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GAMEDAY - Round 1

Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

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1 hour ago, Josh said:

 lots of swearing and throwing bottles, its a great family day

Reminds me of the car park after the first time I saw Dees play Collingwood at VFL park in 1983

 

At Castlemaine station on the way to the G, woke an hour before dawn. Full moon energy as well as the first game excitement. With my keen 14 year old son. Thinking of my one eyed demon father who was still alive when last season started. ...

 

Just gave my neighbours in Cronulla an education in what Mike Brady sounds like. 

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27 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Any news on AVB?

 

No late change to team yet. Fingers crossed. 


12 minutes ago, MarkMacca said:

At Castlemaine station on the way to the G, woke an hour before dawn. Full moon energy as well as the first game excitement. With my keen 14 year old son. Thinking of my one eyed demon father who was still alive when last season started. ...

He'll be there with you.

15 minutes ago, hemingway said:

For me it's all about how we play. Do we see a new Melbourne or no? Go Dee's 

Brave and Bold footy is the new motto! 

And a few more wins

Due to the decisions on not playing H, Dunn and Gus, I reckon AVB will only play if he is 100%. Bad idea playing a half injured player in rd 1. Especially with the new interchange cap

 
2 hours ago, Josh said:

My foxtel dosent get here till the 4th of April (if its on time) so it's Corowa's anual Easter Saturday Billy kart races for me. Believe it or not it will probably get more heated down Sanger St than at the G today, lots of swearing and throwing bottles, its a great family day

No Foxtel till the bloody 14th APRIL aaarrrrggghhhhh. No Gerard and Robbo either!

Have to rely on the wireless...

1 minute ago, JackoTheMuss said:

No Foxtel till the bloody 14th APRIL aaarrrrggghhhhh. No Gerard and Robbo either!

Have to rely on the wireless...

No Robbo is a good thing, isn't it?


5 minutes ago, JackoTheMuss said:

No Foxtel till the bloody 14th APRIL aaarrrrggghhhhh. No Gerard and Robbo either!

Have to rely on the wireless...

Don't want to sound like a telstra salesman but cause you're new FYI If you're a telsta mobile customer you get a free afl livepass. 

1 hour ago, mrtwister said:

Have been looking forward to this game for a while now. Unfortunately, our boys and I have been stopped at the front door by my life manager*. We have been told that Easter comes once a year and that we are not wasting any part of this weekend sitting down watching football. She has not decided on what we ARE doing, but has certainly decided what we ARE NOT doing. sigh

I hope we win of course, but I hope it's a dull, boring and lifeless Fremantle style win so we don't miss too much.

 

*-aka wife

Wowee. That's kind of a bit unhealthy.

I should be studying. But nothing will stop me making it today. 

 

I'm with Nasher. Super nervous about losing a game i expect us to win. Can't wait for us to win a few and that feeling morph to expectation and enjoyment again! 

29 minutes ago, MarkMacca said:

At Castlemaine station on the way to the G, woke an hour before dawn. Full moon energy as well as the first game excitement. With my keen 14 year old son. Thinking of my one eyed demon father who was still alive when last season started. ...

I hope you enjoy the game with your son and think of your dad when we win.

Stupid question time...

signed up for afl live pass as a Telstra customer and I know you can watch live games on phone/tablet but can you watch games live through the afl website also?


Just now, DemonAndrew said:

we'll know at 12:10 whether or not avb is in - final teams need to be submitted an hour and a half before the bounce.

If not 100% then I expect Grimes will replace him in the 22

26 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Wowee. That's kind of a bit unhealthy.

Everyone's different, I guess. It's hard to really comment without knowing the dynamics of their relationship, though I do know from an earlier relationship that time spent together lacks quality when one of the parties is held against their will.

Anyway, I reckon if I proposed spending a Saturday doing something that didn't involve my wife, took up most of the day and included me taking the kids with me, I reckon my she would open every door for me on the way out and have the bottle of wine cracked before I was out of the driveway.

 

2 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Everyone's different, I guess. It's hard to really comment without knowing the dynamics of their relationship, though I do know from an earlier relationship that time spent together lacks quality when one of the parties is held against their will.

Anyway, I reckon if I proposed spending a Saturday doing something that didn't involve her, took up most of the day and included me taking the kids with me, I reckon my wife would open every door for me on the way out and have the bottle of wine cracked before I was out of the driveway.

 

Your second paragraph just perfectly described my morning

I've had a nice air of confidence about this game, until this morning. The nerves have, finally, set in.

I still think we have the form and the players (not to mention the home ground/crowd advantage) to get us the win but I can't shake the nerves nonetheless.

A win today sets the season up and will feel great.


1 minute ago, Nasher said:

Anyway, I reckon if I proposed spending a Saturday doing something that didn't involve her, took up most of the day and included me taking the kids with me, I reckon my wife would open every door for me on the way out and have the bottle of wine cracked before I was out of the driveway.

 

That's how I get to go to Norwood games each week... My 7 year old son being out of the house is a huge relief for the wife and 2 younger daughters! ???

Just now, titan_uranus said:

I've had a nice air of confidence about this game, until this morning. The nerves have, finally, set in.

I still think we have the form and the players (not to mention the home ground/crowd advantage) to get us the win but I can't shake the nerves nonetheless.

A win today sets the season up and will feel great.

My feelings exactly! 

59 minutes ago, MarkMacca said:

At Castlemaine station on the way to the G, woke an hour before dawn. Full moon energy as well as the first game excitement. With my keen 14 year old son. Thinking of my one eyed demon father who was still alive when last season started. ...

Hope it is a great day for your and your son, but it sounds like it will be nonetheless. May the memories of your father be happy ones.

I am heading off soon on the train. Hoping to see lots of red and blue on the way in.

 

So this is what it's like to be truly "up and about" as a supporter base. 'Land and MFC related social media are buzzing today, and it's different to previous season openers, there's this real sense of enjoyment among Dees fans, whereas normally it would only be nervous anticipation and extremely cautious optimism. Our love for footy is back in a happy way, rather than a "I love you so I guess I'll tough it out" kind of way (a bit like some of the relationship dynamics in this thread by the sounds ;) ). Expecting a decent crowd today going by this vibe.

On another note, this thread is very handy for knowing who will actually be at the game and who won't, once we get to the post-match discussion thread...

 

5 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I've had a nice air of confidence about this game, until this morning. The nerves have, finally, set in.

Just living up to your name mate :pj:

 


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