Post Match. Pies beat Bombers. All comments.

[duggieboy]

Just seen we got 56points from turnovers, and 44 of those from the Ess back half! Yeah baby.

Reckon I'll put crisps goal on repeat for the rest of the week

[kymbo5@yahoo.com.au]

Grundy showed courage (that must have really hurt his knee) and fight I hadn't seen for a long time. Great leadership from him in the last quarter and a half. To have had such a stinker of a game up to then and to then do what he did - amazing.
I was quietly cursing you Brodie G - I apologise.

[Larabee]

Grundy was stupendous in the 4th. Congrats.

[Piesnchess]

Caps of perfect day for me, honoured my families war Vets at the lovely Mt Evelyn Dawn service, wore Dads medals, very proud. Now a gutsy Magpies win, that was the Dons GF, make NO mistake, and they threw everything at us, and we held on against the odds. Great effort take that one and move on, in our overall development.

OH and young kid Jumpin Jack Ginnavin, he stuck it right up Cornes today, Anzac Medal, how sweet was that, revenge is a dish best served cold . LOL

[Johnno75]

We lost the contested ball to a team that can hardly win it. Outside the last qtr we also lost the clearances. We have the luxury of moving Pendles into the middle and with Crisp and JDG it swung the game. For once our goal kicking was the difference.

Still expect more from Grundy (overall) Adams, Sidey and Lipinski. Great game from Ginnivan and the back line was pretty solid today apart from a few lapses.

[doriswilgus]

Whew what a relief.An absolute heart stopper.I had to use my defibrillator a few times in the last quarter to keep my heart going!

And finally,thank God for Ginnivan and Howe,With Ginnivan kicking five on the forward line,and Howe taking mark after mark in defence they virtually won the game for us.We obviously wouldn’t have won without them.

[Donny]

Gotta love the Ginny !!

Stirring last quarter from Grundy was just about the difference. He dug deep and found gold.

[swoop42]

Overjoyed that we held on for the win as it was badly required but a little flat that it took unusual (for us) accuracy to beat this mob.

I guess though that the Essendon team today was probably their best on paper for the season and they did play finals last season whereas we finished 17th.

I wanted black and red blood but Essendon were brave in defeat while players like Grundy displayed some real backbone to help lift the team to victory in that final term.

Well done Pies. Now I can relax.

[derkd]

[Piesnchess]

[derkd]

[Monco Matt]

Really great to find a way to hold them off and win the game. Could have easily let this slip in the last qtr being only 1 point up at the last break. It felt like the kind of game where Stringer would bob up and kick a few in the last to pinch it.

The turning point for me was when Parish went off for a fair bit of time with an ankle in the last. Pendles went into the middle when he saw this and really took control, gave us drive out of the centre and created a couple of goals which gave us a real break from which to hang on to. Huge moment, up until then Parish was just terrorising our midfield, he is a super ball winner.

Jacky G, come on down! This kid has won me over. To talk the talk and walk the walk is big time stuff and what a game to kick 5 goals and shove it up those Bomber fans and Kain Cornes. Loved him today, just give the boy the Go Pro and let’s go!! I wasn’t a fan of it earlier, but he is showing that he revels in this stuff. Let’s not forget Checkers and his 4 snags, he was massive when he needed to be.

Howe in defence was brilliant, just cutting off so much ball all day. Grundy gave one of his best games. No, his tap work wasn’t great but worked hard up and down the ground and more importantly kicking that big goal to seal the game. That goal was worth 10 hit outs to advantage.

Is Essendon garbage? Well, yes, they are. They have far too many kids in their midfield and when Parish went off you saw how much it hurt them. Our mids are also young and it showed for both sides. Any win over them especially on ANZAC Day is a huge win and one to value.

Go Pies! There is hope for the future!

[Piesnchess]

Dunno bout you guys, but awful memories of that bloody Zaharakis yrs ago, kept popping into my head in those last frantic few minutes, thankfully, hes retired has he not ? Anyway ,we got there, solid win.

[RudeBoy]

As others have commented, an inspiring last quarter from Grundy, after being well beaten for 3 quarters. I thought Cameron was good. Gotta luv Ginny.
I still don’t understand how Callum Brown gets a game.
Let’s hope Aidan Begg comes on quickly as we are desperate for a key forward, especially now that Krueger seems injury prone.

[What'sinaname]