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Whispering_Jack   29,249

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It's deja vu all over again.

You wake up on the morning of a game the week after a ground-breaking win and you think - "we're on our way, we're going to win this one."

We finished off so well against the Hawks last week while Port Adelaide was so insipid against the Swans. There's no way we can lose this one. Welcome to three wins in a row and another week of talking about mathematical possibilities.

And then ... it's Groundhog Day.

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Back to the good old Demonland sook fest. Phew, I was starting to worry about you guys.

The Sailing Demon
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Reading Demonland... Thinking we have lost by 60. We just beat Port at home by 40 for the first time in 16 years. Deadset guys.  

In Harmes Way
In Harmes Way

Order a seafood entree, complain about 15 mins later of stomach cramps and frequently check your phone in the loos. works a treat

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5 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

It's deja vu all over again.

You wake up on the morning of a game the week after a ground-breaking win and you think - "we're on our way, we're going to win this one."

We finished off so well against the Hawks last week while Port Adelaide was so insipid against the Swans. There's no way we can lose this one. Welcome to three wins in a row and another week of talking about mathematical possibilities.

And then ... it's Groundhog Day.

It might have been worse.

You could have woken up this morning only to discover that last Saturday was all a dream and that week actually lost to the Hawks by 105 points.

That's deja vu!

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It is definitely foggy this morning as I gaze out of my bedroom window...

i am supremely confident heading into this match... that I will offend at least 3 local ferals from up the river and that Melbourne will play a brand of football that impresses all who see it...

Dees by 13 :cool:

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I feel your pain WJ & BBO I am still flying high from Saturday and talk about Ground Hog Day I keep  watching the last 12 minutes of the last quarter..... sheer delight!!! I also haven't got my head around the Port Game yet and judging from this thread neither have a lot of other Demonland Posters. how good was Watts in those last critical minutes, you have to love Jack. Go Dee's !!!!

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About to head up to Sydney for a long overdue getaway with the missus sans kids. 

How am I going to not be distracted during our romantic dinner tonight in a fancy restaurant? This will be a serious exercise in self control and prioritisation.

Any tips? 

 

And I've backed us in with some, but not a huge amount, of confidence. 

CARN DEES!! :lol::ph34r:

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1 minute ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

About to head up to Sydney for a long overdue getaway with the missus sans kids. 

How am I going to not be distracted during our romantic dinner tonight in a fancy restaurant? This will be a serious exercise in self control and prioritisation.

Any tips? 

 

And I've backed us in with some, but not a huge amount, of confidence. 

CARN DEES!! :lol::ph34r:

Order a seafood entree, complain about 15 mins later of stomach cramps and frequently check your phone in the loos.

works a treat

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I don't want to be a negative nelly but I am not expecting a win

We haven't beaten an outside running team all year. Port at Port is going to be no easy task.

It will be a really good test on how much we have actually improved, I'm looking forward to the game, but not getting too excited just yet.... here's hoping

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Expect the worst,  hope for the best is the general consensus here I take it. Kinda sums up the previous 10 year Melbourne supporting experience. On the flip-side, a win tonight changes this outlook somewhat to expect the best, which would be a monumental shift in supporter expectations, and truly the first step from base camp up that big [censored] off mountain.  Can't wait! :) 

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A win this week is very important if we are not going to be seen as an "occasional performer." The Bulldogs last night won my respect for getting the job done despite their horrendous injury list.

Must admit to watching that last quarter of the Hawks match a couple of times..... It was special :rolleyes:

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Adelaide Oval.

Two Flakey teams fighting for a Cinderella shot at finals.

Should be a cracking game.

We owe them.

We are both playing our best football now.

A win leaves hope alive.

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I think the reality is that improvement is never a straight line. 'Turning point' victories make for great media copy but to think that things will never go wrong ever again and that everything will be smiles and sunshine is naive. Especially with young teams. We have to accept that while our young team can do the amazing like roll the Hawks and GWS, it can occasionally do things that are absolutely cringe worthy (round 2 vs. Essendon). 
Today's challenge is to make sure the let down doesn't happen the very next match after a landmark win. It happened last year after we beat the Cats at Mordor. We then got pantsed by the Eagles and then, mind bogglingly, lost to Essendon. We have a similar run in the next fortnight (interstate game at inhospitable venue and a game against a bottom four side at home). 
The other challenge is for us to break double figures. For me personally, that would be a pass mark for the year. 

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Port are pretenders and if we play with the same intensity and attitude as we did last week with the skill and execution to match, we should win this game.

I just wish we could make a statement and win this one as well as next week's game and fly into the off-season on a high.

Hope the players come out and play like it means something.

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ding Redleg

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I predict a flat performance as the team struggles to get up again after last weeks massive effort. Port by a few goals.

Meh, i have the replay of the Hawks game to keep me happy either way.

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It has been pleasing and a relief that we are not finishing off the season badly as  we were for a long time. Has been a nightmare for us. After last week it proves that we are now capable of getting more scalps which didn't look likely a few rounds ago.

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21 minutes ago, ding said:

I predict a flat performance as the team struggles to get up again after last weeks massive effort. Port by a few goals.

If you ever want to see serious improvement from this side, you best move past that kind of spin.

They're just shitty excuses used to forecast a potential loss and for some reason it seems to be the norm around here.

The dogs have a list almost as young as ours, they have been massacred by injury, yet they back their effort up every week. 

I'm sick of lame excuses.

You think we'll be flat after our best win in nearly a decade?

Give me a [censored] break.

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17 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

If you ever want to see serious improvement from this side, you best move past that kind of spin.

They're just shitty excuses used to forecast a potential loss and for some reason it seems to be the norm around here.

The dogs have a list almost as young as ours, they have been massacred by injury, yet they back their effort up every week. 

I'm sick of lame excuses.

You think we'll be flat after our best win in nearly a decade?

Give me a [censored] break.

lol yeah im sick of the lame excuses as well. You clearly didnt see the tongue in my cheek when i typed that. 

Win, and win well Dees.

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