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That's ok chap, blandness exhibited by yourself, will I am sure, make a comeback eventually Next time you see me, make a point of introducing yourself

Unnecessary.

What Saty said.. I was suprised how up and about he was, you'd think a bloke in his position who probably knows his time is up would bit down in the dumps.. but credit to him, he's playing a fantastic leadership role down at Casey.

Didn't we all.

As already stated, the media loves a fairytale. Do we really need more Hawthorn stuff after more than a decade of dominance. They've had their time in the sun. It's our time to shine. Soak it up. It's better than reading about what a basket case we are.

I'm so up and about right now I'm drinking the bath water by the keg. After the last decade of [censored], I'm throwing myself face first into optimism. I'm gonna enjoy every bit of the media coverage, even if it is way over the top.

I believe Omac is the best full back of this century, and probably of all time. (If we keep saying it enough, it becomes true. I've seen it work at other clubs.)

Pedo was the first person cheering the team as they walked off the G down the race on Friday , and I've seen his genuine excitement for the team on multiple occasions this year when he wasn't part of the 22. It's great to see.

I think goodwin has been exceptional. The belief and steadiness of the group is palpable, and he has been the picture of optimism and calm throughout the year, win lose or draw. Yes, he didn't have the perfect line up straight away, but he got their in the end. Playing Gus in the VFL has been a masterstroke. Melksham as a forward, masterstroke. Harmes as a tagger, master-stoke. Someone said Frost should have been in earlier. Frost had some very poor games last year, and the long stint in the VFL seems to have done him wonders. I love that we don't pick players until they are actually ready, such as Hunt. I can see hunt coming in mid next year and actually being ready. Only fault is taking so long to go 6-6-6, but we don't know the in's and out's of his reasoning. The players love him, and he's got them believing, and playing our best in finals. Near flawless year from Goodwin.

Chris Scott on AFL 360 had this to say about the Demons "I’m happier to say it now than pre-game but for a while we’ve been watching Melbourne and they could be the second best team in the competition. They comprehensively outplayed us. It will be interesting to see how they go because if they keep that style they will be a hard team to beat."

Just welcomed a new Demon member to the world at just the right time that I can get to the game this Friday!!! Was due last Friday, arrived this morning, our 3rd child (2 girls, now a boy). Im taking this as an omen ???

quite enjoying the bathwater, much tastier than i imagined more please

No she just saves them, she has 40 of them in a box.Reckons it more fun than stamps.

That’s why I went for “clanger rate” / clangers per possession rather than just the raw clangers. It pretty much irons out the bias towards players who get the ball the most. eg Oliver is top 5 (edit: top 1 in fact) in clangers because he gets so much more of the ball than anyone else, but was a long way down the list in clanger rate, and the team’s notorious ball butchers like Bugg and Frost oddly enough simmered their way to the top of the list.

Mate I use Jurlique sandalwood shampoo and L'Oreal beard conditioner, my nits would improve his performance not cause him an issue, as long as ASADA don't do a hair test this weekend he's fine Moses please, I've climbed the mountain and come back with a message Roosy said Goody is the man Nathan Brown was the past player this week, still looked really fit, was joking with Wheels who said he prefers a really good paddock

For those of you who listen to the Demonland Podcast you might be familiar with the bet I had with my brother in law and my nephews. At the start of the year (pre-Round 1) we made a bet that whoever finished higher would have the pleasure of eating a family dinner whilst the loser wore the winners guernseys. I wasn't confident when I made the bet. I knew we would improve but Geelong are Geelong and with the exception of 2015 they had finished in the Top 4 for the better part of a decade. I also had the 2 narrow losses to hear all about throughout the year and boy did I cop it. Not only did I have to hear the Cats song blasted through my phone but those losses were 2 8 point games in our bet. A win in either of those games would have given me victory a lot earlier. Listeners of the podcast would know how nervous I was of winning this bet particularly in the last few rounds when the Cats had an easy run home and we had the draw from hell. Well the result is history now as we all know the Dees did not let us down. Victory was mine but now we faced them in the Elimination Final and even though they would shortly be delivering on the bet it would all be for naught if I had to eat dinner with them in Melbourne gear whilst they gloated about their victory in the Finals. If the roles were reversed and I lost the bet but won the final I would have happily (sort of) eaten in a Cats jumper whilst I talked smack about their team. Anyway, that was a moot point because yesterday they delivered on the bet and I couldn't have been happier. I got to eat and gloat and watch them squirm in red and blue. Shoutout to my sister in law who was not part of the bet but wore the red and blue well.

