P-man

Great work @hells bells

I seem to be on my pat malone in that regard. That’s fine. I hate Richmond so maybe that is tainting my view. The game got better in the second half and am not denying the intensity, but it was an error ridden first half and a large number of mistakes were under no pressure at all. Uncharacteristically so. You rarely see the Eagles or the Bulldogs turn it over for fun like that. I’m not excusing it on the conditions either. The skills were just poor and neither side punished the other for it. . Our pressure this year appears to have gone to a new level. Early days but I don’t think matching that level is beyond us at all. What impressed me most was both sides’ ability to run the game out. When it looked like the Tigers would steamroll them Port found another gear. That’s where and when I think we will get challenged most against the good sides.

“There are errors” lol Yeah, one or two.

Skills wise the level has been absolutely deplorable.

If you didn’t know any better you could be forgiven for thinking this is two bottom 8 teams slugging it out.

Agreed on both counts. Pains me to admit it but they got reamed. That was my first look at the scum this season. They won’t be an easy 4 points.

Yep, ideal result for us really. Would have spent a lot of petrol tickets and got the win to escape scrutiny and maybe rest on their laurels.

They will get found out. Starting next week.

Oh Frosty.

I know it’s just a game but I feel like I genuinely hate Joel Selwood.

Geelong’s defense is their main strength. Should be a low scoring affair. They are immensely gettable though.

Honestly, training reports are great, but threads like these are what make Demonland worthwhile. Glorious.

I wouldn’t drop Jetta based on that game and I’m a Hibbo fan. Hunt would’ve been my straight swap but not after tonight. T Mac very much felt like a placeholder. As soon as Brown or Weid are ready he’s out for mine. They’re not, so he stays. Sparrow for Melksham I’d be happy with. He makes us a more dangerous side. No changes otherwise.

6. Gawn 5. Hunt 4. Langdon 3. Viney 2. Salem 1. Pickett

Didn’t look at the stats. 69% tonight is lower than I would’ve thought. He did well on the eye test. Maybe his best possessions were in our half of the ground.

Was at the game watching from the pocket. It was messy but it never really looked in doubt, even before they went two men down. We are setting up very nicely behind ball and there’s no sense of panic amongst the back 7 regardless of circumstance. Lots of communication which is great to see. Individuals: Thank god for Gawn. Hunt earned a few more weeks at least. He was excellent. Nibbler won’t be dropped for the rest of the year. When you talk pressure inside 50 he’s at the heart of it. Lever was hot and cold. His cold was awful. Oliver likely won’t play a worse game this year. Kozzie is going to give headaches to every side. Gus and Salem are now mature players. Composed every time with ball in hand. Langdon simply doesn’t stop running. A brilliant acquisition. Bank the four points. Far from perfect but we beat a team we should’ve beaten. Gotta take that.

Riewoldt’s top three hand ballers: Libba Butters Neale Libba worthy number one but if Oliver isn’t number two I’ll go jump.

Good grief Brisbane look awful.

....you’re a bastard, Andy.

“Deplorable stuff. Honestly, deserved to lose by 50+. Skills and decision-making as bad as I’ve seen by any team in the league ever. Amazing performance for its ****ness.” “52 ruck contests 40 hit outs to Gawn.” “Was more than 4 points. I rate Melbourne to fill 7th or 8th at best. At the moment we are not where we think we are.” “Spuds game is about right. Team full of spuds.” “Neutrals will see a three goal loss on the news headlines and will not understand how unforgivably dire that was.” “All week the talk was that Lever, May and Tomlinson wouldn't be allowed to dominate like they did against Freo. That our forwardline was too dangerous for them to run loose. We played right into it. Long, high, bombs and the picked it off all night.” “Remember last year how Brad Hill apparently wasn't playing badly, we just needed to get the ball in his hands more? If anything we need to make a concerted effort to keep it away from him. Absolute butcher. Was playing like he was sent by Melbourne to take us down from the inside.” “Petracca would be handy to run with Steele, never mind the free hit we had on that.” “Zac Jones is earning the rep of a real downhill runner. Langdon made him look lazy and undisciplined, exposed him for a lack of desire.” “...after speaking to Petracca after the dees win, we will now cross to McCartin in the saints room for the loss... oh wait.” “I just rage-ate SO much Dirty Bird...” “On the bright side, 2 more years and we will have 1.6 million in cap space to buy more duds.” “Melbourne are horrid and they smashed us. Even then, we had so many chances.” “Even then we were lucky that they dropped sitters and couldn’t kick straight. We deserved to lose, and actually should’ve lost, by 10 goals, and to say that about this Melbourne team is just damning on ours.” And then, all of a sudden, in the seemingly bottomless pit of self-loathing, a beacon appears... “People saying our guys were soft, disinterested, not putting in the effort - I think that's wrong. I've watched it again this morning. It was gameplan and coaching that lost us the game. Melbourne turned up knowing exactly what they needed to do and they did it in spades. - They were always moving around stoppages and with their ruck dominance they had some hugely effective clearances. - They always took on the tackler and usually broke through because they're bigger and stronger, which frequently gave them a man in space. - Their forward 50 was generally pretty empty, and their entries were either to a lead or deep. - Their transition was smart, either through the middle or down the wings. We tried to defend both and ended up defending neither. - They made skill errors, as we did, but generally they weren't in damaging areas. We never adjusted to any of this. We should have played some tempo footy, regained our composure, and started to pick a way through. But we didn't. Not sure whether that's the coaching or the on-field leadership, but either way it's a problem. But blaming individuals for mistakes or lack of effort is misdirection, and it'll lead to the wrong solutions.” Well played, Sir. Although this guy put it more succinctly: “Forget our deficiencies, we were well and truly outplayed. Well done Demons.”

And to the 17 people that came up to say hi because I was wearing signed Adam Yze jumper. I love you too

I’m still drunk but I love this club and I love all of you. Every single one of you.

Yes!! Ribbing my Saints mates noses in it! Come on you demons

Even if it’s not holding the ball he didn’t dispose of it. The umpires flatly refuse to rule incorrect disposal. And it’s now cost Brisbane the game.