I'm worried about this round. 

The best we can do is drop further down the ladder.

Woe is us.

Don't  worry about things you can't affect

I'm going to a local game.

After watching us play last week, it's going to be an experience watching the game played on muddy waterlogged grounds, er, no wait ...

Something to reflect on, on this miserable, cold, no-game weekend:

The sad demise of the Fitzroy Lions: "Like a sick dog," said Matthew Rendell, a former Fitzroy captain. "It was almost like 'please put us out of our misery.'"   http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-25/the-moment-that-began-fitzroys-long-slow-death?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed%3A+AFL+Latest+News

A sliding doors moment: "I just wish we'd gone to Brisbane at the end of 1986," Paul Roos said. "Everyone wanted to go. The players were told. And from that moment on it was the slow death of the club."  What might have been, eh?

And here is a roll call of the old 'Roy Boys' players as current day coaches:
Paul Roos (Melbourne)
Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
John Barker (Carlton – senior assistant)
John Blakey (Sydney Swans – senior assistant)
Alan McConnell (GWS – senior assistant) 

Ironically, AFL history repeats itself: 'The AFL didn't lift much of a finger to save the club...The priority for the economic rationalists at the AFL was also to establish second clubs in South Australia and Western Australia'. So, so similar to recent history where the AFL was so busy setting up GWS and GCS that it completely forgot about the Lions, Demons and a few other lowly teams who have recently been or are on their knees.  

A fascinating read but I couldn't help but think: '...there but for the grace of God, go our beloved Demons...' 

It could so easily have been us 3 years ago.  I shiver at the thought! 

No matter what happens from here, I will be eternally grateful to Bartlett, Jackson and the old Roy Boy himself, Mr Paul Roos for giving us a chance and breathing some life back into our club.

Edited June 25, 20169 yr by Lucifer's Hero

I'm just glad I don't need to venture outside in this Antarctic weather to watch footy!