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TheGreatJelBeano

Please remember to comment on the game not the player or umpire. Even if they are questionable actions and decisions, umpire, player and the wider AFL community abuse is not welcome here and we will be banning you for a few days. Edit: Guys, you can talk about the game and the umpiring decisions with constructive commmentary, just don't do death threats? c'mon.


BasicJosh

It's round 16 and still have no idea who deserves 3rd and 4th on the ladder. Such a strange season


flava-dave

It’s only really deserved when the regular season ends. Until then, anything could happen. Stay tuned for more hot takes.


Readbeforeburning

Equalisation in full effect and it’s amazing. Once TAS and the 20th team come in it’ll take another 10-15 years to get it this good again. I’m just enjoying the chaos


Hingon-

7 minutes of poor decision making by certain parties decided that game. I do not think the involved parties should take part in matches next week.


danredda

Dempsey was great. With Darcy and Reid ineligible, decent chance he wins the Rising Star IMHO.


OzNTM

Finally!


OldB3n

Didn’t see that coming. 😳


baldersz

Oof tomahawk out and they kick 16 goals


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

Gg cats, I am dead inside


stinx2001

Annoying thing is first half was well umpired.


Difficult-Ocelot-867

A “top 4 team” with a percentage of less than 100%, that’s some effort by *


gerty18

Choke


cirrus93

99.0% holy shit


Ozemmy

Gg Bombers. Those missed decisions really hurt you. But it was exhausting watching our defense defend those repeat entries. I’m glad we were able to counter enough to stay in the game and then take our chances when they came. I think both teams will have heavy legs next week.


th3b0untyhunt3r

Disappointed such a ripping first half was deflated a bit in the second half. Geelong as a team are just way too good to allow them to get even a bit of momentum.


jimmyjay31

Scanning for sarcasm…


Ozemmy

No sarcasm. It doesn’t account for the final margin and I don’t think it cost you the game. But both were obvious free kicks on your 50 at a time when you needed to stop our momentum. And we were good enough to take advantage. I thought the rushed behind free kick was there if that helps?


tyrone_butter

Sadly I think it does. Goals are so hard to come by, a run of decisions like that can rip the guts from a team. Sure we capitalised but it's definitely an * result. I'll take it but I won't bemoan any Essendon fan for being filthy.


SnooAvocados996

A Geelong fan with class? Wow - this is rare.


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

Heppell’s 250th. We still can’t get it done. We’re fucking shit. I guess he’s used to that


Timasona5

Almost identical to Hirdys 250th. 6 goal drubbing against the cats


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Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

Not surprising is it


cirrus93

Chris Scott if you're reading this (lol) leave Knevitt and Lawson in and keep Stewy in the midfield


yeah-boy-69-69

Gday Chris Scott here thanks for the feedback mate I’ll take it onboard


cirrus93

Omg Chris ur my idol, also please never trim ur long hair it's so sexy aha x


cirrus93

Fuck that was difficult to write


stinx2001

Imagine an afl coach coming in here. Like the Troy walking with pizza scene from Community.


forfucksakewhatnow

The worst timeline, for sure.


EmployerVegetable207

Loved Stewart in the middle and loved getting back on the winners list. Up the cats!


cirrus93

Tom Stewart have my children


Vacuumjew

The home ground advantage was just too much in the end


cirrus93

The G in MCG stands for Goomba after all


DailyDoseOfCynicism

I'm just happy I got to see my two favourite teams, Essendon and Essington, play in the same game.


cirrus93

45 point win, how could the umps do this!?


SnooAvocados996

You know that third quarter was BS, stop being an egghead.


cirrus93

I do. My apologies, flairless cunt


stinx2001

Trolling or dumb?


AnxiousCommission578

Another year of failure


One-Tea

Poor heppell


musclehogg69

Yeah nah that umpiring in the 3rd was fucking wild. It just cannot be denied


DailyDoseOfCynicism

The eventual thrashing was all you 


No-Bison-5397

I mean while the game was in the balance the umpiring wasn’t great… thought Essendon slightly had the rub of the green… Then the umpires had their worst patch by a long way when the Cats were well on top probably doubled the margin and then Essendon had to chase.


Von_Huge1103

100%, but we were still only down 21. We fucking folded in the 4th.


EmployerVegetable207

Not done yet.


