The Demons have further consolidated their position in the Top 4 creating a 2 game and percentage buffer with 5th place by beating the Richmond Tigers by 32 points at the MCG 

Apparently we can't score, 20 goals would say otherwise!

WHAT. A. WIN.
I think we found our forward set up.

Harrison Coleman, amazing!

I'll sing it again.

Petty and the Tiger breakers.

An intense high pressure cracking game !!!

The toiges did us for pressure and intensity early and had our measure.

But .... along came Max ... big bad Max the mountain!!!

You will NEVER see a better performance in the ruck - EVER !!!!

A number of other top performances but I must single out Petty. He played more like  a forward than any other forward ( bar Fitta ) than we have played this year.

A very tough game - fortunate to have Norf next week.

There is a feeling in the Bitter nethers that says, " this is our year" !

GO DEES !!!!!

Plugger Petty!

Petty not a forward hey???? 

Points for: 130

LFG!

Have we actually worked out our forward line?

Petty and Melksham unbelievable

10.0

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Time to eat another Hat 👒 😋 

Well done Petty

McVee is the find of the year for the Dees. Sublime skills and composure with the ball. A couple of those kicks in the last five minutes we’re clutch.

Petty got a bag!!!

Geez, wish we were capable of kicking big scores

I’m starting to believe. That last quarter was very reminiscent of late ‘21.

Fitter, better, for longer. Sound familiar?

 

Never saw Petty kicking 6, and Maxy what an effort. Picked the boys up and carried them in the second half.

Put the big fella on ice for a week, no need to fly him to tassie and play spuds. Grundy can take the load for a week

We've got a forward!

How good was Petty! I was sceptical of playing him forward but I've changed my mind. Everything he touched turned to gold.

All in all, I'm thrilled with that win. That was a very high pressure game and we held up brilliantly. Still got another four games left but I'm much more confident heading into the finals than I was this time last year. 

Holy [censored] that was one exciting game to watch!

We just griiiiiiinnnnd them away!

Petty and JVR were [censored] unreal.

Maxy on that performance alone should be a 7 time All Australian. That was [censored] nuts

Give Melksham another contract. He's best 22 for the rest of the year.

Go you [censored] dees!

I doubted Petty. 

Im glad Im wrong!

Can the 'Petty's not a forward' crew please stand up, please stand up, please stand up.

And then sit down, and shut the [censored] up!

Are there any better leaders than Max and Viney? Best ever.

Petty, Gawn magicians - and the rest of the team, led by Viney, would not give in to the Tigers resurgence and endeavour. What a great, appropriate pre-finals game. ANB consistently proved his worth in a linking team and paused play at perfect moments for team coverage. One could go on, but the main theme was 'team, team, team' and it was bloody brilliant. 

Max Gawn is a legend of the Melbourne Football Club