POSTGAME: Rd 11 vs Western Bulldogs

[Demonland 73,140]

Sounds from the game. 

 

[3Dee 1,153]

We made them look very ordinary. Go Dees!

Edited May 28, 2021 by 3Dee

[Dr. Gonzo 24,295]

3 hours ago, Smokey said:

"WITH A TEAR IN MY EYE!"

[Dr. Gonzo 24,295]

2 hours ago, layzie said:

The aesthetics of the game get a great run in the media. Attractive football and all that jazz.

Do you want to be a team that scores freely or a team that is hard to score against.

Answer: Just win baby. 

[Dr. Gonzo 24,295]

1 hour ago, BigBadBustling said:

Can someone remind me again, about the dogs recent record at Docklands. Please

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[Grr-owl 1,251]

Only concern for me is we had 15 scoring shots in the first half and only 7 in the second even though we were well on top. 

[Deemania since 56 6,716]

7 hours ago, Demons11 said:

Best 13 possession game I have ever seen

Gus is a talent, hanging back just a bit to read the play and then execute what we all know he can do on the ground, in the air, around the melees. No opponent is too good for him; he dismantles opposition reputations.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Deemania since 56

[DemonOX 8,800]

Funny when Harmes plays his best position as a tagger he kills it.
He wiped the floor against Libba while racking up 21 possies and kicks a goal. 
 

Amazing what happens when you play players in their best position and to what their skills are suited to. Who would have thought that!!!

FMD took long enough. 
 

Better late than never though. 

[DemonOX 8,800]

7 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

A special shout out to the ump from last weeks game.

Yeah u [censored] little maggot. 
 

Cost us a 10-0 start. (Most likely)

[Sydee 4,529]

Great effort from a side that finely looks like the penny has dropped 

some of the fastest and cleanest use by hand I’ve seen 

loved watching them sing the song after the game they look like a very happy TEAM - I’m desperate to see them have the ultimate success because they have clearly worked very very hard for a considerable period of time to get the chance 

pity to lose Langdon for next week but it does give someone else a chance to step up - assume Sparrow 

Well done Dees needed to make a statement and did 

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

How good is it to wake up Saturday morning, sitting prettying at the top of the ladder while all the other teams still have to battle for the minor placings?

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

BT is a peanut but I agreed with his assessment that we weren’t over-the-top celebrating during the game.

Not sure if it was a conscious decision or not but it was the most clinical no fuss win from a Melbourne team in a long time.

I just love that we were in front for 100% of the game.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Clint Bizkit

[monoccular 17,573]

8 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

Where did you get that lifelike photo of Libba?

[BDA 22,875]

8 hours ago, dees189227 said:

Ok so my first thought was tonights win makes last weeks loss even worse because we could have gone 2 games clear of top. 

You can't win every game. Much prefer to beat the Dogs and lose in Adelaide than the other way around.

And besides, nothing like a bitter loss to instill some motivation and make sure we keep our feet on the ground and stay focused. We responded in style last night. Doggies had a cakewalk last week against the saints which was no preparation at all before playing us.

[BDA 22,875]

8 hours ago, Antioch said:

Razor ray is the best umpire in the AFL. 

I find him annoying but if he was in Adelaide last week he would have made that deliberate free kick call

[BDA 22,875]

8 hours ago, bobby1554 said:

Ordinary footballer at best. Never going to hurt you. A great example of why stats are sometimes meaningless

 

i'd have him in our team in a heartbeat

[Redleg 41,428]

8 hours ago, Kiss of Death said:

E. Langdon - Ankle - Test.

 

 

Must be a high ankle if concussed.