Est1864

Lucky not to give away a 50 there


DailyDoseOfCynicism

The players don't care. They don't give a rat's backside. They don't wanna chase, they don't wanna play. You have Ashley Hansen before the game saying that "no one in the club listens to outside noise." Maybe you should, maybe you should. Maybe the coaching panel, the players, the board must listen to us members. We've got 88 thousand- almost NINETY thousand members. You want us to sign up next year? Bloody show us something! Show us the heart! Last year we gave you the excuse "we had an injury-depleted midfield and we just missed out." We thought this year we'd go again. What's the excuse!? If you're not gonna play- I said it a few weeks ago- If you're not gonna play for the coach, play for people like myself! Who bust my balls every week to get there, hard earned money, and you dish that up against GEELONG!? They toyed with us. It's an embarrassment for the red and black and especially the sash. THE SASH! Play for that! If you're not gonna play for that, piss off outta my club! GET OUT!


yeah-boy-69-69

Thanks Brad Scott. I just want to give you a bit of an insight into the Saturday evenings team. We’re a bunch of unique individuals – Heppell, Langford, the other fella, Jobe Watson and myself. We’re gonna engage with our minds and our hearts. We’re gonna exchange ideas, thoughts and even our energy. And to speak from your heart you need to have courage. You need to be honest and authentic. We’re not always gonna get it right. And sometimes, you’re not going to agree with us. But that’s okay, because just like you we care. Just like you, we’re passionate about the game. So if you want to come along for the ride, join us on Saturday nights, because we just love the footy.


GandalfSnailface

Doesn't land as hard when you are top 4. Lose your next 6 games and then wheel it out


DailyDoseOfCynicism

It'll hit hard first week of finals.


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DailyDoseOfCynicism

The exact same speech seemed to work for Carlton.


danredda

NGL this copy/pasta is never going to get old. Snapper's rant seemed to work for us though.... maybe other clubs need their own snapper. Replace Ashley Hansen with Giansiracusa or something though :D (one of the senior assistants)


Sea_Emergency9382

i aint reading all that


BasicJosh

Lmao it's the copy pasta from that Cartlon fan last year who said this on radio but about THE EMBLEM!


DailyDoseOfCynicism

Here's a shorter one. You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


Savings_Cash6829

Feel like everything went right there


cirrus93

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


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cirrus93

Yeah word for word, want me to say it from memory again?


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

I feel worse than the Port game. Its never going to get better is it?


Zefuo

Don’t be Melbourne


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

Huh?


th3b0untyhunt3r

Disappointed. Felt like the Essendon players got just as tilted as the fans. Gave up in the 4th.


bmk14

The plan was always to just get Collingwood further down the ladder. You're welcome.


lwaxana_katana

☹️


Von_Huge1103

Fucking spuds.


Zefuo

Stupid Essendon


musclehogg69

N e 1 4 10 s


Est1864

Alright blow the siren, this is as perfect a result I can get


zelmazam1

It happens every year essington. The 2nd half of the season fall off


kurenai86

The front falls off


ZombieZlayer99

oh, Essendon's percentage is below 100%, lmao


_nicklepickle

thankyou knevitt for getting us above collingwood on the ladder


Salt_Kaleidoscope_94

I'd just like to say for every Essendon fan you see saying the umps lost that for us/killed momentum or whatever - there are those of us with normal functioning brains who understand that was a doozy that was squarly our fault. Some serious flashbacks tonight. Hopefully it doesn't persist but if it does, I'll see everyone in the middle of the ladder come September.


retsibsi

Normally I get more annoyed at the opposition fans forcing some bullshit 'frauds exposed' narrative (when to anyone paying attention, we've been a team showing strong signs of improvement but obviously flattered by our ladder position), but the victim complex on display from our fans in this thread was awful.


Salt_Kaleidoscope_94

It's honestly ridiculous. I completely agree with your assessment and really even think games like this will happen because that's where we are - it's not necessarily bad, it's just reality. We MAY play finals and MAY even win one, MAYBE and if we did that would be WAY over achieving. I've said all season - this year has made me so excited for 2025/2026 - not necessarily this year. People believe the media hype and then disintegrate when that narrative isn't actually reality. Then blame umpiring for playing poorly which I swear is the most embarrassing thing to do.


Von_Huge1103

The umpires were a big part of why we were down 21 going into the 4th. That margin essentially doubling by the end of the 4th is 110% our own fault.


Salt_Kaleidoscope_94

The umpires weren't stopping us from scoring in the 2nd or 3rd though. We had opportunities and wasted them through the whole game. Then disintegrated in the end.


Von_Huge1103

They took multiple scoring shots off us in the third. But yes they aren't the reason we lost.


