If a week is a long time in football, 8 hours is a lifetime in finals. It has been a slow week waiting for our first final in 3 years. In an effort to distract myself from overthinking tonight, I have turned to nostalgia to try and ease the nerves before game time.

What is your favourite Dees moment?

I think my "first" favourite moment, though there have been many since, was in our most recent qualifying final. The year was 2000 and I was one of the lucky 75,570 to attend the game against the Blues with my old man. I remember distinctly sitting behind two young Carlton fans who became increasingly excited as the Dees progressively slipped away. Come 3 qtr time, I had lost hope. Dad and I were silent as we waited for what seemed the inevitable. Then a young Brad Green and Cameron Bruce perked up as the Dees stormed home with a 7 goal final quarter. My favourite player, Yze, kicked us in front with a freakish goal off the ground with 10 minutes to go, and the rest is history. That memory sustained me through the many tough years that followed, particularly after the Reverend was gone. For all the bad times, casting my mind back to those feeling of joy, when you'd lost hope but come back in the most unlikely circumstances, would be all I had to hold onto when the Dees sunk to those impossible lows. I remember sitting alone in the rain in final quarters in the early 2010's, forcing myself to watch our capitulations, thinking "One day...we'll be back. One day that impossible feeling of joy will return, and this will all be worth it". I felt that same feeling acutely last Saturday night. Hopefully today is one of the final steps on the path to glory, and the feeling will return once again. Go the mighty Dees!

 

Mine hopefully will come in 3 or so weeks time!

Maybe its recency bias but Maxy's goal after the siren last week was pretty special. For me, it tops both 2018 finals at the G when the place was rockin

Last Saturday night for mine. 

 

Emotional season. Epic game. Correct result. Hurt my gut yelling.

On a completely different level, it was a great pleasure many years ago to find Dean Bailey and the entire coaching panel having a morning pre-game coffee at 'my' cafe back in Canberra, so long ago. Quick little chat and handshake then let them get back to it of course, but it is quite something to suddenly find a pocket of your life unexpectedly flooded with red and blue.

Really difficult to answer. That win last weekend was as emotional and exciting as I can remember. Being at the semis in 2018 also just an unbelievable atmosphere.

But round 22 v Dogs at Whitten Oval probably sits atop. 23 years in finals wilderness, 2 or 3 other crucial games on at the exact same moment that determined our fate literally last minute and Robbie Flowers first and only finals appearance on the line.

I have a feeling it will be topped this September though.

9 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

 

*goosebumps*

13 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

 

Emotional season. Epic game. Correct result. Hurt my gut yelling.

On a completely different level, it was a great pleasure many years ago to find Dean Bailey and the entire coaching panel having a morning pre-game coffee at 'my' cafe back in Canberra, so long ago. Quick little chat and handshake then let them get back to it of course, but it is quite something to suddenly find a pocket of your life unexpectedly flooded with red and blue.

Is this when Danners came storming down the stairs on a Sat night 2005.

Classic moment won by 4pts against the Dogs.

43 minutes ago, Yze13 said:

If a week is a long time in football, 8 hours is a lifetime in finals. It has been a slow week waiting for our first final in 3 years. In an effort to distract myself from overthinking tonight, I have turned to nostalgia to try and ease the nerves before game time.

What is your favourite Dees moment?

I think my "first" favourite moment, though there have been many since, was in our most recent qualifying final. The year was 2000 and I was one of the lucky 75,570 to attend the game against the Blues with my old man. I remember distinctly sitting behind two young Carlton fans who became increasingly excited as the Dees progressively slipped away. Come 3 qtr time, I had lost hope. Dad and I were silent as we waited for what seemed the inevitable. Then a young Brad Green and Cameron Bruce perked up as the Dees stormed home with a 7 goal final quarter. My favourite player, Yze, kicked us in front with a freakish goal off the ground with 10 minutes to go, and the rest is history. That memory sustained me through the many tough years that followed, particularly after the Reverend was gone. For all the bad times, casting my mind back to those feeling of joy, when you'd lost hope but come back in the most unlikely circumstances, would be all I had to hold onto when the Dees sunk to those impossible lows. I remember sitting alone in the rain in final quarters in the early 2010's, forcing myself to watch our capitulations, thinking "One day...we'll be back. One day that impossible feeling of joy will return, and this will all be worth it". I felt that same feeling acutely last Saturday night. Hopefully today is one of the final steps on the path to glory, and the feeling will return once again. Go the mighty Dees!

 

I forgot how tense that game against Carlton was! Our young forwards went absolutely bananas in the last. It was a great win. I was in the Southern Stand on level 4 (AFL member in those days) with my mum and dad.

The Footy experience is totally different these days. I’m much more familiar with this team on TV (for obvious reasons), where as that team I watched live at a ground for probably 16-17 weeks of that season. I’d see all the same Dees supporters at the ground every week. We’d have a chat at half time, laugh at the supporters jumping on the bandwagon as our season gained momentum. 

Classic Ang in that game at the end, Channel 10 would always pan to him for a glimpse to measure the temperature of the Demon faithful.

