The Demons unveiled six debutants for their Round 1 clash at the MCG. Battling fiercely in wet conditions, they held strong throughout the game but surrendered the lead in the final minute, falling short by three points.

Proud!

[censored] forward line still here.

Pluckafrigging duck.  We had our chances, almost got there....

And that's a one that got away. 

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Debutants were pretty good 

points points points…

Pretty good overall. Great outing for our first gamers. Giants dismantled Pies last week. We had them on the ropes for most of the game.

surely we should be able to defend in the last 30 seconds?

 

fitness, skills or coaching? 

Could not have scripted it worse.

 

That one hurts real bad

We gave it everything

Toby Greene was the difference at the end

It is a bummer losing like that though 

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Disappointing but plenty to like about our game today

Great effort. Devastating to lose in the end. Blood pressure suffered a bit today…

Really disappointing result, but I thought it was promising signs. Our contested game looks sharp, pressure was good, Trac back to his best. The first gamers all added something. Lindsay is clearly already a gun.

Going to be a fun ride this year I think.

Shattering to lose but lots to like for this year I reckon with some guns to return. We will be a good side!

Toby Greene is a bloody amazing player. Was such a smart choice making him captain.

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Proud overall but should have killed it that last 1:30 instead of letting them go through the middle clean

I thought the way we moved the ball looked pretty good, not many long bombs.

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Just now, DubDee said:

That one hurts real bad

We gave it everything

Toby Greene was the difference at the end

Yea. I think Kozzie played his part too.

But some great positives from some new faces

 

I’m obviously disappointed, but I’ve rarely been so proud after a loss. ❤️💙

Annoying to loose like that but Dee’s showed they can mix it with the best today, could well end up playing them come finals 

Was scary how easy they could transition out of our backline with ease.  Cracking effort, they will be one of the teams to beat this year.

Typical.

Just knew the moment we missed that goal and they started their transition they would score.

Games have been lost so many times off the back of this. How have we not rectified is beyond me.