What they area saying at Punt Road

[McQueen 17,867]

9 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Times have changed. It's probably being burned in some US states right now.

She wrote in her time so in a sense it’s relative. 

[Salems Lot 2,682]

Does anyone hear from Trout-From-Woodend anymore?

[Katrina Dee Fan 4,011]

On 4/20/2023 at 12:25 PM, WalkingCivilWar said:

The one and only. Very flamboyant in her GameDay attire, outrageously so. OTT Doggies devotee. Pregame Round One, waiting in the race for banner raising and SHE tells ME she loves MY red and blue garb. And she’s the one wearing red, blue and white glitter platform boots! 😂

Edit: so jealous of those boots. 

The morning of the Bulldogs game Today Show asked for sone Dees and Bulldogs cheersquad members yo do a live cross outside the MCG, I met Nana Shaz got the first time. Passionate and person. Her son in law is in the Demon Army, believe it or not. 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

The morning of the Bulldogs game Today Show asked for sone Dees and Bulldogs cheersquad members yo do a live cross outside the MCG, I met Nana Shaz got the first time. Passionate and person. Her son in law is in the Demon Army, believe it or not. 

Who’s her nephew, Kat? Do i know him?

[picket fence 17,974]

I wanna know how Riewoldt with a million METAL STAPLES in his head plays this week. What if one of our guys accidently whacks him in the head and suffers a severe hand laceration?? I mean Cmon AFL He looks like this guy... surely cannot play!!??

Edited April 22, 2023 by picket fence

[Little Goffy 14,750]

On 4/21/2023 at 12:12 AM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Times have changed. It's probably being burned in some US states right now.

"Famous Five take Master George to Florida Disneyland".

💥

[picket fence 17,974]

21 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Who’s her nephew, Kat? Do i know him?

Hey WCW do you know that the cheer squad has another former players mum as a member?? You should know her?

Edited April 22, 2023 by picket fence

[Guest]

3 hours ago, picket fence said:

Hey WCW do you know that the cheer squad has another former players mum as a member?? You should know her?

Which former player? Or do you know his mum’s name? 
 

edit: there’s probs a bunch of people related to players or former players in our cheer squad. One of the first DA members I became close friends with happens to be Steele Sidebottom’s cousin. I only discovered this a week ago despite knowing his surname (which is the same). 

Edited April 23, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar

[picket fence 17,974]

6 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Which former player? Or do you know his mum’s name? 
 

edit: there’s probs a bunch of people related to players or former players in our cheer squad. One of the first DA members I became close friends with happens to be Steele Sidebottom’s cousin. I only discovered this a week ago despite knowing his surname (which is the same). 

Sue!!

[Superunknown 4,241]

I know it’s early, but gee the ladder looks grim.

Need to get a wriggle on, what!

I don’t know what’s in the water down at Moorabbin, but I’ll have some, please!

[Kozzie4PM 765]

12 hours ago, Superunknown said:

I know it’s early, but gee the ladder looks grim.

Need to get a wriggle on, what!

I don’t know what’s in the water down at Moorabbin, but I’ll have some, please!

16 wins gets top 4. 15 wins gets top 4 about half the time. So we can only lose 4, maybe 5 more games. 

[rpfc 28,906]

15 minutes ago, Kozzie4PM said:

16 wins gets top 4. 15 wins gets top 4 about half the time. So we can only lose 4, maybe 5 more games. 

Extra game this year. Most likely 16 wins will be needed but it is an even 12 teams

[Lucifers Hero 40,517]

13 hours ago, Superunknown said:

I know it’s early, but gee the ladder looks grim.

Hang on, there! 

A good win today will have us 3rd on the ladder at the end of the round, with a good % lead and our fixture opening up.

Even if we lose today, the next month or so will give us a good chance for a top four position at EOS especially as most teams are like a yo-yo: WLWLWL.  Only a few have won more than 2 in a row. 

There is a very good chance we will be 10:3 at the bye - about the same as last year.

The danger in this game is if Dusty decides to put in one of his Big Game performances.

But, I reckon we will win today.🙃

Edited April 23, 2023 by Lucifers Hero

[rpfc 28,906]

It’s a very even year; we are not the team of the 2021 finals. Geelong is weaker, Syd is immature and injured, the Lions are bullies in the front half, Carlton are all stars, no shine. Tigers are made of paper, Saints are well organised but young and starless, Essendon are putting in effort but have NQRs all over, WB are as good and as bad as they have been the last 6 years, the Adelaide teams are wilful but can lost their way at times, Collingwood are great when a team they play doesn’t commit as much as they commit, and then there is Freo, GWS, GC, and the pub teams.

