We almost clinched it. 

 

5 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Gus was fine

from you, this is high praise indeed

2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

I wouldn’t write off De Goey, at anywhere near his best he’s a devestating center bounce and forward half mid. He can easily break open a game.

Gawn has a 50/50 record against Cox and the Pies rucks the last few years, again, not sure where the blind optimism is for that.

Gus was fine, but now he’s less at the contest and less on ball he’s less at the coal face and it would be nice to have someone who can kick a drop punt in that role. We might have to use him to tag De Goey or Pendles to get maximum value out of him. He’d be soft tagging Neale if we were playing Brisbane 

Disco did some good but there was a lot of being caught out forward or unable to jump or hold position at a big marking contest. He looked like a promising young tall in his 3rd game who’s main strength is intercepting and is a shaky as a deep defender. That’s not a negative, just the truth.

2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

I’ll leave you to worry about DeGoey, personally I think Sidebottom is far more effective. 
Gawn knows the deal, he’s fit and I can see him tearing Cox and  Cameron a new one. 
Disco may not even play and with our structured, whole ground defence I’m more than confident that he can play his role. 
This game will be won at the coalface and they can’t match us there. 

1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Magnificent finish to the H&A with a Top 4 already cemented. We should really appreciate this team, how we can change the game when all was against us in the 3rd is truly fantastic. And we’ve done it all year.

We are really hard to beat and that gives all supporters heart.

I seem to recall that in some big game in 2021 we only took off just before ¾ time and did ok after that. 🏆❤️💙

45 minutes ago, layzie said:

The battle of the fittest teams coming up?

Not so sure. A battle implies that there are two matched combatants. 

35 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

How many games are they in front at the end of the season that is why pure and simple.

As the great Simon GoodWin says, the season starts again next week. 

10 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I really feel for Melksham. Hopefully it’s not an ACL. 

Terrible for him if it is - could well be career ending if it is. 

Goody said in his press conference that it looks like Dunstan did his ACL too

1 minute ago, Mickey said:

Goody said in his press conference that it looks like Dunstan did his ACL too

Wtf 

We are cursed 

We flexed our muscles a little when we needed to, and it was decisive.  Outstanding win when the odds were stacked against us.  Love it!  ❤️💙

5 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Goody said in his press conference that it looks like Dunstan did his ACL too

When you say 'did his ACL TOO'... what did he say about Jakey?

Liked our win, and the period starting near the end of the third to the end of the 4th quarter.

The fumbling in the early parts of the game worried me. I wanted to see crisp, clean footy.

We're a powerful team and outmuscled the bloods.

Turner worked his way into an OK game. Love his extender arms when spoiling from behind.

Fritta's leading patterns are hard to stop, didn't miss a beat.

Hard edged, with will power, and self belief. Not pretty, but effective as we win the territory battle. Played reasonably on a small oval, we are best on the big ones, I reckon. 

Looks like a few of the MFC team are carrying some niggles. Good time for a mini break. Bad luck we don't get two extra days, like the favoured ones do. 

Edited August 27, 20231 yr by kev martin

1 hour ago, Engorged Onion said:

Could be anything, but ACL seems very unlikely given his ease and no apparent swelling. If I HAD to guess, I’d say medial ligament (MCL), gde 1+, which would make him a non-starter for the QF anyway. 🤞🏻 it’s nothin’. 

Make no mistake, Premierships are won from the self-belief created from wins like that. 

A truly outstanding victory with parallels to R23 2021.  

All the more impressive, that we were playing for nothing.

1 minute ago, Webber said:

Could be anything, but ACL seems very unlikely given his ease and no apparent swelling. If I HAD to guess, I’d say medial ligament (MCL), gde 1+, which would make him a non-starter for the QF anyway. 🤞🏻 it’s nothin’. 

Yeah, that's my guess too.

Unbelievably proud of the boys- to come back the way we did in hostile territory with nothing to play for and with blokes going down left, right and centre was seriously impressive.

Fingers crossed for Melk-it looks bad but am hoping this is like Stevie J in 2011. IIRC he was stretchered off with what looked like a certain ACL in the prelim and then got up to play a huge role in the Grand final. We can still have hope until the results of the scans come in. Hope we get a better result than we did with Petty a couple of weeks ago

Oh no

Poor Milk.

Bloody hell.

28 minutes ago, layzie said:

Thought Laurie was outstanding. Much more confidence this week 

He looked like the speed of the game wasn’t too much for him this week. Chose the right options and hit targets, got to good spots. 

10 minutes ago, Grand New Flag said:

All the more impressive, that we were playing for nothing.

I guess we’re now playing for Melky

28 minutes ago, Demonland said:

We almost clinched it. 

 

I know we're on the front foot with respect to anti-gambling, but with performance like that we should really be at the casino as part of our developing our future fund kitty for the new facility.

21 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Wtf 

We are cursed 

Hard pressed to find another club with feds injured.

This year ..

Fritta.

Bbb.

Tmac

Petty

Now Milk.

And Grundy didn't pan out 

 

38 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

I wouldn’t write off De Goey, at anywhere near his best he’s a devestating center bounce and forward half mid. He can easily break open a game.

Seriously De Goey isn't fit to lick Petracca boots.  You know the guy that broke the game open today and the 2021 GF.

Edited August 27, 20231 yr by old55

14 minutes ago, Webber said:

Could be anything, but ACL seems very unlikely given his ease and no apparent swelling. If I HAD to guess, I’d say medial ligament (MCL), gde 1+, which would make him a non-starter for the QF anyway. 🤞🏻 it’s nothin’. 

I hope you’re right.
My friend who is a doctor said immediately that it’s not an ACL due to the lack of twist. But the club is saying it’s probably an ACL which is strange. They wouldn’t say it if they weren’t somewhat confident. 

Importance of Fritta can’t be overstated, without him we lose that game. 

Real heartbreak for Jake if it is over this year after missing last time, just felt he was going to make a mark on this finals series. 

Just don't want to do it without him right now.

2 minutes ago, old55 said:

Seriously De Goey isn't fit to lick Petracca boots.  You know the guy that broke the game open today and the 2021 GF.

Never seen DeGoey play good footy week in week out like all our mids do

31 minutes ago, monoccular said:

I seem to recall that in some big game in 2021 we only took off just before ¾ time and did ok after that. 🏆❤️💙

Not so sure. A battle implies that there are two matched combatants. 

As the great Simon GoodWin says, the season starts again next week. 

Terrible for him if it is - could well be career ending if it is. 

And that is true but they won the minor league and they should be favourites doesn't mean they will win it.

When does Super Dummy hold his presser to announce the finals dates ?

They could of done this ages ago.