[Moonshadow 17,578]

Despite Eddie's barracking, we won

[gs77 4,000]

In: Jackson

Out: Melksham

[WERRIDEE 5,362]

Rivers wins it for us again. WHAT A PLAYER! I spilled my coke when Sheil kicked that goal. Usual Melbourne made the easy hard. Fritsch and Hunt played well. Salem, Oliver, Petracca and Gawn excellent.

[leave it to deever 17,500]

7 minutes ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

Good: Brown. He's Pederson mk 2 - not particularly talented, but always gives it everything, and played a blinder today. 13 Marks. Wow.

Bad: Melksham. How he made it through the year without getting dropped is staggering.

 

Yep. Brown should have been in long time ago.

[Red But Mostly Blue 4,506]

What a weird (lame) hollow victory.

[Dr.D 1,771]

..and that's why we don't deserve finals. 

getting run over by essendon. lol

[P-man 13,366]

Essendon are awful.

Carn you Dockers!

[Diamond_Jim 12,391]

Both Melksham and T Mac signed until the end of 2022 on decent money

Not looking great in hindsight

[Jaded No More 68,689]

9 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Heave ho away we go. We are the Freo dockers

An Andy Brayshaw kick for a Hogan mark and goal post siren would be lovely.

For the win obviously. Not just like for a random useless goal. 
 

A good 30% performance. As always. Fall apart under pressure. 

Edited September 19, 2020 by Jaded

[BDA 22,418]

Hopefully Jesse can do us a favor tomorrow. Not sure how we win a final with Weideman in this form. anonymous again today.

[roy11 3,731]

Wonder if that’s enough to get Trent the nom.

Brown/Hunt played for their Futures today. Happy with both of their performances 

[Accepting Mediocrity 1,418]

Hunt is always going to be a limited player, but geez he's a weapon when he gets it streaming towards goals. 4 goals from a fringe player is a great effort.

[Sigil 1,001]

Thank dog for Rivers.

[gs77 4,000]

1 minute ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

What a weird (lame) hollow victory.

The players seemed to feel that way with their muted reaction after the siren.

[Buzzy 992]

7 minutes ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

Good: Brown. He's Pederson mk 2 - not particularly talented, but always gives it everything, and played a blinder today. 13 Marks. Wow.

Bad: Melksham. How he made it through the year without getting dropped is staggering.

 

Melksham this season averaging around 50 in Supercoach, less than 10 disposals and less than a goal a game.

That's pretty much today, for 17 games.

Shocker.

Edited September 19, 2020 by Buzzy

[leave it to deever 17,500]

8 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

So watching the replay might be a bad idea? 

All I heard was Hunt kicked 4, Fritta missed a few but came good and Joel Smith played well on Daniher. 

That last part could be wrong, but it's what I heard and read! 

As t. Uranus said;

 

Well, we won.

Only played one good quarter but, to be fair, it was a good quarter.

As bad as the fourth quarter was, our core players stood up in the final 5 minutes to get the last two steadying goals.

Really impressed with Hunt's game, 4 goals a good reward. Gawn, Oliver, Salem, Petracca and Langdon all played really well. Weideman's stats won't show it but I thought his workrate was good and he created opportunities for us

 

 

 

Just watch the 2nd ...it was a ripper.

 

[Devil In Disguise 2,258]

If someone posts Smith kept Daniher goalless.... I'll lose it!

[titan_uranus 24,912]

If we make the 8, we deserve to play finals.

If we miss, we don't.

Why do the Dogs deserve it any more than we do if they lose to Fremantle and finish the season with a worse record than us?

Carlton finished 9th in 2013 and still beat Richmond who finished 5th. Then nearly won the semi final the following week. You never know. 

[Buzzy 992]

1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Both Melksham and T Mac signed until the end of 2022 on decent money

Not looking great in hindsight

Up there with the Goodwin 4 year signing and Tomlinson for 4 years @ $500K ?

[drdrake 3,135]

I reckon the Eagles will be barracking for the Dockers tomorrow as well   they would rather play us than the dogs 

[Uncle Fester 2,843]

1 minute ago, wizardinoz said:

If someone posts Smith kept Daniher goalless.... I'll lose it!

Smith kept Daniher goalless 

[titan_uranus 24,912]

2 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

If someone posts Smith kept Daniher goalless.... I'll lose it!

Why would anyone post that? He wasn't on Daniher.

He gave up 3 goals to Stewart. And gave up a shocking handball turnover in the middle of the ground, and otherwise gave us nothing. Was just a bad game from someone who shouldn't be playing IMO.

[Elegt 872]

6 minutes ago, gs77 said:

In: Jackson

Out: Melksham

Smith has to come out. He is diabolical