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The only thing that we did not get was beating the Magpies this year which in the overall scheme of thing is not much but shoving it up Eddie McGuire and Jeremy Howe.

Although Howe would be envious of his contemporaries like Viney McDonald and Gawn who stayed the course to attain the ultimate prize in team football the premiership and the players will cherish this more in the future.

The envy of being a premiership player is not lost on some of the MFC greats like Flower Lyon Jones Jetta Yze White Wight Stynes and Neitz.

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On 9/27/2021 at 2:28 AM, Nairobi_Demon said:

I have to admit, I couldn’t believe Binman’s 47 point win tip and was very skeptical. Not that we wouldn’t win, but by such a large margin. Hats off to you @binman. You had the analysis and the belief!

I was so certain of this game. How the Doggies with Martin/English were meant to compete defies logic. So it panned out. The Dogs as predicted got most of their centre clearances from the defensive side where ours well blitzkrieg. Another prediction that was spot on was who would kick Doggies goals when Naughton failed. The answer no one. My only surprise is how we got 19 points behind but the brilliance of Bont and Treloar. Not that it mattered made the turn around so much sweeter. I tipped a 57 point victory with a 39.5 plus margin at $5.70. The rhythm of 57 was a massive omen thanks Nom. A massive cash injection coupled with enormous relief at jagging the cup. Watched the game in Arlie Beach and I’m sure I spotted a delirious Demonlander with a white signed alternate strip. Noice!

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14 hours ago, layzie said:

@Premiers if there was a 'You're welcome' reaction I would have done it :)

Thank you.

I have a curiosity question.  May I ask why you prefer Lucifer's Hero to Premiers?  

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On 9/27/2021 at 2:28 AM, Nairobi_Demon said:

I have to admit, I couldn’t believe Binman’s 47 point win tip and was very skeptical. Not that we wouldn’t win, but by such a large margin. Hats off to you @binman. You had the analysis and the belief!

@binmanis THE ORACLE and had actually nailed the exact winning margin until his Dyscalculia kicked in.

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23 hours ago, Premiers said:

Choco was rather coy about what he whispered to Petracca; it sounded a bit like he was appealing to Petracca's ego.  It worked!!

As you say he got the first clearance.  Then he looked unstoppable.  The next time we saw a close up of him (for a fraction of a second somewhere in the 2 Fritsch, Brown and Brayshaw goals sequence) he wore a fierce expression.  He didn't look satisfied with that handful of goals.  Then he went on a rampage.

Just shows what having coaches on the bench can do.  It is unlikely Choco's message coming thru headphones would have had the same affect.

Apologies for quoting myself.  I just wanted to elaborate on the above. 

The Choco interview I was referring to is in this.  what-chocco-said-to-trac?  Choco's reflection on his 'whispering' to Petracca is in this article and starts @ 3.20.  Love Choco's cheeky expression when asked the question.

This is the fierce expression I'm referring to in the above post.  We then kicked 3 goals in less than a minute.  it was not long after Choco's 'whispering'.

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Thanks to @Chookfor posting it in the favourite GF thread. 

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39 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

That was one confused worm.

Worm?

It's a Brontosaurus. And what a glorious 2 hours it was, watching the message get from its first-bounce tail to its final-siren brain!

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1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Goodwin acknowledged this on On The Couch last night. Conceded that moving him to the wing/half-back was a mistake of his. Said it in a bit of jest, but I'm sure he agrees it was a failure of an idea when we did it.

l suspect there were 2 main reasons he played back: to plug a whole as we lacked good kicks back there, and also we wanted him to get am appreciation of the defensive aspects of the game before he inevitably moves forward

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2 hours ago, durango said:

The only thing that we did not get was beating the Magpies this year which in the overall scheme of thing is not much but shoving it up Eddie McGuire and Jeremy Howe.

They can have it, they had to use their creative control card to win it anyway by sacking a long term favourite son coach. You only get 1.

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Sorry if this has been raised / answered / posted already, but has RDB31's reaction been heard or, better, seen anywhere?

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2 hours ago, Colm said:

First post since GF morning. What a few days eh. Still over the moon. I’ve feasted on the replay, the post game on 7 and fox , every sports program I could and read every post in this thread over the past few days. My voice is almost back to 100%. 
How good is it when sport becomes much more than just a game and gives you a moment like this. A moment that you will always be able to cast your mind back to and bring a smile to your face. 

Im so happy for all ye die hards on demonland that are  more invested and long suffering than I am. Respect and joy to you all.  Go Dees. 

Yep, agree. We have had good runs in finals before and punched above our weight in those seasons, but they are always tainted slightly by the knowledge we didn't finish the job ... not this time!!!

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1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Goodwin acknowledged this on On The Couch last night. Conceded that moving him to the wing/half-back was a mistake of his. Said it in a bit of jest, but I'm sure he agrees it was a failure of an idea when we did it.

Just saw it now, thought he was a bit hard on himself even if he was joking a bit because he was a versatile player and when Lever went down in 2018 he did sort of help with filling the hole back there but he’s simply a better forward. 

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1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Goodwin acknowledged this on On The Couch last night. Conceded that moving him to the wing/half-back was a mistake of his. Said it in a bit of jest, but I'm sure he agrees it was a failure of an idea when we did it.

He should have listened to Demonland. Hopefully he has learned his lesson.

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Is anyone else sick of the narrative that dogs were "1 goal away from breaking Melbourne"  ?  I am.  Some nerves, yes, but Melbourne has shown several times throughouit 2021 that they can respond from further down than 4 goals.  We are premiers and it shouldnt worry me I know but logic says 4 goals down halfway through the 3rd would by no means "break"  this side.

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