POSTGAME: Rd 21 vs North Melbourne

[leave it to deever 16,079]

21 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

to say we’ve done our service for football by playing in Hobart 5 times since 2016, 6 if you count the fact that we were also scheduled there in COVID 2020. A little more than Collingwood and Essendon who have travelled there about zero times in that period.

It's bloody annoying considering we are always playing at kardinia. Pies and Essendon never there either. Joke.

[Go Lordie 281]

6 minutes ago, layzie said:

Embarrassing 4th quarter a bit strong? Night and day between that and the first.

Yes, sorry I was not clear. Q1 embarrassing for poor general play, awful foot passing. Q4 embarrassing because we were on top and missed a chance to bury North (and Brisbane) by kicking 1g 6b.

[layzie 29,539]

Just now, Go Lordie said:

Yes, sorry I was not clear. Q1 embarrassing for poor general play, awful foot passing. Q4 embarrassing because we were on top and missed a chance to bury North (and Brisbane) by kicking 1g 6b.

Makes sense. I thought we still had good control of it in the last but yes the finishing was a bit off. 

[SPC 2,886]

I have been wrong on ANB and Hunter. That is why I’m not a coach

[Go Lordie 281]

Just now, SPC said:

I have been wrong on ANB and Hunter. That is why I’m not a coach

That's big of you SPC. There's been too much scepticism around Nibbler. Nice that someone has seen the light and recanted. 

[dees189227 10,952]

After the disaster of the first quarter I thought after that we played well.

It's good how our small fowards kicked goals this week and good to see Chandler back on the goal kicking list with 3.

I'll be happy the day Goldstein retires

[dee-tox 4,829]

4 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

ANB was sensational 

Two of his goals were shockingly good!

[dees189227 10,952]

It's good to see the players actually acknowledge that terrible first quarter and I hope they review it because we cannot start that way next week against Carlton 

[titan_uranus 22,725]

It's a shame we had to fight back from 33 points down in the first place, but I felt all week that North were going to come out a different side with the bounce from Clarkson returning and Ziebell announcing his retirement. It was a terrible way to start, but we acknowledged it, and when we got going the game played out as we all wanted it to - we kicked 14 goals to 4, and that includes the last quarter where we put the cue in the rack (which IMO is the right call - the ladder will take care of itself and we have a six-day break into the Carlton game next week).

Seeing Pickett, ANB and Chandler each kicking 3 is really promising. Having them hitting the scoreboard is critical to any success we want to have in September.

Petty's injury is shocking news. Various options present themselves to replace him but it's a major spanner in the works given we'd settled on him as the forward and he'd come into some form. Now to have to change, again, three weeks from finals, is far from ideal.

[layzie 29,539]

To go from talls/mediums kicking the goals one week to our smalls chipping in the next is encouraging and shows we are building that multi pronged attack. Much harder to prepare for as an opposition. 

[Go Lordie 281]

4 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

It's a shame we had to fight back from 33 points down in the first place, but I felt all week that North were going to come out a different side with the bounce from Clarkson returning and Ziebell announcing his retirement. It was a terrible way to start, but we acknowledged it, and when we got going the game played out as we all wanted it to - we kicked 14 goals to 4, and that includes the last quarter where we put the cue in the rack (which IMO is the right call - the ladder will take care of itself and we have a six-day break into the Carlton game next week).

Seeing Pickett, ANB and Chandler each kicking 3 is really promising. Having them hitting the scoreboard is critical to any success we want to have in September.

Petty's injury is shocking news. Various options present themselves to replace him but it's a major spanner in the works given we'd settled on him as the forward and he'd come into some form. Now to have to change, again, three weeks from finals, is far from ideal.

Don't forget that our ever-changing forward line is also a puzzle and a challenge for the opposition coaches and selectors, not just Dee supporters!

[Tom Dyson 1,532]

Nibbler, Kozz and Chandler 3 goals each, small forward brigade is humming which is absolutely awesome to see!

[Deemania since 56 6,224]

It was a good win, overcoming a challenge, sustaining a fight back, controlling a winning position and effort. Well done, boys. 

[bing181 8,208]

Re Petty, "not looking short-term".

Goodwin.

[dees189227 10,952]

Also well done to keeping ford goalless after quarter time after he kicked 3 in the first 

[layzie 29,539]

Really just hope everyone is wrong about Petty 

[Deestar9 1,426]

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

Petty 🏥

Smith down back 🤔

Clarity / form of the fringe mids ❌

Percentage ❌

Mental preparation 🤮

Speed and skill through the middle 👎

Take the 4 points but not a good day.

 

So 1 backhanded positive…take the points …& then 6 negatives. I almost look forward to how you can spin the narrative to negativity even when we win . 

[Engorged Onion 9,458]

It's pretty nice to be a supporter of a team who genuinely feels that even if we are 5 goals down, I have an expectation that we can certainly kick 10-14 in a row.

Never had that for the last 30 odd years of my football supporting life.

[Deestar9 1,426]

7 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Re Petty, "not looking short-term".

Goodwin.

Goodwin did say in an earlier press conference that Petty suffered a Lisfranc which kept him out earlier in the season. Always shudder when I hear that word. Hopefully it’s not a repeat …looked similar to Fritch’s injury …

[DeeSpencer 23,378]

2 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

So 1 backhanded positive…take the points …& then 6 negatives. I almost look forward to how you can spin the narrative to negativity even when we win . 

We did the bare minimum against a side that hasn’t won since March and lost our centre half forward.

Feel free to enjoy it with the other happy clappers but it wasn’t a good day. 

[leave it to deever 16,079]

49 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Good win, though once again backline looked less secure without Petty there.

Speaking of which, losing him is huge, just have to cross fingers. But not ideal.

Disappointed Tommo wasn't picked. Or at least Hibbo.

Smith may get a gig fwd next week but he's the sub for me.

[dees189227 10,952]

Did anyone sit in the Ricky Ponting stand? Was it a good place to sit because I was in the ga seating dry area and my god kids were climbing over the seats, standing up and I couldn't see from the other side of the ground.

Sitting lower does not help. Think next time I'll just pay extra for that area

[spalding 1,118]

1 minute ago, DeeSpencer said:

We did the bare minimum against a side that hasn’t won since March and lost our centre half forward.

Feel free to enjoy it with the other happy clappers but it wasn’t a good day. 

Would have you enjoyed it more if we didn’t come back? 

[Kozzie4PM 765]

Everyone carries on about the pies' comebacks but it feels like we're 4-5 goals behind every week 😂.

[Nasher 33,162]

I often wonder if it’s a psychological thing that some people are just unable to enjoy anything after they get put under stress. I seethed and swore my way through the first quarter and a bit, but after we regained control in the second, we never looked like losing. The play that got the van Rooyen goal on half time was pure bliss, and the third quarter was dominance. The cue went in the rack in the last. 

Don’t forget that the two top teams failed this week, for the second week in a row. This competition is so tight that the bottom teams CAN beat the top teams. Hawthorn proved that last night. We got the job done, comfortably in the end. I’m content.