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2023 Positives

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1 hour ago, BDA said:

Tough day in the office on Friday but life goes on.

Other positives

  • We get to see Carlton pumped in a prelim (fingers crossed)
  • We get to see the orange team (our new second team) pump the pies (fingers crossed). How much joy will we derive if that bubble gets burst. If there is a God, he/she will make it happen.
  • With Port losing last night we moved up another spot in the draft order
  • I saved myself the price of a plane ticket and overnight stay in Brisbane

And it’s a beautiful day in Melbourne. Is it just me or did that seem like a long winter.

Go Dees

A Giants v Lions GF will renew my interest in the match.

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    15 hours ago, rpfc said:

    Top 4 at the end of the H&A… just saying…

    If port lose tonight we actually finished 6th…

    I'm happy we finished 6th istead of 5th. Better draft hand and no-one cares about 5th rather than 6th. I think everyone understands that the reference was to where we finished after the H&A round, which is also an important metric. In fact we have finished 1st, 2nd & 4th the last 3 years H&A, with records of 17 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses; 16 wins, 6 losses; 16 wins, 7 losses. So it's been pretty enjoyable pre-finals at least.

    For me one of the big positives this year is the way we have finished off games. We have been well-behind on a number of occasions but basically never give up. So much for Melbourne being a soft team (where do people get this [censored]?) 16 wins, 9 losses but our biggest loss was 27 points to Essendon way back in Round 5. Next biggest loss to Geelong by 15 points, Brisbane by 11 points, the other 6 losses all 7 points or less including 4 losses by under a goal. In many games have we lost crucial players mid-game but still come back to compete strongly.  

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    I loved going to the footy this year so enjoyable as previously mentioned never out of games, watching our membership continue to grow, building expectation, seeing the new blood emerge McVee, JVR, Woey, Laurie I want to see more next year. Top4 finish sitting in a crowd of over 90,000 in both finals where the noise was breathtakingly loud and almost winning both, the sheer anxiety of those two games is still palpable in my mind and the slow walk out of the G surrounded by happy and sad supporters which seemed to take hours, the mixed thoughts of what could have been, the great plays, the errors that rattled my brain. Ahh to be a Dee supporter.❤️💙💕

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    Death riding freos pick. That was great fun. Schadenfreude is very satisfying so a big thank you to freo for that enjoyment

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    2 hours ago, Deebymistake said:

     McVee!!!!  He seems to just float over the field.  Such composure and natural talent.  Love him.

    The joy on the face of  Woewodin and his family when he kicked his first goal.  

    Joel Smith's performance in Friday nights game and Shaun in the stands loving it.

     Our women's team have come out firing in their first 3 games.  Get behind them!  

    I've been trying to decide if McVee made a mistake trying to spoil the ball in the play that gave Carlton the win on Friday.

    Would things change if he instead just man's the mark and stops the transition? (Even if just a couple of seconds)

    Not trying to be too critical and understandably he is still young.

    He has been a  total steal by the MFC. Good Job Judd!

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    15 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    I've been trying to decide if McVee made a mistake trying to spoil the ball in the play that gave Carlton the win on Friday.

    Would things change if he instead just man's the mark and stops the transition? (Even if just a couple of seconds)

    Not trying to be too critical and understandably he is still young.

    He has been a  total steal by the MFC. Good Job Judd!

    PLEASE can we keep this thread for 2023 positives only. There’s an abundance of threads for coulda woulda shoulda.  

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    24 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    I've been trying to decide if McVee made a mistake trying to spoil the ball in the play that gave Carlton the win on Friday.

    Would things change if he instead just man's the mark and stops the transition? (Even if just a couple of seconds)

    Not trying to be too critical and understandably he is still young.

    He has been a  total steal by the MFC. Good Job Judd!

    Had to make body contact, absolutely had to. A free to Docherty wouldn't of mattered.

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    2 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Port also went out in straight sets.

    Is that a positive?

    Volkano crying is always a positive 

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    A huge positive this year is our mighty AFLW side. The girls are in scintillating form, so exciting to watch. A wealth of talent in an even spread across the team. Well, almost even: Hanksy is a freak of nature. 😁

    We (the Demon Army) have been supporting the W side all along but now that the men’s season has ended we can devote 100% of our time and effort to the W. Not everyone is invested in the W comp but those of us who are won’t be taking a break from footy anytime soon. ❤️💙

    Forgot to mention, in case anyone wondered why there was no banner yesterday… on Thursday night we made the girls a banner for yesterday but it was deemed too windy to raise it. 

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    Here's a positive: Selwyn Griffith.

    After the struggle to fill Burgo's shoes in 2022 (From what we could see anyway) I thought he really stepped up to the plate this year. We were back to covering the MCG well and for most of the season we finished games very, very strongly as opposed to last season. 

    Whatever he's doing, he's got the balance right and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do in 24 with some new faces and hopefully a healthy list. Go Selwyn! 

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    4 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Here's a positive: Selwyn Griffith.

    After the struggle to fill Burgo's shoes in 2022 (From what we could see anyway) I thought he really stepped up to the plate this year. We were back to covering the MCG well and for most of the season we finished games very, very strongly as opposed to last season. 

    Whatever he's doing, he's got the balance right and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do in 24 with some new faces and hopefully a healthy list. Go Selwyn! 

    That’s a great pickup layzie we all take it for granted but you are correct we didn’t lose games because we ran out of gas most of our losses were purely lack of finishing skills.Selwyn Griffith take a bow.!!!

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