POSTGAME: Rd 12 vs Carlton

[Demonland 74,410]

It was an ugly affair on the Big Stage at the MCG on Friday night but the Demon's defence held strong holding Carlton to six goals to grind out a win and keep their spot on the Top Four for another week.

[Jaded No More 68,976]

BURN THE TAPES

[layzie 34,528]

Was good to record a win.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

It will be good for our players to see a ruthless team in Collingwood up close next week.

They should learn a lot.

[P-man 13,367]

Yeesh. Thank God that’s over.

[Orion 332]

We played terribly.  We won because Carlton were more terrible than us

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

It wasn't great !

It wasn't pretty !

..... but we did what we had to do - we put put away the pretenders!

 

We may have given Voss a send off also !

[Ethan Tremblay 31,388]

Let’s take the 4 points and never speak of this game again. 

[Axis of Bob 11,944]

Really good game from our perspective. Got that solidity behind the ball back. Really good signs.

Contested possession +29.

inside 50s +20.

clearances +9.

Smashed them all over the ground. I don’t know what most people want from the team. Without looking, I assume it’s just groupthink from the Gameday thread.

Edited June 2, 2023 by Axis of Bob

[layzie 34,528]

Bye couldn't come quick enough 

[gs77 4,613]

Amusingly, that one was a percentage booster for us. I'll take it. 😀

[FarNorthernD 5,863]

Before everyone goes Tomlinson there is nothing he can do when the ball comes in lace out. I thought he was ok ish

[Mickey 4,777]

God, that felt like pre-2021. Hard to watch, shot ourselves in the foot but a wins a win

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,791]

Should have won by 10 goals

We're going to get [censored] thumped next week

[MurDoc516 1,529]

Petracca, Sparrow, Bowey, May, Lever, Salem, McVee, Brayshaw and Spargo superb tonight.

[layzie 34,528]

We've got another chance to put things right against them this year. She'll be right 

[Diamond_Jim 12,772]

Is this the end of the Smith/Petty experiment

[BW511 2,730]

Take the win, onto next week.

I hope for all our sake that we can find an extra 5-10% in our skills

McVee is the find of the year, he’s a smooth mover, doesn’t ever seem panicked and lands in the right spot all the time

Edited June 2, 2023 by BW511

[Deenooos_ 647]

We are definitely loading. Happy we managed to win but holy [censored] we can barely move out there. 
 

as long as we don’t [censored] up the program we should be alot better later in the year.

[Demon Jack 7,194]

Salem was awesome tonight.

Was great to see him in full flight running through the middle in the third quarter.

Bowey was also great before he was concussed.

[layzie 34,528]

But on the positive side, we won the clearances!

[Return to Glory 8,518]

We were on a hiding to nothing. Playing Carlton at the moment is a little tricky. We'll run Collingwood very close. Mark my words sunny Jim.

[chook fowler 19,771]

Please no more Harmes or Smith.

Great signs from JVR and McVee

[dino rover 714]

Curnow and Cripps had little influence 

credit where due

where is it due?

 

[ANG13 2,110]

Trac we know Carlton are a great side 😳.