Emotions

[Demon Stalwart 255]

Last night I took all 3 kids of mine to watch the game

It was the first game I had ventured up to Melbourne to see this season

Prior to the game I had not expected to see a Melbourne Victory but I thought they would at least give it a shake

My kids also didnt think the odds where much in our Favour , but after what unfolded last night, I have to say that if the Boys can continue to play with the same endeavour and committment as they did last night its going to be intersting season for Demon supporters.

Lets not get ahead of ourselves by any means but lets certainly enjoy the Improvement and saviour it we have every right to

anyway back on topic

First quarter

We sat down and waited for the first bounce, the nerves were there, and the kids where just waiting

Then it started with every handball, every mark, every kick we began to get more and more apprehensive, could they keep it up?

The boys were on song in the first quarter,

we had seen some good passages of play and the Lions seemed flatfooted, I was more than satisfied with the way we opened, and at the end of the First quarter we were in a good position, but still we waited to see both Brown and Fev get into Gear, though so far our backline seemed to have their measure and with the pressure in the midfield their feed was certainly not there.

Second quarter

More of the same Melbourne taking it up to and away from the Lions,no matter what they tried. The umpiring at this stage was certainly deteriorating and we all let out fly with a few insults their way, but the boys shrugged them off and just continued to play the game

End of the Second quarter and with Brown and Fev starting to show a bit of Frustration we where certainly starting to enjoy the game.

Third Quarter

The all Important Third quarter now the nerves were going into Overdrive.

We where just waiting for it the lions to switch on, and sure enough a couple of quick goals and the Margin is back to 28 points.

My daughter started to get worried, my boys where getting even mor annoyed with the umpiring but the DEEs steadied and held a comfortable lead into the last.

Final Quarter

We actually started to feel and think that we could win the match, all we needed was a few quick goals and it was all over, the momentum was all our way, but the umpiring decisions wer getting worse not just against us but against the Lions too, confusion was starting to set in on the ground,

But the boys once again shrugged it off. Every Goal every Mark we cheered even louder, we could see it the game was ours.

And than Scully got his first goal in the AFL

The players were elated for him, the crowd was elated, we were elated and my boys who are great fans of his were over the moon for him

And than from the crowd welled up the Melbourne theme song even before the game had finished, we sang it, all the supporteres around us sang it

A quiet tear crept into my eye. The Melbourne Football club was finally back and it felt Good it felt Real "DAMN GOOD"

To the Boys to Bailey and to all the supporteres who were able to go to the game. Thank you, its been a while since I had experineced those feelings it was good to Know I still could