Jump to content

POSTGAME: Rd 08 vs Gold Coast

Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

43 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

We did get lucky with a few calls in the last. No doubt about it. 

They were a man down for half of the last quarter too. 

 

Yeah but they got about 3 goals from frees that weren't there in the 3rd so swing and roundabouts.

  • Quote
    • Like 17
    • Thanks 1
    • Love 1
     
    5 minutes ago, Buzzy said:

    We won, but same old story as most games this year.

    Poor forward delivery and retention, punctuated by clumsiness and lack of composure in defence at key moments.

    Except this time we got smashed in the contest too.  

    Disappointing games by Fritsch and Pickett - but Viney completely shut down Rowell after quarter time.

    We really gotta fix up ground ball at both ends, we're just off the pace and it's killing our potential.

    Feels like back half of 2022 again.

     

    What a complete load of rubbish.  GC are 5 goal better side at home and have lots of upside.  We won by 16 goals last week and took the 4 points today.  You are not going to blow every team out of the water 

  • Quote
    • Like 13
    • Thanks 1
    2 minutes ago, dino rover said:

    Jvr great to be able to develop him but limited influence and someone else comes in

    Tonight was his 5th game I think if not suspended he needs a run at Casey. Last week against North he was poor. At this point in his career he needs to be the second tall not the main event

     

    . 

  • Quote
    • Like 2
     

    35 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Hunter’s cooked and Grundy’s a headless chook so there goes our recruits from last year.

    Fritsch needs a wake up call.

    Chandler’s struggling with his leg, had no explosiveness in the second half. 

    I thought Oliver had left behind these shocker games in 2020 but he’s had a few this year now.

    May and Lever madness bubbling along. Petty could help but he gives no offensive drive and that’s how the ball gets stuck at the wrong end. Disco was really coming in to the game late in the 3rd with some intercept marks, not sure they subbed the right guy.

    When a team turns up the pressure and speed and we can’t get the backline set we’re coughing up goals.

    And our ball movement just becomes gimmicky or bombing because too few of our players make quick accurate decisions.

    Didn't we win? Didn't the Suns beat Geelong? 

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Thanks 1
    2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    What’s the issue. If you’re going to bother to reply at least pick a part of it and offer a counter 

    It’s not worth it. From calling Hunter cooked to intimating you would have subbed May or Lever instead of Turner - I will just assume it was an especially frustrating night and leave it at that.

  • Quote
    • Like 4
    • Sad 1
    5 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

    I don’t know what’s wrong with May this year , but he just seems to be going through the motions , or carrying an injury perhaps?

    Probably back on the booze with Harley B.

    May’s done some good stuff, blanketed King for most of the night. But he’s in panic mode when the ball hits the ground and he isn’t the lock he once was in packs. 

    Other stuff - his desire to fold back to guard the hot spot is somewhat following coaches instructions. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    anyone know what is up with Chandler? apart from his great goal i thought he was poor

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Sad 1
    9 minutes ago, old dee said:

    I look forward to the day he kicks out to the right. So predictable it is a joke

     

    He kicked to the right in round 12, second quarter, 28 minute mark, 2019. What is your problem @old dee?

  • Quote
    • Haha 5

    14 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    God save King Charles !!!!

    Because nothing will save the Governor General. 

    Sorry that's so yesterday on my part but I couldn't help it. Poor old Gough.

    Edited by leave it to deever

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1
    • Haha 2
    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    anyone know what is up with Chandler? apart from his great goal i thought he was poor

    He's entitled to have a quiet game out of only what....maybe 7.

    Anb gets called out first. Then a few more me thinks.

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Feel like the clearance losses are not by accident, I remember Hawthorn were big on this.

    Problem is we still don’t have great field  kicks getting their hands on the footy for the next possession. 
     

    Going from Melbourne’s colder week to warmer and greasy conditions made for a very difficult affair.

    Suns are better than I thought they would be and Anderson had an absolutely incredible day. Was Humphrey the player JT was super keen on? He looks the goods
     

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Close game to watch, so I forgive the 4y.o. sooking going on but FFS, we got the bloody ice-cream. Tough conditions, you could see they were cooked, humidity was between 70%-80%, you’d be sweating in your armchair.

    Viney immense, body on line time and again. Look at the coach’s reaction, was totally pumped he knew they’d just won an unbelievably hard game.

    They found a way, winning a difficult road game.

    Willing to agree with Petty back if the opposition brings 3 talls, but the forward experiment is far from over.  

    Bit worried about JVR, I think he still gets done for being clumsy and not Hawkins. No intent it was the inside of his arm and I was wondering if it was a neck sprain causing the drama rather than a concussion.

    Umpiring felt like a win for us, but Kozzie also missed some frees. More to say later, going to watch it again because I like contested footy, ice dancing not so much. I saw effort from everyone.

     

     

     

  • Quote
    • Like 14
    54 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

    May kicks in to the left and close to the centre square with 15 seconds left.. [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] gotta go closer to the boundary!

    Not only that, instead of looking for a loose man and a mark which wins the game, when he kicks to the left, he didn’t run out as far as he could, making it a good two kicks from them scoring, but kicked it from close to the kick off line.

    We do some dumb things. 

