i'm trying to forget those missnaut....

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An important victory.

Well, time will tell…

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Glass half full kind of guy eh?

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The Geelong game in reverse.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

just a query - did anyone think, going into the final quarter, that we wouldnt blow the lead? this club has scarred me so badly

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@#$%&! you're a sad sack. Still early. Breathe.

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dane's trolling again

The tap back into play was (almost) the turning point.

Votes recorded for GreatEx
5. Matthew Owies
4. Charlie Curnow
3. Matthew Kennedy
2. Sam Walsh
1. Jacob Weitering

Honourable mention to Cincotta for a stellar lock down role, and Gov who was drove our early dominance, but once Petracca scored those two goals his influence waned.

Letting teams back in so often. Allowing scores too easily from Carlton's forward line.

Over possessing inviting opposition pressure and allowing them to get numbers back.

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"I said I'd tell you the truth. Didn't say you'd like it." - Finch

upside down?

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Pros
We beat a team that will be top 4
Our first quarter, finally took our chances
Early game form of Gov, him and Martin will get better in time
Charlie's work rate
Pittos continued good form
Owies was good
Defence was much better

Cons
Letting them back in, although you can't keep Melbourne down for a whole game, particularly playing down with injured players
Over handballed, we don't seem to know when to kick or handball and were unclean again. We've got time to get it right though
Weitering dropped off, I couldn't work out if he was taken away from the ball
That awful goal when they tapped it back in, just awful

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other than cerra's hammy, and another game we couldn't run out. those first 3.5 quarters were really good.

lots who needed to, stood up. the fumbles hit late and imo that was fatigue more than pressure.

Let’s face the truth. A loss would have been SOOOOOO much worse!



Go Blueboys!!!!

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Probably shouldn't have voted so soon after Walshy's 4th quarter fumbles, but Owies played a ripper and Charlie played with maturity and even halved some contests against May when it mattered... first time I've voted for him all year, waiting him to play like a leader.

Thought we played well for 3 and a bit quarters. Went in to save mode way too early in the fourth after playing way too fast earlier in the quarter. Slow the @#$%&! down. Maintain possession. Control the tempo.

Happily take the 4 points and all the learnings, which are plenty.

Another bloody hammy

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We are on our way back...

all fair comments. all fixable. i think the scores from our forward line will slow down when the fog gets back in

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#AFLBluesDees
Final xScores:
CARL 75 from expected 51.1 (+2 rushed)
MELB 73 from expected 72.4 (+3 rushed)

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"I said I'd tell you the truth. Didn't say you'd like it." - Finch

We were 26 points up with 10 minutes left, I honestly thought we were safe then. And 19 points up with less than 4 minutes, no one loses from that position in this day and age. And yet... it really would have been the most humiliating defeat in living memory.

I thought Kemp was good, certainly showed a lot more than Young last week.

Cinc was great too.

Plenty of pros but the desire to harass, pressure and defend the ground was finally on show. Biggest pro for me.

Negative was the flowering umpiring in the 2nd half. Disgracefully one sided and so obvious. Spoilt a great game.