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Sliding doors - 2023

Nicko
in Melbourne Demons

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Round 16, 2023

5.15 against the giants’ 7.5. 20 scoring shots to 12….

A game we def should’ve won….

We win that game, the giants don’t even make the finals and Dees finish second….

not sure why I wanted to bring this up…it’s not very cathartic 

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    We were a very poor team in close finishes this year:

    Our losses:

    1) Round 10 vs Port - 4 point loss - had no composure with our last 5-6 entries

    2) Round 11 vs Freo - 7 point loss- Missed a couple of chances late and again poor composure.

    3) Round 16 vs GWS - 2 point loss - Horrible last qtr with so many chances missed and a defensive lapse.

    4) Round 22 Vs Carlton - 4 point loss. Denied by ARC, however had other chances late and blew them (e.g Salem)

    5) QF vs Pies - 7 point loss - Missed a whole bunch of shots as we all know.

    6) SF vs Blues - 2 point loss - Obviously we all know what happened but blew a heap of chances and had a defensive and turn over breakdown. Had no composure.

    Even with our close wins, I only think the Brisbane one we did everything right. I thought we were lucky against the Suns (they missed that set shot), Adelaide blew some chances, while we shouldn’t have let the Pies get to 4 pts in the QBD game. 

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    15 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    We were a very poor team in close finishes this year:

    Our losses:

    1) Round 10 vs Port - 4 point loss - had no composure with our last 5-6 entries

    2) Round 11 vs Freo - 7 point loss- Missed a couple of chances late and again poor composure.

    3) Round 16 vs GWS - 2 point loss - Horrible last qtr with so many chances missed and a defensive lapse.

    4) Round 22 Vs Carlton - 4 point loss. Denied by ARC, however had other chances late and blew them (e.g Salem)

    5) QF vs Pies - 7 point loss - Missed a whole bunch of shots as we all know.

    6) SF vs Blues - 2 point loss - Obviously we all know what happened but blew a heap of chances and had a defensive and turn over breakdown. Had no composure.

    Even with our close wins, I only think the Brisbane one we did everything right. I thought we were lucky against the Suns (they missed that set shot), Adelaide blew some chances, while we shouldn’t have let the Pies get to 4 pts in the QBD game. 

    Not exactly what you expect from a seasoned team. Hawks or Cats wouldn’t have done this during their reign.

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    We were a dodgy goal umpire decision from 2nd spot.

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    I once got my finger caught in a sliding door. It made me unhinged. Not going through there again

    Edited by Stiff Arm

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    46 minutes ago, SPC said:

    Not exactly what you expect from a seasoned team. Hawks or Cats wouldn’t have done this during their reign.

    Except Hawthorn did just that in 2010, 2011 and 2012. They missed the top 4 in 2010 by one game and should have won a bunch of close games. In 2011 had chances in the Prelim against the Pies but choked. Should have comfortably won the 2012 Grand Final but kicked 11.15 including 2.5 in the last quarter to Sydney's 4.2.

    Geelong spent a decade choking including a stack of Prelims. Took almost a decade after recruiting Dangerfield for them to finally win a flag with him.

    Edited by praha

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    Maynard pushes his open hands into Gus to brace himself instead of tucking his shoulder into him, Gus plays out the game and we probably win through to a home prelim. Who knows what could’ve happened from there. 

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    2 hours ago, Nicko said:

    Round 16, 2023

    5.15 against the giants’ 7.5. 20 scoring shots to 12….

    A game we def should’ve won….

    We win that game, the giants don’t even make the finals and Dees finish second….

    not sure why I wanted to bring this up…it’s not very cathartic 

    Don't know about sliding but - in Alice Springs, go figure - definitely slippery...

    And then it all became 'slippery' as in 'between our fingers'...

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    Turns out football is really predictable except for the whole goal kicking accuracy thing, which is often a random number generator in the equations.

    Premierships aren't easy to win.

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    50 minutes ago, deanox said:

    Turns out football is really predictable except for the whole goal kicking accuracy thing, which is often a random number generator in the equations.

    Premierships aren't easy to win.

    Soooooo

    how do we reduce the randomness then, having optimised the other stats to the extent they can be 

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    Thread had me reviewing all our losses, our biggest loss was against Essendon. Need to absolutely pulverize them next year

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    The other issue is discipline. Don't give away dumb frees, don't get rubbed out for dumb actions. How many goals did Kozzie cost us on Friday night? How much more would we have scored with JVR in the team.

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    On 9/17/2023 at 6:42 PM, Clintosaurus said:

    We were a dodgy goal umpire decision from 2nd spot.

    Or kicking better , winning 4 more and finishing 1

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    5 minutes ago, Green Demon said:

    The other issue is discipline. Don't give away dumb frees, don't get rubbed out for dumb actions. How many goals did Kozzie cost us on Friday night? How much more would we have scored with JVR in the team.

    Need to return to team first discipline like 2021

    Pickett needs the riot act read - in whatever way he best responds to

    Club should be very direct with league about the draw - not going to kardinia for 20 years. Send Collingwood thanks

    and the umpiring - we seem to get a lot of really poor decisions in key games like the Carlton arc

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    Biggest sliding doors of the year?

    Tom Sparrow hitting a straight up easy 15m pass to Harry Petty.

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    13 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Biggest sliding doors of the year?

    Tom Sparrow hitting a straight up easy 15m pass to Harry Petty.

    We’re still implying that Sparrow was responsible for Petty’s injury are we? 🤦‍♂️

    How about McKay not executing the tackle in the way he did or the AFL not scheduling us to play in Tassie at that woeful ground for the upteenth time

    Edited by demoncat

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    6 minutes ago, demoncat said:

    We’re still implying that Sparrow was responsible for Petty’s injury are we? 🤦‍♂️

    How about McKay not executing the tackle in the way he did or the AFL not scheduling us to play in Tassie at that woeful ground for the upteenth time

    The tackle was absolutely fine.

    Stop looking at the most outlandish and ridiculous things to blame other than a professional AFL footballer not hitting a kick most junior footballers could hit.

     

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    Jack Vineys kick to Weitering was the sliding door moment. He was out on his own, under no pressure, and completely coughed it up.

    I still can’t work out what happened.

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    40 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Biggest sliding doors of the year?

    Tom Sparrow hitting a straight up easy 15m pass to Harry Petty.

    The Petty injury was the moment.

    Surely we can't be going down to that hell hole again in Tassie?

    Edited by YesitwasaWin4theAges

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    10 hours ago, roy11 said:

    Thread had me reviewing all our losses, our biggest loss was against Essendon. Need to absolutely pulverize them next year

    I felt sick after watch that game live.

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    Finals 

    V Pies - 21 ifs and we win 

    v Blues - 33 ifs and we win 

    both were horrible losses but if (insert  any one of so so many events) happens, we win 

    Edited by spirit of norm smith
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    6 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    The Petty injury was the moment.

    Surely we can't be going down to that hell hole again in Tassie?

    It's a given that we'll end up playing down I. Tassie probably a week after playing down in Geelong.

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