POSTGAME: Rd 09 vs Carlton

[leave it to deever 15,128]

1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Good teams just find a way to win. 26 points up with a couple of minutes to go and our boys are still chasing opponents down. Keep accumulating those 4 points.

Good point. We are just so persistent. We clearly have an inner belief that if we keep working and doing what we are trsined for and good at then the points are ours.

The belief us great

It is not the Melbourne that we are familiar with. No panic. No giving up. No passengers.

Hard work and hard efforts all the way through and for nine games in a row.

[Nasher 33,047]

Happy to have backed Petty in last week. I think it's totally reasonable for a young KPD, playing in a system defense, to take a game or two to find his rhythm. It's silly to think he'd be playing at the top of his capability in game one. He's never played any more than 3 games in a row as a defender, the writing off of him was nuts.

I'm a lot less convinced about Kade Chandler, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for the same reason. I reckon Melksham would have offered more, but if Goody and team want to give Chandler a few weeks to settle in, I can appreciate why.

[adonski 9,096]

1 minute ago, Monocology said:

Only 35,500 in attendance & can't get a beverage for love nor money.

 

Come (old) all ye faithful - get your woollies down from top cupboard, purchase a membership & get your derriere to our games.

There were 19k at Richmond vs GWS, attendances been crap this year all across the board

[DeeZee 6,717]

I liked Weeds game today and thought he presented to the right areas and worked really hard on a day not really suited to talls.

The crowd cheered him every time he got near it and feel he is a bit of a favorite amongst the fans really wanting him to succeed.

[Blinkybill 276]

I remember Muhammad Ali was asked after going the distance against a very inferior boxer “why didn’t you knock him out?”

His response “I don’t want to risk my life every time I fight”

This was the Demons today. Life risking games coming up.....

[titan_uranus 22,209]

22 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

Forgive me, but I find this strange.

Radio, internet and post-game stats led to my earlier post.

[Gawndy the Great 7,242]

1 hour ago, praha said:

What was the crowd for those at the game?

38K

[DemonOX 8,529]

NINE AND ZIP, FIRST TIME SINCE 56. 
 

Go DEES. 

[leave it to deever 15,128]

1 hour ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

We would have been in trouble if the first half was wet weather too. Would love to see a nice dry game for the big 3 forwards.

Me too but fixing the cenre clearances needs to fixed. Get well soon Viney.

[DubDee 20,320]

Gus had 10 clangers

Clarry had 11 clangers

A lot to improve on!

[leave it to deever 15,128]

19 minutes ago, Meggs said:

No one has mentioned Hibbo. Meggs just loves what he brings each week.  Warrior who does his job.  Betts had 12 disposals and 1.3.  

Deever thinks you have been hanging around the Donald but Hibberd is a champion.

[Cards13 9,117]

1 hour ago, No Plan B said:

Starting to trust Petty. 

What?! A player who has hardly played at the highest level and has come back from jury and is just getting a run at it….. 

[Fanatique Demon 2,364]

We’re getting a lot of mentions of “dribble”. Unless it’s about a trickle or basketball, the word is drivel. Ie, nonsense.

There, I’ve said it!
 

[Demon trucker 1,722]

1 hour ago, jumbo returns said:

Let's hear from those that start their post with....'if we play like that against blah blah, we'll get murdered!'.....go!

You hear that every single week, did someone say play like that and Geelong, Richmond, Sydney, will smash us then we beat all of them.

[Willmoy1947 3,758]

1 hour ago, SPC said:

Brian Taylor is a [censored] 

Brian has got some sort of anti common sense syndrome.

Carlton played the 'we are injured card" so please maggots, look after us... and they did, with Olympic quality diving, throwing and pushing. 

[640MD 2,742]

12 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

NINE AND ZIP, FIRST TIME SINCE 56. 
 

Go DEES. 

Won 13 in a row that year.    A way to go yet !

[Brownie 5,107]

1 hour ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

Completely agree. My favourite part is that I don't think I've seen us play anywhere near our best yet. I've got no doubt we'll tune into it soon. I reckon our best will be scary. 

Yeah Max looks gassed. Jacko would have been handy today.

But the boys keep at it, and that really has set us apart from the others. We keep finding a way. Great to see, even in the less than glamorous wins.

