We have a few family members using our barcodes tonight ..they have bought demon gear & are firmly on the Dees. They come from different parts of Perth and all say that support for Melb is huge. They love the players..Trac ..Oliver..Gawn & of course the WA boys. I was at that stadium in 2018 & the noise has to be heard to be believed. Imagine if our boys are running out to that & it’s for them. If we have the crowd..we have the umpires …but believe the boys have got this tonight & comfortably…

22 minutes ago, danielE288 said:

Having to present a 15 slide powerpoint for a job interview on the same day as Melbourne prelim final.  Argh

Carlton senior coaching role? Best of luck Dan!!!

Dubdee beat me too it.

Edited September 9, 20214 yr by Cards13

16 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

in case we lose and everyone returns to hating each other… let me just say i love you all. passionate, disagreeable and argumentative as some of u may be , you’re all part of my dee heart. It’s been a hard road to travel as a supporter and this morning I can feel how much we’re all in it together. 

Allow me to add to this… if the worst should happen tonight, please, please don’t be too hard on our boys. Just remember what May said to Maxy just before he kicked that goal after the siren. 

“We’ve got your back. No matter what happens, we still love you”

And if it’s good enough for Maysie it’s good enough for me!

More nervous than a small nun at a penguin shoot.

Also so excited, let's gooooooooo!!!!

Productivity absolutely smashed today...it has resulted in making lame memes. 

I have nothing of value to add to this thread other than my expressions of nervous trepidation...

Go Dees.

I felt Ive done well all week not really thinking about it but woke up like an electric shock went through me at 4AM thinking my God, Melbourne are playing in a Preliminary Final tonight....

49 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

But more than anything, as a club, from the coach to the fans, you are supremely arrogant, like no other club I've ever seen. 

West Coast are a close second

Dad joke warning ....

 

 

There are two of me .....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm beside myself ...

Gees Louise, feeling nervous AF this morning.

I wish 5.50pm would hurry up and get here already.

I normally very much look forward to Dees games. But tonight ends either in despair or a continuation of nervousness and anxiety for a whole fortnight.

Spotted on morning walk. I can feel it on the streets! Go Dees!

I think that number five is a pretty good player for us. 13 also shows some promise. And that little fellow who rests in the forward pocket played well last time. And of course that big number 11 . . . what a forward. 

Edna is baking the scones this morning, I'll take Miffy, our toy poodle, around the block at lunchtime, and have my afternoon nap. I like a nice sherry with water at 5 o clock and I usually chat with a few of the old chaps from the firm on Friday afternoon. Edna and I usual go to bed at half time on Friday nights, but tonight we'll wait until three quarter time I think.

Go Fuchsias. 

Wonder whether we'll see an announcement soon on Nathan Jones?

His wife is currently in hospital and expecting anytime soon.

Edited September 10, 20214 yr by dazzledavey36

6 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Spotted on morning walk. I can feel it on the streets! Go Dees!

Looks like someone’s taken to it with a knife. Those Geelong supporters are everywhere. 😡

1 hour ago, loges said:

Good luck to all the players, coaches and officials of MFC and good luck to all us supporters on here who have stuck fat through all the hard times. Our time is now, Geelongs is finishing. GO OUT AND DO IT DEMONS!!!!!!

Was going to post something very similar, don't have to now. Well said!

5 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Looks like someone’s taken to it with a knife. Those Geelong supporters are everywhere. 😡

One of the many on day release probably.

3 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Have disliked Scofield intensely since he dropped Oliver with an 'elbow upper cut' at a break, was reported, appealed and got off.  Media claimed Oliver took a dive.  

I find that article extremely unpleasant and tbh disrespectful.  We were naive on and off the field but what is the point to be dredging that stuff up now.   Chest beating, ra ra by yesterday's heroes. 

He is a total peanut. 

As noted by someone else he was a commentator for our AFLW game against freo this year. He made Brian Taylor and Darcy look like Denis Commeti and Bruce in his prime.

God awful and so ridiculously pro dockers.

And IIRC correctly, he was also bemoaning a dangerous tackle that was paid against them on the grounds that game was getting soft and 'its not netball'. He's a dinosaur. 

On the article, i'm not sure what his point is. Well other than the fact he thinks we will carry mental scars into tonight's game. 

Let's say he is right. What impact is he suggesting those mental scars will have? 

Because he makes the point that they carried the scars of the 2015 GF loss into subsequent games at the G.

Sure, fine. But surely the mental scars are only relevant for the next Grand Final they played (ie it is the game not the ground).   

And they took their very next opportunity to overcome that scarring by winning the 2018 GF.

We have played at Optus Oval since the prelim and only 6 weeks ago beat the Eagles at that very venue. So Optus Oval holds no fears.

And if we follow the Eagle's pattern we will overcome any prelim related scarring in our first opportunity to do so - tonight.

Edited September 10, 20214 yr by binman

6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Wonder whether we'll see an announcement soon on Nathan Jones soon?

His wife is currently in hospital and expecting anytime soon.

 

I assume Jones already knows if he's going to be the sub tonight. 

I really hope the umps dont get too involved tonight and give the cats their usual helping hand. 

3 hours ago, forever demons said:

Feeling oddly relaxed today ,going for the jab this morning @10 so that may change at about 9.55

Always tough getting a jab, remember - you may feel a little [censored], so ask your doctor to keep his pants on

How is it only 10:15am?! 

The cats are a decent team that like port appear better than they are due to the number of wins they get from a very bias home ground advantage. 

They are also a team with suspect staying power. A good start by us will see us home.

Dees by 27.

I've watched every finals game I can find on YouTube and I'm crying already 

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Yep, the nerves have arrived.

It's going to be a long 11 hours.

At least its not 9/11 today......Port can have that date.....another advantage of finishing on top!

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

I see you're new to game day threads on Demonland.... I would avoid it once the game actually starts if you're looking for all of the above.

100% Jaded.  As soon as the ball is bounced, I’ll be out of here.