Rodney (Balls) Grinter
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4 minutes ago, Pates said:
I'd say TMac's had a mostly good year but he did two things today that could be crucial for costing us finals. That VFA level kick out, and choosing to pass it off when he had a kick from 48m out.
He's a dumb footballer, simple as that.
What a load of BS.
Was Tom Mc Donald solely responsable for our whole first Qtr? That's where the game was lost.
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[censored] that.
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Have been doing my best Lleyton Hewitt COME-ONS all the back half of that quater.
You are better than this filthy SHIIT demons. Make it happen.
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Keep it comming Demons
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We can still win this.
We were completely on top of them that quarter. Dominated, but just couldn't take our opportunities in front of goal. They got every freakish half chance possible.
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Get lost.
The footy gods hate us today
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That's the value of Jack Watts.
He is playing well and contesting hard today.
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That's more like it
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1 minute ago, Zoiikgarden said:
I see it but I don't believe it? Hope the real Melbourne comes out for the second quarter! It's a long way back!
It is, but we have done it before and they are good at capitulating.
Come on DEMONS
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What a shocker of a quarter from us.
Umpires were absolute stinkers too.
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Great work Jack Watts
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43 minutes ago, Mark224 said:
Yes, and as it happens, I had intended posting this two weeks ago, but unfortunately life got in the way ...
Fair enough.
While I appreciate the effort you've gone to, I wasn't happy when I saw the title of your topic. For a second I thought that Nathan had announced a shock retirement or something, really put me off my cornflakes.
...BTW, "An ex girlfriends lament"?
Wondering how Nathan's wife feels about this tribute?
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Time to release this would have been two weeks ago when Nathan had been out of the side for 6 weeks, 6 weeks too long.
From his game last week, he's clearly back and pretty close to his best again.
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8 minutes ago, JV7 said:
If you aren't pumped enough, give this a watch. It'll get you going
YouTube popped up an add for a book "Rewire your anxious brain" ... must have picked up on the mood from some posters here. Lol.
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1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:
There's a sense of history about today - much like it was with the final round of 1987 when many of us travelled to Footscray and watched Melbourne's famous victory. Back then, we depended on Hawthorn to beat Geelong and Jason Dunstall's late goal saw us in into the finals. We went all the way to the preliminary final and the Jim Stynes 15 metre penalty that deprived us of a grand final appearance.
This time, it's clear - we depend on no one - it's up to us.
Let's do it!
I was there that day as 9 yo Jack. Still one of my favorite footy memories and pretty hard to beat from that perspective.
What great day of drama.
Standing up the back of the hill, up against the corrugated iron fence at the back of the Western Oval. The Demons mascot running round pre game with the Flower Power sign on his back, for what I was told by my father to expect was probably the late great Robbie's last game. The come back, people listening to their radios and then the second round of roars and cheers when the results of the other games fell our ways. In all honesty, I don't actually remember that much of the actual game, but the rest will stick with me forever. The elation of my fellow Melbourne supporters that day, was something I have only seen surpassed after we smashed Carlton out at Waverley a year later to make the GF.
I don't think I'll ever be able to truly match those moments again until we finally win a flag in my lifetime, but should we win today and make finals after such a long and painful 11 years, it will certainly be a real smell the roses moment.
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Hanging out for 1:45pm big time.
CAR'N THE MIGHTY DEMONS
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19 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:
The Bulldogs were never much of a chance to finish in the top 8 after this weekend, but its nice to have them off our back. One less team to worry about should we fall to Collingwood.
Realistically this result changes nothing, win we much and win we should. I would be in a somber mood all week next week if we loose and go through anyway, any contemplation of a shalacking first week of finals.
Got to find that intense desire and form from mid season tomorrow and take that onto the week after.
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2 hours ago, Nasher said:
It's ridiculous, and happens all the time. It seems like such an easy thing to get right.
I don't understand why the umpires don't just wear bright pink or something every week - easy to see and doesn't clash with any teams.
