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POSTGAME: Rd 21 vs West Coast

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4 minutes ago, Ethan Trembley said:

I reckon not being able to leave your house every second week for a week would be hell 🤷. Anyway, just leaving the stadium and off to the old whiskey bar. 

I lived in Perth for a while. It reminded me a lot of Melbourne in lockdown.🤣

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    We should be given an extra 4 points for beating the umpires. In a bus full of dees supporters going home singing GOF.

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    8 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

    What a great birthday present for me.🥳

    🎶 Happy birthday to you 🎶

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    6 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

    For those who are a bit jaded by the last 15 minute output.

    imagine you’re 6 goals up - 15 to go, you’ve cooled down - you’ve essentially sewn up top 4. And Burgess says, don’t go out and injure yourself, play it cool, play it safe…you’ve got another 5 matches to go for the season.

    do you a) play it safe or b) ensure a greater likelihood of injury after cooling down and go really really hard?

     

    Spot on. The time was just too long for the keepings off mode hence why they came back.

    If Fritta, Trac x 2, LJ kicked those goals

    if the umpire didn’t call Spargs to play on

    If the umpire didn’t pay that free against May

    If the umpire split the frees 50/50 in the last

    The game would have been wrapped up much more quickly. 

     

     

     

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    1 minute ago, dee-tox said:

    Absolutely. First option, quick hands, great vision and speed in the first 10 metres.. 

     

    Yep in his 2nd game...

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    6 minutes ago, Hopeful Demon said:

    I'd happily take that. The last 15 minutes were no doubt hard to watch but I'm sure that if it wasn't for the infuriating lightning break we would've kept the game in control and won by 6-8 goals. That break completely messed with our focus.

    ANB and Melksham had their best games of the season. Brown is coming along nicely. Petracca and Oliver, as always, worked really well together in the midfield.

    The last 15 minutes aside, that was a very impressive win. We were all over them until three quarter time.

    also not forgetting that without the break game would have played out in pelting rain

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    Going to bed, that was not enjoyable. The win is however. More to come tomorrow.

    PS: Weeknight footy can stick it. 

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    [censored] fantastic win with everything against us - location, Covid, fired up opposition, umps, lightning -thats  the win that galvanises the team for the flag. Bring it on -try to stop us!

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    6 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Will count for squat if we don’t win the last game of the year

    Why?

    We're locked into the top 4 no matter what.

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    Just now, titan_uranus said:

    Why?

    We're locked into the top 4 no matter what.

    Presumably we require momentum, or Geelong are the litmus test, or...

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    7 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    To be fair I don’t know how the umpire could call play on before even blowing the whistle on that Spargo mark. He kicks that goal and it’s done. 

    I am just glad we didn’t cop massive injuries in that last 15 minutes. Take the 4 points and bid farewell to WA, their booing halfwit fans, their [censored] premier, and their crap teams. 

    I won’t lie, I missed the Spargo one, what happened?

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    24 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Bowey a future 200 gamer. 

    How good was that spin out of traffic at pace in the last qtr and found a teammate

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    Bloody great win

    Beat the lightening, the umps and Meth Coke all in one night

    Withstood relentless pressure in the last quarter

    I'm a VERY proud and happy Demon supporter tonight.

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    Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

    I won’t lie, I missed the Spargo one, what happened?

    I think that was Spargo's fault. He marked the ball and then immediately plays on. I think some are arguing the umpire called play on, which would have been wrong (the kick was more than 15), but I reckon he thought it was touched or something. He handpassed to Sparrow who missed the snap.

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    13 minutes ago, gregdemon said:

    No it was not       2 minutes away from the worst defeat in living memory   bloody angry what they put us through the last 15 minutes .....west coast [censored] heads are not that good to be allowed to come back like that    I usually do not say anything about umpires but they were shocking   that one against May for contesting from the side   Royal commission needed as to why they are so bad at interstate venues against Vic sides    votes tonight  Umpires 3 brownlow votes.

    Ahhh those ungrateful players, not thinking about the supporters back home, stop focusing on the game/your body/risk for finals, and think about the supporters

    FMD

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    Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

    I won’t lie, I missed the Spargo one, what happened?

    Clear mark about 40m out directly in front (so probably wouldn’t have made the distance). Umpire doesn’t even blow the whistle to indicate a mark, Spargo looks over his shoulder, umpire calls Play On. 
    The umpiring at that stadium is such a disgrace I don’t know why clubs don’t get together and put a complaint in. 

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    3 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Why?

    We're locked into the top 4 no matter what.

    Ummmm, last game of the year is the GF.

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    24 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Loving the development of Petty this season. Lever and May are great mentors for him. Thomo might find it hard to reclaim his place next year!

    Thommo can play other positions I reckon. Wing, forward. Too good to not be in the 22. Bloody good position to be in though 😁

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    1 minute ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Ummmm, last game of the year is the GF.

    Right.

    Your first post after the game, other than to bag the umpires, is to say this win means nothing if we don't win the premiership.

    That's a ripper attitude.

    And by ripper I mean ridiculous.

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    Dudes. I was at Optus tonight. Every single moment was amazing. We totally outplayed them bar some moments in the 2nd quarter. That third quarter and the start of the last was total domination. By the point we came off the game was over regardless. I am on top of the world right now. Go you mighty Dees. We came here to do a job and we did it. Dees!!!!

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    20 minutes ago, Pates said:

    Round 12 the last time we’ve scored more goals than behinds, it’s disgraceful from the club and I agree it will cost us something big if we don’t actually sort it out. 

    We. Are. Top. Of. The. Ladder.

    Disgraceful? It was a slopfest out there tonight. And we won. Would've won by 6+ goals without the delay.

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