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POSTGAME: Rd 02 vs Brisbane

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1 minute ago, bluey said:

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

Who?

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    Just now, Deestar9 said:

    Well you’re embarrassing 😳 

    Forgive me for being upset with a team I've supported for decades, who for the last few minutes did actually show what they are capable of except for the other hour and a half of the game.

    Was not a great performance from a vast majority and I'll stand by my post (even if I did edit it just before you quoted me to a more suitable descriptor :))

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    As long as Gawn is ok , I’m fine with an 11 point loss against a contender on their slippery hole of a deck, without four of our top liners .

    They came out with a point to prove and our attitude was off most of the night.

    We will learn and move on , but we need Max , Kozzie and May in this team.

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    1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

    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 spilt the good sides at the end.

    Im proud of that effort.

    Gotta take what you can get. Percentage trimmers count.

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    A disappointing game. Just like our finals loss to the Lions last year.

    The game was basically lost after the 1st quarter to be brutally honest. Especially after losing Max Gawn to injury.

    But glad we kicked a few goals late to earn a small amount of respectability.

    Let's hope that Max Gawn's injury isn't too bad. Fingers crossed! 🤞

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    I hope the flattering score line does not detract from the thorough review we need to carry out. Too sloppy, lacking intensity and creativity. Just really poor.

    Next week is a really tough assignment, I hope we bring the character we should have shown after HT. We’re a better side than the lions and we got done. The Swans are a better unit. We will need to lift big time. 

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    3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Don't fear Brisbane one bit.

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

    💯 Brisbane are not very good - we beat ourselves tonight.

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    4 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    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 spilt the good sides at the end.

    Im proud of that effort.

    That's what makes the rest of that performance all that much worse.

    We can play like that - we just proved it. We should play like that - We didn't. Why didn't we play like that? I don't know, but I'm not happy about it.

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    After 1/4 time

    Demons 11.3 to 8.7

    Poor 8 minutes in first quarter cost us.

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    Bizarre. Lose our best player and talisman just after the first bounce. Horrible at the coalface. Horrible hitting targets inside 50. 11 point loss. 

    I fear the worst for Maxy. I don't think it's a coincidence that his three closest mates at the club, Clarry, Trac and Gus were flat as a tack from that moment on. 

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    The four pillars that make the engine humm and help others to contribute were all off (or not present tonight)...

    Maxy

    May

    Tracc

    Clarry

    To be -14 in contested and -20 in clearances at half time says it all.

    To be pantsed in the first half by a mediocre away team and flat track Gabba bully Is a real worry.

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    Won’t listen to any analysis on this game. We already know why we lost and when given the extended break, had time to get our collective minds clear and play the Melbourne way!

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    Has anyone play a worse 37 disposal game 149 AF points game?

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    So comprehensively beaten around the contest. We got bin diesel'd.

    The AFL fools wanted their completed match and we gave it to them. Mother always said when life gives you lemons and potatoes, you make lemon potatoes.

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    1 minute ago, Jack7 said:

    Demons 11.3 to 8.7

    Poor 8 minutes in first quarter cost us.

    Can't agree with that. We showed absolutely 0 signs that we were going to end up with a score like this before the power dropped.

    8 minutes in one quarter didn't cost us. Three and a half quarters of playing well below our standards did.

    The scoreline flatters us.

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    3 minutes ago, Jack7 said:

    After 1/4 time

    Demons 11.3 to 8.7

    Poor 8 minutes in first quarter cost us.

    Yep, that's game Hendrix 

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    I’ll honestly take a 11 point loss after how bad we played

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    2 minutes ago, Jack7 said:

    After 1/4 time

    Demons 11.3 to 8.7

    Poor 8 minutes in first quarter cost us.

    After 1/4 time but prior to the lights going out

    Lions 8.5 to 6.3.

    I agree though, they kicked 4 goals in 7 minutes in that first quarter period where we were a bit stunned with Gawn going off, Grundy was on the bench for half of it, and we were obliterated in the centre clearances. Had to play catch up footy from there and were still 2 goals behind before the lights went out.

    Just now, layzie said:

    So comprehensively beaten around the contest. We got bin diesel'd.

    The AFL fools wanted their completed match and we gave it to them. Mother always said when life gives you lemons and potatoes, you make lemon potatoes.

    I don't get what you mean by this.

    If the game can continue, it has to. Percentage matters (and don't forget how beholden the AFL is to betting agencies who take bets on margins and goals kicked and disposals and all that stuff).

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    Viney really off - presume will be better for the run, same with Fritta.

    Harmes not so flash.

    Time to consider our forward line for the future.

    Obviously lost the game on clearances.

    We were just off tonight, it happens.

    Last 11 minutes were kinda fun.

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    Wish the lights had gone out in the first quarter so we could have regrouped then. Hard to take much from the game when the team was clearly rocked by the injury. The spurt at the end of the first quarter killed the game. Not the first time a sports team has struggled to cope with a potentially serious in-game injury to a key player. It happens, they're human, just like we were all in a state of worry on our couches after the injury.

    Very glad we were able to salvage some crucial percentage. 

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