GAMEDAY: Grand Final vs Western Bulldogs

[spirit of norm smith 16,477]

9 minutes ago, BW511 said:

Dogs could not have had a better quarter, remain calm.

Really. They could have kicked 10

[KysaiahMessiah 725]

7 minutes ago, forever demons said:

thought langdon was ok

5 possessions 

[At the break of Gawn 4,460]

I felt it didn’t look like a Melbourne game the first qtr. We got a few flukey goals and a couple from first half turn overs, we didn’t get too many through our conventional method which was a worry.

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

So grand finals aren't over at quarter time? How long has his been going on?

[Half forward flank 1,022]

who knows from here.

 

[manny100 1,570]

Our kicking for goal has been crap again - Dogs got a couple of lucky ones in comparison.

Gawns shot looked a goal. We  must have had a crap camera angle.

[DeeZee 7,425]

Petracca , Salem , Max , Brayshaw trying their hearts out.

Why Does our defense all of a sudden look so fickle?

[SaberFang 7,151]

1 minute ago, SPC said:

Gee May is a liability, not flying for the ball, caught well behind, fumbling the ball. 

That fumble in the first quarter was a shocker too. He doesn't look right at all.

[Wrecker46 2,997]

1 minute ago, SaberFang said:

Why didn't we even see a review of that? It looked like a goal on the broadcast. Very confusing.

I jumped off the couch when he kicked it looked like it went straight through. Gawny thought it was a goal.

[Hopeful Demon 1,517]

3 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Fritsch has been poor the whole finals series. His kicking inside 50 has been shaky, keeps trying a kick running parallel to the goals and has missed it multiple times.

Seriously? He kicked 6 goals in the first two games of the finals series. He was poor this quarter but to say that he's been poor the whole finals series is just wrong.

[praha 11,240]

The Melbourne of 2021 turns it around and regains control this quarter. But Grand Finals are different. It is definitely the Dogs' game to lose at this point.

[bing181 9,246]

Just now, DeeZee said:

Why Does our defense all of a sudden look so fickle?

May carrying his injury? Whatever it is, he isn't himself.

[Biffen 12,944]

We're winning this one.

Edited September 25, 2021 by Biffen

[pitmaster 3,561]

1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Really. They could have kicked 10

And we SHOULD have kicked 7 in the first.

[Boots and all 1,000]

1 minute ago, loges said:

Can't let Bont mark uncontested, surely someone can get a fist on the ball

Petty is our only tall defender, May looks injured and Lever has been really scrappy. Also, we don't have Smith as an emergency to cover May. TMc hasn't fired a shot up forward. If May can't play we need to get him off, move TMc forward and put JJ on the tag. 

[Garbo 1,539]

Premiership qtr coming up 

[Sir Why You Little 37,051]

Huge effort needed from here

we got ambushed in that 2nd Quarter 

[SaberFang 7,151]

I feel sick right now. I'm scared to see what happens next, especially if the Dogs get the first goal in Q3.

[Biffen 12,944]

Just now, Boots and all said:

Petty is our only tall defender, May looks injured and Lever has been really scrappy. Also, we don't have Smith as an emergency to cover May. TMc hasn't fired a shot up forward. If May can't play we need to get him off, move TMc forward and put JJ on the tag. 

Lever is sharp.We're gonna do it.

[Gunna’s 2,104]

3 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

It’s all on the line this quarter 

Have we got the balls for it ?

How was the pie?

But yes. Premiership quarter coming up. Carn Dees

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Need some Kozzie magic

 

[jnrmac 20,104]

Our wings have been ordinary

Our fwds are struggling

Our defence is in complete disarray

Our mids are missing

Grounds balls are being won by the dogs

Viney and harmes need to clamp someone.  TMac WTF?

Goodwin has an opportunity to show the world what he made of. 

 

Our leaders need to lead

 

 

[SaberFang 7,151]

We missed some great opportunities in the first quarter too, that really burns.

[Marty 419]

It should be easy to stop Bont. He is setting up space to run into to mark. Just need to block it.

[olisik 4,060]

1 minute ago, Biffen said:

Lever is sharp.We're gonna do it.

I feel like we are doing nothing to counter the Schache tag. What should happen is May should line Schache up and run right through him at the start of Q3. Make him think twice