It's Game Day and the Demons face a monumental task as they take on the top-of-the-table Magpies in one of the biggest games on the Dees calendar: the King's Birthday Big Freeze MND match. Can the Demons defy the odds and claim a massive scalp to keep their finals hopes alive?

Hope we win our grand final.

not remotely confident

This has all the hallmarks of a memorable triumph which will go down in history.

I don’t even know why I said that. It’s late and I have to be at Fed Square at 8am.

‘Night all 🥱

sweet dreams (of a mighty victory and a hot snag)😄

That's got to be the best forward line we've had in the last few years post BB? on paper at least. It's the one that would've beaten them in the QF with Melksham & Petty. Today will be the best chance since then. Go Dees

Edited Sunday at 15:042 days by John Demonic

Monday lunchtime game for me and I am in Denmark. Don’t ask me why. More talking to people and a bit of listening. Will have to watch the game on replay when I can.

I like the selections except for Tholstrup. Would have kept Laurie for a proper run. Looks like Tholstrup or Howes as sub for me. The rest of the selections give us a truck load of flexibility. I just hope that the coaching team use that.

I do not hold my breath.

Dees by 2 goals or 12 points.

at long last its game day GO DEES

Kick straight and we may have a chance.

Hoping no demon ends up in casualty.

Gawd I hate the pies.

Stranger things have happened....

I just sent the Domestic Staff outside for 10 minutes to see how wet and cold they got. That "litmus test" told me it's a terrible day so I'll be an armchair supporter for this game.

I realise that wet ****ty days have'nt suited us in recent years but i reckon the weather might even things up today. Endeavour and motivation will be major factors in the result.

Dees by 13 points.

Hopeful as always but not confident

The conditions will even things up but still a lot has to go right for us to get the result

to win we'll have to

a) bring maximum heat. if the pies get their transition game going we'll be sliced and diced

b) kick straight

c) get big games from Max Kossie and Trac. and 1 of our forwards (Fritsch?) to kick 3-4

The only cast iron guarantee is that the pies supporters will be as horrid as usual

Go Dees

32 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I just sent the Domestic Staff outside for 10 minutes to see how wet and cold they got. That "litmus test" told me it's a terrible day so I'll be an armchair supporter for this game.

I realise that wet ****ty days have'nt suited us in recent years but i reckon the weather might even things up today. Endeavour and motivation will be major factors in the result.

Dees by 13 points.

Nice day for a bottle of Hanwood port in front of the heater cheese platter bottle of scotch as a back up and watch us kick the living daylights out of em

Where are you now my little sheet rack hope you are wearing the lucky socks

4 minutes ago, ghost who walks said:

  41 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I just sent the Domestic Staff outside for 10 minutes to see how wet and cold they got. That "litmus test" told me it's a terrible day so I'll be an armchair supporter for this game.

Any day is good for a Hanwood 😉

🧀🍷👍

( p.s. any of Pfeiffers aren't too shabby 😉 )

Blessed🙏 are the Cheese makers...

Am actually off to Porto next year..

Oh yes... go us 👍

Edited Sunday at 21:402 days by beelzebub

At the first bounce the scoreboard says 0.0.00 for both teams. There’s every chance we’ll win this. Confidence and belief!

GO YOU MIGHTY DEES!

GIVE ‘EM HELL!!!

♥️ 💙♥️💙♥️💙♥️💙

7 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

At the first bounce the scoreboard says 0.0.00 for both teams. There’s every chance we’ll win this. Confidence and belief!

GO YOU MIGHTY DEES!

GIVE ‘EM HELL!!!

♥️ 💙♥️💙♥️💙♥️💙

Many moons ago at the Junction. Playing the Lions. Scores level. Back in the day one took their trusty tranny ( meant something very different then 😉😆 ) ... at this point , listening to the game ol' Lou proffered one of his many gems.

"One goal each and the scores will be level" at which more than a few turned to look at each other with a " what did that bloody nong say !!"

So yes... who knows what the day brings ( other than more rain.... )

Hopeful but not confident like many others on here. A bit like before the Brisbane game although I think we have a good history of challenging the Lions, the Pies we don't.

We flipped the script against Freo back in round 6 so maybe we can do it against the Pies.

If there's one vulnerability for the Pies it's their midfield, and despite the debacle last week in Alice, we've been basically the best contest and clearance side over the last 6 weeks. Stopping Daicos is crucial and someone needs to run with Sidebottom all day. Melksham can hopefully limit Moore's intercepts and then we're in with a shot.

Dees by 10 if the above can happen.

If we can stay competitive, kick accurately and remain in touch going into the last quarter then anything can happen.

Their forward line is the big worry for me. Good blend of talls and smalls that can do some serious damage if let off thr chain easily. Elliott is in a rich vein of form.

Go Dees.

Edited Sunday at 22:282 days by dazzledavey36

It’s gameday baby. [censored] pumped!

Keep calm and kick straight FFS.

See you at the G. Go Dees!

SN34

first all i have to get the spit off the tv from last week

I’m forever an optimist, but I must admit to struggling all week to make a case for how we can win today. Then I remembered last week’s Demonland Podcast, where @binman proffered the very cogent view that he thought we were ‘loading’ ahead of the Saints game, to have us peaking for today. I like it!

Dees to grind out a 9 point win.

5 minutes ago, ghost who walks said:

Where are you now my little sheet rack hope you are wearing the lucky socks

On a train going to Fed. Square. Lucky socks are on 👍🏽

Running late. Called a Didi (poor man’s Uber) to take me to the train station and he never showed up! Had to walk 20 mins to the station in the rain.

As I’m boarding the train he messages me with “I’m at your house, I’m In a bit of a hurry. Where are you?” 😳 I messaged back “Are you [censored] serious???” Now his phone’s turned off. Dude won’t know what hit him when he turns it back on… hope he enjoys the messages I sent… he’s gonna wish I had a coffee first 😂

But this hasn’t dampened my enthusiasm at all! It’s dampened my lucky socks, but not my enthusiasm!

Let’s do this, Dees!!! 👊🏼

Edited Sunday at 22:472 days by Ghostwriter

The Dan Houston Cup

Not confident to be sure, but I expected that we would cop a huge belting from the lions and that Sydney would beat us.

What do I know except those lucky socks can work magic.

Go Dee’s