Autopsy Saints kick the Bombers butts far into the future.

[g_TRAIN]

I knew this would happen at some stage this year. The tide was always going to turn.

Obviously its a bit late but gives optimism for next year.

 

[Parkysp]

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You are welcome society. Next!

Shout out on that. I'm still laughing. We did do society a favour today!

 

[tomjoad]

Amazingly the AFL.com match report mentions us as having played. This is a rarity almost unheard of, it's usually about how the other team lost it, but it actually says we won it. We even feature in more than the customary 3-4 sentences. It even says how well we played.
What a day

 

[Pardon me]

flipping looooooove smashing the injectors.
Sat through the game with 3 bombers members and after q2 arm wrestle was sitting there with a massive sh-t eating grin.
“Bad luck lads, Parish should play mid, Draper is on the end of a few iffy ones eh?”
Meanwhile the boys were piling on the pain.
Love it.
Might queue up the replay when the drop by during the week.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Not the exact quote.

But the Boss also said that the difference between us and the sides at the top of the quality of our midfield

RTB obviously been doing his bedtime reading on Big Footy.
Couldn’t possibly have come to that conclusion all on his own

 

[Darrian Barnett]

Just need Adelaide to win and it's the perfect weekend

 

[saintbill]

That's the reason I stay single.

You might be onto something

 

[gubby88]

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[gubby88]

i said last night that the Carlton thread was glorious....

the Methendon thread is just another level above hahaha

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[Stan_Darsh72]

Byrnes has had a very good last few weeks, kicking is a lot better and is getting into the right spaces.

Nas was elite, Sharman decided to be Wayne Carey regen, Steele had his best game for a while I feel.

 

[gringo2011]

2015 would like a word

Great win though - plenty to like!

One slightly left field mention from me for Hunter Clark - really liked his work in close tonight. Good to see him stringing together some form.

And Jones and Bonner.

 

[Darrian Barnett]

I've been super critical of him this year, but Bonner's last few weeks have been really good.
He's added something to our backline and provided a good outlet on the rebound.

Agree, but when windy and Pou are back I hope Sincs goes back and Bonner becomes an emergency

 

[Linton Street Saint]

 

[Sunshine Sainter]

Is it bad that I had to go to the Essendon board to read their autopsy of todays match, before coming here to revel in our great win?

Consensus on the Bombers board seems to be that we are crap, but that they are far, far, worse. This made todays win even better, by us letting the air out of the Essendon Finals bus. They are definitely not going anywhere near the finals now.

 

[Saint Watto]

Everyone has to love that.

Not long back in the door.....there was some serious celebrating to be done tonight........that from memory was the biggest win since we belted them at the dome in 2015....pretty sure 2008 was by a bigger margin(and what a night that was)

This arvo/tonight was just unbelievable...........so so sweet when it was totally unexpected.

I don't think even the "Drovers dog" tipped us to win.

That 3rd qtr was just bliss on a stick.

More of that please.

And the great accuracy and spectacular goals from tight angles.

You just knew we were "on" when that was happening in the first qtr.

More of that please.

 

[Saint Watto]

How good was my boy Coops!

I knew he'd come good!

Great to see that you have returned from the Dark Side Cairnsman.

Welcome aboard.

 

[Saint Watto]

COOPER. SHARMAN.

I've been waiting for Coops to have a "breakout" type of game(at least since the end of 2021) and tonight he delivered.

He marking is fantastic(that hanger he nearly took at the Northern end defied the forces of gravity)

He can roost them from 50 and is normally a dead eye dick with his laser accuracy.

Today was just so so satisfying.

Well done to him.

An honorable mention to Cairnsman too.

 

[Saint Watto]

Nas rules everything around me

How good was Nas...!!!!!

Did a few howlers but 30 touches.

Absolutely superb.

And he'll just get better.

 

[True Believer]

Was delightful watching the Methendon supporters departing en-masse all around us before three quarter time today.....

 

[LJC05]

Credit to Zak as well, his decision making has been good last two weeks, taking that split second to really make sure he’s taking the right option and mode importantly, not trying to crash through 3 blokes each time.

 

[TheJackal]

Strangest thing happened today. We sat on the wing and unsurprisingly were surrounded by feral Bombers supporters.

I sat next to an old bloke who was on his own, bloke grumbled constantly and was pretty fiesty. Then, out of nowhere, he started chatting, he talked about how their supporters have no idea and that Essendon are lazy front runners with shocking skills.

I think I actually found the one Injectors fan who was actually decent. The better half even said as much, something like, you never make friends and agree with anyone at the footy.

Poor old bloke had had enough half way through the last. He left, saying he'll join the procession and wished us well. The little 7 year old hears him, then innocently says at the top of his voice, is he going because their losing so bad? Ah... kids.... gotta love em

 

[gubby88]

I've been waiting for Coops to have a "breakout" type of game(at least since the end of 2021) and tonight he delivered.

He marking is fantastic(that hanger he nearly took at the Northern end defied the forces of gravity)

He can roost them from 50 and is normally a dead eye dick with his laser accuracy.

Today was just so so satisfying.

Well done to him.

An honorable mention to Cairnsman too.

ive heard a players harshest critic is thenselves....

has anyone ever seen cairnsman and Cooper Sharman in the same room together?

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[Saint Watto]

Aisle 29 got some Essendon fans removed on the other side of the ground.

Speaking of aisle's....yet another special mention to aisle 32.

They were on fire yet again.

 

[Hayes4PM]

Cooper Sharman is father of Ben McKay

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Ben Mckay

Age

26

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

.

 

[Saint Watto]

Every bit of that game was fantastic. Not a single player you could look at and say they didn't contribute.

It speaks volumes that we didn't bother activating our sub.

May Essendon go another 7,000 days without a final win

It was a game were it all basically clicked from start to finish.

It was immensely satisfying.

Good crowd too of just under 40K.