We need to exact revenge on a few clubs to set things right. Hawks, Dons, Cats, Eagles, Pies, Tiges, Blues, Lions, Swans, Crows, Dogs, Saints, Dockers, Port, Roos, Giants and Suns come to mind.

34 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

We need to exact revenge on a few clubs to set things right. Hawks, Dons, Cats, Eagles, Pies, Tiges, Blues, Lions, Swans, Crows, Dogs, Saints, Dockers, Port, Roos, Giants and Suns come to mind.

Pies in particular

20 in a row will do me

Plus at some stage we throw them a metaphorical bone as a struggling club

Edited December 2, 20213 yr by Diamond_Jim

8 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Pies in particular

20 in a row will do me

Plus at some stage we throw them a metaphorical bone as a struggling club

Fork 'em.
And Essenscum.

I guess we'll get to do another postgame in here after Sunday, right?

Collingwood is the great enemy. Ever since those two wonderful finals in the late Eighties - 2-0 - our paths have yet to cross in September. A Melbourne v Collingwood GF has a resonance all of its own.

Watched Rnd 2 vs Saints. We were 16 points down then kicked 3 in 4 minutes - promise of things to come.  I reckon TMc has played 'cranky' all year.

6 hours ago, Cracker Nackers said:

Collingwood is the great enemy. Ever since those two wonderful finals in the late Eighties - 2-0 - our paths have yet to cross in September. A Melbourne v Collingwood GF has a resonance all of its own.

Nah ....
May the arrogant "Big4" forever wallow at the bottom of the ladder.
And Hawthorn.
Fork 'em.
 

 

Edited December 4, 20213 yr by Fork 'em

6 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Nah ....
May the arrogant "Big4" forever wallow at the bottom of the ladder.
And Hawthorn.
Fork 'em.
 

 

It’s time for the new guard, I’m sick of the smug attitude of the “Big Four” and their supposed right to play finals. 

Let Carlton play a few so we can consign them to the dustbin.

I'd like to beat Hawkthorn in a granny just to see the looks on the faces of Dermie, Dunstall and every other arrogant Hawthorn supporter

From the 3aw commentary after Sparrow's three quarter time goal 30 secs left:

Whose to say they can't get another one.

He he.

Got about half a doz pages to catch up on and 👍 and 😄 but in the interim wanted to post about an odd feeling triggered by re-viewing (many times!) the boys on the podium. Very hard to explain but, at that point, the red and blue colours I've followed all my now-longish life, suddenly appeared surreally new to me, almost 'parallel-universe' to those familiar hues and familiar combination.

In trying to understand this, some things that occur to me are that 1. the last time we were so successful, such images were in black and white, 2. the colours have never been 'showered' in the confetti era, and 3. seeing the team in the all-blue-and-red, traditionally-patterned, strip is actually quite rare these days.

Anyone else identify with this (as far as they can understand me!)?

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

Got about half a doz pages to catch up on and 👍 and 😄 but in the interim wanted to post about an odd feeling triggered by re-viewing (many times!) the boys on the podium. Very hard to explain but, at that point, the red and blue colours I've followed all my now-longish life, suddenly appeared surreally new to me, almost 'parallel-universe' to those familiar hues and familiar combination.

In trying to understand this, some things that occur to me are that 1. the last time we were so successful, such images were in black and white, 2. the colours have never been 'showered' in the confetti era, and 3. seeing the team in the all-blue-and-red, traditionally-patterned, strip is actually quite rare these days.

Anyone else identify with this (as far as they can understand me!)?

I understand what you mean. We are so unaccustomed to seeing our beautiful red and blue front and centre, all over the newspapers, social media and TV. It’s a little jarring, but in a good way. ❤️💙

4 hours ago, BDA said:

I'd like to beat Hawkthorn in a granny just to see the looks on the faces of Dermie, Dunstall and every other arrogant Hawthorn supporter

I dream of meeting Essendon in the grannie and beating them by a point. Sweet mother of god that’d be the ultimate. 
(Though, I daresay my heart would beg to disagree.) 😁

On 11/19/2021 at 7:47 AM, mauriesy said:

In certain circumstances player moves make a difference (e.g. Oliver close to Bontempelli in the GF), but a lot of the time they're desperation moves in desperate circumstances and the side still loses.

In Fourth Form English Class I was picked up by Brother Maloney - now the famous Father Maloney, Expert on the Johannine Gospel - for using 'desperation' as an adjective.  I said jack Dyer used it. He said, jack Dyer is not a an authority on the English Language.

