Jakarta Demons supporters group doubles in membership as James Massola joins to watch the Dees take on the Saints.
Darren Spence – our correspondent in Jakarta
This week was a momentous day for the Jakarta Demons supporters group. We doubled our membership size as The Age, SMH and Canberra Times SEA foreign correspondent James Massola joined me to watch the Dees take on the Saints. Then in, what can now only be described as a flood, I bumped into David Yates FH* #521 on Tuesday! Sadly, David was only in Jakarta for a few days, but to meet two mad Dees fans in the space of a few days was fantastic.
What was also fantastic was to top off the the last few days with a win against the Saints. It was the first time this year that we probably played a full game. Whilst I have read some comments on social media that people were disappointed that we didn’t win by more and I can see their point. But if that is the worst thing you can say after the weekend, I will take that every week!! The Dees led at every change and extended their lead to finally win by 39 points and head back to positive in the win/loss ratio.
Melbourne had clear winners across the ground which was pleasing. Brayshaw played arguably his best game for the club with 32 touches and a goal, Gawn was dominate with 34 hit outs (many to advantage), Oliver just gets better and better – he had the ball 36 times, Hogan won plenty of the ball himself and kicked 3, Hibberd was good as were Jones, Tyson and Fritsch.
All in all Melbourne did what they needed to do and that was win. And win is what we should do again on Saturday. We are back up in BrisVegas to play the Suns. The Suns are travelling better than many pundits predicted this year but this is a game that we must win and we will.
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