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GAME DAY - Round 1, 2017

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4 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Yes more or less. However, I expect to be in better company (for a while at least) than the riff raff that I normally associate with.

Yes, Biffen can be unsettling.

 
48 minutes ago, Biffen said:

I've already added 300 doses of LSD to their gatorade supply.

If we lose it will be on a sub-conscious level,but I expect Jack Steven and co will be looking for buttercups and daisies in the grass by half time.

We were somewhere around the f50 line when the drugs began to take hold...

10 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Yes more or less. However, I expect to be in better company (for a while at least) than the riff raff that I normally associate with.

I'm coming uncle bitter...could you meet me at gate 5 at 4pm and loan me $50? I promise I wont follow you around the ground.

 
1 minute ago, special robert said:

I'm coming uncle bitter...could you meet me at gate 5 at 4pm and loan me $50? I promise I wont follow you around the ground.

You're a resourceful fellow Special, just steal a membership card like you usually do.

3 minutes ago, special robert said:

I'm coming uncle bitter...could you meet me at gate 5 at 4pm and loan me $50? I promise I wont follow you around the ground.

You will need 150$ At docklands special Rob 


2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

You're a resourceful fellow Special, just steal a membership card like you usually do.

Yeah no worries.......will do....I will check to make sure they are an MCC members first.

2 minutes ago, CityDee said:

You will need 150$ At docklands special Rob 

The chips are the cheapest at any afl venue........me mate Squirrel reckons

2 minutes ago, special robert said:

The chips are the cheapest at any afl venue........me mate Squirrel reckons

Squirrel is invisible isn't he Robert.

 

I'll be on the lookout for that Eric Banana bloke, apparently he's got squllions and just sits in the crowd like a nomal person.

3 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Squirrel is invisible isn't he Robert.

He comes and goes.


7 minutes ago, special robert said:

The chips are the cheapest at any afl venue........me mate Squirrel reckons

He should know.

3 minutes ago, special robert said:

He comes and goes.

Ethan ...can you see him too?

5 minutes ago, special robert said:

Ethan ...can you see him too?

He's sitting next to me, we're playing checkers.

Edited by Ethan Tremblay

2 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

He's sitting next to me. 

So will you guys be watching the game on Foxtel..........ask Squirrel how many goals will Jessie Hogan kick today.

Interesting story on the club website, that Saints Captain Geary's fiancee Emma, is former Demon, Peter Giles' daughter.


4 games on Sat and none starting by 4:30. Not a fan of that. Sat arvo games might be a thing if the past soon. Bigger tv rating but less crowds. 2 o clock is good for families

Reading the Saints board it does look quite likely that Paddy McCartin will be the late withdrawal and Acres to come in.

McCartin has been underwhelming all JTL series but Acres was a player that carved us up last year..

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Reading the Saints board it does look quite likely that Paddy McCartin will be the late withdrawal and Acres to come in.

McCartin has been underwhelming all JTL series but Acres was a player that carved us up last year..

That could work in our favour but only the Macs at the back. 

Imagine the media if it was melbourne dropping a number 1 draft pick for round 1! I'm sure pat won't cop that

Its Time!!!!. It's time to win at Etihad, it's time to beat beat the Saints and it's time to give us fans something to really cheer about. It's time to just get out there and do it. 

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

I've already added 300 doses of LSD to their gatorade supply.

In which case perhaps we'll be in for a re-enactment of Aldous Huxley's aptly titled essay "The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell".

Edited by hardtack


other than absolutely dominating an understrength carlton, mccartin did nada all preseason.

acres tore us apart last time.

edited to add that i am sooooooooooo freaking nervous about this game. i'm excited too, but more excited for the start of the cricket.

Edited by DemonAndrew

Unusually, am heading along solo today.  Have a level one seat in section 48 but will watch from standing room somewhere with a beer or two in hand.  Let me know if any Demonlanders are are of a like mind - there's safety in numbers so I'm told....

1 hour ago, Scythe said:

 

Warms the heart.

I just watched that 6 times. Never gets old.

 

1 hour ago, Forest Demon said:

Just watched the highlights from round 1 last year. Geez Jack Watts was the match winner in that last quarter. Big mark and goal. Great hard lead up to centre half forward, turns and hits Hogan lace out for another goal. And then of course bustling through multiple tackles to set up VDB for the winner. More please.

Kick started his year too. Let's hope he and a few other Demons can do the same today.

 
1 hour ago, DubDee said:

4 games on Sat and none starting by 4:30. Not a fan of that. Sat arvo games might be a thing if the past soon. Bigger tv rating but less crowds. 2 o clock is good for families

2:10 on a Sat arvo IS football.

Everything else is a bastardisation really. (esp the AFL :rolleyes: )

Edited by beelzebub

A few things to remember before today's game:

Yes, the Saints will kick a goal at some stage.  There's no need to act like the world is caving in.  They may even kick two in a row, but that's no excuse to claim we're the 'same old Melbourne from 2013' and that 'nothing has changed'.

Yes, we will also make a turnover or two.  Every team does it, even the Doggies.  It's no need to act like a child and embarrass yourself on a forum.

If you can remember these two golden rules, not just for this game for the season ahead, then the game day threads won't resemble the sewer that it often does. 


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