POSTGAME: Rd 11 vs Western Bulldogs

[Pennant St Dee 13,454]

Great team performance, will put my hand up as one who thought it was more important to tag the outsiders as opposed to cutting off the source.

Really good move cutting Libba out and anyone who uses Brayshaws stats to judge his performance doesn’t know what they are talking about 

[Kiss of Death 772]

Bloody Covid.

I should be 3/4 drunk by now

[ucanchoose 1,816]

[Mickey 4,777]

Shout out to Gus for his game. Epitome of sacrificing for the team. Only got it a dozen times but regularly won or halved 1 on 1s. Deserves votes

[Deemania since 56 6,810]

8 minutes ago, Lace Out said:

Controlled and hungry. 
A beautiful thing. 

Nice, continuous application of mongrel, too, delivered without animosity, just an attitude of a classy team.

 

[Cards13 9,117]

1 minute ago, Jaded said:

Why not? You only miss a week if you’re concussed. He’s clearly not. 

It’s 12 days.

[Cheap Seats 3,310]

8 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Still haven't beaten anyone above us on the ladder...

That's standard

[sisso 2,627]

Felt good bout this going in so plonked $50 on us at $2.35.....great night only marred by the fact we couldn’t be there

[In Harmes Way 7,870]

Time to start watching the replay

Awesome game. I tipped us by 10, they surpassed my wildest expectations 

[Red But Mostly Blue 4,632]

Best on ground, Harmes? Maybe, huge game. But geez, Gus aye. Selfless. So important tonight.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

The lesser likes for me. 
Harmes, Spargbol, ANB, Jordon. So clean and hard and don’t stop working. Really good from those 4 plus Brayshaw shutting down a wing. 
 

Oliver is head and shoulders above their much lauded midfield. 
 

Great win in a weird to watch game. 

[Lloyd 53]

 

[MurDoc516 1,529]

10 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

James Harmes best game in a long time

Agreed, for all the times i've critised him this season and last his game was brilliant tonight. I hope for more of it.

Lever B.O.G for me being mindful i missed the first quarter.

[Pates 9,697]

I'll be completely honest, I didn't see that coming. It looked weird seeing us play with no crowd and I think in a low of ways that helped us. The dogs looked unable to get "up" whereas I think we were always going to be up for a fight after the shock loss last week.

I'm not able to really do much rundown but Gus and Brayshaw deserve a lot of praise. Did great jobs this week.

[DeeZee 7,496]

Im convinced 

We are the real deal.

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,794]

3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Why not? You only miss a week if you’re concussed. He’s clearly not. 

So much for the "Medical" sub

Won't be long until the calls come for - "just make it a 5th Interchange"... and then a call for a 6th as Sub

Deja vous

[Gorgoroth 13,220]

[censored] me, who is this team. I [censored] love them! 

[The Reverend 1,736]

12 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

A beautiful thing.

[Demons11 7,149]

5 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Brayshaw had a cracker of a game. Best game of the season imo. 

Best 13 possession game I have ever seen

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,830]

Melbourne Demons Robots in disguise.

Queue Transformers theme music.

[titan_uranus 25,255]

Huge game.

They dominated the stats and had tonnes of the ball but the stats don't show you how much they were mucking around with it because of our pressure and defensive set up.

A massive team effort. Oliver was dominant but this was as much about the stars as it was about lesser lights, like Harmes tagging Libba, Jordon's midfield role, Weideman continuing to present despite having a poor first half, Spargo/ANB/Pickett gut running repeatedly to keep the pressure on, Brayshaw's amazing defensive game on the wing.

We had to match them in the middle and we did, winning CPs by 21. We had to dominate the air and we did, +5 marks inside 50, +9 contested marks and a lot more intercept marks (can't find that stat).

There will be those who qualify this win, noting that they were missing Treloar, Dunkley, Wood and Martin, and arguing the lack of a Dogs home crowd helped us. But [censored] them. We brought our defensive A-game and our pressure A-game and like Richmond, a top 4 contender couldn't go with us.

[Redleg 42,174]

4 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Great team performance, will put my hand up as one who thought it was more important to tag the outsiders as opposed to cutting off the source.

Really good move cutting Libba out and anyone who uses Brayshaws stats to judge his performance doesn’t know what they are talking about 

Some of us know Pennant. My only post on the game day thread was stop Libba and we are a chance and Harmes was the obvious one. Thought Harmes was great.

[DeeGee 181]

Gee I hope COVID doesn’t screw up this season.

 

This is the best chance of a flag in my lifetime (I’m 45).

[Bimbo 943]

One good thing about the lockdown.  While everyone thinks I am working from home, I will be watching the replay twice a day

[whitito 187]

The calmness and confidence is a thing to enjoy. A great way to bounce back.