Melbourne captain Max Gawn saved his best for Geelong as the Demons handed the Cats their first loss of the AFL season at the MCG.Melbourne captain Max Gawn saved his best for Geelong as the Demons handed the Cats their first loss of the AFL season at the MCG.
But the Demons are not here to entertain us. Lost in midfielder Ed Langdon’s “all duck, no dinner” jibe a couple of years ago were his follow up comments. “To be honest, we pride ourselves on making Friday night games pretty boring to watch for the spectators.”was straight from the textbook. Demons coach Goodwin says much the same thing each time his side wins: “We got the game the way we wanted it to look.” And this looked like a Melbourne game.
At one point, both sides had combined for 14 straight behinds. But the winners found their radar, and their flair, in the final term. There were a number of memorable moments that helped secure the win – Caleb Windsor’s rundown tackle on Tom Atkins, Christian Petracca’s kick to set up Bayley Fritsch’s second major, and Max Gawn lashing a goal from outside 50. Indeed, Gawn’s entire last quarter was excellent.
Meanwhile, Tom Hawkins, who this week equals Joel Selwood’s games record at the Cats, is labouring. “Maybe he’s a little bit off, but it’s not a physical thing,” coach Chris Scott said afterwards, convincing no-one. The most durable and consistent of footballers, he can barely get out of a slow trot at the moment. But in his defence, after copping Jacob Weitering last week, he ran into one of the better backs of his generation on Saturday.
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