Peak at the right times, win enough games to be top 4 and get into a prelim. Those are my expectations.

My hopes are higher but those are my expectations.

[Jaded No More 68,975]

5 hours ago, rpfc said:

It’s a very even year; we are not the team of the 2021 finals. Geelong is weaker, Syd is immature and injured, the Lions are bullies in the front half, Carlton are all stars, no shine. Tigers are made of paper, Saints are well organised but young and starless, Essendon are putting in effort but have NQRs all over, WB are as good and as bad as they have been the last 6 years, the Adelaide teams are wilful but can lost their way at times, Collingwood are great when a team they play doesn’t commit as much as they commit, and then there is Freo, GWS, GC, and the pub teams.

Peak at the right times, win enough games to be top 4 and get into a prelim. Those are my expectations.

My hopes are higher but those are my expectations.

I agree with this. 
We aren’t the team we were in 2021 and I doubt we will ever repeat the perfect performance that was 2021. It’s nearly impossible. 
However unlike in 2021, the competition isn’t nearly as strong and is much more wide open. If we peak at the right time and have luck with injuries, we absolutely can win it. 

[Little Goffy 14,750]

Hang on a minute; who says we aren't the team we were in 2021. If anything on paper we are stronger. Our only relative deficiency since then is that our two main key forwards are in unreliable form, and that seems less concerning when you remember we are the highest scoring team in the competition this season.

2021 came together at just the right moment and there's no denying something magic happened, but we're going along just fine to give that magic another chance.

[JTR 2,884]

Just incase LH isn't around to share, here's todays mood over on the Tigers Big Footy board...

 =======================================================
 

"Petracca feature article on AFL website this morning"

·         "And mid week an article about Gawn.  Tumbleweeds finding Richmond stuff on the boy's club site"

"Will be lucky to score 60 points"
 

"We are a sneaky chance to win this one methinks"

·         "No chance.
 

 "Given they lost to Essendon who were without their number 1 forward I don't think they are playing as well as people think. Leaving at Brown and McDonald seems they are confident with Gawn/Grundy playing key forward most of the night and them going smaller actually helps our undermanned defence out at the moment.
 

Still think we will get smashed in the midfield so weight of numbers probably wins it for them"
 

"Nothing more obvious than Gawn playing majority forward in his first game back against our depleted tall stocks"
 

"First and foremost, I just want us to look like a legit AFL standard footy team tonight.
Anything more is just a bonus."
 

 "Only 200 odd posts in the thread suggests we are all expecting a loss, a heavy one at that!
Lets hope the boys fire up for this one and surprise us all!"

"Normally glass half full, but geez big task tonight. Normally against Martin playing 90% forward, but probably stretches their defence if he clunks a few. Need to break even or get on top in the midfield to be any hope"
 

"Can we please just beat these bastards?"

·         "We’d have to be really on for that to happen. Our best players would have to play great games and our intensity would have to be at its best for 4 quarters"

·          "Yep, ever since i can remember (1960s onwards) i have had a special dislike for Rabblebourne and their stuck-up sticky-beak bastard supporters"
 

"Our VFL side would've been longer odds to beat Casey yesterday so anything can happen. We're due, that's for sure."
 

"Played at our best in the dry this year. Considering the current conditions, we might put together more than 1 good quarter.  Pinched a good win over Dee's in the 2s who were undefeated, hopefully we're in for a good one tonight."

"Just be competitive for as long as possible. That's all we ask."
 

"Anyone know if Gawn and Oliver are definite starters?"

·         "Dees fans seems to be fairly pessimistic about Gawn. Oliver trained with the main group yesterday so should be right."
 

"Have a look at who's bloody umpiring. The friggen All Star anti Richmond line up"

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,016]

5 minutes ago, JTR said:

Just incase LH isn't around to share, here's todays mood over on the Tigers Big Footy board...

 =======================================================
 

"Petracca feature article on AFL website this morning"

·         "And mid week an article about Gawn.  Tumbleweeds finding Richmond stuff on the boy's club site"

"Will be lucky to score 60 points"
 

"We are a sneaky chance to win this one methinks"

·         "No chance.
 

