Jump to content

12 Long Painful Years Finals - At Last!!

Lucifers Hero
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Bittersweet for Stretch, Hogan and Lever (at least).

  • Quote
    •  

    If someone had told me in 2006 that it would be 12 years until our next finals, I would have laughed in their face. In fact I thought after winning our first final since 2002, we were posed to go one better in 2007.

    Finally, no more sitting around, watching other teams play in the finals, while wondering what could have been. This time we’re playing to win.

    Edited by Cassiew

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    4 hours ago, Cassiew said:

    If someone had told me in 2006 that it would be 12 years until our next finals, I would have laughed in their face. In fact I thought after winning our first final since 2002, we were posed to go one better in 2007.

    Finally, no more sitting around, watching other teams play in the finals, while wondering what could have been. This time we’re playing to win.

    Being the first team to ever lose to Freo in a final set us back 12 years.   It was shameful.

    The current equivalent of that would be the first team to ever lose to Gold Coast in a final.  Pray we are not that team or we might get wiped out for another decade.

    Edited by Petraccattack

  • Quote
    •  
    • Author

    What 12 years means to past and current Demons:

    http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-08-20/the-social-media-reaction

    Examples:

    • I like September ??  — Jeff White (@JeffWhite34) August 19, 2018

    • Love the Demons #finalsbound ❤️? @melbournefc — Brad Green (@bradgreen18) August 19, 201

    • I love my big friend Max ? #cuties  claytonoliver13 (Accompanied by a delightful pic of Clarrie crying on Max's shoulder.  Happy tears ??
     
  • Quote

     

    11 hours ago, MudDogs Gawn Win.. someday said:

    The last time we played in a Final.

     

    14260D7D-B86C-445D-93B5-4C6886AD5010.jpeg

    6. Is still true.

    7. Hell, I’m wearing one right now!

     

    Edited by Cassiew

  • Quote
    • Haha 4
    17 hours ago, Cassiew said:

    Hell, I’m wearing one right now!

    You must be making one man very happy!!

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
     
    6 hours ago, MudDogs Gawn Win.. someday said:

    You must be making one man very happy!!

    I’m single. Wear for comfort rather than for someone else ?

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Love 1

    5 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

     

    Oh my Buddha. Even a year before iPhones. 

    My younger brother was single, I was engaged. Now I’m single and he’s married with children. 

    Geelong missed the finals.

    Jack Palance was still alive.

    Gold Coast Suns And GWS didn’t exist.

    There was no bye.

    My older brother was still a newlywed.

  • Quote
    On 8/20/2018 at 6:32 AM, Cassiew said:

    If someone had told me in 2006 that it would be 12 years until our next finals, I would have laughed in their face. In fact I thought after winning our first final since 2002, we were posed to go one better in 2007.

    Finally, no more sitting around, watching other teams play in the finals, while wondering what could have been. This time we’re playing to win.

    I remember going into the season, we were Victoria's best chance to bring the flag back home. According to The Age.

    Went into the Saints game full of confidence. We were awful. Lost the first 9, beat Adelaide and the Pies, and then got smacked by bottom placed Richmond, who hadn't won a game. Daniher was done. 

    Genuinely thought we had the right foundations in 2010. In hindsight it is no surprise we crumbled as badly as we did. What terrible recruiting. 

    Undoubtedly we have the best young core that we've had in my time supporting the club (28 years). In the 90s and 2000s we were led by an older brigade. On the weekend, Oliver, Harmes, Petracca, Kent, Salem, Hannan and Melksham got us over the line. Some good leadership by Jones Lewis and Gawn in the final 10 minutes as well. But it was the young core.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    1 hour ago, praha said:

    I remember going into the season, we were Victoria's best chance to bring the flag back home. According to The Age.

    Went into the Saints game full of confidence. We were awful. Lost the first 9, beat Adelaide and the Pies, and then got smacked by bottom placed Richmond, who hadn't won a game. Daniher was done. 

