The Demons blew a perfect opportunity to consolidate a Top 2 spot and keep the dream of a home final in week one of the finals alive by going down to the Blues by 4 points at the MCG.

Unless you are a heartless umpire 

Wasn't touched

Just now, ucanchoose said:

Wasn't touched

Yes it was lol Can clearly see his fingers moved.

Brodie Grundy we hardly knew ya

Said it last week. Losing Petty will cost us a flag. We are not going to kick the scores we need against quality opposition without a decent power forward.
 

We had our chances for a mark in that last minute, but ultimately it took a BS call to beat us.

 ROBBED.

Looking forward to burying those mugs in the finals. 

Hell of a game.

Carlton can win the flag.

Score review sucks.

We looked 100 times better once Jordon was off, Hibberd went back and Smith forward similar to what the smart ones here (me) proposed all week because the overall balance was so much better.

Grundy isn’t a forward but he’s an excellent ruck and stemmed the centre clearance bleeding in the last quarter which ultimately lost us the game.

Edited August 12, 20231 yr by Clint Bizkit

We had top two within our grasp. 

I still maintain Carlton aren’t that good but they won ugly and credit to them. 
 

Love you as ever Dees but you let that one slip.    Can't lose another one.  Lets just go for 5 straight.

Really looking forward to see If Tommy McDonald can get into some form - need an experienced tall body up forward.

Same goes for Frittata.

Edited August 12, 20231 yr by monoccular

Just now, bing181 said:

Said it last week. Losing Petty will cost us a flag. We are not going to kick the scores we need against quality opposition without a decent power forward.
 

Calm down. We didn’t play well and almost stole it. Long way to go.

I sat behind the goals. IT WAS NOT TOUCHED 

 

AFL loves to see this pack of wild animals make finals. Good for rating. Disgraceful. 

I have major issues with Salem running into an open goal, unpressured, and not making the distance from about 42 metres. I just don't get it. Furious with that.

Great game of footy, but we were beaten at our own game and looked slow around the contest, especially at stoppages. 

A p hucking rort that was how do you come to the conclusion that was touched?

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yes it was lol Can clearly see his fingers moved.

Insufficient evidence.   But we didn't lose it in the last minute.  We lost it the first 2 minutes of the last qtr. Gutsy loss

On paper, having Grundy in our best 22 is a dream.

In reality, it’s just not a thing. 

Edited August 12, 20231 yr by rolling fog

No fairytale this time.

Gutsy call from the ump, soft call wins out

Can’t believe they didn’t take a bit extra time on the score review
 

theft

Pretty poor last few minutes, we’re supposed to have plans for situations like that except the plan seemed to be bomb it to a pack of 20 players, have a couple of hail mary shots from 50 (ok Salem’s wasn’t that far and he should’ve kicked it, Trac was robbed but it wasn’t the right option imo) and repeat bombing it. Gotta be better than that. 

Blues were good though, pressure was massive. Clarry not quite up to speed yet

1. Bad umpiring ruins our great game. 
2. Carlton are the best team in the AFL as of this moment. 
Just a shame it was blighted by the umpiring. It’s the AFL’s greatest shame and embarrassment. 

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yes it was lol Can clearly see his fingers moved.

No idea what you were looking at Dazzle. One angle showed the ball miss his hand by a fair way.

Come on Dee supporters dont give them baggers any reason to gloat. JUst nod and say see you in September. There will be lots of nashing of teeth over the last touched call. But games are won over 100 minutes not just one. Both teams were good tonight, it was a great  warm up for the finals. 

Move on to the Hawks next week

Lost the battle, there is still a war to be won

Edited August 12, 20231 yr by Wodjathefirst

Goal umpires should Know

Not I believe.

And if they don't know...they s s t h up.

Robbed.

We tackled and tackled but got one htb for our efforts compared to their six .

SWYL is very Angry 

That was a goal

i HATE everything about Carlton. There is no difference between them and Collingwood 

Never Forget that