5 hours ago, Macca said:

You have to wonder why we don't use the corridor more.  If the fear is that we might turn it over, haven't we got a stellar defence to repel counter-attacks?

Look at how people respond on here, when someone takes a risk and it doesnt come off. People don't realise that taking risks irrespective of outcomes, helps fosters decision making in high stress moments (finals). BUT to then get severely criticised and have the 'shame' experience for chosing the right option (never the wrong option) and it not coming off, is what causes athletes to go into their shell.

Supporters can't have it both ways (but they do...)

8 hours ago, picket fence said:

Yeah came to light last quarter but wasted opportunities early to leave game in balance! SPARGO however🤮

Leave the game in the balance?

Don't think missing shots early in the first quarter is leaving the game in balance mate, especially so early in the game.

I was a big Melksham detractor last year but he's played his role throughout this year and tonight especially throughout the whole game on Harris. 

10 marks, 4 contested and probably unlucky not to kick 5 for the night.

That was prime 2018 Melksham performance. 

Edited July 14, 20231 yr by dazzledavey36

17 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Many would have pulled themselves off - messy business playing with a stiff back. 

Messy business pulling yourself off…..

 

sorry I resisted the comment for as long as I could.

First coffee under the belt and enormity of last night only starting to sink in. Did Max really have ten clearances?

Who once said that you don't win anything with kids? Ours were really good last night. 

 

3 hours ago, M_9 said:

Get yourself a Redlegs, Platinum or whatever it’s called now. You may get the GFG. 
I’ve had one for nigh on 30 years. Best $700 (?) I’ve ever spent (even though I watch from Bay 13 (now M9).

I went with E and it was worth the freezing conditions, most satisfying game in ages. It ran to script in the last quarter - just gold. None of the boys were there unfortunately.

I’m guilty of turning the TV off with 8 mins to go and 24 points down, Brisbane were doing it comfortably. What a win!

Loved Riv, Max was enormous, Melksham’s last quarter was huge but that grab on the wing 1v3 was the stuff of legend. Brisbane should have won that contest and the game from there

6 hours ago, praha said:

Third quarter.

Brisbane kick their 5th goal for the quarter. 

My mate (a St Kilda supporter) and I head outside so he can have a vape. I've seen enough.

We chat about who fills the top 8 outside of the top 3.

We can't settle on list.

I hear the crowd roar.

"Brisbane has kicked another," I quipped.

No, it was Kozzie.

Another roar.

"Surely that was Brisbane?"

Right I was. Hipwood.

And again, a roar. 

"Damn... Brisbane?"

No: it was Gawn.

"Okay... Okay. Are we on?"

Roar.

"Again!"

Alas, a Brisbane goal.

Roar.

"What is going on? Who was that?"

Another Petracca goal.

We head inside for the final quarter. Shortly after the quarter starts, Daniher, having an annoyingly good game, kicks a goal.

"You're done," my mate tells me.

"Yeah, obviously," I admit.

10 minutes pass, a Pickett goal.

Five more minutes, and another.

I joke to my mate.

"There's five minutes left. We could do a Collingwood."

He laughed.

"I can't see it," he says.

"Me neither," I say in defeat. 

A stoppage... or so I thought? 

"Viney...Viney... VINEY!"

I proceed to absolutely lose my [censored].

"GAME ON. GAME OOOOON. LET'S GOOOOOOO."

My mate, now on board, is slightly more optimistic. 

"You need this clearance," he says.

"We have time," I snap back. "We got this."

Kick. Stoppage. Kick. Stoppage. Kick....MILKSHAKE!

"He's got it," my mate whispers.

"He's got it," I whisper back.

He lines it up. Cool. Calm. Collected. A little tap. A straight kick.

"LIIIIIOOOOONNNNNSS," the drunk Melbourne supporter next to me starts chanting, jeering the surrounding Lions supporters who, merely 5 minutes earlier, had prematurely started their victory chant.

"It's not over yet," I calmy said.

"How much? HOW MUCH?!?" My new drunk friend was suddenly anxious.

"33 seconds."

The remaining seconds are a blur... Lever's mark/high free kick seals it.

I lost my voice in the preceding seconds as the siren rang and A Grand Old Flag rang through the speakers.

Hello world. I now have a raging sore throat and no voice.

Jesus praha, you'd make a good minute taker.

Feel like I'm sitting right next to you!

8 hours ago, Purple77 said:

How about our leaders?! Petracca, Gawn especially, but Viney goal and then MELKSHAM!

Leaders were immense in the last quarter.

8 hours ago, binman said:

FMD - just heard the call by sen in the last 30 seconds.

Whately:

'Melbourne rescue their season"

Rescue?

The footy media is pathetic 

Couldn’t agree more. I just watched the Ch. 7 highlights - the enthusiasm from commentary box could not have been more one-sided towards the Lions: it’s bizarre. I’m not usually too concerned with what those numpties say, but it’s starting to grind my gears. 

11 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

First coffee under the belt and enormity of last night only starting to sink in. Did Max really have ten clearances?

Who once said that you don't win anything with kids? Ours were really good last night. 

