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I got my tickets. I’m going to the Granny!! Yewwwwwwwwwwwwww!! Section 141 for any other Demonlander’s attending.

Will Schofield

G'day all! Need an excuse to watch Max's glorious goal from 55m last night 7 more times? Then here's a lil' multi-call clip I put together featuring 7 different commentary tracks all basking in the brilliance of the effort! Enjoy!

Very fortunate to have been given this original poster bought at auction and is signed by Norm Smith, Ron Barassi and others from the 1957 team. Hopefully a 2021 poster to join it soon. 🤞

I thought it was more to do with 'Enter Sandman' personally...

[censored] yes!

Max has been added to the chimney. Steve's house (in Jan Juc) to feature in the Geelong Addy tomorrow. I'm sure all our Cat supporting mates will be lining up early to make sure they get a copy. Not!

Dial 00 so when I keel over from impending heart attack I just need to press the last 0.

I’m so bloody over hearing about the bulldogs and their underdog status. “Backs against the wall” mentality. Completely manufactured narrative from Bevo. They found themselves in that position because they lost games. Meanwhile, we have come from outside the Top 8 last year. Won 9-0. Been on a tarmac for hours before flying home to win by 98 pts. Then, we win the minor premiership and get the reward of no home finals and 2 weeks in quarantine. Then after winning both finals, our GF opponent gets the luxury of a 2 week break for god knows what reason. Absolutely over the “working class hero” narrative the Dogs dish up. Half their team are elite private schoolboys, but because one grew a mullet the Western morons think he is some battler like them. I hope we smash this pack of phonies

To help manage your nerves and anxiety on the day, I have compiled a timetable of activities for you to follow. Fri 24 Sep 11pm Go to bed, sleep serenely in knowledge that demons are sure things and cannot lose. Sat 25 sep 6am Wake up in cold sweat knowing deep in soul that we will suffer either a drubbing or a close heartbreaking loss. 6:00 - 6:10 Lie in bed staring at ceiling trying to calm self down. 6:11 Put on radio. Listen to experts pronouncing Doggies as sure things. 6:15 - 6:30 Lie in bed staring at ceiling trying to calm self down. 6:35 Go to kitchen, make soothing coffee. 6:36 While waiting, check demonland for words of solace. 7:15 Cheer up reading words of encouragement. Go back to kitchen. Discover cold coffee. Put in microwave. 7:16 Check demonland. Read single post that puts chills of fear into soul. 7:20 Shower to warm up. 7:25 Continue shower to contemplate horror of after-match celebrations of Doggies. 7:45 Run out of hot water. Get out and get dressed. Suffer crippling paralysis at thought of Bailey Smith winning the Norm Smith. 8:05 Finish getting dressed. 8:06 Go to kitchen, get cold coffee out of microwave. Pour into sink, start again. 8:07 Check mail. Nothing. 8:08 Check messages on phone. Note some good luck messages, become utterly psychically eradicated by one mocking taunt from close friend. 8:10 Go to bathroom. Wet towel is evidence of already having showered. Leave bathroom. 8:15 Go for walk to calm nerves. 8:20 A fat lot of good that did. Go back home. 8:25 Meditate to sooth jangled nerves. 8:26 Stupid meditation. Remember coffee. Put in microwave. 8:27 Go outside. 8:28 Go back inside. 8:29 Go outside. 8:30 Wave to Collingwood supporting neighbour. Return wave. Take no comfort from encouraging words from neighbour. Suffer wave of nausea imagining neighbour's post-match taunts. 8:31 Go back inside. 8:32 Check demonland. 9:00 Watch television. It's all crap. 9:15 Check demonland. 10:45 Drag self out of depression. Get cold coffee from microwave. Throw out. Put on kettle for new coffee. 10:50 Check demonland. 11:00 Shake self out of torpor and anxiety. Go outside to do some gardening. 11:05 Spray weedkiller on plants. Get hose and wash off. Get water everywhere. Pull up weeds by design, plants by accident. Dump weeds, plants, weedkiller, fertlizer, gloves, in bin. Go inside and change clothes. 11:20 Check demonland. 11:40 Go outside. 11:41 Go back inside. 11:42 Go on walking inspection of house interior. 11:43 Inspection complete. Check demonland. Feel nagging anxiety increase. 12:05 Check phone. Fail to cheer up over cheering messages, hit maximum anxiety over jeering messages. 12:10 Check demonland. 12:40 Go outside. 12:41 Go back inside. 12:42 Watch television. It's all crap. 13:00 Go for walk to calm nerves. 13:05 A fat lot of good that did. Go back home. 13:10 Meditate to sooth jangled nerves. 13:11 Stupid meditation. Remember cold coffee. Put in microwave. 13:12 Make lunch in spite of no appetite. 13:30 Sit down for lunch. 13:40 Throw uneaten lunch in bin. Put kettle on for coffee. 13:45 Check Bunnings web site. Order seeds, potting mix, gardening gloves and stanley knife. 14:00 Check demonland. 14:30 Go outside. 14:31 Go back inside. 14:32 Meditate to sooth jangled nerves. 14:33 Stupid meditation. Re-boil kettle. 14:44 Search for old footy to have a kick to settle nerves. 14:55 Find footy. Discover laces old and broken. Search for pump. 15:10 Find pump. Pump up footy. Bladder bulges out where laces disintegrated. Throw footy in bin. 15:15 Check demonland. 15:45 Re-boil kettle. 15:46 Remember the sun is over the yardarm. Check supply of spirits. Whiskey! 15:47 Fret that whiskey supply is low. Check web site for nearest Dan's or BWS. 15:55 Drive to bottle shop. Pick up whiskey. 16:25 Re-boil kettle. 16:30 Get message from Bunnings that order is ready for collection. 16:32 Get in car, drive to Bunnings, pick up order. Note number of cars with Doggies scarves. Anxiety level to 90%. 17:15 Re-boil kettle. Turn on tv for pre-match warmup shows. They're all crap. 18:00 Re-boil kettle, make coffee. Add whiskey. Ahhhhh. 18:10 Discover nerves are at 100% fever pitch despite whiskey. Go outside. 18:11 Go back inside. 18:12 Meditate to sooth jangled nerves. 18:13 Stupid meditation. Check demonland. 18:45 Nearly game time. Panic attack. Boil kettle for coffee. Take shot of whiskey straight while waiting. 18:50 Make coffee. Trembling hands spill it everywhere. Re-boil kettle. Take shot of whiskey straight while waiting. 19:00 Watch players warm up. Sooth jangled nerves by cheering demons and booing dogs. Desperately try to ascertain clues to performance by how the players jog sideways, roll the ball on the ground, etc. Anxiety increase to 150%. 19:10 Anthem and other frippery. Rage at universe for making you wait. 19:15 Game on! Watch as demons tear the dogs a new one. Race around living room with each goal as Demons pile on a record score. Catharsis, and all emotion is replaced by a joyful high. 10:00 Rejoice as the demons hoist the cup. Laugh, cry, text friends, take straight shot of whiskey. Take another straight shot of whiskey. 10:30 Check demonland. Sunday 26 sep 03:00 Go to bed. Fail to sleep.

