Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda….
by Darren Spence
We shoulda won missing 11 gettable goals and having 10 extra inside 50s. We coulda won if we went into 3/4 qtr time 15 points up instead of 3. We woulda won if Big Maxy didn’t go down with an injury and Hogan and Lewis were available and the game was at the MCG! I bet I wasn’t the only Dees fan uttering those words after Melbourne lost to Geelong by 29 points on Saturday. However, excuses count for nothing and as Goodwin said after the game “We just had a really bad day”.
Well that was an understatement…..I was bitterly disappointed as we really looked the better side for the majority of the game and even more frustrated as we couldn’t capitalise on the good work. Kicking for goal is such a mental thing and it became a disease that permeated even our most experience players on the weekend.
Gawn getting injured is not ideal (another understatement!) though it does open up a great opportunity for the big Spencil to get a run and his form in the JLT and at Casey has been solid and I am sure that he will do well. As important as Gawn is to our side, our midfield is elite, and sides like the Doggies have shown you don’t a dominate ruckman to win the big dance so I wouldn’t be writing off our season as I have read that some fans have.
On Saturday Watts showed enormous ticker to take on the much taller Zac Smith and, in my opinion, couldn’t have given any more. He was literally off his feet by games end…..no one ever should ever challenge his commitment again.
For the 3rd week running we dominated statistically with some big numbers. Jones led all comers with 36 touches, Hunt continues to show his promise with 30. Oliver continued his break out year form with 28 and Nibbler looks like joining him this year with another great game with 28 possessions. Stretch and Viney both impressed and of course I couldn’t leave out Killer.
Enough about that game where the Cats shouldn’t have got the cream!
This weekend we come up against the Dockers, back home at the G, on Saturday afternoon. We still won’t have Lewis or Hulk and obviously Spencil will come in for Gawn but I am backing our boys to make amends and come out victors to further entrench ourselves in the top 8. Get around the boys as they #raisehell on Saturday!
Go Dees!
Sponsoring Daisy Pearce and James Harmes
Any time we beat Caaaarlton you will find me in a glowing mood!
by Darren Spence
I don’t know where my dislike of Carlton first came from. Maybe it started before I was born when RDB left? It definitely started when the kid I grew up across the road from was/is a staunch Blues supporter and I had to endure constant ribbing throughout the 70’s and 80’s. It grew further when Robert Walls missed a goal to draw against Footscray in round 22 1976 to cruelly deny the Dees a place in the finals. It went apoplectic when Greg Wells left to play for them.
So any time we manage to beat Caaaarlton you will find me in a glowing mood and Saturday was no exception as the Mighty Dees beat the Blues to win their first 2 games of the season since 2005.
There is an old adage that good teams win even when not playing at their best and it’s fair to say that the boys weren’t at their efficient best at the weekend. At one stage, deep into the 2nd quarter, the top 13 players in fantasy football scoring were all Melbourne players. Now I don’t know if this is a record…..but it must be close…yet for all that leather poisoning we only held a lead of 10 points at the long break.
The 3rd quarter saw the Blues take the lead before another run on similar the Saints game saw the Demons kick 7 of the last 9 goals to run out 22 point victors.
Our ability to get run-ons against both teams this season is testament to our new attacking game style and it does hold us in good stead for an exciting year!
Clayton Oliver showed last game wasn’t a fluke finishing with 34 disposals and probably has at least 5 Brownlow votes so far. Salem played his best game for the club in my opinion with 31 possessions and showed us how much we miss his silky skills. Tyson had the ball 32 times, Garlett kicked 3 goals, Watts was lively and I also liked Jetta’s game as well as Harmes.
This week we have the Cats and another great opportunity to show the footy world our great club is back as well as erase the performance in the last round last year. Disappointingly 2 of our key players in Lewis and Hogan will miss with suspension but we will welcome Vince back and another opportunity will present itself to show our depth as we look to replace our key forward. I am tipping a win (our record at Docklands this year is outstanding!). Get behind the mighty Dees as we look to go 3 zip in 2017!
Sponsoring Daisy Pearce and James Harmes
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- 2017 Women’s Guernsey signed by Daisy
- 2017 Women’s Team Poster signed by Daisy
- 2017 match worn jumper signed by James Harmes
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