I don't understand all the chest beating here. Am I the only one who is not at all happy with the win? Our season now looks to have an asterisk on it all over a rather dubious score review.
Don't get me wrong, 8 in a row looks sweet on paper, but it now looks undeserved.
The game will always have controversies. But this one kills me inside. I want my team fighting and winning fair.
Wouldn't it have also been better to lose that one for the sake of the players' psychological approach? I don't want them getting ahead of themselves now in these last two games.
the umpire stuff is out of your hands, just like petracca's one-handed handball. i don't feel great about the petracca goal, not because i'm sure it was a goal but i would prefer no controversy either. but we've got the 4 points, it's done. i suppose some of the chest-beating might be people taking pleasure at melbourne fans feeling they were hard done by but that's not really football related, that's something else entirely.
i was frustrated most of the night actually, but still happy with the win. melbourne always seemed to be at the fall of the ball, we rarely seemed to get a look in after a contest. but that's the frustration of playing a good team and not having it your own way.