Edited August 28, 20213 yr by Win4theAges

Hard to beat that last game of the season in 87 and the euphoria out on the outer wing amongst the Demon faithful - the following two weeks were pretty good too, followed by the worst support experience in my Demon watching history in that gut wrenching preliminary final. But last Saturday night was probably the most epic win I have seen given the opposition and circumstances.

 

 

Rnd 22 1987 and the following 2 finals. This era could finally top it though. 

2018 Elimination final jam packed with Melbourne supporters with Mitch Hannan kicking the sealer right infront of me and my kids who were parked on the fence in the pocket.
My favourite moment hands down.
 

 

Edited August 28, 20213 yr by Fork 'em

55 minutes ago, Yze13 said:

If a week is a long time in football, 8 hours is a lifetime in finals. It has been a slow week waiting for our first final in 3 years. In an effort to distract myself from overthinking tonight, I have turned to nostalgia to try and ease the nerves before game time.

What is your favourite Dees moment?

I think my "first" favourite moment, though there have been many since, was in our most recent qualifying final. The year was 2000 and I was one of the lucky 75,570 to attend the game against the Blues with my old man. I remember distinctly sitting behind two young Carlton fans who became increasingly excited as the Dees progressively slipped away. Come 3 qtr time, I had lost hope. Dad and I were silent as we waited for what seemed the inevitable. Then a young Brad Green and Cameron Bruce perked up as the Dees stormed home with a 7 goal final quarter. My favourite player, Yze, kicked us in front with a freakish goal off the ground with 10 minutes to go, and the rest is history. That memory sustained me through the many tough years that followed, particularly after the Reverend was gone. For all the bad times, casting my mind back to those feeling of joy, when you'd lost hope but come back in the most unlikely circumstances, would be all I had to hold onto when the Dees sunk to those impossible lows. I remember sitting alone in the rain in final quarters in the early 2010's, forcing myself to watch our capitulations, thinking "One day...we'll be back. One day that impossible feeling of joy will return, and this will all be worth it". I felt that same feeling acutely last Saturday night. Hopefully today is one of the final steps on the path to glory, and the feeling will return once again. Go the mighty Dees!

 

Thanks Yze13 that has also been my families fondest memory for the past 21 years a huge thanks for that clip bought back the raw emotions of that great win and Blights toxic commentary. My wife and her best friend were crying and praying for the last 10 mins and our three daughters were jumping up and down we were so elated to be pushing into the finals. I think that last Saturday eclipsed those emotions but it wasn’t a Final.

The lead-up to the 2000 grand final (followed closely by the buzz at the end of 1998). My super-cute girlfriend wore red and blue short shorts and found some matching pom-poms, and then life turned to crap really quickly. But the morning was fun. 

25th September 2021.....  :) 

The Northey years and the Daniher years. Both provided my fondest memories in football.

Finding it hard to believe that a bloke who I had no faith in whatsoever may very well be in the process of taking us all the way.

Thanks for the video's guys. Some great viewing and a reminder to our younger members that we really have had some fantastic players over the years.

Edited August 28, 20213 yr by faultydet
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First two finals in 87. Finals were something that happened to other clubs. Demons never made finals, were never going to. You followed your mates' teams in September, or North because of Barassi, or whatever. Demons playing in finals was so abstract, so impossible, that you didn't spend time thinking about it.

And then!

And with the Robbie factor. We'd rattled the tins to try to ensure (ha ha!) that Robbie could stay and play finals.

The sheer euphoria of an impossible situation becoming reality, of blowing North and South off the park with no possibility of nail-biting finishes. Two and a half hours each week of orgasmic bliss. Basking in the joy of it. Goddamn that was good.

1. first game attending live in rd 1, 88, beating richmond by 46 points
2. allen jakovich going ballistic in the second half of 1991 elimination final against essendon 
3. the 2000 qualifying final against carlton
4. 2018 elimination final
5. 2018 semi final

Honestly I hope it's about to happen. 

My favourite was beating Essendon at windy hill sometime in the early 90s. We were about 35 points down at the 12 or 13 minute mark of the last quarter then Darren Bennet and co went bang and we won by about 10 points.

Besides specific games, my favourite memories are getting ready to go to the footy on a Saturday morning after Vickick (yes it was the 80s!) with my dad, driving to my cousin's house to pick him and my uncle up on the way then dropping past Yaya's for lunch in Fitzroy before heading to the G and sitting in the red seats members section with the MFC faithful.

28 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

1. first game attending live in rd 1, 88, beating richmond by 46 points

That was the first game I remember attending too. I think I may have gone in 87, not sure - but round 1 1988 against the Tigers is the first game I can remember attending. I remember walking around the bottom level of the old Southern Stand behind the goals while Tony Campbell kicked another goal (I think he had 8 that day)

6 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That was the first game I remember attending too. I think I may have gone in 87, not sure - but round 1 1988 against the Tigers is the first game I can remember attending. I remember walking around the bottom level of the old Southern Stand behind the goals while Tony Campbell kicked another goal (I think he had 8 that day)

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dollars was at his imperious best but could only managed 4 goals 3

Last round 1987 by the length of the straight (and I was there as a 13 yo in 1964).