It was the week when anything that could go wrong for Melbourne just about did.
The first cracks appeared in a premiership defence that was largely humming along last year, until the Demons ran head-on into Fremantle.
Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca woke up sick on game day, not even 24 hours after Melbourne withdrew key forward Tom McDonald from the selected side with ankle soreness. The Dockers also won the centre clearances 7-0 in the decisive third quarter against Clayton Oliver, Petracca, and Jack Viney. Petracca gathered only 10 disposals, the fewest in any of his 161 games.
The Dees went on to fittingly cough up 16- and 28-point first-half advantages against the Swans and Lions, respectively, as their premiership defence crumbled in a straight-sets finals exit.“We’ve had some throughout the second half of the year especially. When we’ve lost games of footy, teams have been able to impact in the second half of games and mow down leads, and it happened again tonight.”
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