Getting ahead of ourselves.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,186]

41 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I'm calling it now, we won't lose a game this season. 

I like your style ET.

If you can't get excited as a supporter, especially after the decade or 5 we've endured, what's the point in following pro sports? No one's declaring the flag is ours but really what we write on here is irrelevant to the fortunes of the team. The only thing that may be affected is our own ment health but buy the ticket, take the ride eh

[Dr. Gonzo 24,186]

25 minutes ago, old dee said:

What a pack of no confidence merchants.

we will wipe the ground with Carlton next Sunday.

This is not the playing group of 2005 - 2015. 

This a new lot with the talent to win a lot of games.

lift your eyes guys the horizon is brilliant. 

I never thought I'd live to see you so confident old dee. The transformation is remarkable 

Hope you enjoyed the F1 but I told you you'd miss a famous win

[Guest]

32 minutes ago, old dee said:

What a pack of no confidence merchants.

we will wipe the ground with Carlton next Sunday.

This is not the playing group of 2005 - 2015. 

This a new lot with the talent to win a lot of games.

lift your eyes guys the horizon is brilliant. 

When old dee is telling you to be more optimistic, you know it's time to cheer the #### up.

They better win next weekend as it's my wedding. Of course, I will be wearing an inflatable wine cask bladder tuxedo complete with balaclava.

[Goodvibes 3,596]

10 minutes into the third quarter I was definitely get ahead of myself. I'd already booked my September flight to Melbourne, applied for long service leave and order the Premiership Season Highlights DVD.

And after the quality of footy I'd just watched I think I have every right to get ahead of myself. I do so because I'm a supporter and thankfully not a player.

[old dee 23,781]

17 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I never thought I'd live to see you so confident old dee. The transformation is remarkable 

Hope you enjoyed the F1 but I told you you'd miss a famous win

Dr for the better part of a decade we had a very poor list. If your brain worked you could see we were going to lose constantly.

There was not much to be cheerful about.

We now have a much better list and the results are beginning to flow.

It is very simple we now have a list capable of winning a lot.

If my memory serves me I do remember saying you maybe right that I might miss a good win.

Edited March 26, 2017 by old dee

[Biffen 12,940]

We must be 2nd favourites for the flag behind Richmond.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

While we bide our time, we'll let everyone jump on board the drug cheat bandwagon instead and then watch it go down in flames.  It's almost as if they're the only team in the competition if you go by the papers today.  

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

37 minutes ago, Stretch Johnson said:

“We understand we’ve got a game next week and it’s nice to beat St Kilda, because we haven’t beaten them for a long time, but it’s just another win.”

"Just another win" ....... ahhhhhhh sweet words. Could get used to that.

[Sir Why You Little 36,980]

1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

Hell no. I will celebrate every win as if it were our last!

Sh!t yeah. We have all seen far too many losses...

[Little Goffy 14,454]

I'm still trying to figure out how to properly process the sensations experienced during the game. My 'emotional vocabulary' has a blind spot.

I'm looking for something that is the opposite of 'dread' and 'disappointment'.

I asked around at other clubs. Richmond suggested 'delusion'. Essendon and Carlton both nominated 'hubris'. West Coast said 'tabs'. GWS said 'inevitability'.

Sydney didn't understand my original terms.

 

[pitmaster 3,513]

8 hours ago, old dee said:

Actually have not seen a frame Wb.

I was at the GP.

 

Good grief. Maybe save us your insights and predictions until you've seen something.

[The Reverend 1,736]

It's a bit like giving a kid a new bike and saying, "Don't you go riding that." Of course we're going to ride the bike, and yes, we'll probably fall off a few times but we'll keep getting back on, because that's what human beings do.

I am on the freakin' bike and pedaling for all I'm worth. I can't see a stop light or a corner in the immediate distance so I'm gonna keep on pedaling.

GO DEES!

[nutbean 8,838]

pretty simple for me now  - I look at the list and the talent  - if we play our best for four quarters there isn't a game we can't win.

[old dee 23,781]

2 hours ago, pitmaster said:

Good grief. Maybe save us your insights and predictions until you've seen something.

Can you show me the post where I made a comment about the game or any of the players. I watched all the preseason games and the majority of the last ten years. 

However you don't need to watch every game to know when a side is making big gains.

there is a simple solution for you  Pit don't read them.

[old dee 23,781]

1 hour ago, The Reverend said:

It's a bit like giving a kid a new bike and saying, "Don't you go riding that." Of course we're going to ride the bike, and yes, we'll probably fall off a few times but we'll keep getting back on, because that's what human beings do.

