Tom Dyson

Thought Jake Melksham had a great game.

Competed well, won ground ball nicely, used it well, calm experienced head when the ball was pinging about. 

Quick reminder to everyone that he isn't done yet and still has something to offer.

3 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Lever is better with Petty playing.

Very true indeed, can't wait to get petts back!

A wakeup call without losing is a good result, hawthorn showed everyone the blueprint on how to beat us, take it quick through the corridor and keep lever accountable. 

Need to tidy up our forward fifty entries as well, we kept sitting it on top of a contest and expected someone to clunk it which didnt look nearly as good hitting up a lead. 

I think this game also shows how important Goody is, feel like his influence on the boundary line is a lot more important than we know 

Just had a look back at the stats, Clayton is a genuine beast!

Thought dunstan worked his way into the game nicely as well, great depth going forward.

Go Dees!!  

Really could rename the second quarter Steven May vs the umpires, some diabolical calls in there. 

In all seriousness, great to finally put a team to the sword, the efficiency going forward was phenomenal.

Steven May is a veritable wall in defence, looked at his best tonight!

Frustrating that the scoreboard didn’t reflect our dominance but if you offered me a win against port in Adelaide to go 4-0 to start the season I’d be pretty wrapt.

Up the dees!! 

Was already mentioned I think but looking back at the highlights, the two goals by Harmesy when everyone else seemingly couldnt convert were pivotal. 

The wingers club had an absolute night out, what a game from gus and lingers!! 

Bowey was immense, so composed under pressure, hard to believe hes only played a handful of games at AFL level. That sort of decision making and disposal under pressure takes years to get to that level. 

Petracca did what Petracca does, what an athlete. 

No Hibberd, Petty, Rivers, Lever, Salem (for most of the game) and the backline still functioned well. 

Convert some more of those misses and we're set. 

Great foundation to build on for the rest of the season. 

And Joel Smith, I doff my cap to you sir. Thought he played a ripper.  

Go Dees!! 

The royal blue logo on the navy blue home jumper imo looks pretty bad, but hopefully it'll grow on me. 

The gold AFL logo is pretty special though, never thought I'd see it on a Dees jumper but here we are!!

So is the idea that Hore will get redrafted as a rookie?

very handy player across half-back, adds a lot imo. 

Not a bad get! 

Asked if he’d like to play for Essendon specifically, Dunstan said: “I’d love to go there. My good friend Nick Hind went there last year during the trade period and we all saw what he did this year, so that’d be nice.

“I’ll let my manager Robbie D’Orazio have a word to him (Essendon list boss Adrian Dodoro) and hopefully we can make it happen.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/department-of-trade/afl-trade-news-rumours-whispers-2021-luke-dunstan-essendon-radio-interview-would-have-rejected-st-kilda-contract/news-story/7f793c329a0d33a890950e524ddcb869

The above is a fox sport article based off a radio interview Dunstan did with 3aw. Seems odd for a player to make a public admission unless it was a certainty, going to essendon a done deal maybe? 

Like others have said, i wasn't sure how he would cope with the pressure but he looked so comfortable. 

Anyone else see shades of a young Nathan jones in the way he goes about it, Chunk 2.0 perhaps.

Did he seriously say put clarry up for trade???????

hahahahahahahahaha 😂 😂 😂

I'll always remember that massive defensive stop against Carlton a couple of years back which won us that game, and what about that massive hip and shoulder on tom mitchell in the 2018 semi-final. 

Jonesy, the delistings and now Nev leaving as well is all honestly quite sad, hopefully him and jonesy can both still play a role at the club if they want to. 

7 minutes ago, Mickey said:

I was emailing the club about something else and asked whether the adult guernseys would be back up. Will let you know if I hear back.

My understanding is buying from the club is the best way to ensure the money goes to the club

 

Thanks a bunch Mickey, you'd think this would be an incredible boost financially for the club.

Really hope they restock the Adults Guernsey and premiers scarf as soon as possible. 

I imagine buying from the New balance or AFL store, the funds wouldn't get back to the club? 

One can only imagine how many beverages had been consumed...

How about Kade Chandler, the news hound, so hilarious 😂

Jake bowey just blew me away, he was so calm,  his disposal was so clean early, has the composure of a 300 game player, what a star!!!!!!!

This two week break has been analysed to death in the media but just wanted to add my two cents. 

Firstly, I think the dogs would have liked to roll into the GF with momentum and maybe the fortnight breaks that momentum up a little. 

Secondly, most of the boys in interviews were saying that they can't believe they're in a grand final or that they're pinching themselves, maybe the extra week gives it a chance to properly sink in and then they can focus on the task at hand. 

gotta be honest though, the MFCSS has been running at levels never before seen. 

37 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Is that a wa thing to do that at events? I went to see queen in concert there last year & they did the wave to which I found a bit odd

Who knows, never seen it at the footy before, game was done and dusted so the neutrals might have been bored. It was going around just as Kozzy kicked that snap in the last which was so awesome. 

how fckn hilarious was the mexican wave, just like during the middle overs at the cricket!! 😂

My head is about to explode, I can’t fathom what has just occurred. 

Max was taking the genuine mick in that 3rd quarter. What a performance!!!!!