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Can anyone post a link to Chris Scotts pressa?

Thanks in advance. :)

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    I hope all previous posters check in here again in the morning cos I wanted to thumbs up, heart, medal, haha ALL of you, as several glasses of what's good for me have accompanied a very pleasant trawl through these 13 pages.

    I've gone for an 11-minute walk at the 10-minutes-to-go mark of previous free-to-airs this year so I am very proud of myself that tonight my eyes stayed glued till the end, including watching Max's kick. It is, come what may now, a moment that can't be taken from me.

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    14 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

    They ran out of gas.  There's a reason Scott keeps wanting shorter games.  He has the oldest list by a fair whack.  They can't match the fitter sides for four quarters. 

    chris scott afl GIF by geelongcats

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    2 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

    Crazy shiiit.  That 2nd quarter was as bad as we've played all year and then to win from nowhere.

    I had a demon supporter mate text me when we had let 7 in a row through and say 'I'm not that fazed, it is one part of our game (centre clearance) that needs adjusting'.

    His positivity made me want to vomit but he was right - we didn't have issues all over the ground, we were just setting up horribly in the middle. Had they kicked a point or two in that run we may have sorted it out a lot faster but they had their kicking boots on and we're back in the middle in the blink of an eye.

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    I'm completely spent, I can barely write this at the moment but reading everyone else's comments has been a joy!

    If that isn't the best win I've seen from this club it is right up there. We just did not miss a beat in that last quarter and were all over them in contested possessions. 

    Guys, I'm really stuffed! Might chat with you more tomorrow. Wowee.

    They said today in the Hawthorn and Richmond game those two sides had won 8 out of the last 11 flags or something like that but I would never trade my experience with this footy club for anything else. Supporting this club is better than anything. 

    Love you all, this is what we do it for.

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    15 minutes ago, DeezNuts said:

    hoping that the umps lock-down on the non-15m kicks

    They’ll be busy then, cos there were a lot of them. And a lot of throwing from those cats too. 

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    what an awesome win. a bit of umpiring karma there. Umpire judged that Melbourne deliberately kicked it out of bounds when that was obviously not the intent. if they had thrown it in we may not have won. but thankfully the geelong player shanked it and it went out  and we got 50, beautiful pass to maxy and a goal.

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    1 hour ago, Brownie said:

    I actually thought the 50m was pretty clear cut, it was out by 2.5m when he fisted it 12 rows back and the umpire had called the out of bounds.

    Yep. Absolutely. Similar to the free paid against Melksham last week for kicking it into the stands. It simply becomes 50 because a free kick already existed.

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    I’ve gone to bed to try to sleep but I’m still buzzing, heart is pounding! I felt we could come back but that the deficit would prove to be too much, when we got it under three goals so quickly I suddenly believed and interestingly the cats went into their shells big time. The usual names tried pulling them out but the rest were cooked. We had them mentally. 

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    My heart rate has finally returned to normal. 

    good lord what a game 

    I have never seen the boys celebrate like that. They were so pumped. 

    we go into next week full of confidence 

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    Scrolling through this thread and the Demons Twittersphere has been a genuine pleasure. I wondered if I was alone in tearing up (only a few, I'm saving them yet) as max celebrated but from what I've read there were many locked down households shedding a tear tonight. Amazing what sport can do.

    Whilst I don't think the result actually mattered that much (could absolutely be wrong), the manner of the comeback, the fact it was Max having botched it before, and the memory of Tuohy in 2018 (still the most painful loss I can recall. I cannot forget it) was an amazing confluence of events that pushed me over the edge. 

    If we achieve nothing else from here on in, I'm so pleased as Dees fans we were able to have that moment. Despite what the Blues, Bombers, Saints and Tigers (pre '17) fans may claim re. Lack of success, no other supporter base has been through what we have. From the years of beltings to the rays of light being crushed (Jim, Jesse, Jurrah the most notable), to dysfunctional management to all-time worst coaches to bizarre sponsor fiascos, to having no respect in the office, the schoolyard or at the dinner table, it's a miracle we're alive (and now, more than kicking)

    In my 30 years I've watched other fans enjoy these moments, enjoy these years of success. It never seemed to eventuate for us but it did tonight and it has this year so far. 

    Enormously cathartic.

    Whilst we don't get to have the 'home QF', the crowd, the fanfare of what (hopefully) is to come, I feel lucky to have enjoyed this season when so many Dees fans no longer with us waited and waited for these days never to come. 

    Doing this without my dad, brother and sister locked down in various parts around the state, or without the swell of Dees fans we all so enjoyed in 2018, is not the way I pictured it. But I'm going to enjoy being the minor premier and at the pointy end of the finals as much as I can. It may never come around again.

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    I woke the kids up twice.

    Once when Gus’s kick was called deliberate with 34 seconds to go. Something along the lines of FFFAAAARRRRRKKKK!!!!

    second when Gawns kick when through. 

    my daughter asking if I’m ok. And my son greasing me off with a WTF look

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    54 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Love how it is after midnight and there are still 86 members on here.

    We've got to stick together for this next part of the ride, even if (maybe especially if) it has to be virtual.

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    Today was a hard day for a lot of people all over Victoria. I know it was for me. I had to turn the game off at half time for the sake of my mental health. I’m glad my dad kept watching and urged me to turn it back on in the last quarter. 
    This has to be one of the best wins I’ve ever witnessed as a Melbourne supporter. The pure joy of doing it over Geelong is just that much better. 

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    41 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    I’ve only ever seen one better win by Melbourne than this win tonight. That was the last game in ‘64.

    This tops the freo come back game where wonna kicked 4 and we overturned a 50 odd point half time deficit. Amazing atmosphere for 19k crowd.

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    1 hour ago, Chook said:

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    Melbourne burned it down tonight.

    Just realised…we're a 5 goal better attacking side, but a 25 goal better defence. Wow.

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    2 hours ago, cookieboc said:

    just sitting here, drinking a furphy, thinking about that time at KP when Gawn rose above the pack, sat on the Geelong players head and took a screamer.

    kicking the goal, after the siren, from 50 out

    put us on top of the ladder.

     

    I WAS THERE THAT DAY !!!

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    2 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

    That was my best football moment since the last home & away game, Western Oval, 1987.

    Me too. I was at Footscray - tonight was special too.

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