Got my tickets and whilst I’m ecstatic, need to be humble as I’m still a little sad for all those back in Melbourne who through no fault of their own cannot attend. Special thanks to @Lucifer's Hero what you have done for my nephew can not be put into words. Throughout my correspondence with you relating to the barcodes you have shown what a generous person you are who cares for others. I really hope Karma comes back and touch wood you get to attend the last day in September next year to see our beloved Demons

Thanks for the comments :). I put it together with Kylie from the Demon Army doing a magic job on lyrics and vocals. Great to hear so many positive comments!!

This is pretty good

The players call it demon time. It means we slow the game down and play keepings off. Harmes does it often on field later in quarters.

Apparently Luke Darcy is a Bulldogs supporter but you wouldn't be able to tell given his perfectly balanced commentary during Bulldogs games.

For those who saw Goodwin doing the ‘devil horn’ sign from the bench on Friday night, watch this video! There’s value in everybody 🤘🏻

I think featuring the opposition in the posters is pretty tasteless

Good people, the ones I know. I think they’ll handle the loss well.

Go Dees

As my uncle is not well and at my dads I will be going over as a carer (although I’m really a barracker.) Even bought a reject shop Halloween nurse’s outfit as a joke. Seeing it with my father means everything to me. He got us into the demons. I want him to see it more than I want to see it. I’m just so happy that my uncles last grand final will be a Dees one. I hope he goes out a winner

Very kind and generous words. Thank you. Delighted to help make your nephew happy. Hope it is special for both of you and the family. And with the karma you are sending my way, maybe I can share the day with my niece at the G next year.

Can all of you people who have just signed up to Demonland, [censored] off and leave this for actual Melbourne supporters please?

Great stuff! That brought a big smile to my face! 😁 We definitely know Ron Barassi is fired up! However, I can imagine if Jimmy Stynes and Norm Smith were still alive today they would definitely be excited and wearing red and blue scarves proudly supporting the Demons. I am hopeful the MCC eventually put up a statue of Robbie Flower at the MCG. I think its about time to pay tribute to him.

