POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs Essendon

[Demonland 74,340]

For 3 quarters the Demons ground out a lead against the Bombers in tough wet conditions at the MCG before putting foot down early in the last quarter eventually winning by 17 points and putting them firmly back in the hunt for September action.

[layzie 34,528]

Against all the odds!

[Fromgotowoewodin 1,606]

Form an orderly queue to make your apologies to Goody here please… 

[Wilson7 2,689]

Great win, Go Demons

[Ouch! 2,276]

Very nice win without some of the best players in our squad. Good job boys!!

 

[Ollie fan 3,671]

Just now, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Form an orderly queue to make your apologies to Goody here please… 

My thoughts exactly. 

 

Noone will.

[TheWiz 787]

My goodness can the kids play. Great win, go Dees!

[praha 11,267]

Awesome, awesome win.

Umpires did everything they could to make a game of it.

 

[leave it to deever 17,614]

Massive win

Massive effort Mvee, Kozzie, Rivers, Langdon and Milk.

 

[binman 44,792]

Go redleggers!

[dazzledavey36 56,278]

Against the odds!

Well done lads 🔵🔴

[Undeeterred 3,127]

Not many things better than giving it to Essendon 

[Engorged Onion 10,224]

Just now, layzie said:

Against all the odds!

 

Just now, layzie said:

Against all the odds!

Not really, much like the rest of the news, it depends where you choose to get your opinions from. 😅

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

Lost Won it at selection !😀

[Deeoldfart 8,199]

That’s our DNA!  ❤️💙

[Dr. Gonzo 24,468]

Let's [censored] go!! Always good to beat that smarmy pack of scumbags especially when they would've gone outright 2nd. Umps tried to get them back in the game, bloody disgraceful. Real team effort with exception of one player who must get dropped next week.

Edited July 13, 2024 by Dr. Gonzo

[Deesprate 1,324]

Even umpire 22 can’t spoil that

[layzie 34,528]

Steven May a colossus 

[Wells 11 5,488]

wow… I didn’t see that coming. go dees!

[Chook 15,068]

Whew! Felt a bit of movement at the station there in the final minutes, but overall a performance full of merit. Still a long way to go this season, but we're putting together some solid footy again.

 Bowey and Sparrow are just not up to it at the moment. I shudder any time they're near the ball whether they have it or not. Bowey has some solid kicking skills but he's just too small. Sparrow has a solid frame but his intensity is so so poor. In contrast McVee and Windsor are constantly on the move and working at high intensity.

Van Rooyen sacrificed his forward game today to put in a manful performance in the ruck. Great work from him and Turner. Petty was there also.

McDonald, May, Lever very influential in the backline.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,819]

Nothing stupid with Gawny now.

Use our brains.

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,791]

I was confident we'd be competitive, but that was great 

Last 10 mins, and the Umps were horrible tho

[Deeoldfart 8,199]

Guts and determination prevailed!

Edited July 13, 2024 by Deeoldfart

[binman 44,792]

Just now, praha said:

Awesome, awesome win.

Umpires did everything they could to make a game of it.

 

That was bizarre umpiring in the last 5 minutes.

For example the bombers throwing the ball all night and they pluck one out of nowhere against rivers.

 

[layzie 34,528]

I don't care if we don't play finals, fixing up that mob is worth the membership price alone.