POSTGAME: GRAND FINAL vs Western Bulldogs

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,383]

Anyone here part of that group of MFC supporters that meet every single Monday night just to re-watch the game?

[Fork 'em 6,940]

Now finding myself trying to repress the urge to roar "C'mon Demons!" whenever I watch or listen to the radio calls of Olivers goal.
It's like an involuntary reaction that's part of me now.
How I'd love to relive that moment and feeling in real time.
Just so, not sure if the right word but ..... Primal.

[John Demonic 5,525]

7 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Now finding myself trying to repress the urge to roar "C'mon Demons!" whenever I watch or listen to the radio calls of Olivers goal.
It's like an involuntary reaction that's part of me now.
How I'd love to relive that moment and feeling in real time.
Just so, not sure if the right word but ..... Primal.

You've got this feeling, you know it's real it's got a hold on you. You've got this feeling, you know it's real, that we're about to make history. 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2021 by John Demonic

[Deepfreeze 211]

The K-Rock call (You Tube) instead of Bang Bang Bang, it was Whack Whack, Whackity Whack.

One of the callers post game was still fuming about the Round 23 loss. 😆

Edited December 20, 2021 by Deepfreeze

[Demonised 1,314]

At the start of every season, I always (stupidly) pore over the experts' prognostications with a variety of feelings, mostly dismay that no one thinks we'll be any good and dismay when they pick us to do well because that's a jinx, but with an occasional 'We're better than that!' reaction, knowing deep down that we're not.

Not 2022. At the start of next season I'll glance at the experts and have two reactions: outrage, if they don't tip us as outright flag favourites and satisfaction when they do.

 

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

4 minutes ago, Demonised said:

Not 2022. At the start of next season I'll glance at the experts and have two reactions: outrage, if they don't tip us as outright flag favourites and satisfaction when they do.

Not to mention the smug superiority we can indulge in, as these "experts" reveal the paucity of their knowledge about our team, and we can laugh at their predictions no matter what they are, unless they consider us a slam dunk for the flag, in which case maybe they know a thing or two.

Season 2021 was great and it's still not over in my mind, but it may be time to start salivating about 2022. GO DEMONS!!

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,805]

16 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Now finding myself trying to repress the urge to roar "C'mon Demons!" whenever I watch or listen to the radio calls of Olivers goal.
It's like an involuntary reaction that's part of me now.
How I'd love to relive that moment and feeling in real time.
Just so, not sure if the right word but ..... Primal.

Just the right word, Fork. I let out a literal primal scream, a sound I'd never made before, piercing, and entirely involuntary (scared my partner - and me a bit!). Funny thing is, I can't be certain it was that goal; I think it was - must have been? - and so I'm with you on your other point: How I'd love to relive that moment and feeling in real time. Perhaps next time(/year?😉) there will be the same moments and we can watch it all more mindfully and come away with better-filled memory banks.

[durango 1,989]

We have 10 more days to savour our 2021 premiership on January 1st 2022 we become last years premiers and become the favourites for the 2022 premiership with no guarentees we will even make the grand final.

The players will have to forget 2021 and prepare for round 1 against the WB who will want revenge for the 2nd half fadeout and drubbing at the hands of the premiers.

Hunger for more success is good but satisfaction of living in the past is bad.

The good thing is players like Hunt, Tomlinson, Smith, Dunstan, Chandler, Melksham, Baker, Daw, Brown and Weideman all want a taste of ultimate success pushing all the incumbent 23 premiership players to greater hieghts or they will be replaced.

If players like Daniel Turner, Deakyn Smith, Bailey Laurie, Fraser Rosman and Toby Bedford can take the next step, along with the any of Howes, Van Rooyen, Woewodin, Mcvee or Moniz-Wakefield making an impact, then complacency will be subsituted by ergency amongst the group.

If we can have a virtual injury free year like 2021 and a little luck then we will probably repeat the 2021 success on the MCG in the last match of the 2022 calendar year.

GO Dee's

Edited December 21, 2021 by durango

[Dees_In_October 3,346]

Don't forget to celebrate the anniversary of the Grand Final on the 25th, Demonlanders. Clearly the biggest thing happening that day! Remind any friends and relatives you're catching up with that it's been 3 months since the Dees' triumph. Perhaps a celebratory viewing of the last minute of the third before present unwrapping? A toast to Max Gawn? Break out the premiership cheeseboard?

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

Yes i have plans to watch The GF before lunch on Saturday, with drinks. 
so I should be well wrecked by mid afternoon 

[In Harmes Way 7,712]

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Yes i have plans to watch The GF before lunch on Saturday, with drinks. 
so I should be well wrecked by mid afternoon 

A loud and inebriated SWYL on Saturday "Who wants a present???"

BANG, BANG, BANG BANG. There you go. Done.

[tiers 2,810]

5 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

4 hours ago, durango said:

We have 10 more days to savour our 2021 premiership on January 1st 2022 we become last years premiers and become the favourites for the 2022 premiership with no guarentees we will even make the grand final.

