On 17/04/2022 at 07:15, Demonstone said:

If he is embarrassed by it, would that journalist be his shamer?  I do love a good anagram!

 

  On 17/04/2022 at 07:15, Demonstone said:

If he is embarrassed by it, would that journalist be his shamer?  I do love a good anagram!

Darn it-I thought I fixed the "Harem" spelling error! Oh well-good for a laugh. :)

 

Hard to imagine BB not coming straight back in. Only question might be a lack of match fitness. Not sure who makes way, but personally I'd give Weid another chance or two, see how he works alongside Brown.

TMac has been playing "almost" football for quite a while now, and the longer it goes on, the less likelihood that he'll return to being the dominant forward he was for a while there.

I can't recall a better defensive game for us than Steven May's. He was superb.

Jack Viney IMO played one of his best games for the club and certainly one of his best non finals games. His intensity and defence at stoppage was vital in the second. 

That 3rd quarter was a joy to watch. So much so I watched the replay this week for the first time this year. I'll never tire of listening to commentators fawn all over us.

Massive game coming up against Richmond.

  On 16/04/2022 at 15:03, Wizard of Koz said:

Pull your head in. You have made your point. These are the footy times of our lives. If you want to ram half a doz posts down everyones throat, in a post match thread,  with diatribe about the club, well thats not only draining but annoying. Once and you made your point.

Pull your head in Wizard, and work out what is important for the club.

you will get more than half a dozen posts rammed down your throat every time our supporter base doesn’t turn up to watch this great team!
 

Just watching the replay (again). Hadn’t realised we’d sneaked two new players onto our list - Jack Bowey and Tom Swallow.

my favourite Charlie spags getting a bit of recognition, good to see 

SparGod

  On 17/04/2022 at 12:27, MrFreeze said:

my favourite Charlie spags getting a bit of recognition, good to see 

Agree 100%. I thought that was pretty much his best game for the club: he seems to be playing a slightly higher role, where he pinpoints kicks into the F50, rather than just crumbing deep. His vision and kicking precision are excellent and he’s really able to use his reading of the game to great effect.

In general, it seems as though our younger brigade are really beginning to shine through, but what an apprenticeship they are being given! 

  On 16/04/2022 at 22:40, leave it to deever said:

Interesting....

Melbourne had a remarkable 10 individual goal scorers in the third term - becoming just the third club to achieve the feat in the past 20 years.

Media myth I reckon. What other team has kicked 10 goals in a quarter with 10 individual goal kickers? 3 in 20 years sounds bs. Extraordinary achievement

  On 17/04/2022 at 05:42, bing181 said:

No accident that May plays his best game for the year the day that Petty comes back in.

Many had him BOG last week too!  

Two great games in a row.

 

  On 17/04/2022 at 06:49, Demons3031 said:

Yes there were a few errors - but she made some good calls too - including Langdon's blatant push. Rather a courageous call. Trac would be a bit cheesed off at Langers rather than the ump for that one after he saw the replay. To be honest, I was a bit more concerned with the 50 metre interpretations of the other ump  rather than her performance which I thought was Ok overall despite some errors. On most occasions she  gave very very clear explanations and instructions. Thats my take on it.

 

Have to disagree there. He barely touched him. I definitely did not see that as a push

  On 17/04/2022 at 07:15, Demonstone said:

If he is embarrassed by it, would that journalist be his shamer?  I do love a good anagram!

Well DS, we all know you’re a great masher of words. Second only to yours truly 😉 

  On 16/04/2022 at 13:40, Swooper1987 said:

Gawn and May were both outstanding when the game was a genuine contest. Spargo played a great game too. The crowd was terribly disappointing.  This is a fantastic team who deserve to be playing in front of 40,000 plus every week.  I certainly enjoyed myself there tonight.  Was a great night for footy.

Undoubtably a great night for footy and especially for the Dees.

i met quite a few Dees supporters up here while helping prepare for our Easter festival. It is great supporters are now prouder to wear their colours and have stickers on their cars. This team has bought us respect and deserve to be followed with attendance, butmore importantly those who attend need to cheer for those of us who have other commitments and just can't get to the ground.

Ill get there whenever I can to thank the players and the club but not living in Melbourne does provide some barriers. Expect me to be even louder than for the last 30 years ( and I am renown for clearing people from sitting in front of me. I apologise but my vigorous supporting has been grown through 40 years of desperate bellowing.

i am particularly inspired by a number of the younger supporters who lead the M xxx. Exxx. Lxxx (etc) chant and encourage everyone to join in. It's great to be cheering excellent play and positive outcomes than cheering great endeavour and failure.

