POSTGAME: GRAND FINAL vs Western Bulldogs

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1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

If I recall, you were going to listen while weeding.

'Weeding'. Hmmmm...

Mind blowing indeed.

Too early ;-)

[Sir Why You Little 34,852]

On 1/18/2022 at 4:24 PM, Deepfreeze said:

88 Prelim.

Garry Lyon Torp that went 80 metres.

Pissing down with rain, cold and 5th row from the fence and didn't care.

Got soaked that day. But it was well worth it. 
12 months earlier was traumatic and still leaves a bad taste today…

But last September certainly makes a huge difference!!

[Apocalypse XXXI 243]

Getting on to 4 months since that fateful day. Time to watch the replay again.

[Wells 11 4,864]

3 hours ago, Apocalypse XXXI said:

Getting on to 4 months since that fateful day. Time to watch the replay again.

for the 20th time 

[Mazer Rackham 14,970]

10 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

for the 20th time 

20th? You've got a lot of catching up to do.

[WalkingCivilWar 33,306]

Every time I see Nick McCallum (or Clint Stanaway) on the news I wonder if he’s still feelin’ it. Then I think, Of course he is! It’s the Demons!!! 😁❤️💙

[Cracker Nackers 115]

Friends, one thing I have noticed since that immortal night of 25th of September is how much more magnanimous i am towards other clubs and their triumphs. There was once a time when I could not watch Collingwood in the 90GF, or the Handbaggers in 2007 or the Western Bulldogs in 2016 - I was so envious and jealous. Now, I can settle down with You Tube and appreciate their victories for what they are worth - something, yes, something in the scheme of things -, even if none of them approach our canonical 38 seconds or whatever it is.    

[Dante 2,562]

Waking down the bay the other day and a kid ran past me with a demons hat on, too quick to give him the Go Dees, but he ran past me when he was going back and this time I did and he gave the Go Dees back and had the biggest smile on his face.

It was a look of pure joy and I'm so glad that our young supporters are able to smile about their team and not just live in hope like most of us have.

[WalkingCivilWar 33,306]

Will NOT let this thread slip into obscurity. At least not until round one. 
I was thinking about the whole club culture thing and I remembered something I wanted to share on here. 
At the GF replay on December 5th after proceedings had wrapped up I got talking to a lovely couple. They told me how they emigrated from England about 20 years ago and at the insistence of friends they became Essendon supporters. 
They were both decked out head to toe in Demons regalia. I asked them what made them change allegiance and they told me it was when their son started working at the Club. Turns out they’re the parents of Oliver Herd, MFC Footy Analyst. I asked them if he was happy working for the Club and they couldn’t have been more glowing in their praise. They said Oliver absolutely loves his job, and everyone he works with and it’s an awesome environment in which to work. His mum was so proud when she pointed to the coach’s box and said, “he gets to sit up there with the coaches!” She also told me the players are all really nice to him. He even sometimes hangs out with Tracc and Salo socially. He must  like the Christian name Christian. See what I did there?😁

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,072]

Missed an appointment last Wednesday, @leave it to deever?😉

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34 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Missed an appointment last Wednesday, @leave it to deever?😉

Che?

[Sir Why You Little 34,852]

Preliminary Final or Grand Final Tonight?

So hard to decide….

[Demonstone 19,692]

3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Che?

[Demonstone 19,692]

[WalkingCivilWar 33,306]

[Demonstone 19,692]

If the r's dropped out of her name ...

[WalkingCivilWar 33,306]

If you ditch the back half of this word…

[WalkingCivilWar 33,306]

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Missed an appointment last Wednesday, @leave it to deever?😉

 

29 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Che?

To answer Tim’s question: yes, LitD did have something to do last Wednesday. It’s not that he forgot about it; he jumped the gun and did it on Tuesday. 

[demoniac 1,243]

I wish they'd put the FoxFooty post match back on Kayo. 

They were still in shock after the onslaught. Very watchable.

 

[Delusional demon 82 1,196]

21 minutes ago, demoniac said:

I wish they'd put the FoxFooty post match back on Kayo. 

They were still in shock after the onslaught. Very watchable.

 

Here you go 

[D4Life 2,307]

One of the fantastic things about the Demons awesome flag victory is no matter what happens during the day since Sept 25, I’m only  3 mins 30 seconds from being deliriously happy again, that snapshot of our 7 goals in the third is just pure joy:

Harmes to Fritsch

then Fritsch

Followed by BBB

Brayshaw (unbelievable courage)

Trac - pure skill

Sparrow - - great goal of a step in a phone booth

Clarry / Jacko handball perfection

I’m not sure if we will ever see a better trio of goals, than the last three in 30 plus seconds to finish the quarter!

Sept 25 to now - everyday has a happy ending 😃

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1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

That's the one.

[dieter 3,325]

3 hours ago, Delusional demon 82 said:

Here you go 

Hey, Nick, it WAS A GREAT GAME!

[The Stigga 903]

Optus Stadium will always be a home game for me. We get an extra two per year!

Edited January 24, 2022 by The Stigga

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12 hours ago, D4Life said:

Sparrow - - great goal of a step in a phone booth

The youngsters in JB, LJ and TS were incredible. The occasion didnt intimidate them.