    Genuinely thought we had the right foundations in 2010. In hindsight it is no surprise we crumbled as badly as we did. What terrible recruiting. 

    Undoubtedly we have the best young core that we've had in my time supporting the club (28 years). In the 90s and 2000s we were led by an older brigade. On the weekend, Oliver, Harmes, Petracca, Kent, Salem, Hannan and Melksham got us over the line. Some good leadership by Jones Lewis and Gawn in the final 10 minutes as well. But it was the young core.

    I still remember heading to the game that night listening to 3AW’s pregame and hearing Rex and Wallsy talking about us going one better and making top 4 that year. Was a moment in time. 

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    14260D7D-B86C-445D-93B5-4C6886AD5010.jpeg

    On 8/22/2018 at 5:05 AM, Cassiew said:

     

    6. Is still true.

    7. Hell, I’m wearing one right now!

     

    What, a dwarf planet?

  • Quote
    • Haha 1

    1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Love it. 

    Just working out how to get finals tickets. 

    The Bass outlet at Chadstone appears to be shut!!! What’s this online caper!!!!

    Take your sleeping bag and thermos to the G and camp outside for 3 days. You will find fulfillment there.

  • Quote
    2 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    Take your sleeping bag and thermos to the G and camp outside for 3 days. You will find fulfillment there.

    Ahhhhh the good old days pre 2006

  • Quote
    9 hours ago, ManDee said:

    14260D7D-B86C-445D-93B5-4C6886AD5010.jpeg

    What, a dwarf planet?

    But of course ?

  • Quote
    15 hours ago, praha said:

    I remember going into the season, we were Victoria's best chance to bring the flag back home. According to The Age.

    Went into the Saints game full of confidence. We were awful. Lost the first 9, beat Adelaide and the Pies, and then got smacked by bottom placed Richmond, who hadn't won a game. Daniher was done. 

    I have such vivid memories of Round 1, 2007.

    I strongly recall how excited I was to go to the game. We were the first game of the year, Friday night at the G, we'd just beaten them the Elimination FInal and because we'd finished 2006 as the best Victorian club and the previous 5 premierships had been won by interstate sides the media was all over us as the next big thing.

    We were never in the game and by the time we could blink we were 0-9 and everything had completely changed. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Sad 1

    Reinforces why this group shouldn’t take it for granted as the finals/premiership clock can be very short eg Bulldogs!

  • Quote
    18 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    Take your sleeping bag and thermos to the G and camp outside for 3 days. You will find fulfillment there.

    And possums.

  • Quote

    Richmond fear us. We are the contested ball winning team that can run and score.  We just need to learn how they setup to defend the contest and set up behind the play (defensive zone). Act quick. Choose the first option. Not a bomb. 

    Imagine if Hogan & Lever & Viney were all fit and firing. That’s 2019. 

    For now, it’s the belief in 2018 and we are capable 

  • Quote
    •  
    On 8/20/2018 at 11:11 AM, Petraccattack said:

    Being the first team to ever lose to Freo in a final set us back 12 years.   It was shameful.

    The current equivalent of that would be the first team to ever lose to Gold Coast in a final.  Pray we are not that team or we might get wiped out for another decade.

    In fairness, Freo were a 15-7 side that year that went 10-2 at Subi.

    Not many if any sides were going to beat them in a final over there. And I can recall none of us were shocked that we lost.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    13 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    I have such vivid memories of Round 1, 2007.

    I strongly recall how excited I was to go to the game. We were the first game of the year, Friday night at the G, we'd just beaten them the Elimination FInal and because we'd finished 2006 as the best Victorian club and the previous 5 premierships had been won by interstate sides the media was all over us as the next big thing.

    We were never in the game and by the time we could blink we were 0-9 and everything had completely changed. 

    And our then-Great White Hope Brock MacLean, after being BOG in the EF, had hurt his foot(!!!) by quarter time and was pretty much done for half the season. 

