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Steve's whole intent was to get the ball, clearly," Goodwin said. "And you can see it, even if you slow it down, his whole intent was to win the ball, and it's really unfortunate to get a concussion in the game, and sometimes you can be concussed without (it) being reported. And, you know, it's going to be one of those ones that will have to go through the process. "But if you just look at his pure intent, it was purely for the ball, and it was unfortunate, and in the end, similar too, Steven, he's walked away with a concussion himself late in the game with a knee in a marking contest." 10:31 9 hrs Goodwin post-match, R19: 'Steve's whole intent was to get the ball'

“This is a six weeker for me" -- David King shocks the AFL world by advocating for Steven May to be suspended for SIX WEEKS for an innocuous bump!!

For Goodwin, an unacceptable start to the game, whereby the Demons trailed by eight points at quarter-time, then 19 at half-time, set up the loss. "I thought our start was way off," Goodwin said. "If you take the result away from it, you're looking to build unconditional behaviours and unconditional in the way that you play, and we're trying to build something. And when you start like that, it's probably the second time in the last four weeks where we were fairly off from a role execution and intensity of the game, that's incredibly frustrating and angry, because that was probably the part of the game that really cost us the game." So what are you doing about it !!!! What are unconditional behaviours!!! What about the second half of the 3rd qtr where we got in front then coughed up 3 goals. Skill errors. Missed tackles. Poor decisions. Handballs to … no one. Fumbles. Dropped marks. Let’s talk in plain English. Call it out.

What did JT see in him? Yes his personality. Cool sunglasses Ok he’s outgoing. But is not quick, plus his skills are so so. He was a midsized half forward who we got in the first round ??? I hope he starts to work hard to repay the faith shown in him. Logan Morris might have been the right choice at that pick imv. (Refer 2023 draft thread)

Bowey casually running out of defence gets tackled by Docherty. Free kick. Goal. That was horrible. Did he not see Docherty? Did he have ZERO AWARENESS?? WHAT THE???

Dees v Blues Umpire !!! Oliver tackles player who runs and is caught 40 metrs out from goal Oliver free kick !! No free kick🤬 Ffffark !!!😡 Curnow. Stumbles in congestion. Free kick !! Kicks, goals, seals the win 😡 Fffffark🤬

Petty Kentfield Howes and Spargo come in Sharp XL Kolt and Jeffo out

Dees v Blues 2023 round 22 Lost by 4 points Blues win after Dees kick last two goals and Trac misses chance to win it Hurts!! 2023 Semi Dees 9.17 to 11.7 lost by 2 points. Blues in finals. Out. It hurt. It really hurt How did the Dees respond to this hurt. This pain. 2024 round 9 Lost by 1 point. Heartbreak. Went scoreless in first qtr Come back to lose by 1 point Crucial last qtr contest and couldn’t punch or force a point Hurts Three close losses where we fail in crucial crunch time How did the Dees respond to this hurt. This pain. 2025 Lost by 10 points to Blues , an understrength Blues … rookie Moir kicks 4 goals … in Clarrys 200th game (go from 7.3 to 8.10) fail to take chances and fumble our way to another loss

6 Pickett Now struggling to find ANYONE ELSE Lots of players drifted in and out 5 Rivers 4 Fritsch Now really struggling 3 Gawn because he just tries all night 2 Langford perhaps because when everyone fumbled all night , he had clean touches 1 Oliver because he just tried Players like Clarry, Trac, Salem , JV7 accumulate possessions that do zero. Don’t get fooled by stats. Often they handball to someone in a worse position

Why did Sharp come in? Why is Kolt still in? Why is Windsor in? They are showing nothing week after week !!! Give Woey or Dogga junior a go for a few weeks!!

How can you win nearly every stat and still be behind on the scoreboard How can you win nearly every stat and still be behind on the scoreboard How can you win nearly every stat and still be behind on the scoreboard Because your skills are poor Because you make dumb decisions Because your kicking for goal is shocking (went from 7.3 to 8.10) we should have powered past them but we missed chances

Agree. Well said. No one showed any heart for Clarry.

Umpire. Oliver free kick !! No free kick Ffffark !!! Curnow. Free kick !! Fffffark

Game summary Forwards are dumb. Lead to pockets!! Skills are Poor. Fumbles fumbles fumbles Ummm. Ummm. Jeffo and JVR (Petty and Kentfield in next week) Why kick it near Weitering!! Salo is too slow now. Kolt is a bust Where’s the Clarry 200 motivation Kozzzzy worth the $$$ Dumb. Bowey. So dumb. Twice. Awareness!! Zero !! Trac. Dumb. Tackles. High. Score 7.3 to 8.10. Buckley. Apart from kozzzy. Where and who kicks Melbourne goals! Buckley. You give it to your best users. JVR. Kicks. No one on the goal line Dees 2v1 Lost it. Windsor and Langdon. Poor. Very poor. Buckley. Kozzy. 5 from 9. Who else

Lindsay. 40 metre out !! Pass. wtf. Kick the goal.

@Demonland Fumbles Fritsch. Langford. Viney. Salem. Blues one touch footy Sums up tonight !!

Got in front Had all the momentum Then coughed up 3 goals

Need to win this !! Need to win this !!!

Rooey!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Demonland Unwatchable Skills are terrible Jeffo jury might be giving a ruling … he’s doesn’t have the competitive edge needed Where’s the effort for Clarry 200 games Surely we lift in the 2nd half Surely we are better than that rubbish

James Jordon tagging Mckercher

Sam Flanders name gets mentioned. He’s one player that would fit perfectly in our best 18. He might get squeezed by the Suns as they have more young midfielder talent getting drafted this year. Not beyond reach in my view. Maybe an end of 2026 likely push on him.

Let’s celebrate Clarry 200 Clayton Oliver All Australian Best player Coaches Award 4 x B&F Winner 🏆 premiership player 2021 Let’s celebrate Game 200 Life member and always is a champion in red and blue

Paul Amy reports Jack Ferraro also to make a VFL debut, for Casey Demons, filling the 23rd player slot. He's kicked 24 goals from 12 games for Dingley this season in the Southern league

At least the game is after the AFL match this week !!! Howes was desperately unlucky not to get promoted. Hope he has a ripper match again this week.