On Sunday, October 02, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Bring Back Barassi said:

When Bevo gave Murphy his medal, that was the most poignant moment in football I have experienced

Wait until we win a flag.

On Sunday, October 02, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Akum said:

It's not the superiority of the Dogs' list that got them the flag. It's that they just play for each other and for their coach far far better than anyone else. Their fairly simple game plan more or less forces them to trust each other and to back each other up.

They spanked four teams that probably have better midfields if you line them up man-against-man, but the Dogs midfielders just work together better as a midfield. To a far greater degree than any premiership team I can remember, their whole is greater than the sum of their parts. And that's why they won. That's what team sport should be all about, and I couldn't be happier for them.

No reason we can't do the same next season with a full-version of Goody's "run-and-gun" game plan, as long as we trust each other & back each other up.

Oh, and when we get into our next Grand Final, especially if it's against an interstate club, we can expect just as much support as the Doggies got.

Absolutely no way, mate. Other clubs don't like Melbourne supporters. Our supporters get up and about like any of the other big Melbourne clubs do.

This year I had people bagging me again because we're finally relevant once more. When we're playing in finals people will be against us.

And don't get me wrong, that's what I love. We have this amazing history where we've won the fifth most flags in an 18 team competition. If we win another to take us equal 4th, you watch us get off the canvas.

If Goodwin, PJ and co get this right, I firmly believe we could be a powerhouse again within 5-7 years.

I'm still angry the Dogs won it.

I haven't been this bitter about a side winning a flag since Hawthorn way back in 2015.

I'm feeling pretty good actually