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6 hours ago, Hatchman said:

Part of me wonders if a lot of the games we were playing in the second half of the season were using tactics that were deliberately designed to get other teams to change their analysis of the way we play and spend energy adjusting for that so that we will change tactics in the finals series and catch them off guard. 

We played differently last night, and I do concede part of that is due to the fact the Brisbane were so bad. But it still seemed different. 

I am a lot more confident in our chances of getting to the GF. Last night a lot of things just seemed to "click"

That kick out to Harmes 1v1, the kick down the middle, the kick to Langdon, we mixed it up from the kick outs last night and that'll keep the opposition guessing going into finals.

We also looked to go a bit more central inside 50, particularly when we had good run and carry. But going central makes more sense when you've got waves.

I'm convinced we're far more unpredictable from stoppage (especially centre stoppage) when LJ is rucking. Max almost always taps to the wrong spots or his taps are sharked by the opposition.

It was noticeable, I thought, how well our talls did at bringing the ball to ground at every opportunity. The opposition rarely took an intercept mark. And unlike the second half of the year, we were always the ones first to the ground ball off these contests.

We also held our high forwards back in the square and deep pockets and the mids half forwards were really disciplined in ensuring our forward 50 wasn't too clogged. But moving the ball so quickly helped in this regard.

I was happy with any win, but to win in that manner, I was just proud of my footy club.

Bring on the finals.

5 hours ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Ben Brown is a different player when he can run towards the ball

His work rate last night was again phenomenal. A couple of times taking marks in deep defence. And his kicking was Ben Brown-like.

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Couldn't stop laughing at The (self-proclaimed) Barometer for Brisbane - Mathieson - 0 tackles in the first half.

He certainly was the barometer!

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Posted
2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Zorkos headlock on Langers was a a 50 m penalty every day the week. Zorko just annoyed he got tackled.

 

Thank you, this was total BS.

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1 minute ago, A F said:

His work rate last night was again phenomenal. A couple of times taking marks in deep defence. And his kicking was Ben Brown-like.

One of those times he had just come off the bench and Brisbane were attacking so he took himself down to defence to take a good intercept mark

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Posted
6 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Wasnt Brayshaw on Neale most of the night?

mainly Brayshaw. A little Sparrow, a little bit Viney. Don’t think Harmes played on him at all.

 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Couldn't stop laughing at The (self-proclaimed) Barometer for Brisbane - Mathieson - 0 tackles in the first half.

He certainly was the barometer!

More like the thermometer. Cold as ice 

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Posted
1 minute ago, layzie said:

Thank you, this was total BS.

Tx Layzie. I feer the umpire had the same nature as your handle.

I thought if you hold the man after he's been given a free it's auto 50.

Well you dont hold a man more than a head lock other than pick him up by his feet and hold him upside down.

And there's few zorko could do that to.

 

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Posted (edited)
25 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

On fire today @layzie 😎💙❤️

Thanks EO. Bringing the pressure early like us last night 😛

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4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Tx Layzie. I feer the umpire had the same nature as your handle.

I thought if you hold the man after he's been given a free it's auto 50.

Well you dont hold a man more than a head lock other than pick him up by his feet and hold him upside down.

And there's few zorko could do that to.

 

Had him down few a good few seconds too.

It's the layzie way, Deever!

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Posted (edited)

Oliver and Petracca are far better players than Neale, Angus is a better player too.  It will be a travesty if he wins a 2nd Brownlow ahead of them.

We just need to pile up the flags.

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Posted
5 hours ago, dee-tox said:

Someone earlier mentioned in the thread 'rope a dope'. A reference, of course, to Ali absorbing a heap of punishment and taking all Foreman could give and then letting lose after George was worn out

A tongue in cheek comment no doubt.

But the way we lead out of the forward line, spotted up targets, created space, and broke forward efficiency records signalled to me we have plenty up our sleeves! Even some of the loopy kicks forward hit their leading target last night.

I remember when playing we had set leading lanes for our FF and CHF. We practiced them week after week. We identified set positions our forwards could run to and we had to kick to space.

As far as I've seen, we haven't seen any of the plays used last night in the first 22 rounds. Jackson spotting up  Brown. Fritta and Melk leading to space...

Maybe I'm giving Goodwin too much credit but I think he still has a few tricks up his sleeve!

Game on!

It was me and yes it certainly seemed the way we played last night we've been keeping things up our sleeve 

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Hope the media doesn't focus on Petty all week Ike I just have

Let the Afl handle it.

If Petty is happy with the outcome it's nobody's business.

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, monoccular said:

Surely there will be, but ch 7 haven’t signalled Christian to review it so he won’t even look 😡🤬

Groundskeeper must have been spewing when he saw Anb vomit.

Sorry...I'll see myself out.

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We've played most of the contenders in the run home, all playing their imaginary GFs against the league benchmark.
Won some lost some, all good games taking their best shots without delivering our own. 
Well the finals are actually here, Goodwin has 'em fit, battle hardened, hungry AF and now the competition's gonna find out what it's truly like to play Melbourne.
We'll look back in future years and say "Of course we won it. Just look at the list, guns all over the ground, and they were on a mission."
They've done it before, they're gonna do it again, at home, on the MCG, "in front of our fans", just like they said.

Go the Mighty Demons.
Cannot wait for the after party.
 

 
 

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Posted
51 minutes ago, Smokey said:

Our goal kicking from the boundary is elite 

Ought be - we've been banging if forward toward the boundary line all year. Practice makes perfect.

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39 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Any week that Fritta’s Mum and Dad are on the TV is a good week to be a Demons fan.

@WalkingCivilWar tell Frittas mum she was brilliant in the post match. Loved seeing her and Maysy’s mum on the TV. They should all be very proud.

We forget at times, that they are all someones' sons eh... 😔

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What makes this win extra impressive IMO is that Brisbane weren't as pathetic as the scoreline made them look.

This wasn't a game where we had the ball locked in our forward half. Inside 50s were even in the first half. Indeed, they had more than us in the second quarter (but kicked 1 goal to our 7). 

We were on top in CPs but not to the extent we have been in other games.

This was a reminder that our game, when we bring our best, stands up anywhere, against anyone.

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