What about they wear white? Now that would be novel. Hugh clash with white and most jumpers... except those crap away/clash jumpers! Maybe that's why they call them clash jumpers.
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If anyone has been listening to Bruce go on about the retiring players, in the words of his co-hoast BT "WOWEE"... please get the man some tissues, I don't think he can handle much more (cough cough).
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38 minutes ago, Nasher said:
Until today I wasn't aware Collingwood had a player named Kirby. Who is he and why are we apparently so afraid of this zero game player?
Some kind of boy wonder, future superstar? Melbourne should give him the same treatment afforded to Jack all those years ago.
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10 minutes ago, jane02 said:
I'm super excited but my Collingwood supporter husband has a bad case of the man flu and will not be accompanying me tomorrow.
I pondered whether I should stay home and play Florence Nightingale for a brief moment but then quickly changed my mind. I'll be there tomorrow and I will dose my husband up on drugs before I go and bring him home some jam donuts and the footy record.
Go Dees ❤️?
And I thought I screwed up in life marrying a Hawthorn supporter.
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If Kelly wants to play in an immediately successful Vic based team, then he would need to moderate his asking price wherever he goes I would think. I he's just interested in being a mercenary, then I'm sure there are several presently struggling Vic based teams with room in their cap to fit him in. I don't want him if he has that mercenary mentality anyway (we've already disposed of $cully on that basis).
The real question would be what it would require to facilitate the trade. This year's first round and a future years one based on the Trelor trade might be enough.
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4 hours ago, pineapple dee said:
Wasn't it Adams who said Dunn was happy to be at a successful club. I don't think Dunn said it as such. Let Dunn do his thing. That'll involve a couple of long bombs, some spoiling and a couple of short passes to Melbourne players who will then have shots on goal.
When I was watching the Pies game last week Dunn took a good saving mark close to full back in the third quarter when the game was in the ballance... and then proceeded to kick it straight to Dangerfield ... who then let him off the hook and sprayed what was a fairly simple set shot. Anyways, he has some good recient form in this area. It could also be true (and let's hope it's not) that he could bob up at a critical time and bomb a clutch goal from outside 50 like he has for us a few times going back, he's just that sort of player.
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1 hour ago, Brisbanedemonfan said:
Our contested marking skills were really showed up by the Lions last week. Jesse and Pedo were our shining lights in that regard, but whenever the Lions went long to a pack, they would mark it. Jeremy Howe as we all know is a great contested marker, so by leading him off with some of our other dangerous forwards he'll be neutralised and worn down.
That being said, if they stick him on Pedo or Jesse, our other forwards and midfielders are so dangerous in front of goals we have plenty of other avenues for goal to go to, whereas the Pies only have a few dangerous forwards, which Tom and Jetta could easily handle. With Salem and Melksham firing off accurate darts into our forward 50 we're well placed to give the Scumwood a good thrashing 5 times in a row.
Funny how Lynden Dunn has joined a 'more' successful team?
Did Dunn make a statement that warrents this statement/insult. As far as I'm concerned I hold little or no resentment towards Dunn because he essentialy left for the opportunity to play footy at the senior AFL level that he wasn't getting and wasn't likely to get with us in the future. He was a loyal and dedicated servant of the MFC for many years before moving.
Jeremy Howe on the other hand is the one who left for either or both more money, perceived better success and the opportunity to play as a perminant forward (Haha to that too). Ultimately we received next to no value for Jeremy leaving compared to the value he has provided the scum. The better he plays for them, the more I beguin to despise him. Melbourne supporters should BOOOOOOOO this Jezza bloke on Saturday afternoon. He's not quite a Scully, but he went to that filthy Collingwood scum and that makes him nearly as bad.
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Post Match Discussion - Round 23
in Melbourne Demons
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Eating my words a bit here, this was a game we could have and should have won...but didn't. BUT for all their bragging rights today, we are still 'currently' in finals. Collingwood have fallen way short over the journey. West Coast still need to win and win reasonably well tomorrow against the Crows to knock us out.