 

We remain last year's premiers until the end of season 2022. Need more time to savour the pleasure.

 

[Kozzie4PM 765]

23 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Now finding myself trying to repress the urge to roar "C'mon Demons!" whenever I watch or listen to the radio calls of Olivers goal.
It's like an involuntary reaction that's part of me now.
How I'd love to relive that moment and feeling in real time.
Just so, not sure if the right word but ..... Primal.

The ABC radio call is my favourite. Dunno who the commentator is but he says "the Demons...they're seeing what paradise must look like". And that's about right I reckon. Certainly in my living room we left the mortal realm in that moment. It was quite simply the greatest moment in Melbourne's history. 

Edited December 21, 2021 by Kozzie4PM

[Fork 'em 6,940]

6 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Just the right word, Fork. I let out a literal primal scream, a sound I'd never made before, piercing, and entirely involuntary (scared my partner - and me a bit!). Funny thing is, I can't be certain it was that goal; I think it was - must have been? - and so I'm with you on your other point: How I'd love to relive that moment and feeling in real time. Perhaps next time(/year?😉) there will be the same moments and we can watch it all more mindfully and come away with better-filled memory banks.

I've posted a few times about the moment on this forum.
I loved Frittas 4th over the back of the pack to put us back in it.
And Browns mark 10seconds later holding the ball up high like he does and exactly what we got him for.
Petraccas all class little runner got the juices flowing.
Sparrows off a step I thought I was redlining right then ....... We were coming real hard for this game now.
But Olivers ...... Holy 5hit ..... The big guns are takin' it right here .... Right now.
I have the image below burnt into my brain like looking through a tunnel with my fist in front of my face just forken roaring.
Imagine that sound from 50 thousand of us at the 'G'.
Would've been something else.


 

Edited December 21, 2021 by Fork 'em

[leave it to deever 17,462]

I've come to conclusion if if Max missed the goal in round 23we would have still won the flag.

We only just snuck into being minor premiers which I dont think reveals how much better than everyone else we really were.

I also think if the umps were better than the Lions would have beaten the dogs and if we played them in a granny it would have been a lot tougher.

Anywho... I hope this season we really hammer a lot of teams.

Edited December 21, 2021 by leave it to deever

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

1 hour ago, In Harmes Way said:

A loud and inebriated SWYL on Saturday "Who wants a present???"

BANG, BANG, BANG BANG. There you go. Done.

St.Kilda Supporters….

Remind them regularly what happened in 2021

[leave it to deever 17,462]

27 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

And Browns mark 10seconds later holding the ball up high like he does and exactly what we got

I've been informed ( and quite rightly) by another poster that Bbbs main weapon was him taking grabs on the lead and then lining up for goal. That he was somewhat one dimensional as a forward.

Watching many replays I think that Bbb has really changed and now become very good at contested marking. He also roved and goaled more than once. And if not marking in a pack, he has certainly taken the ball to ground and added lots of pressure..

While he did ok in his goal tally I think his real value to the team has been the go player to chf. His hands were very strong and he seemed to take over the link up role Tmac used to be. A perfect example would be the dribble kick by Trac where Bbb won the contest via free kick on the centre wing.

[Fork 'em 6,940]

16 hours ago, John Demonic said:

You've got this feeling, you know it's real it's got a hold on you. You've got this feeling, you know it's real, that we're about to make history. 

 

 

I see what ya did there 😂😎❤️
 

 

Edited December 21, 2021 by Fork 'em

[MT64 1,143]

33 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

St.Kilda Supporters….

Remind them regularly what happened in 2021

Petracca Hehe

[Fork 'em 6,940]

37 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

St.Kilda Supporters….

Remind them regularly what happened in 2021

There's a couple of broken St.Kilda supporters at work.
They've gotta walk past my 2021 premiers poster everyday in the canteen.
Reckon I caught one glancing at it today.
Would break their hearts 😈

 

[Winners at last 5,158]

I'm disappointed that this thread hasn't reached 100 pages ...

[WalkingCivilWar 39,264]

2 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

I'm disappointed that this thread hasn't reached 100 pages ...

Patience, Bingers. It will hit the tonne. As sure as the Mighty Dees are Premiers, we’ll hit the tonne. 

[BDA 22,288]

I have St Kilda supporting in-laws. They're decent folks except when it comes to footy. I'll make sure to remind them over Christmas who now  has the longest flag drought in the league 

[dieter 3,325]

On 12/8/2021 at 11:06 PM, Dante said:

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.

 

So you don't like Bach or Beethoven. Poor you.

[Sir Why You Little 36,668]

20 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

There's a couple of broken St.Kilda supporters at work.
They've gotta walk past my 2021 premiers poster everyday in the canteen.
Reckon I caught one glancing at it today.
Would break their hearts 😈

 

Oh yeah

shoulda won ‘71

Shoulda won 2009

Shoulda won 2010

But didn’t 

Lucky to win ‘66

2021 we are just getting started… (again)