After five consecutive defeats, the Demons have now notched up back-to-back victories, comfortably accounting for the Tigers in the traditional ANZAC Eve clash. They surged to a commanding 44-point lead early in the final quarter before easing off the pedal, resting skipper Max Gawn and conceding the last four goals of the game to close out a solid 20-point win.

Shocking last 10 minutes, the whole review should be about that.

Mentally went to sleep, unacceptable.

When Gawn retires we are proper****ed.

Great win dees.

Put the que in the rack late, but turned it on when they needed to.

Looking forward to the game at Optus next week

Arrogant coaching by Goodwin for taking Gawn off.

Awful finish and now only few positives to come out after what was heading towards a really strong win.

Meh.

It’s a privilege to witness the greatest ruckman of all time

Just remarkable

Our forward line remains an issue but our midfield looked much better in that second half.

Gawn and Bowey were awesome tonight.

1 minute ago, Gorgoroth said:

Shocking last 10 minutes, the whole review should be about that.

Mentally went to sleep, unacceptable.

When Gawn retires we are proper****ed.

We won though, so there’s that.

Not a great first half, in great part because we were getting very little from Trac, Clarry and Kozzie. No surprise that things turned with a big second half from each of them. Maxy was huge.

Disappointing way to end the game, some useful % wasted.

Anyway, happy for the win, we continue to build some momentum. Over to the west to make amends for a bad loss last year!!!

Will take the win of course but jesus that last quarter was frustrating. We really need to learn how to run out games properly if we want to have a decent number of wins.

As far as individual highlights go, Gawn reminded everyone of how much of a champion he is and Bowey has officially won me over.

Edited April 24, 2025Apr 24 by Hopeful Demon

My god never again Fullarton... 🤮🤮

Got the job done. Max was immense in the 3rd. Great signs from so many when the game was there to be won. Couldn't give a toss about the last 10 mins. Rather preserve max & may - marathon not sprint & all that.

Good to get the win but our last quarter was PATHETIC.

We need to fix this otherwise the better sides will roll us.

Fritta is still a selfish player and should be better.

Just now, Gorgoroth said:

Shocking last 10 minutes, the whole review should be about that.

Mentally went to sleep, unacceptable.

When Gawn retires we are proper****ed.

Yep. Gawn is the GOAT for mine. The amount of wins he generates all over the ground has saved us for years. He papers over A LOT of cracks.

We worked bloody hard to win the game

Who cares if we took the foot off the pedal and rested our 33yo workhorse star

We still won the game

It’s OK to be happy guys

6 goal swing there in the last QTR. We gifted them at least 3 goals and we missed at least 3.

1 minute ago, DemonOX said:

Good to get the win but our last quarter was PATHETIC.

We need to fix this otherwise the better sides will roll us.

Fritta is still a selfish player and should be better.

Yep, that last one Spargo all alone at goal square. Selfishness all around.

Lest we forget. Very important.

Job done 4 points

Fullerton is a liability. Not sure if jvr wants to play ruck. Can anyone else fill this role?

Said it for 7 weeks now

WE ARE NOT FIT ENOUGH BODY AND MIND

Take the win, but Jeebers….

4 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Shocking last 10 minutes, the whole review should be about that.

Mentally went to sleep, unacceptable.

When Gawn retires we are proper****ed.

you one of those glass half full fellas yeah?

Secured the game then eased off mentally. who cares?

Habits matter, % matters and we let a bad habit creep in and we lost valuable %.

Happy we won of course, but as the players and coaches always say every moment matters.

Top 5 worst games of AFL footy I’ve ever seen. From a Dees perspective, we’re very very ordinary of course, but without the best ruckman the game’s ever seen, I think we might be the worst team in the league. At the moment. Things can improve no doubt. And they will. Hopefully. 71,000 at the G, and they all should feel robbed.

Two turnovers by Rivers and a missed push-out by Nankervis took the gloss off a bit but a Massive win 🤪

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Arrogant coaching by Goodwin for taking Gawn off.

I assume it was about giving Fullarton a good look.

We’ve now had a good look.

Clarry 13 contested possesions MOST for the game! Um Fullarton should NEVER EVER play an AFL game again! Shocking