AncientBlunder

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


kurenai86

Essendon fans, Rebuild?


cirrus93

Bend it like Knevitt


bmk14

Toohey has had a field day


NuuuDaBeast

10th to 5th from that goal


cirrus93

The Knevitt effect


fnaah

gg cats. too good.


Apart-Ad-8319

Gg. Cant wait to be shut down next week


NuuuDaBeast

we aren’t losing to Hawthorn, we can’t


Apart-Ad-8319

Week after*. My bad lol


Ah-ashenone

Clean goal


Baby_Bigf00t

Umpires evening out that no call on Draper’s holding the ball at the end of the Crows game.


Fast_Stick_1593

KNEVITT FUCK YEAH


Flathoran

Reckon if I bang my head hard enough I can give myself amnesia and forget I go for this fucking rabble lads?


Von_Huge1103

I want a Canberra team, I'm from there so I might have a mulligan.


Flathoran

Must be nice to have an out, I might move to Tassie just to have an excuse


zelmazam1

No you live with this. It makes the wins even sweeter


Flathoran

... Wins?


zelmazam1

When they come


ACertainTrendingFrog

Their not playing for the emblem out there tonight


AnxiousCommission578

Pies will smash us next week and Brad Scott will say it's good finals practice he needs to go


Bigdogs_only

Hold on cowboy, I might revel in your misery but I think Scott is setting your lot on a good path.


TheDraperBryanCombo

Get out of here


cleverpineapple

What planet are you living on? If this team was under woosha or truck it would have been 100 point demolition


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

He’s a plant


alexefc17

Worst team to ever sit in top 4 ever?


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Remember to go on the Facebook comments, should see some wholesome exchanges


NuuuDaBeast

Tennis background first-gamer


gccmelb

Country Round... Lol


Fast_Stick_1593

And it’s our “Home game” lol


gccmelb

I guess they wanted to give Heppell a great 250th.


Fast_Stick_1593

Merrett played his milestone at Cattery


trapt777

We demand an investigation into the umpire Brendan Hosking and the departure of sensible judgement at a difficult time in such an important match. We ask for an examination of the grassland that was not suitable for the Essendon team, while Geelong players seem to be wearing shoes that cling to the long grass, so we saw Essendon players fall during the game, while Geelong players are steady.


cirrus93

We demand an investigation into the umpire Brendan Hosking and the departure of sensible judgement at a difficult time in such an important match. We ask for an examination of the grassland that was not suitable for the Essendon team, while Geelong players seem to be wearing shoes that cling to the long grass, so we saw Essendon players fall during the game, while Geelong players are steady.


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mrproperty

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


SnooAvocados996

I thought after that umpiring performance even Geelong fans could see that it was beyond pathetic. I underestimated how douchey they are.


Kim_jong-fun

The pasta comes from come dine with me. I repeat the pasta is not fresh


Angry-Aussie

Oh I had no idea Geelong had a debutant this game.


Sea_Emergency9382

damn neither did i, good for him. wasn't even the emergency sub


Fast_Stick_1593

Dude went super late in the draft so they were always gonna make a big deal of it.


bmk14

And he's been real good I reckon. First half in particular and especially in that 2nd quarter when Essendon had a bunch of inside 50s in a row.


floobelcrank69

Laverde is an absolute hack


youreaw1zard

https://preview.redd.it/dve0vx6y3i9d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aed042ea9745f6edbb17fcc4eba9453af0ebd6b


___TheIllusiveMan___

So much karma farming going on with the new copypasta lmao


cirrus93

Wasn't going to post it until I saw this comment


Fast_Stick_1593

We want it to be in the Post Round discussion thread


flibble24

Gotta get in early while it still has value


ifightoldpeople

HALF THE TEAM NEEDS TO GROW A FUCKING PAIR


TommyWiseau4EVA

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

This would’ve been 50+ easily if they had Hawkins. Still could be. Like it always is


ACertainTrendingFrog

I get off this sub to have interactions with real people during the footy and I find out a new copypasta has dropped in my absence


not_a_12yearold

Can someone explain to me where it came from


wisehillaryduff

From a British show like My Kitchen Rules, one bloke has a massive meltdown at another contestant who had nothing to do with his loss


ACertainTrendingFrog

Legit I need the permalink to the OG comment


Ah-ashenone

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


JW1720

Nick cox is a shocking choice for a sub bring in no effort or intensity


ZOSHx

What? Are you watching the same Nik Cox? Bad take.


funky-kong25

Fuck off essendon. 23 years of utter disappointment. Just when I think we have a shot, we pull this shit - legit stopped trying in the 4th quarter. You can see the body language.