I am on the freakin' bike and pedaling for all I'm worth. I can't see a stop light or a corner in the immediate distance so I'm gonna keep on pedaling.

GO DEES!

It is a nice feeling Rev. There have been lots of times that I thought we will never get to this point.

[daisycutter 29,604]

11 hours ago, old dee said:

Actually have not seen a frame Wb.

I was at the GP.

hope it was not anything serious, od. get well soon

and by the way, darklands was rocking. the cheer squad can sure make a noise

[old dee 23,781]

10 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

hope it was not anything serious, od. get well soon

and by the way, darklands was rocking. the cheer squad can sure make a noise

All well dc.

Since the GP came to Adelaide I have missed two between Adelaide and Melbourne a petrol head from way back.

Listen to the last quarter on the radio, I have not listened to radio much in recent years.

I am not sure if they have the outside mic up to high or the dee fans were making a hell of a noise but it was hard to hear the commentary.

Switched between AW and LO and it seemed the same.

Is this what radio sounds like these days?

[John Dee 445]

7 minutes ago, old dee said:

All well dc.

Since the GP came to Adelaide I have missed two between Adelaide and Melbourne a petrol head from way back.

Listen to the last quarter on the radio, I have not listened to radio much in recent years.

I am not sure if they have the outside mic up to high or the dee fans were making a hell of a noise but it was hard to hear the commentary.

Switched between AW and LO and it seemed the same.

Is this what radio sounds like these days?

I listened to LO during the game, and had no problem hearing the commentary; I was up on level 3,

[old dee 23,781]

Just now, John Dee said:

I listened to LO during the game, and had no problem hearing the commentary; I was up on level 3,

Perhaps it is my ears JD?

[Return to Glory 8,411]

12 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

I don't think we've gotten ahead of ourselves at all.  

We've thoroughly enjoyed the win, but nowhere have I seen supporters banging on about Top 4 or our chances of a flag.  We've spent too long down the bottom of the ladder to get ahead ourselves.  If anything, it's been pleasing to see most keep the lid on and mention that we need to back it up next week.

I would have to agree. And when we win the Premiership this year by a record margin, I'd like to think I will take a measured view of 2018, 2019 and 2020 which will surely represent a four-peat. So no, all good here.

[Ted Lasso 19,285]

While I understand the concern we showed two things against the saints that I haven't seen in years 

maturity and leadership, 

in the past we would have lost that game by 5 goals but Jones, Vince, Lewis, gawn, McDonald and Oliver stood up when the heat was on 

and Jesse hogan is just reaching the level of scary good very quickly 

[praha 11,236]

This week's win was more important than last year's Round 1 against GWS.

GWS was coming in onto a ground they rarely play at. We were coming off an undefeated pre-season and were relatively fit and injury free.

This year we played a team we haven't beaten in 10 years on a ground we've won on once in the same period of time. We had one less on the bench for more than half the game, and came back from almost 5 goals down to utterly dominate a team that arguably players Etihad better than anyone.

We certainly shouldn't get ahead of ourselves because we *do* have some tough losses ahead, but we should most definitely go into Carlton extremely confident. That doesn't mean we're taking the Blues for granted. We should just go in confident that we're better than them, and therefore should beat them.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

3 minutes ago, praha said:

This week's win was more important than last year's Round 1 against GWS.

GWS was coming in onto a ground they rarely play at. We were coming off an undefeated pre-season and were relatively fit and injury free.

This year we played a team we haven't beaten in 10 years on a ground we've won on once in the same period of time. We had one less on the bench for more than half the game, and came back from almost 5 goals down to utterly dominate a team that arguably players Etihad better than anyone.

We certainly shouldn't get ahead of ourselves because we *do* have some tough losses ahead, but we should most definitely go into Carlton extremely confident. That doesn't mean we're taking the Blues for granted. We should just go in confident that we're better than them, and therefore should beat them.

Did you mean games, or are you penciling in losses already?

[praha 11,236]

Just now, Wiseblood said:

Did you mean games, or are you penciling in losses already?

No, I mean that we have to expect that there will be some bumps along the road. I think Essendon-like losses from last year are behind us, but I still think it's important to expect some hard losses that are tough to stomach. It's "managing expectations", as Roos used to say.

[chook fowler 19,444]

In the past it would be typical of us to capitulate to one of the cellar dwellers after a win like this. Rarely have we won two in a row. The game against Carlscum is a great opportunity to make a statement by putting our foot on their throats and pushing hard.