TMac is great to watch for so many reasons.

Completely agree, racking up wins in third gear. We are going to be scary good when we finally clunk into overdrive.

I thought we slipped into some old bad habits with bombing it into our f50 just because of our tall forwards but I'm sure we'll sort it out.

Highlights

Tmac is just so steady.

Kossie. His one handed pick up at full tilt in the wet on the outer wing. He is a pure joy to watch.

The Wall of Demons.

There were a couple of times where I watched Carlton try to transition across and we just ran so hard to form a wall of players and block their options.

it must be awesome to see it happen at the ground.

Keep banking the points 

Jack is back next week.

 

 

[kev martin 8,804]

 

Great backline again, the blues couldn't get going because of the structures.

We really nullified them around the ground.

The coaches have them playing roles so well. We are hard to beat.

Thought Rivers played a good game, same with Hunty and Jordon.

Some of their tackling left us wanting, though we returned the favour.

Tom and Fritta got us the lead and our run and ability to defend, kept it.

Unsure about our pack marking and the idea we are playing unselfish. Seemed to be getting in each other's way.

Oliver, Langdon, Lever, Salem are hard to keep quiet.

Good game by Spargo, like how he continues to pop up.

Tracc, and Gawn doing enough, though I want more.

Harmes is at his best playing the tagging role.

Hibbs is a smart player.

I am looking forward to us playing some goods teams now. Hoping we can change levels, I think we can. We are playing above the oppositions level, but not on our own terms. Would love to see us take the Dogs apart. Till then, we have Crows. They are coming off the WA road trip. We won't be at the G, and they have plenty to prove.

Good win dees.

Edited May 16, 2021 by kev martin

[binman 37,720]

1 hour ago, Rossmillan said:

BT -“ The fans are quiet because Melbourne supporters are bored of winning.”

I have no words…..  The most ridiculous comment I have heard in a long time.

I couldn't go today so had to watch it on the box. I was getting seriously furious with BT.

It wasn't just that stupid comment. His vaudeville routine about how quiet went for the whole first half and was replaced by a routine about him not rating us blah blah blah, that the whole team bar bartel joined in on. Pathetic and disrespectful to the club and fans watching

On Bartel, i have to say i'm really impressed with him. Actually brings some solid analysis to the role of special comments (eg his comment explaining why the clearance differential was not an issue and the pressure we put on the player trying to kick from the clearance). And i love how he doesn't play along with BT's clowning.

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,267]

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

In ten weeks time.

Dees have won nineteen in a row Brian what do you think?

Im not convinced just yet.

Still won't have beaten anyone above us on the ladder

[bjDee 1,247]

1 hour ago, kev martin said:

I heard, a top 4 finish guarantees a grandfinal berth, or something along that train of thought.

This was Bartel. “If you finish in the top 4, you’re guaranteed a GF berth.”

That’s going to make a huge difference to my Quinella betting!

[Dr. Gonzo 22,384]

W

1 hour ago, Fork 'em said:

Just bubbling along nicely.
Had another gear when we needed it.
We're strong all over the ground and whoever beats us will have to play very well.

And how 'bout the footy gods give us a game with some decent conditions for a change.
 

We'll get one in 2 weeks ?

[Rossmillan 473]

2 minutes ago, bjDee said:

This was Bartel. “If you finish in the top 4, you’re guaranteed a GF berth.”

That’s going to make a huge difference to my Quinella betting!

My whole family face palmed when we heard that one.  Absolute classic!!!

[Dr. Gonzo 22,384]

58 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

I would love us to dish out a belting but after 9 games we’re only a couple of percentage points off the doggies percentage. I think that shows that expecting big wins is unrealistic and our winning scores are about par. Let’s just keep banking the 4 points as we go and make sure we’re ready for the big games which will be rolling around pretty soon.

And that's with them having pumped the Kangas by 130 points!

[Fanatique Demon 2,364]

I’m not sure BT even knows the rules. There have been lots of examples over the weeks of this. Today, I think it was Lever who was tackled and just got his foot to the ball. BT insisted it should have been HTB. “Huh? He kicked it, you [censored].” (Sorry, re-living it.)

And then there is just his ignorance... Earlier this round he needed Hodge to explain an intercept mark.