POSTGAME: Rd 02 vs Brisbane

[Demonland 48,948]

The Demons had no answers for the rampaging Lions and were trailing by 40 points when a power failure turned the lights out at the Gabba. When play resumed the Dees clawed their way back but it was too little too late and they eventually lost by 11 points.

[Jaded No More 42,503]

0 stars. Would not watch again. 

[deva5610 827]

Don't let the last 7 minutes excuse the heartless performance leading up to it.

Not happy at all.

Edited March 24 by deva5610

[Whispering_Jack 25,862]

The worst 11 point loss ever.

[Demon Dynasty 11,787]

Putrid

[dees189227 8,468]

I'll take that margin considering what it was an hour ago.

Ugh it would have been good to snag another. Just to many handballs. 

God how weird tonight.

Lets just get home and find out what's the damage to max. 

Edited March 24 by dees189227

[Bitter but optimistic 18,852]

That was just [censored] 

[dazzledavey36 42,218]

Don't fear Brisbane one bit.

Give us Kozzie, May, Salem and Gawn back in and we beat them comprehensively. 

[layzie 20,997]

At least we didn't get tonked.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 4,305]

[censored] teasers tonight.

I thought I'd seen enough of this in my younger years.

[gs77 2,199]

I'll take an 11 point loss given the first 3 and a half quarters. 

[—coach— 3,053]

Amazing how momentum changes when you win it out of the center

[Deestar9 1,064]

2 minutes ago, deva5610 said:

Don't let the last 7 minutes excuse the absolute pissweak performance leading up to it.

Not happy at all.

Well you’re embarrassing 😳 

[Wodjathefirst 1,505]

Some big learnings from that last 12 minutes. ATTACK, take risks, take the game on!

[bluey 646]

A good lesson, can’t rely on veterans like May and Gone, way past it.

[Hopeful Demon 876]

Basically a carbon copy of the West Coast game in 2021. The only difference is that we were the ones playing catch up this time.

[Big Col 824]

WTF?
I left the pub and caught a tram home thinking the game was over and then checked into kayo and there was 2 mins to go and we were 19 points down and then kicked a goal. 

We were pox before that.

[Tom Dyson 1,351]

It was doom and gloom but that last 8 minutes proves we can play good football when our transition from d50 and entry into the forward line has bit of courage. 

It was a horrendous performance but theres something there to keep us hopeful and moving forwards. 

[DutchDemons 838]

I only saw the last 5 minutes did I miss much?

[The heart beats true 11,519]

7 minutes ago, deva5610 said:

Don't let the last 7 minutes excuse the absolute pissweak performance leading up to it.

Not happy at all.

Absolute garbage. We had a bad night compounded by the fact that the universe conspired against us. Salem, May, Gawn, and then greasy conditions that really suited them.

All we could do at the end was come out and give it our all. That could be the most important 10 minutes of footy we play for the year. Percentage will split the good sides at the end.

Im proud of that effort.

Edited March 24 by The heart beats true

[titan_uranus 19,559]

The last 12 minutes was fake footy in some respect given Brisbane had stopped but I hope we take something from the way we at least remembered how to run and gun and attack.

We lost this game by being disastrously belted in the middle. -28 in clearances, and it would have been worse before the break because we got a bunch of centre clearances in that late run.

Gawn going down threw us out. The same thing happened last year when May went down against Fremantle. It's understandable, but disappointing all the same, that we couldn't re-group.

You'd expect a few changes next week given some of the poor performances tonight. But a few changes aside, we will lose to Sydney next week if we don't dramatically improve in the clearances.

[John Crow Batty 7,772]

Round one was too easy, we played like it was going to be the same game.

[SPC 1,992]

Our midfield still pick and choose when to dig in.. been an issue for a year now. 

[waynewussell 3,362]

We obviously play better night footy with the lights out!

[layzie 20,997]

1 minute ago, Hopeful Demon said:

Basically a carbon copy of the West Coast game in 2021. The only difference is that we were the ones playing catch up this time.

Yeah restarts suck