6 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

From the 3aw commentary after Sparrow's three quarter time goal 30 secs left:

Whose to say they can't get another one.

He he.

BANG !

15 hours ago, Cracker Nackers said:

Collingwood is the great enemy. Ever since those two wonderful finals in the late Eighties - 2-0 - our paths have yet to cross in September. A Melbourne v Collingwood GF has a resonance all of its own.

My Father's two sisters married Collingwood supporters, and they had 7 kids between them, so Collingwood have always outnumbered us in the family.

I managed to convert my youngest Aunty's second son to Melbourne and took him to many games before he grew old enough to have a posse of peers to go with. He moved to Sydney a few years agoband I hardly see him anymore but we both flew over to Perth in 2018 for the prelim and commiserated over drinks after the game. There have been times when I felt guilty for converting him to the Demons, but not anymore.

I would love nothing more than to beat the Pies in the Grand Final.

26 minutes ago, Demon4Life said:

There have been times when I felt guilty for converting him to the Demons.

You ought not feel bad about steering him away from the Dark Side. 😉

On 12/4/2021 at 5:53 AM, Cracker Nackers said:

Collingwood is the great enemy. Ever since those two wonderful finals in the late Eighties - 2-0 - our paths have yet to cross in September. A Melbourne v Collingwood GF has a resonance all of its own.

The 88 Semi Final is the first final I remember going to (not sure if dad took me to the 87 EF/SF) and it is etched in my memory for all time. Beautiful sunny day, punch on before the first bounce, Garry Lyon kicking a nice goal from the southern stand pocket at the punt road end and we ended the Pies finals run. Watched the replay so often as a kid I wore out the tape. 

Edited December 6, 20213 yr by Dr. Gonzo

On 12/4/2021 at 4:54 PM, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Got about half a doz pages to catch up on and 👍 and 😄 but in the interim wanted to post about an odd feeling triggered by re-viewing (many times!) the boys on the podium. Very hard to explain but, at that point, the red and blue colours I've followed all my now-longish life, suddenly appeared surreally new to me, almost 'parallel-universe' to those familiar hues and familiar combination.

In trying to understand this, some things that occur to me are that 1. the last time we were so successful, such images were in black and white, 2. the colours have never been 'showered' in the confetti era, and 3. seeing the team in the all-blue-and-red, traditionally-patterned, strip is actually quite rare these days.

Anyone else identify with this (as far as they can understand me!)?

Yep, I felt as though this season our home strip + navy shorts looked better than it ever had before, not sure why I noticed it so much.... maybe it is just a big swell of pride for our incredible team

On 12/4/2021 at 5:53 AM, Cracker Nackers said:

Collingwood is the great enemy. Ever since those two wonderful finals in the late Eighties - 2-0 - our paths have yet to cross in September. A Melbourne v Collingwood GF has a resonance all of its own.

No two teams have played each other in more grand finals.

Personally I’d like to beat hawks in a grand final. I’m still bitter about 1988

2 hours ago, Cassiew said:

No two teams have played each other in more grand finals.

Personally I’d like to beat hawks in a grand final. I’m still bitter about 1988

I'm rather hoping that the poos/wees stay towards the bottom of the latter, and become largely irrelevant. Sacking Clarkson was madness ... and hopefully a curse (like the Norm Smith version) ensues.

2 hours ago, Cassiew said:

No two teams have played each other in more grand finals.

And the record is 6-1 our way (the one being in 1958)

4 hours ago, Cassiew said:

No two teams have played each other in more grand finals.

Personally I’d like to beat hawks in a grand final. I’m still bitter about 1988

And 87! And Mathew’s decking Smith behind play and Giles and……I am just still bitter! 

I don't care who we play in future Grand Finals. All I want is another comfortable Grand Final last quarter like this one, and another 60+ points win. 

I went to South Australia for a week to see my brother and his wife and try as I might I couldn't convince them to watch the replay. To make matters worse my sister in law loves classical music and whilst I don't mind it I had trouble listening to it for 6 or 7 hours at a time and after spending half a day with either Bach or Beethoven in the background I was about ready to slash my wrists sensing this my dear sister in law would throw on some Enya or whale sounds to cheer me up.

So after 7 days of this and missing the MCG Celebration and the replay, I got home yesterday and the first thing I did was turn the replay on and again today, I think I've wiped out the memory of my "holiday" over in SA but to make sure I will watch it again tomorrow.