 

That was the legendary Scottish defender Alan Hansen, wasn’t it Rab? 😂

24 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Look at how people respond on here, when someone takes a risk and it doesnt come off. People don't realise that taking risks irrespective of outcomes, helps fosters decision making in high stress moments (finals). BUT to then get severely criticised and have the 'shame' experience for chosing the right option (never the wrong option) and it not coming off, is what causes athletes to go into their shell.

Supporters can't have it both ways (but they do...)

Good point.

And not to get to into the weeds with what Macca and DS were arguing about but we don’t use the corridor much with run because we bring all our forwards up the ground, we don’t have many ‘stay  home’ forwards like the Pies do. So the ground is smaller and more compact which doesn’t help moving the ball into the middle but also once we run into there quickly, you have no one to kick to.

I saw in the last that we made the ground bigger and having Melksham lead from deeper made that more pronounced.

4.5 to 1.1 in the last. If they have got the fitness program right we are every chance in September. Lions are an exceptionally good team. 

Without knowing what was said about Melksham in the 1st quarter I thought he was actually very good in the 1st. Two shanks, a poster, 2 frees against for ‘blocking’ and assisted in a goal. He was certainly involved early, supply dried up in the second and third. His skill showed in the end. 
Gus deserves some love, he was huge I thought.

13 minutes ago, 3183 Dee said:

That was the legendary Scottish defender Alan Hansen, wasn’t it Rab? 😂

LOL. Of course it was 3183! For some reason I had it in my head it was Jack Dyer 😂

10 minutes ago, Waltham33 said:

4.5 to 1.1 in the last. If they have got the fitness program right we are every chance in September. Lions are an exceptionally good team. 

Amazing how even that game was. We dominated the 1st half of the first quarter and 2nd half of the 3rd quarter. And then the last. That's a 50/50 split. It all came down to a Melksham shot on goal.

The talk of a Lion's choke is nonsense. We ran out the last quarter and a half. Their legs were gone! They were frighteningly good in that middle section of the game, but it wasn't enough.

Edited July 14, 20231 yr by John Demonic

Yikes. That was….unexpected. Epic, but unexpected. 

What of Grundy, now?

Literally staying 5 minutes from the ground but don't get back till after midnight after a few celerbrateries with some mates, not good at my age will pay for it today. But who cares don't see wins like that too often. Didn't hear from my son after the game so thought he's gone to bed and didn't watch the finish. Rang and woke him up, what happened dad? he says. Get up and watch the replay says I 

I want to take a minute to thank Dayne Zorko, one of my favourite lions players. 

Stay with me. 

If he didn’t give Brayshaw so much space, it was like he was half way back to Brisbane, then Brayshaw wouldn’t have got the kick off into our forward line and milkshake wouldn’t have marked and kicked the winning goal. 

So thank you EL DORKO U [censored]. I hope that loss stings for a long time. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer player  

Apart from the 21 GF it’s the best win we have had in a long time. 

Go Dees and WHAT A WIN. 

8 hours ago, He de mon said:

Trac was harassed all night, often illegally, but he stood up and took them on. What a star. What a game.

What I liked was that Jordon was trying to sacrifice himself and provide blocks for Trac at stoppages. 

7 hours ago, Green Demon said:

28 points down when Max got that high goal. What a captain's goal!!

 

As a Melbourne supporter I was happy for two reasons

1/ That it was a goal

2/ It went that high I thought it might bring snow.

Edited July 14, 20231 yr by Dee Viney Intervention

9 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Good to see Peter Jackson in the clubrooms post game.

Todd Viney was also in the rooms which was great to see. 

No BS from us about him being employed at North Melbourne and not being allowed in the rooms. Common sense prevails for once. 

Wow...what a gutsy win. We just clawed it back in time.  So many things contributed to the win but the coolness under pressure and will to win from the younger players such as Bowie, McVee and Rivers was great to see. Smith came on and dominated Gunston which gave us some spring off half back.  Then....I noticed we actually went 'man on man' for the lions kick outs which seemed to stifle their exits. Brisbane went from picking holes in our zone defence to kicking to contests.  I dont think Ive noticed that 'live' before.  It's been a frustration to me that we persist with zone defence during games when it isnt working. Some teams are able to find their way through that and we need to mix it up in those games. Last night we did.

25 minutes ago, loges said:

Literally staying 5 minutes from the ground but don't get back till after midnight after a few celerbrateries with some mates, not good at my age will pay for it today. But who cares don't see wins like that too often. Didn't hear from my son after the game so thought he's gone to bed and didn't watch the finish. Rang and woke him up, what happened dad? he says. Get up and watch the replay says I 

You only live once Loges. I over imbibed last night as well but i can confirm watching replays of the last 7 minutes works wonders for the hangover.

9 hours ago, DubDee said:

anyone know who Trac was giving [censored] to at the siren? gave him the old ta da and then the L

Probably giving a gob full to El DORKO for giving Brayshaw so much space to kick to ball into our f50 for Milkshake to mark it. 

I like Jono Brown but him sooking it up on Fox after the game was