[Webber 10,538]

7 hours ago, AC/DeeC said:

After watching the Dees beat the Dogs tonight, I have just calmed down just enough to be able to read and write. I do this after texting several of those closest to me sending messages of congratulations after tonight's's great Melbourne victory over Western Bulldogs. I have so many positive emotions going on right now. The first is my  absolute joy of watching the Dees maintain unrelenting pressure for 4 quarters during this evening's top or the table match against the Dogs, and watch them take down the temporary league leaders and reclaim it for us all!. Top of the Ladder. Earned it the hard way! The second is after 57 years of supporting the Melbourne Football Club, I, not for the first time, but for the most confident time, believe. A new whiff wafts and I like it. On so many occasions over the past weeks and months, whilst wearing my scarf with pride - not just to the footy but also in public and to work (like I have done for years), random strangers, old friends, and other unexpected people are now approaching me and having lengthy discussions with me about the MFC and how well we are doing. The third is I am so proud to be able to tell them I am a member of the MFC.  These discussions have all been positive and I continue to enjoy them very much. I believe I may well be the most elderly continuous supporter of the the Melbourne Football Club to have not been alive when Melbourne last won a premiership. Having been born in October of MCMLXIV I challenge any MFC supporter to knock me off my mantle.

By biological calculations, (and, more squiffily, according to my mother) I was conceived mere days after our last flag. I could debate your claim on purely materialist terms relating to ‘existence’, but I won’t. If being alive is ‘breathing’, you win. Love how a win leaves such room for the existential things. More please...

[BDA 22,875]

Our form has dropped off a little over the past few weeks so I was a little concerned about this match. Turns out we were just pacing ourselves.

As soon as I read the Michael Gleeson article in the Age about the genesis of our new selfless approach and role orientated mindset I just knew we would turn up last night and boy did we put on a performance.

No team in this competition holds any fear for us. We’ll respect them all but we have the gameplan, mentality and talent to beat all comers. The Lions are going to get a taste of it next week don’t anybody worry about that.

I just hope we can stay fit and healthy. If we’re picking 19-20 of our best 22 in September we’re going to be hard to stop.

[loges 6,767]

8 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Before the game I just hoped win or lose, we could play like we were worthy contenders.
With that clinical display on the red hot dogs the boys showed the footy world they are properly forken good.

I know it'll shut up the cocky bulldog supporter at work.
He was certain they'd just roll over us.
Told him their pretty boys they hadn't faced the heat.
Can't wait to see him.
Winning 9 games out've 10 sure makes marching into work monday morning alot easier.
 


 





 
 

Exposed as front runners the Bulldogs, love to play the fast free flowing footy but when we kept the heat on and smothered them they weren't up to the challenge.

[buck_nekkid 6,046]

Changing of the guard?

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwii6KCSr-3wAhU__3MBHdDXBwQQwqsBMAJ6BAgJEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOj_cP2Y5aos&usg=AOvVaw0x_QvmL9Cv4kOh14pRKPJw

Flat track bullies now shown up...

[old dee 23,872]

1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

How good is it to wake up Saturday morning, sitting prettying at the top of the ladder while all the other teams still have to battle for the minor placings?

Unbelievable actual, I thought the dogs would win. Obviously I know nothing.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,295]

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3 hours ago, Grr-owl said:

Only concern for me is we had 15 scoring shots in the first half and only 7 in the second even though we were well on top. 

Only concern for me is we weren't there to witness it.

[SPC 3,551]

Great team performance. Only one who was down on form last night was Salem, lot of look away handballs setup Dogs players. So with his off-game, the win holds even more weight.

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,294]

We will look back and think of that loss last week as the best thing that could’ve happened to us. We didn’t play great footy and a loss was looking likely for a few weeks. It was the rocket we needed.

Last night was clinical. Doggies have been towelling teams up and we made them look very ordinary, similar to what The Tiges did to them in the 2nd half.

What excites me is how much improvement we’ve got in us. Lots of players dropped simple marks that would’ve lead to goals. Max dropped some sitters. Weed was getting to all the right places but just couldn’t clunk them. He will soon, that little 2 mins from him sealed the game and his confidence will be sky high as a result.

Absolutely stoked with how we dominated a premiership favourite. We need to back it up next week though otherwise we stay with the pack, if we win we are a serious threat and deserve outright favouritism for the flag.