    Robbo did kick a goal while lying flat on his back, though. 

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • CASEY: Sydney

      The Casey Demons were always expected to emerge victorious in their matchup against the lowly-ranked Sydney Swans at picturesque Tramway Oval, situated in the shadows of the SCG in Moore Park. They dominated the proceedings in the opening two and a half quarters of the game but had little to show for it. This was primarily due to their own sloppy errors in a low-standard game that produced a number of crowded mauls reminiscent of the rugby game popular in old Sydney Town. However, when the Swans tired, as teams often do when they turn games into ugly defensive contests, Casey lifted the standard of its own play and … it was off to the races. Not to nearby Randwick but to a different race with an objective of piling on goal after goal on the way to a mammoth victory. At the 25-minute mark of the third quarter, the Demons held a slender 14-point lead over the Swans, who are ahead on the ladder of only the previous week's opposition, the ailing Bullants. Forty minutes later, they had more than fully compensated for the sloppiness of their earlier play with a decisive 94-point victory, that culminated in a rousing finish which yielded thirteen unanswered goals. Kicks hit their targets, the ball found itself going through the middle and every player made a contribution.

      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • REPORT: St. Kilda

      Hands up if you thought, like me, at half-time in yesterday’s game at TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs that Melbourne’s disposal around the ground and, in particular, its kicking inaccuracy in front of the goals couldn’t get any worse. Well, it did. And what’s even more damning for the Melbourne Football Club is that the game against St Kilda and its resurgence from the bottomless pit of its miserable start to the season wasn’t just lost through poor conversion for goal but rather in the 15 minutes when the entire team went into a slumber and was mugged by the out-of-form Saints. Their six goals two behinds (one goal less than the Demons managed for the whole game) weaved a path of destruction from which they were unable to recover. Ross Lyon’s astute use of pressure to contain the situation once they had asserted their grip on the game, and Melbourne’s self-destructive wastefulness, assured that outcome. The old adage about the insanity of repeatedly doing something and expecting a different result, was out there. Two years ago, the score line in Melbourne’s loss to the Giants at this same ground was 5 goals 15 behinds - a ratio of one goal per four scoring shots - was perfectly replicated with yesterday’s 7 goals 21 behinds. 
      This has been going on for a while and opens up a number of questions. I’ll put forward a few that come to mind from this performance. The obvious first question is whether the club can find a suitable coach to instruct players on proper kicking techniques or is this a skill that can no longer be developed at this stage of the development of our playing group? Another concern is the team's ability to counter an opponent's dominance during a run on as exemplified by the Saints in the first quarter. Did the Demons underestimate their opponents, considering St Kilda's goals during this period were scored by relatively unknown forwards? Furthermore, given the modest attendance of 6,721 at TIO Traeger Park and the team's poor past performances at this venue, is it prudent to prioritize financial gain over potentially sacrificing valuable premiership points by relinquishing home ground advantage, notwithstanding the cultural significance of the team's connection to the Red Centre? 

      • 4 replies
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Collingwood

      After a disappointing loss in Alice Springs the Demons return to the MCG to take on the Magpies in the annual King's Birthday Big Freeze for MND game. Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Like
      • 198 replies
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: St. Kilda

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 2nd June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we have a chat with former Demon ruckman Jeff White about his YouTube channel First Use where he dissects ruck setups and contests. We'll then discuss the Dees disappointing loss to the Saints in Alice Springs.
      Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
      Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

        • Clap
        • Like
      • 47 replies
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: St. Kilda

      After kicking the first goal of the match the Demons were always playing catch up against the Saints in Alice Spring and could never make the most of their inside 50 entries to wrestle back the lead.

      • 330 replies
      Demonland

    • VOTES: St. Kilda

      Max Gawn still has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award as Christian Petracca, Jake Bowey, Clayton Oliver & Kozzy Pickett round out the Top 5. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1

      • 31 replies
      Demonland
    View All