Media personality Titus O'Reily is one of us ... he's a Demon fan and his weekly AFL match reviews are concise and brutally funny.

The Monday Knee Jerk Reaction: Round One - Titus O'Reily | Don’t have faith in yourself

Here is his review of yesterday's game against the Saints:-

Melbourne (120) v St Kilda (107)

Last week, the Saints tried to get a chant going with a drum.

I believe it went like this ‘Knock knock? Who’s there? Owen. Owen who? Owen-Two.’

There’s nothing worse than buyer’s remorse.

After spending the GDP of a large European country in the off-season, they got a result they used to achieve for a third of the cost.

Max Gawn seemed to take it personally that Tom De Koning was on more money than him.

Gawn was angrier than a man who’s just discovered a wedding reception is booze free. And vegan.

De Koning looked like he was the older player, struggling to go with Max as the game went on.

For Demons fans, watching their team for the first time this year, despite the season starting several months ago, it was worth the wait. 

He does all the other games as well and he has a fantastic podcast called Sports Bizarre with Mick Molloy which I highly recommend.

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Carlton (77) v Melbourne (100)

If I was Essendon, I’d send Carlton a fruit basket or similar to thank them for distracting the footy world.

There’s been some spectacular collapses in history. Lay Down Sally, Kevin Spacey’s career, the Bronze Age. Now we can add Carlton to that list.

The Comedy Festival has only just started but the Blues have already won Most Outstanding Show.

Up by 43 points, it’s hard to convey just how in control of this game Carlton were in the first half.

The Dees barely saw the ball in the first quarter and only got vaguely acquainted with it in the second.  

Blues fans went into half-time feeling good, but still very aware they barrack for Carlton.

What happened next was both surprising and incredibly predictable.

The Dees got moving and the Blues reacted like they always do when things aren’t completely going their way, they froze.

Players stopped tackling, running, and trying.

Dezi Feeman should have hidden in Carlton’s forward pocket in the second half; no one would have found him.

Melbourne believed, Carlton didn’t.

Kysaiah Pickett set the tone from the second quarter, and dragged his team along, aided by 250 gamer Max Gawn.

Things are exciting when you don’t play the first half at all and still win comfortably.

Demons fans celebrated like the Luxury Car Tax had been lifted.

Melbourne do have some strategic flaws to address though. Mainly, the stark reality that you can’t play Carlton every week.   

The Blues now have the enviable task of pretending Michael Voss isn’t being sacked in the near future.

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