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GAMEDAY: Rd 09 vs Carlton

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31 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

The death of musician/recording legend Steve Albini is all the loss I can take for one day. Therefore the Demons must win by 33 (& 1/3) points. 

Produced Fugazi among others. 

 
25 minutes ago, binman said:

Steve albini died? You're kidding. 

He can't have been that old. That's a shock.

Legend is thrown around too easily in my humble, but there's debating his status as one of great producers, particularly in the rock space. 

Righteous fella too.

Vale Steve.

Yeah. Aged 61. Heart attack.

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    33 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    The death of musician/recording legend Steve Albini is all the loss I can take for one day. Therefore the Demons must win by 33 (& 1/3) points. 

    I used the wrong emoji first time up!

    sad day indeed. 

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    Carlton I think are a very good team and much like us are very hard to beat. I expect it to be a very physical hard fought game and hope we get the win. 
     

    I also want to apologise to everyone on Demonland and the club. I was one of the people who had us missing finals in the pre season poll. The clubs performance last week and the way the season is going is full credit to the coaches and players. There is still a hell of a lot to play out this year but it’s very hard to see us missing finals from here. 

    I was wrong about us and I am very happy to be. Now let’s really turn up the heat on Carlton and get the win tonight. 

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    8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    I was already emotionally dead after the Collingwood final, that this loss meant nothing to me. 

    After what happened against Collingwood the entire season was done and dusted as far as I was concerned. 

    That we lost the next final because we couldn't kick straight, and also had JVR suspended while Maynard went free, is something I totally blocked out.

     

    Don’t remind me. All I want is to jam Collingwood a new one on KB and then again in the finals. Personally I think that’s being very reasonable considering the circumstances. But first let’s just win tonight.

    Go Demons, unleash hell.

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    12 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    I was already emotionally dead after the Collingwood final, that this loss meant nothing to me. 

    After what happened against Collingwood the entire season was done and dusted as far as I was concerned. 

    That we lost the next final because we couldn't kick straight, and also had JVR suspended while Maynard went free, is something I totally blocked out.

     

    Like many others suggested at the time, that qf was the grand final match and we came up short (for various reasons). I basically checked out after that, and watched the Carlton match on semi-delay-fast-forward. 

    No one think BB might play/

    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Agreed. We're not winning if they're kicking plus 100.

    What percentage of teams win when the opposition kicks 100-plus?

     
    1 hour ago, binman said:

    Steve albini died? You're kidding. 

    He can't have been that old. That's a shock.

    Legend is thrown around too easily in my humble, but there's debating his status as one of great producers, particularly in the rock space. 

    Righteous fella too.

    Vale Steve.

    One of the good ones who fought for the little guys. A titan of, and for, the music industry. 

    Never liked being called a producer, because he saw his role as simply capturing bands in their authenticity (even if he subsequently trashed them later haha). And never took any royalties.

    Total legend, Vale indeed.

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    Any budding meteorologists here know what tonight’s weather will be? Seems like a small chance of shower but I wonder if it’ll be dewy again?


    46 minutes ago, Skuit said:

    Like many others suggested at the time, that qf was the grand final match and we came up short (for various reasons). I basically checked out after that, and watched the Carlton match on semi-delay-fast-forward. 

    I went to the Carlton game and I was just numb. Considering the ramifications of the loss, I literally couldn’t care less. I was ready for 2023 to end the minute Maynard was free to play. 

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    47 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Don’t remind me. All I want is to jam Collingwood a new one on KB and then again in the finals. Personally I think that’s being very reasonable considering the circumstances. But first let’s just win tonight.

    Go Demons, unleash hell.

    Absolutely Roost it far.

    The big picture is smacking the pies and tearing them a new one come June. And then the grand final.....

    It's just a must do.

    So we need as much form and momentum as we can get. Gotta go in there tonight and take no prisoners.

    At the end of the day I forget. This whole season is about beating the filth and then facing them in a granny where one could argue that we want to see a few bumps back on the day and the pies beaten like never before.

    Then again I'm not much of a fan of Carlton so tonights win will be enjoyable too.

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    Straighter kicking tonight please lads, I do not want a repeat of last year and this time take care of @freekickCarlton.

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    1 hour ago, Willmoy1947 said:

    No one think BB might play/

    No, no one 

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    1 hour ago, ANG13 said:

    Carlton I think are a very good team and much like us are very hard to beat. I expect it to be a very physical hard fought game and hope we get the win. 
     

    I also want to apologise to everyone on Demonland and the club. I was one of the people who had us missing finals in the pre season poll. The clubs performance last week and the way the season is going is full credit to the coaches and players. There is still a hell of a lot to play out this year but it’s very hard to see us missing finals from here. 

    I was wrong about us and I am very happy to be. Now let’s really turn up the heat on Carlton and get the win tonight. 

    I was completely the same. Albeit it's a long season, but for the most part I have far more confidence in our team this year as opposed to the previous two seasons. 

    I wouldn't go as far to say that I'm completely happy, but we're trending in the right direction and very impressed that we've gone down the path of bringing in some youth to the 23 each week. 

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    20 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    That jesse hogan's not much good in the first and last quarters is he 🤣

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    7 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    That jesse hogan's not much good in the first and last quarters is he 🤣

    Given Fritter owns Q4, I think the answer is to re(sign) Jesse, and maybe go for McKay for Q1 haha (DEFINITELY NOT CODY and Naughton, meh). 4 qtr team right there.

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    Nerve shakin MFCSS over here.

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    I have a 9pm meeting I cannot get out of. Why does life suck?!

    Why do we play footy on work nights?!

     

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    Curnow will be dreading this game

    Who we got?  Melbourne?

    Oh no, Steven May haunts my dreams

     

    We owe them from last year. Lets hope it's not close like last year. 

    Hope we have a good win & lever, McDonald & may play like they did last week 

    McKay didn't play the last two times we've faced them.  In the 3 games prior to that, we haven't a match up for him he's kicked 9 goals, taken 10 contested marks and 12 marks inside 50s. And fwiw,  he towelled us up during the practice match earlier this year.  He's a very good player and the one we need to stop imo. TMac strengths matched up well to Cameron,  I'm not so sure for McKay, so hope he gets lots of help. 

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