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14 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony is now precisely six months away. 
 
This is a highly significant fact for Melbourne fans because the last time that the games were held in Tokyo was in 1964 and we know what happened in that year, don’t we?'

It was even more significant the last time the Olympics were in Melbourne (1956). We beat Collingwood by twelve goals in front of 116K people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (when it was our home ground and nobody else’s)! ?

               
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    How very comforting to know that every time in the past that the Summer Olympics have been held in Tokyo, the Demons have saluted. Could someone get the 2020 premiership flag pole ready? 

    6 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    2000 also springs to mind

    ... and 1900, 1940 (Olympic Year but cancelled due to war), 1948, 1956, 1960 and of course 1964. And we also made our last two grand finals in Olympic years.

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    The AFL needs to get the AFLW into the Olympics in 4 Yrs time,  as an exhibition game.

     It could be a very good way of growing Aussie Rules internationally.

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    37 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    The AFL needs to get the AFLW into the Olympics in 4 Yrs time,  as an exhibition game.

     It could be a very good way of growing Aussie Rules internationally.

    Can’t wait to watch a Chinese team play in a Grand Final against a Russian team at the MCG! ?? vs ?? 

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    12 hours ago, CBDees said:

    Can’t wait to watch a Chinese team play in a Grand Final against a Russian team at the MCG! ?? vs ?? 

    They wouldn't be in our league.!  CBD. ?

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    BBO is organising the lighting of the flame.

    Apparently it involve a schoolgirls underwear purchased from a vending machine.

    He has been been travelling around Tokyo in ladies clothes on the train system.

    "Just trying to get a feel of the place" according to his postcard.

     

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    The San Francisco 49ers are in next week’s Super Bowl and they have an offensive guard called “Tomlinson”. How’s that for an omen?

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    On 1/24/2020 at 3:28 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

    The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony is now precisely six months away. 
     
    This is a highly significant fact for Melbourne fans because the last time that the games were held in Tokyo was in 1964 and we know what happened in that year, don’t we?'

    Yep , all we need now is a Democratic landslide, another gulf of Tonkin incident , a re-release of Goldfinger and The Bettles back topping the charts and I’ll be convinced that the Norm Smith curse will finally be lifted in 2020 !

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    26 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    Now that it appears the Olympics are likely to be postponed for 12 months, I’m more confident that we’ll win next year’s flag.

    Yes and break the odd year curse.

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    8 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    Yes and break the odd year curse.

    hardly a curse - 5 on odd numbers, 7 on even numbers

    with 5 runners-up all on even numbers

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