Hibbo is fine Gawn is fine Nev is fine Salem is fine (for an Arsenal supporter) Nothing to see here And James Harmes carries off my bowler hat with style

The freight costs would be prohibitive.

Those that think Garlett should be back in the side would do themselves well to read this article....explains clearly why he isn't in the team

What's scary for the competition is that there is so much improvement left in this group.

If Nicholls is umpiring I’ll bring the air rifle!

Shut this thread down, this is actually pissing me off.

I'm trying to work out whether your top is a copy of Harmes' sleeve or whether he's tried to copy your top onto his arm.

OMG ...... Salem AND Hunt are going to GW$! ? ?????

Laughable! Lewis will be gone in 12 months, Jones not long past that. Tyson has an important role to play in this side over the next few years.

BREAKING NEWS: James Harmes out for the weekend with Nits.....

Not to put too fine a point on it DZ but I wouldn't get home from work early one day if you know what I mean......

Only in a pine box

Scully back? I have three responses. 1. please god no. 2. Lolol....No. 3. F@ck no! Mind you...It would almost be worth recruiting him to just so we could never pick him and make sure he finished his career as a good Casey player.

... Thats probably how $cully remembers the trip to China with Max!!!! hehe!

The club is in the best shape it’s been in for 60+ years and there appears to be a genuine comradery amongst the players. A good way to [censored] that comradery would be throwing in the selfish turd known as Scully.

No way! Old money bags can go rot somewhere else, to watch the Dees win multiple flags while he retires with none.

Id rather drink Fosters for the rest of my life than have that [censored] return!

It wasn’t just the poor goal kicking that kept Cats in the game, there were a number of easy marks dropped inside 50 (Petracca comes to mind) and poor decision making/poor kicks to leading players inside 50. Hopefully nerves played a part in this and they will be a bit more settled this week.

*buuuurp* sorry, did you say something?

Wilson made a mistake with how much we were ahead when Selwood turned Hawkin's kick over. We were 21 points up and potentially only 15, not 15 to 9, as she asserts.

some huge ranges there. as usual heaps of wriggle room for the afl to dud members and the public those figures only confuse rather than educate

The Inaccuracy that occurred in the 2nd and 3rd quarter is the only aspect of our game that will hold us back.

In the middle two quarters, we struggled to find a target inside the forward fifty and our crumbing the packs was quite poor. What makes Richmond so good is when the ball hits the ground, that's the difference between us and them.

it's not so much a disorganised fwd line, but kicking goals instead of points we get plenty of i50s, i50 marks and shots on goal. just need to make sure we convert most of them and we already are the #1 scoring team in the whole comp (comfortably)

I've been adding ouzo to mine.

Very similar coverage to the Dogs to 2016, I guess everyone loves a fairytale. Given what we have been through in the last 12 years I don't mind it, im sure the players ego's are in check.

How did he feel about being left Home Alone twice?

I have it on very good authority that you are 100% correct - zero issue with his calf. The strapping is definitely to hold the skin guard in position.

I can’t describe the depth of my loathing for the Hawthorn football club. Growing as a kid through the 80’s and early 90’s (born in 78) it seemed like half of my mates barracked for the Hawks and bar a period of maybe 5 years, they have absolutely owned us. Since the 1987 prelim. I have detested them. Countless beltings of the team and 31 years of their arrogant supporters giving it to us. I want nothing more than to knock them off this weekend. I want a changing of the guard moment. I want them hurt. I want them to fear the Melbourne Football Club.