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11 hours ago, BDA said:

i watched that horror passage of play unfold in slow motion

he could have kicked it anywhere. he should actually have aimed for wietering. guaranteed to miss him if he did that

they had the chance to milk the clock but didn't..

 
3 hours ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said:

In my wildest dreams I couldn't have predicted Sunday's debacle.

Small consolation was that I had put money on the Saints.

Judging by the unlikely outcome it looks like some Demons players had secured big odds on the Saints too during three quarter time!

Am I joking!?

3 days later and St Kilda fans still celebrating like they won the flag. 🤣😂

I had to delete WhatsApp and probably will have it deleted until the end of the year.

Fair play to them, but they didn’t beat much. Signs of a [censored] and desperate club is when you celebrate beating a fellow bottom 6. How about NWM dancing with Ross Lyon… 🤡

60+ years…

And counting…

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A couple of little ones.

1) a lot of Dees supporters are having a crack at St Kilda supporters for celebrating like they'd won the flag. I guarantee you we would have been carrying like pork chops if we mowed down a 46 point lead. I guarantee you Collingwood supporters would've celebrated just as hard even if they came from 46 against North or West Coast. It was just an incredible achievement to win from so far back and it's only natural for a fan of any team to go off their head after a win like that.

2) Melksham giving it to the St Kilda crowd when he put us 43 points up half way through the third should've aged well but didn't.

3) Windsor giving NWM a round of applause after he produced a rare stuff up most certainly didn't age well.

5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

It was just an incredible achievement to win from so far back and it's only natural for a fan of any team to go off their head after a win like that.

I can't stand Ross Lyon and I don't rate the St Kilda list at all, but it was an absolute all-timer. Monumental win.

When you put aside the bitterness and shame of the loss (which I understand many are not ready to do), it's hard not to admit Wanganeen-Milera is an absolute joy to watch.


6 minutes ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

I can't stand Ross Lyon and I don't rate the St Kilda list at all, but it was an absolute all-timer. Monumental win.

When you put aside the bitterness and shame of the loss (which I understand many are not ready to do), it's hard not to admit Wanganeen-Milera is an absolute joy to watch.

Agree with all of that.

St Kilda will end the season winning 4 of their last 5 games (they now play 3 bottom 4 sides in a row) and head into 2026 sky high with confidence, and they'll trace it back to the win over us. However in reality they had lost their prior 6 games, they were worse than putrid for 3 quarters on Sunday, and I could not believe how easy they were to play against through to 3 quarter time.

Not sure if it has been posted (I saw it on Instagram) but Gawn’s interview on Triple M was quite revealing.

  • He confirmed he was personally made aware of our first 6-6-6 warning in the 2nd Quarter

  • Claimed responsibility for the 2nd violation, but said he had only a few seconds to determine where the players were and wasn’t able to

  • Said the Club has “forgotten how to win”and cited his own kick across goal, which led to the spat with May, as an example

The last point is something we have probably suspected but interesting it was admitted publicly. The issue of course is, if the captain isn’t able to show the team how to win, I’m not sure who is?

Most of our senior players have failed in similar moments over the years: I recall Lever giving away free kicks in the finals, May dropping chest marks and getting stuck into teammates, Viney and Oliver blazing away, and of course most of our forwards missing important goals. I think one of the only cool heads on the list is Melksham. It’s a shame he’s not a few years younger, and very unfortunate he was missing in the final minutes.

16 hours ago, dees189227 said:

Love to know what goodys message was at 3/4 time.

Clearly the players didn't listen

jim henson chef GIF

 
48 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Agree with all of that.

St Kilda will end the season winning 4 of their last 5 games (they now play 3 bottom 4 sides in a row) and head into 2026 sky high with confidence, and they'll trace it back to the win over us. However in reality they had lost their prior 6 games, they were worse than putrid for 3 quarters on Sunday, and I could not believe how easy they were to play against through to 3 quarter time.

Winning 4 of their last 5 games is the worst thing that could happen to St Kilda IMO. They are going nowhere, having beaten just us (twice) over the last 12 weeks, and in one of those games finding themselves 46 points down to us. They were, as you say, rubbish for 75% of the game.

Late season wins against bottom 4 sides might feel nice but will paper over the cracks, and Ross Lyon will yet again escape scrutiny for another failed year.

At the very least, our collapse is forcing the blowtorch onto us.

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I could not believe how easy they were to play against through to 3 quarter time

I said just that to my dad during the game: "We're playing OK here, but they're letting us do exactly what we want to do."


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