 "Given they lost to Essendon who were without their number 1 forward I don't think they are playing as well as people think. Leaving at Brown and McDonald seems they are confident with Gawn/Grundy playing key forward most of the night and them going smaller actually helps our undermanned defence out at the moment.
 

Still think we will get smashed in the midfield so weight of numbers probably wins it for them"
 

"Nothing more obvious than Gawn playing majority forward in his first game back against our depleted tall stocks"
 

"First and foremost, I just want us to look like a legit AFL standard footy team tonight.
Anything more is just a bonus."
 

 "Only 200 odd posts in the thread suggests we are all expecting a loss, a heavy one at that!
Lets hope the boys fire up for this one and surprise us all!"

"Normally glass half full, but geez big task tonight. Normally against Martin playing 90% forward, but probably stretches their defence if he clunks a few. Need to break even or get on top in the midfield to be any hope"
 

"Can we please just beat these bastards?"

·         "We’d have to be really on for that to happen. Our best players would have to play great games and our intensity would have to be at its best for 4 quarters"

·          "Yep, ever since i can remember (1960s onwards) i have had a special dislike for Rabblebourne and their stuck-up sticky-beak bastard supporters"
 

"Our VFL side would've been longer odds to beat Casey yesterday so anything can happen. We're due, that's for sure."
 

"Played at our best in the dry this year. Considering the current conditions, we might put together more than 1 good quarter.  Pinched a good win over Dee's in the 2s who were undefeated, hopefully we're in for a good one tonight."

"Just be competitive for as long as possible. That's all we ask."
 

"Anyone know if Gawn and Oliver are definite starters?"

·         "Dees fans seems to be fairly pessimistic about Gawn. Oliver trained with the main group yesterday so should be right."
 

"Have a look at who's bloody umpiring. The friggen All Star anti Richmond line up"

"Rabblebourne"? Not a lot of effort there. 

[AzzKikA 2,371]

27 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

"Rabblebourne"? Not a lot of effort there. 

I hate it when their supporters have no hope of a win, so far this season everytime that's happened we've lost.

Edited April 24, 2023 by AzzKikA

[Katrina Dee Fan 4,011]

On 4/22/2023 at 10:54 AM, WalkingCivilWar said:

Who’s her nephew, Kat? Do i know him?

You would, he was there with his little boy on Thursday.  I'll DM you

[Salems Lot 2,682]

7 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Hang on, there! 

A good win today will have us 3rd on the ladder at the end of the round, with a good % lead and our fixture opening up.

Even if we lose today, the next month or so will give us a good chance for a top four position at EOS especially as most teams are like a yo-yo: WLWLWL.  Only a few have won more than 2 in a row. 

There is a very good chance we will be 10:3 at the bye - about the same as last year.

The danger in this game is if Dusty decides to put in one of his Big Game performances.

But, I reckon we will win today.🙃

Isn't that what "They are saying over at Punt Road?"

[In Harmes Way 7,840]

46 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

"Rabblebourne"? Not a lot of effort there. 

From Ninthmond.

[von 1,572]

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

I agree with this. 
We aren’t the team we were in 2021 and I doubt we will ever repeat the perfect performance that was 2021. It’s nearly impossible. 
However unlike in 2021, the competition isn’t nearly as strong and is much more wide open. If we peak at the right time and have luck with injuries, we absolutely can win it. 

2021 wasn’t as perfect as some remember. We struggled for a large chunk of the season. Lost to some poor sides. After the loss to gws at the g I thought we were done that year. Our last two months built beautifully but there were many hiccups. We can get back to that. There are some things we are clearly working on that may click along the way.

[leave it to deever 17,591]

40 minutes ago, von said:

2021 wasn’t as perfect as some remember. We struggled for a large chunk of the season. Lost to some poor sides. After the loss to gws at the g I thought we were done that year. Our last two months built beautifully but there were many hiccups. We can get back to that. There are some things we are clearly working on that may click along the way.

We had a good run non injury wise.

[Jaded No More 68,975]

46 minutes ago, von said:

2021 wasn’t as perfect as some remember. We struggled for a large chunk of the season. Lost to some poor sides. After the loss to gws at the g I thought we were done that year. Our last two months built beautifully but there were many hiccups. We can get back to that. There are some things we are clearly working on that may click along the way.

We won finals by a combined total of nearly 200 points. It was the perfect season.