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I'm proud of the boys. When they got out to an 18 point lead I thought we were done. But, we fought back well and you can't question their endeavour and effort. Carlton were better on the night, but it doesn't change my opinion that I still think we're genuine contenders still.

Exactly. Plenty of examples why we lost. Demonland will only choose one instance to whinge about and justify why we lost. You can also pick a lot of positives out of this game which would say that we're still on the right track. Some tinkering still. Get the selections right and readjust our forward line again and we'll be fine.

Get some glasses bro

What? People should be more filthy at this non decision then the Petracca incident. He had his legs taken out and could have resulted in serious.

Marchbank claimed immediately he had touched it. Seriously, the footage which was shown had his finger clearly bent as the ball skimmed passed. Some of you seriously need glasses. It's not why we lost t all. We had other opportunities to win the game.

I'm not going to lie... I actually though you were dead..

And one angle showed his fingers clearly bent. Seriously if this was May touching this you'd all be lauding what a herculean effort it was.

Good side Carlton. Was surprised with the cockiness of some on here during the week that we'd win easily. They were missing Cerra Walsh McGovern which is impressive in itself. They'll do some damage come September. They're a genuine top 4 contender in my eyes. I think we'll be fine. There is some positives to take out of this game imo and I think a loss like this actually keeps us back on edge. On the negatives. Grundy forward experiment is officially done. It simply doesn't work and we're playing a man down when he's down there. Slow, unfit and brought in off the back off poor form at VFL level. Goody has done a lot right in the last month, but he made a mistake bringing him in tonight. This could mean we may have to rush Tom McDonald in next week.. I love Petracca, but his last quarter efforts in the opening 5 minutes on Cripps was seriously lazy. Allowed him to Waltz out of stoppage far too easily and create score involvements for the first 2 goals that they kicked. He simply had to just lock him down harder and not allow him easy space. Our forward line was lacking big time. It's time to keep Joel Smith permanently there because the Petty out was significant tonight. No more James Jordon thanks. Brayshaw was absolutely huge for us! BOG by a mile in my books. Keep him in there for the rest of the year. All in all, disappointing to lose, but definitely not losing the faith. Win the next 2 and we can set ourselves up well come September.

Yes it was lol Can clearly see his fingers moved.

A matildas and Dees win would top off a good Saturday night for me.

Lol.. more chance it's the 15k Dees fans not turning up, not blues. They actually turn up to games. Blues fans actually/will turn up knowing full there's a chance to knock off another top 4 contender and put themselves in premiership contention.

Geelong just hate pressure

[censored] Cameron is a gun!

That was a clear out in the full perfect view of the boundary umpire.

Stopped paying those since the start of the year..

Hmm.. reckon it's been a fairly umpired game to be honest.

It's 7-7 free kick count for both sides mate..

Collingwood got their game back in order that 2nd quarter. They set themselves up well off half back from the likes of Maynard, Quaynor, Noble who gave them great drive in waves. Game could go either way.

Darcy Moore has done a hammy. Looks a 4 weeker

Get em cattas!

Looks like Darcy Moore is gone for the night?

I hate saying this because I've gone into the past month confident with each game of winning. But I think I can see Carlton getting the win over us tomorrow. Their form from a general stats point of view has them right on top, and their numbers are similar to a premiership teams of the past. This is more of a gut feel as well. [censored] hope I'm wrong.....

At the end of the year it seems. Actually reckon he's underrated in AFL circles. Did a pretty good job with our rebuild and list management and probably one of the good guys who deserved to be part of the grand final success. He'll get snapped up quickly you'd think. https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/1400687/josh-mahoney-to-step-away-from-essendon