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GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs GWS

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Yep you know it’s GameDay when it’s 10am and already you’ve had three coffees and five cigarettes and you’re about to crack open your first Red Bull.

 I slept terribly last night, can’t imagine how our debutants slept. I even dreamt about today (spoiler alert: we won!).

The weather makes today tricky… not in terms of the match. Rather, what to wear. 😅 A poncho is the only cert. ☔️🌧

All things considered…

We’ve got this!

Dees by The Bison - 19pts

GO YOU MIGHTY DEMONS! 

GIVE ‘EM HELLLLLL

It’s The Bison’s birthday! Let’s hope he has the best birthday present ever… a win on debut! 

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      On 15/03/2025 at 22:54, forever demons said:

    lucky to get that post past the mods they had look at it then let go thanks boys

    And it’s your last. Or second last. Goodbye. 

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    You would have got away with it too but you just had to taunt the mods. 

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    So the new season begins, with six fresh faces wearing our beloved red and blue. I don’t quite know what to expect today, but I do know that my excitement and nervous tension is akin to what it would be if we were playing in September.  Just give it everything Dees, and make us (and Jimmy) proud!  ❤️💙

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    I think we are good.

    Our players are super fit and will hit the first quarter with gusto.

    Running out the game will be the challenge, hoping GWS slow down in the fourth after their scramble in the heat last week.

    Langford to kick a long bomb from 55 out.

    Lindsay to lace out Jeffo for his first.

    AJ to bring the pain to Taylor who has to sit under a bomb.

    Sharp to run from contest to contest, as well as create overlap.

    Henderson, haven't seen enough of him to know what he will bring.

    What a day, new system, many new players, and our Clarry and Petracca with good preseasons.

    Langdon to run the central rail, end to end, hope a couple of goals will fall his way.

    Sparrow to dominate (always hopeful). 

    C'mon Chandler, time for a half-forward to kick 3, conditions are made for him.

    The big boys May and Lever firing, and Max has other options, then exhausting himself (AJ). 

     Time for some entertainment.

    Go Dees!

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    Go Number 20......Go Number 19...oh Go Number 30 and Go Number 42 and 43, who's that Number 21, Go anyway. Could be a confusing day.

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    Time to reunite with $12 beers in plastic cups.
    Good luck to all the boys running out for their first MFC game.

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    After watching every game so far that’s included a team that played last week I’m a little bit more worried haha

    although rain might actually help us with their clean play. Yes we aren’t good In rain but hopefully doesn’t help them as much haha 

      On 15/03/2025 at 23:15, Ghostwriter said:

    Yep you know it’s GameDay when it’s 10am and already you’ve had three coffees and five cigarettes and you’re about to crack open your first Red Bull.

     I slept terribly last night, can’t imagine how our debutants slept. I even dreamt about today (spoiler alert: we won!).

    The weather makes today tricky… not in terms of the match. Rather, what to wear. 😅 A poncho is the only cert. ☔️🌧

    All things considered…

    We’ve got this!

    Dees by The Bison - 19pts

    GO YOU MIGHTY DEMONS! 

    GIVE ‘EM HELLLLLL

    Healthy breakfast GW

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    I worry that our game plan will be slow and long as per Freo game and the game will be over by half time.

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    Hope no-one gets hurt on the turf. A lot of players slipping on Friday night and it has been raining almost all morning today.

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    Feeling that the scheduling of this game is just plain stupid. Not only Sunday afternoon game against a no fan base stupid franchise but going head to head against the F1 GP - why is any AFL scheduled for the actual race time of the F1s - massive international focus on the city, no where else in the world would this happen

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      On 15/03/2025 at 23:50, Sideshow Bob said:

    Feeling that the scheduling of this game is just plain stupid. Not only Sunday afternoon game against a no fan base stupid franchise but going head to head against the F1 GP - why is any AFL scheduled for the actual race time of the F1s - massive international focus on the city, no where else in the world would this happen

    And let’s be honest… a significant portion of our fanbase won’t attend because of the rain.

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    How’s the weather looking? I turned on the telly, only to see that everything at Albert Park has been red flagged and cancelled so far (F3 and Touring Cars). 


      On 16/03/2025 at 00:12, hardtack said:

    How’s the weather looking? I turned on the telly, only to see that everything at Albert Park has been red flagged and cancelled so far (F3 and Touring Cars). 

    The rain’s set in. It’s meant to stop by 3pm but who knows, coz Melbourne. It might be 36 degrees at 3pm, it might be 13 degrees, again, Melbourne. 
     

    🤷‍♀️

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      On 15/03/2025 at 22:41, Travy14 said:

    Lets get it done!

    Devastated i cant be there for Jim's game and get a chance to wear one of my fav guernseys. 

     

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    Hope we do him proud today.

    An incredible human

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    Can’t wait. 

    Really hope that enough of us are prepared to brave the rain to go today. The weather and the GP are going to severely dent our crowd. Just our luck that in March, when we could have had mild sunny weather, we get this. 

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    Rain will be well gone by 3, relax folks, turn up and enjoy the win. It'll blow over by around one and then give the ground 2 hours to dry out.

    Edited by Roost it far

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      On 15/03/2025 at 23:30, Kev said:

    I think we are good.

    Our players are super fit and will hit the first quarter with gusto.

    Running out the game will be the challenge, ....

    What.... a challenge.  Surely you're taking the proverbial there Kev ?

    Just off their preseason....  if they aren't fit today.... then we're a joke surely.

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      On 16/03/2025 at 00:22, beelzebub said:

    What.... a challenge.  Surely you're taking the proverbial there Kev ?

    Just off their preseason....  if they aren't fit today.... then we're a joke surely.

    Match fit is different to being fit.

    Those extra and repeat efforts cannot trained for.

    The advantage to the club with a second up, as compared to first up game.

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      On 16/03/2025 at 00:12, hardtack said:

    How’s the weather looking?

    i'm about 3km as the crow flies to the g and it's been raining consistently since about 7am

    bom says it's a 50% chance of 2mm from 2-5pm, so it's going to be wet and slippery i suspect

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    Big game for Kade Chandler after a couple of down practice matches.

    These conditions will favour smalls, and with Pickett out, he takes on the responsibility of being our no.1 small forward today.

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    I'm not to worried about the weather and our fitness.

    I  am a little worried about GWS having that game under their belt, the sides that have played already have looked a bit cleaner this week skills wise, where last week the games were pretty average in that regard.  Hopefully we are on!

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    Suspect Clarry and his protege Harvey will be like two pigs in [censored] today

    Get the hard ball and bang it long!

    Expect Maxy to punch from the ruck too

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