    Edited by Redleg

  • Quote
    • Like 4

    42 minutes ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Christ I hate Kayo. no pregame on Post Game. How hard is it to run an extra streaming line.

    Particularly for how much they charge. An absolute joke. 

  • Quote
    • Love 1
    3 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    It’s not worth it. From calling Hunter cooked to intimating you would have subbed May or Lever instead of Turner - I will just assume it was an especially frustrating night and leave it at that.

    Never said I’d sub May or Lever.

    I would’ve subbed Fritsch or JJ. 

    Hunter is on his last legs, I’m convinced of that. 

  • Quote

    Only got to see the second half and thought the Suns out played us but we won. Gold Coast at home when they are playing like that are a very hard matchup, yep we might not have played our best but that’s a good win. 

  • Quote
    2 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    He kicked to the right in round 12, second quarter, 28 minute mark, 2019. What is your problem @old dee?

    Wrong, he went right against the tigers and kicked it to Viney who had 2 on him, do you want me to tell you how that went?

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    1 minute ago, Redleg said:

    Not only that, instead of looking for a loose man and a mark which wins the game, when he kicks to the left, he didn’t run out as far as he could, making it a good two kicks from them scoring, but kicked it from close to the kick off line.

    We do a lot of dumb things. 

    Yep if there’s no short kick then so be it, but otherwise run your full distance and send it as close to the boundary as safely possible. Inexcusable that it didn’t land on Gawn’s head. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    58 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Top game!

    A hard fought win against a tough opponent !

    They picked through our defence too easily at times but , in the end, some big moments from Max, Tracc , Oliver in the last quarter got us over the line.

    Some confusing umpiring again.

    Fritta - an absolute mare!

    You've really been hitting that wine. Good to see. Think I'll start.

  • Quote
    10 minutes ago, deejammin' said:

    -6 clearances, -27 contested possessions, -25 points from stoppage. 
    Noah Anderson 22 years of age, Rowell 21. 
    By any football metric that is a midfield smashing and they are on average 5-6 years younger than us, so yes, we got smashed by an inexperienced midfield. Trac said as much after the game. Our mids will be super flat with that performance.

    Anderson: second overall draft pick, in his fourth season, 80 games.

    Rowell: Number one draft pick, fourth season, 46 games, 12 Brownlow votes in his first three senior games before doing his shoulder and not playing again in his deput season.

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Thanks 1
    • Love 1
     
    2 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Rowell: Number one draft pick, fourth season, 46 games, 12 Brownlow votes in his first three senior games before doing his shoulder and not playing again in his deput season.

    He is a gun, and he embarrassed our star mids repeatedly tonight early on, but I guess that would be expected if he can achieve a stat like this!

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    • Haha 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Port Adelaide

      Of course, it’s not the backline, you might argue and you would probably be right. It’s the boot studder (do they still have them?), the midfield, the recruiting staff, the forward line, the kicking coach, the Board, the interchange bench, the supporters, the folk at Casey, the head coach and the club psychologist  It’s all of them and all of us for having expectations that were sufficiently high to have believed three weeks ago that a restoration of the Melbourne team to a position where we might still be in contention for a finals berth when the time for the midseason bye arrived. Now let’s look at what happened over the period of time since Melbourne overwhelmed the Sydney Swans at the MCG in late May when it kicked 8.2 to 5.3 in the final quarter (and that was after scoring 3.8 to two straight goals in the second term). 

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 2 replies
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Essendon

      Casey’s unbeaten run was extended for at least another fortnight after the Demons overran a persistent Essendon line up by 29 points at ETU Stadium in Port Melbourne last night. After conceding the first goal of the evening, Casey went on a scoring spree from about ten minutes in, with five unanswered majors with its fleet of midsized runners headed by the much improved Paddy Cross who kicked two in quick succession and livewire Ricky Mentha who also kicked an early goal. Leading the charge was recruit of the year, Riley Bonner while Bailey Laurie continued his impressive vein of form. With Tom Campbell missing from the lineup, Will Verrall stepped up to the plate demonstrating his improvement under the veteran ruckman’s tutelage. The Demons were looking comfortable for much of the second quarter and held a 25-point lead until the Bombers struck back with two goals in the shadows of half time. On the other side of the main break their revival continued with first three goals of the half. Harry Sharp, who had been quiet scrambled in the Demons’ first score of the third term to bring the margin back to a single point at the 17 minute mark and the game became an arm-wrestle for the remainder of the quarter and into the final moments of the last.

        • Clap
      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Gold Coast

      The Demons have the Bye next week but then are on the road once again when they come up against the Gold Coast Suns on the Gold Coast in what could be a last ditch effort to salvage their season. Who comes in and who comes out?

        • Thanks
      • 79 replies
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Port Adelaide

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 16th June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Dees disappointing loss to the Power.
      Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
      Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

        • Thanks
      • 31 replies
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Port Adelaide

      The Demons simply did not take their opportunities when they presented themselves and ultimately when down by 25 points effectively ending their finals chances. Goal kicking practice during the Bye?

        • Haha
        • Thanks
      • 252 replies
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Port Adelaide

      Max Gawn has an insurmountable lead in the Demonland Player of the Year ahead of Jake Bowey, Christian Petracca, Clayton Oliver and Kozzy Pickett. Your votes please; 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Thanks
      • 31 replies
      Demonland
    View All