POSTGAME: Rd 12 vs Brisbane

[leave it to deever 17,546]

1 minute ago, Nasher said:

Jeez mate, get a grip. Who cares about the umpires. They’re the same every week, why let it soil the mood?

Just want a reasonable shake mate

 

[DeeZee 7,445]

Without two powerhouses in Viney and Langdon too.

[stranga 328]

Phenomenal second half. Some scintillating ball movement and pressure lifted. 

McDonald petracca and Oliver fantastic 

[Satan 2,907]

Phone melted after all the messages , dam we dont play pies here qb

[Superunknown 4,225]

3 minutes ago, AC/DeeC said:

Tom McDonald's conduct after receiving that elbow to the jaw from Dane Zorko was exemplary. He pushed back and Zorko staged a fall. Macca then leaned over the prostate Zorko and told him the time of day. Effen AWESOME. After that the umpire awarded Macca the free kick and reported Zorko. MACCA...UNCOMPROMISING...TOUGH...ALL CLASS. Well done Tom McDonald!

He also offered him an arm to help him up

[M_9 2,107]

5 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Petty was important, he gave McStay a bath. 

Getting better each week. Could teach a few how to one-grab mark (Weid, ...).

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Certainly hope so wcw. 

Hang in there D-OX. This is from all of us...

 

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,926]

GO the MIGHTY DEMONS!!!

I enjoyed that win even more than convincingly putting away the Bulldogs last week.

Clarry, Trac, Gawn, T Mac, Spags, Kossie & May were truly awsome in that second half, well supported by many others, as is now the Melbourne way.

[Redleg 41,737]

Can we just extend Clarry and Tom Mac?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

He also offered him an arm to help him up

Pure class act. 

[Undeeterred 3,127]

3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Just want a reasonable shake mate

 

Who cares?? It’s not like it made the remotest difference!

[dazzledavey36 55,456]

I'm speechless..

To the point of tears..this is what it's like to support a genuine top team of the competition.

Simon Goodwin you are the man. The boys run through walls for you and you deserve every ounce of credit coming your way. Went through a family separation and all the talk was he was next on the chopping block. Kudos Mr Goodwin.

[Superunknown 4,225]

Jeez hodgey needs to stop doubling down on the lean cuisine or supplementing it with cheeseburgers 

[Lou C. Fur 1,009]

5 minutes ago, Monocology said:

Commentators gave us a teeny weeny talk up in last minute - but fairdinkum may has well have been reporting that we killed Bambi!

Clinical kill!!

Clinical Kill. Love it!

[Fork 'em 7,008]

So surreal.
I've been waiting 52yrs for the Demons to be this forken good.
 

 

[gs77 4,453]

5 minutes ago, AC/DeeC said:

Tom McDonald's conduct after receiving that elbow to the jaw from Dane Zorko was exemplary. He pushed back and Zorko staged a fall. Macca then leaned over the prostate Zorko and told him the time of day. Effen AWESOME. After that the umpire awarded Macca the free kick and reported Zorko. MACCA...UNCOMPROMISING...TOUGH...ALL CLASS. Well done Tom McDonald!

Tmac leaned over Zorko's prostate? 

[Lord Travis 10,763]

Great fight back tonight. Midfield was getting dominated up to half time (Petracca aside). They really switched on on the second half and won the contest.

Our leaders all stood up and got us back tonight. For years we’ve had the talent but lacked the leadership. Now we’ve finally got leadership after years of searching and look at the difference!

[Vitamin Dee 903]

The emergence of our roles players, the energy of our youth, and the consistency of the A graders has been absolutely supreme. 
 

We can defend, attack and play tempo footy. We can be slick and we can dominate in close.

That was super impressive.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,926]

So glad the boys turned on a good show for you @It's Time and all the other Sidaney based Demons diaspora. 

Shouldn't have any voice left after that.

[defuture15 900]

Extremely proud. Dare to Dream people!

[Brownie 6,023]

8 minutes ago, DeeWiz said:

Make no mistake, one of the best Dees wins for a long time. Looked down and out at half time against a very strong Brisbane side. Kudos to them for the first half performance. 

Which is why the win was so damn sweet. To come back and put on a complete 2nd half clinic was extremely satisfying. Love this team. 

Yep, that second half was one of the best I've ever seen from a Melbourne team.
Saying that, we played so poorly in the first that we should have been 6 or 7 goals down but that's not the kind of team we are anymore.
In some ways that first half and only being down 20 points set us up.

When we switch on, we are just unstoppable now. Just an unbelievable team when we run hard. 
This team is getting me so drunk this year.

Thinking about an 8 hour drive to the SCG next Monday. 

Congrats to everyone at the ground tonight, you sounded great. 
 

[Uncle Fester 2,848]

Odd feeling but even down I thought we had another gear.

And we did.

The moment they went short and wide I knew it was game over.

Brissy are sharp, and hit us hard. But it was unsustainable.

Too strong. Too dedicated. Too talented.

i love this team 

[Fork 'em 7,008]

1 minute ago, defuture15 said:

Extremely proud. Dare to Dream people!

Whatever happens this year you'll know the boys won't die wondering.
They are hungry AF.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,926]

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Simon Goodwin you are the man. The boys run through walls for you and you deserve every ounce of credit coming your way. Went through a family separation and all the talk was he was next on the chopping block. Kudos Mr Goodwin.

Not sure he's the right guy! ?

[Pates 9,661]

I know we’ve had a lot of wins so far (I feel weird saying that!) but for me that is season defining. It’s one thing to win when everything is working the way you want, it’s a totally other thing to flip the narrative of a match against really quality opposition. 

I haven’t been able to watch much of it due to poor internet over here but fair to say I’m really going to enjoy watching this replay. Looking purely at the numbers I love that we were able to flip the game in clearances and contested possessions. Given the year we’re having you almost could’ve forgiven the players at half time to say, “well this is just an off night” but they stuck their heads in and gave everything a red hot crack. 

There has been plenty of occasions we as Melbourne fans have been utterly ashamed and humiliated. Today I couldn’t be prouder. 

Edited June 4, 2021 by Pates