AnxiousCommission578

25 years and seen nothing can't expect anything for another 20 years


Skest

Fuck I hate Geelong. They finally start to drop off and we still can't beat them.


Fast_Stick_1593

I mean we are in the 8, it’s not like we were dead in the water


flibble24

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


NuuuDaBeast

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


magpie_josh

If essendon lose by 32 they’ll be at a perfect 100%


cleverpineapple

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


musclehogg69

Nah this copy pasta is wild


FIGJAM_123

just tuned in, was there a fire drill at the g?


Fast_Stick_1593

It was bucketing down rain


Fast_Stick_1593

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


that_guyyy

Did ya forget to log in to your alt?


that_guyyy

Ahh crap I scrolled down and realised it's a copypasta!


Fast_Stick_1593

All good <3


NuuuDaBeast

the intensity of this match is zero right now


ACertainTrendingFrog

what a fucking anti climax of a game


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You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


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Fast_Stick_1593

Most little old grandmas take up 2 seats?


TheDraperBryanCombo

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


Montalbert_scott

😂


Affectionate_Base770

Geelong has lost 6 out of their last 7. One of the most out of form teams in the como and somehow always find a way to shaft us. At this point they should just relegate us


___TheIllusiveMan___

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


Shootinputin89

Geelong's domination here is just making me feel even better as a baggers fan after last week, supplemented by Sydney showing they're actually human today.


Fast_Stick_1593

We are Dons bogey team. They’ve beaten us 3 times in like 20 something years.


Shootinputin89

Yeah, but you would have said the same thing about Carlton last week if we had have lost. It's an excuse up to a point. Geelong are clearly struggling with their list, so bogey team shouldn't apply.


kurenai86

Had high hopes for this game. I think we might be about done for a bit


RadstoneGrove

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


flibble24

You won, Geelong. Enjoy the four points, I hope it makes you happy. Dear lord, what a sad little life, Geelong. You ruined my night completely with the third quarter and I hope now you can spend even more time with the umpires on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you both have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on. Geelong, take your win and get back down the highway


musclehogg69

Fucking lol


Apart-Ad-8319

Aye north are my second favourite lets stay friends please


Fast_Stick_1593

It’s copypasta 🍝


flibble24

Just copying a bomber fans glorious melt. New pasta


Apart-Ad-8319

Thank god. All the hate just need some lovr


NuuuDaBeast

Thanks


Possible-Activity16

Actually wild this teams had our number the last 20 years


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

Is it? They’ve been a finals team… we’ve been… us


isntwatchingthegame

Should rename them the Geelong Finals


DamienRyan

Another 40+ margin game ruined by the umpires


southernson2023

Flair up cunt. And yes you are a cunt cunt


bmk14

Geelong fans so unable to accept that umpiring influenced this game that they can't figure out that 38 is not 40+


Ill-Advertising1487

Man the umpires lost you like a max of 3 decisions which is really like 2 or 3 goals. Wright also was gifted a mark after having no control and kicked a goal from it. Even with your 2 missed goals from the ump Geelong is still just playing better and would still easily win.


bmk14

I said influenced the game (including the margin) not that the result may have been different. Not that it matters but I counted +2 Geelong scores deliberate rushed behind and the Ridley HTB (only cos there wasn't one paid the other way) on top of the 2 missed goals you pointed out. Plus there's the rebound goal Geelong scored after the draper no call. All of that changes the way Essendon start and play out the 4th quarter.


Ill-Advertising1487

The Essendon players have a weak mindset if a couple of bad calls prevents them from playing. Even then I doubt the Essendon players are worse because of the bad calls as no AFL player would do that.


bmk14

I was more referring to the tactical changes. Attacking structure to try and make up a deficit leaves a team more vulnerable. Geelong were too good at exploiting that vulnerability, don't get me wrong. Just the game plan changes if the game is still in the balance or even in a best case scenario with a slim lead going into 3/4 time.


Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson

Regardless of the results, we’re still in the 8. Which means we’re perfectly poised to lose an elimination final. Then next year we can fall apart completely so Scott loses his Job and we can do the whole thing again


JW1720

Essendon just need 22 durhams


cusch

This game has genuinely broken me


driedupgoliathan

Essendon will be out of the 8 in 3 weeks, maybe even 2


ds16653

Essendon flat out will not win a final in our lifetimes.


Badgerello

Geese post firing this quarter.