What a fantastic game of footy it was at esplen oval. Just fitting for these 2 cross town rivals. It was a close game all day and really a no clear cut winner up until the final sire when mt Gravatt finally put the game away with a another goal after the siren to run out 7 point winners. It was a scrappy affair and morningside will really rue the missed opportunities they should have converted in the second term. They kick 3 goals 8 and they could have blown the game wide open and maybe put the vultures away, but they didn't and the vultures got a sniff. Their midfield started to dominate late in the third, Lake, Smith, Gilliland and Evans running rampant and by the end of the third they gave the vultures a 9 point lead going into the last. The panthers needed a massive lift from their guns. Shelton was have his usual solid 30 plus touches day and Lillico was going strong as always. They got a lift from Tyson Upton and he kicked the first of the last and they got a roll on after that, slamming 4 straight on with the vultures not even touching the footy in the space of 10 minutes. David Lake threw Albert Proud into the middle to give the vultures a bit of grunt and it worked a treat. He a part of at least 3 center clearances that lead to goals and they were back in the game. The panthers had their opportunities and I think a bad call in one of those behinds, where Josh Vearing seamed to have touched the ball over the line, but the goal umpire gave it a behind. The next missed opportunity came from a snap from Shaun Mugavin that nudged the post and from the kick in the vultures ran up the field un touched to kick another goal and nearly put the game away. Austin lucy kicked a late goal to give the panthers a sniff. But a shot late in the piece from 100 gamer Sam Brown missed everything and the game was gone. It was a cracking game of footy and this loss will hurt the panthers. They now sit a game behind the hornets who are 4th on the ladder and are looking stronger in every game they play
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