GO DEES

  On 16/04/2022 at 22:45, old dee said:

I went by car and parked at the G for the first time in years. Do they normally not let card out of the park for 30 minutes after the game? 

Don't know if that always s or xisted as always lingered after the game to undertake a post Mortem. It often took some time to find something positive in the defeat, but it has lately become more enjoyable. So many incidents that just need to be relived to enhance the joy.

  On 17/04/2022 at 11:39, 1964_2 said:

Pull your head in Wizard, and work out what is important for the club.

you will get more than half a dozen posts rammed down your throat every time our supporter base doesn’t turn up to watch this great team!
 

Okay, then I guess my only option is to stick you on ignore, this will be my first. I really can’t see how you think blasting a fan forum with your derision for fans who can’t make it to the game is in any way helpful.

 You sound like the school bully who thinks he can beat and intimidate the class into liking his favourite tv show. Given that we are on a demons fan forum, you can be pretty well assured that most people here are going to every game they can get to.

 How about just letting people support the club in whatever way works for them rather than spraying your anger here whenever you feel the crowd numbers haven’t met your expectations?

  On 17/04/2022 at 14:27, Wizard of Koz said:

Media myth I reckon. What other team has kicked 10 goals in a quarter with 10 individual goal kickers? 3 in 20 years sounds bs. Extraordinary achievement

I don't recall them naming the others

 

Steven May has been fined $2000 by the MRP for tripping Bobby Hill.

  On 17/04/2022 at 22:57, dpositive said:

Don't know if that always s or xisted as always lingered after the game to undertake a post Mortem. It often took some time to find something positive in the defeat, but it has lately become more enjoyable. So many incidents that just need to be relived to enhance the joy.

Don't get me wrong the wait seemed a little annoyance after another win. I was just asking the question if this was the norm. It is the first time in at least 5 years that I have driven to a game. I can take this winning stuff, haven't had to resort to the single malt for a long time. 

  On 18/04/2022 at 00:09, old dee said:

Don't get me wrong the wait seemed a little annoyance after another win. I was just asking the question if this was the norm. It is the first time in at least 5 years that I have driven to a game. I can take this winning stuff, haven't had to resort to the single malt for a long time. 

Quick tip it tastes sweeter after a victory 😉🥃

  On 17/04/2022 at 21:53, WalkingCivilWar said:

Well DS, we all know you’re a great masher of words. Second only to yours truly 😉 

You shamer, you

  On 17/04/2022 at 02:04, sue said:

Well you are being consistent if you apply it to all sorts of tackles. I thought you were singling out run-down tackles and that you'd have to give a run down tackle special status compared to other tackles.  And if you did, then you are introducing yet another grey area into the umpiring in deciding whether a tackle is rundown or merely a bit of a separation before the tackle.  

My memory isn't great, but I don't recall there has ever been a time when prior opportunity has been so rigourously applied as you suggest in the 80's. Seems to me you were always allowed to dispose of it, though maybe 360 degree rotations were penalised more. 

 

you're right.....your memory wasn't great

they used to be red hot if you had prior......i even remember a time when they said you had ? seconds to dispose, where ? was something like 2-3 seconds iirc.

Dear Mister Moderator,

Can you please do something about these excruciating anagrams, especially repeats like "shamer".

Yours etc,

E. Marsh

  On 18/04/2022 at 01:19, Demonstone said:

Dear Mister Moderator,

Can you please do something about these excruciating anagrams, especially repeats like "shamer".

Yours etc,

E. Marsh

Hardy har har, messrs. Stone and Comedia, your… em… rash anagram does harm to me (she arms herself with a thesaurus).

It’s way too early on a Monday morning for this sh*it. 

  On 17/04/2022 at 23:57, Demonstone said:

Steven May has been fined $2000 by the MRP for tripping Bobby Hill.

Of course he did.



Any word on Cotchin kicking Walker or Nankervis taking a dive?
The trip on Bowey?

  On 18/04/2022 at 01:51, Fork 'em said:

Of course he did.



Any word on Cotchin kicking Walker or Nankervis taking a dive?
The trip on Bowey?

Yes - apparently Cotchin deliberately kicking Walker was of similar value to May's "trip"!  (Maybe something to do with wanting Cotchin to be able to play ANZAC EVE).