Tom Dyson

I honestly feel like i've chugged ten red bulls, how am I meant to get to sleep now????

Oh and how about that gather and turn from bowey to clear the ball from d50, Taylor has unearthed another gem i reckon.

Luke Jackson is a genuine star, his performance was off the charts!!

And Alex Neal Bullen, best game he has played in a Melbourne jumper, take a bow or ten!!!

Up the Mighty Demons!!!!!!!!!

52 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Yeah I was complaining about being picked on for being Irish at school when my friend who happens to be brown said that’s not racism it’s discrimination. Although I was annoyed when she said it, she is completely correct. 

although it hurts to be picked on about what country you come from and your accent, I don’t think it would compare to racial abuse where your skin colour and origins are insulted. i.e, you are derived from monkeys or something which would cut so deep

thats my take anyway

Me being called an orangutan my whole schooling for having red hair. 😬 (Sarcasm intended, I don't actually think I was the subject of racist attacks), if anything I'm grateful for it because it gave me a thicker skin and helped me to learn to take a joke. 

I remember the school excursion to the zoo was open day on all the red heads in my class. 

I'm sorry but essendon winning still makes me sick. 

I'm a bit confused, all year it has been about the outcome and not the action, part of which helped to get fritsch off back at the start of the year. 

Collins was clearly fine, played the rest of the game and hasnt had any delayed symptoms in the days following the game.

Big stitch up this. 

4 hours ago, Jaded said:

Whatever I won’t keep going around in circles with you. If you don’t think what Viney did was stupid and dangerous then you’re letting your bias show. 
 

Also some reading for you if you’re interested https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/nov/25/head-neck-injuries-phil-hughes-doctor

The comparison to Phil Hughes is completely incongruous in this case. A hard cricket ball travelling at 145km per hour hitting a specific part of one's head is completely different to a flat part of a forearm pressing over what looks likes the guys ear, cheek and neck. Phil Hughes wasn't strictly hit on the neck either, hence why batsmen now have stem guards on their helmets that cover that lobe below the brain. The fleshy part of the lower neck is still exposed with stem guards. 

Was it dumb, yes. Unnecessary, absolutely. Lacking leadership, sure. I'll stand with anyone in defending the safety and well being of footballers, however;

Collins got up and played the rest of the game. That was the last delivery Phil Hughes ever faced. Try to avoid the hyperbolic comparisons. 

Joel Selwood anyone.....

Melbourne dismantle a bottom team in 2021. 

Rivers very lucky to keep his spot I'd say. 

If Bowey is half as good as his ranga brother clarry, i'm sure he'll go well. 

2 minutes ago, P-man said:

I reckon a few neutrals will be on our side now after that absurdly one-sided umpiring display.

Insta and facebook comments definitely vindicate this, although its more an anti dogs/umpire vibe then it is a pro melbourne vibe. 

Can someone please explain, I genuinely don't understand how the dogs consistently get the rub of the green from the umps. Everytime we got a run on, they got borderline free kicks that weren't paid both ways. This wasn't one or two contentious calls, they had 14 more free kicks than us and its happened all year.

I think someone opened a thread about it but were there any compelling conclusions because i'm lost for words??  

misses in the first quarter really hurt in the end. 

Just now, The heart beats true said:

Did he really? They got 16 frees to 7 in the 2nd and 3rd quarter - including a very dubious run of 6 straight, and a pathetic 50, to start the second half. 

Indeed he did, I couldn't quite believe what I heard when I watched it, but that is classic Clarkson for you. 

In actuality, tonight is by no means end of the world. All we have to do is win next week. 

If we had won tonight but lose next week, we would find ourselves in third and if we had lost tonight we would also be in third. 

We keep first by the end of the round and we can keep it next week if we play some better footy. 

Just need a big response from the boys against gold coast. 

Come on Dees! 

Goal kicking was shocking tonight, Brown, Brayshaw, Kozz, T-mac, fritta, Dogga. 

We had 8 more marks inside 50 so it definitely isn't connection, its conversion.   

13 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

How many frees did the umpires pay to Hawthorn inside forward 50? Jesus wept. It was unwatchable.

They had at least four goals direct from free kicks. 

*(edit: Just to clarify, I wouldn't say we drew because of the umps, I don't want to become an essendon fan, but it remains a frustrating fact nonetheless.)

The umps favoured hawthorn the whole night, and Clarkson has the temerity to sit there in his presser and blame the umps. 

Go suck a fat one you [censored]. 

Btw, did anyone notice that Steve was slurring his speech a little in the post game interview, late concussion or was it just a shït microphone set up? 

There isnt a man I'd rather have defending down back than michael hibberd. The pig had some monumental defensive efforts throughout, flies under the recognition radar at times but absolutely love what he brings week in week out. 

Apart from lack of conversion, the biggest thing for me was our lack of spread on the outside from stoppages. 

They always seemed to have an outlet which would get them consistent clearances and for some reason our mids didnt spread from the contest to defend this. 

13 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Essendon fans booing Hibbo says everything you need to know about what a classless bunch of inbreeds they are. 
You injected the man with god knows what and you have the nerve to boo him for leaving your cheating [censored]? Pathetic. 

I'm glad someone else said it, for some reason that really got under my skin. felt sorry for the bloke, he didn't deserve it at all.

Hibbo can only be happy to be out of that drug infested ****ehole. 

I found it hilarious that when the tv panned to essendon fans, it looked like their brain and their mouth just wouldn't cooperate. They wanted to hurl abuse but didnt even know what to say. ? ?

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Why single out one incident? They literally boo at everything. Everything. EVERYTHING. 

You would be hard pressed to find an essendon fan with an iq greater than their shoe size. 

1 minute ago, wizardinoz said:

Anyone else think that goal kicked by Jones was already in the front row when his boot connected? What a joke to show a blurred ball on the replay as apposed to the real time. Blatant effing cheating. 

I was thinking this as well, unfortunately the goal umpire isnt going to pay anything against essendon in front of their cheer squad and then its hard to overturn the goal umpires call from there.