Note sure it has anything to do with that video, its a completely different sign. Ive seen Goody do it before and Ive got a suspicion hes done it towards the end of quarters and obviously a signal/sign of some sort to the players id say tactical. Either way I cant wait until a full MCG give the team the signal after a goal or coming off after a win

on friday, bought my mum flights from adelaide to perf this morning, bought my mum a ticket to the grand final unbelievable!

I managed to get 3 tickets, man that was stressful. I need to give a shout out to @Clintosaurusand @jules7 for allowing me to do this, your both legends. My wife and son are very happy as well.

I grew up in Sunshine/Albion: couldn't wait to get the ....out of there. Teddy Whitten once delivered a caged budgie to my house because I won some dumb competition - the winner had to foretell the exact time the 8.30AM from Sydney would land at Essendon. I phoned the airport and asked what time the 8.30 would land, I was told, 8.30 so that's what I wrote. Lucky I wasn't home when Whitten delivered he thought he was Mister Football. I would have argued with him, I would have told him who Mister Football was. The budgie caused nothing but trouble. Budgies are like ducks and possums, all they do is poo. Eventually, while cleaning out the bird cage in the back yard, I turned it upside down, the cage door lifted and the budgie flew to Budgie Paradise. I spoke to two blokes on the weekend who are Bulldog supporters. I went to school with them. One of them was Bugs Dewire, a poet and songwriter for the Coodabeens. I live in Box Hill now: my local chemist was brought up in Footscray, he's an Australian-born Vietnamese Doggie man. I know that when I get my prescription later in the week, he'll lace them with tranquillizers in case Melbourne win. He is a true gentleman. And the dude who started Barrique Wine store in Healesville is a Doggie supporter. And, last but not least, I played footy in a Lighting Premiership there in 1960 when I was 10 years old and in Grade seven at Our Ladys. I didn't get a kick.

Probably but it’s incredibly frustrating to be stuck at home for months on end and watch the Covid numbers tick up every single day in areas with low compliance and even lower vaccination rates. We can’t get to the MCG to watch our team play in a grand final because so many people in the north and west of Melbourne continue to do the wrong thing. It’s infuriating for those of us who have done the right thing for 200 plus days and lost so much in the process. I live in an area with 3 active cases. I can’t see my sick dad or watch the game with him because half our city has decided that Covid restrictions no longer apply to them. And here we are giving away our bloody GFGs instead of going to the game! Of course my comment was tongue in cheek, but it absolutely hurts to miss out on a grand final. Dogs fans got to experience it recently enough. We’ve waited 57 years only to be stuck at home and miss out on all of it!

Kudos to whoever got the Melbourne scalf around the Barassi statue at the G. It wouldn't have been easy to get it up there.

Me and my mate

Hi all. I’m excited. I’m scared. It’s like we are all about to go on a rollercoaster together. A terrifying spiraling rollercoaster. It’s exciting but terrifying. You have to give your heart and soul to the Demons, to feel the hurt of defeat but the exhilaration of victory. We are so close. So close to that premiership we have dreamed of. All the dedication. All our time and thoughts. All the posts. All our potential strategies. All those trades and recruiting suggestions. This is what we do it for. To aspire. To dream to get the Dees that premiership. To feel the glory. It’s so close. Let’s ride it together and no matter what, we hold ourselves together and ride the wave. We might get dumped and we might ride the perfect tube and feel the exhilaration. That’s what we signed up for when we give our hearts to the Dees. Let’s keep the belief. 2021 is our year. The premiership we dreamed of.

I just heard that the WA based demon I gave my barcode to got a ticket after being 825 in line. Thrilled for them. Very envious, but thrilled. They're going to send me some photos on the day so I'll have a connection to the ground ❤💙

Were in 147 mate, flying in from Adelaide next Wednesday. I feel like a kid at xmas right now.

Garry Lyon with the Wizz on his shoulders.

There are clearly two households a couple of streets from my house. They were decked out with scarves and balloons on Saturday. I believe it is a permissible breach of curfew laws to sneak around and pop the white balloons.

Feeling drained?

Hmm, perhaps I've gone overboard ??

Well he is no Barry Prendergast but he has done ok. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I am thrilled for our WA fans who get to go. But also…

Had to introduce a bit of Dees spirit to workplace. I’m the only MFC supporter, all other staff bar one (Geelong) are Hawthorn supporters. The clinic was attached to Hawthorn FC for 30 years, until they moved to Waverley. Everyone’s on board now!

HEIC from phone - will need to convert sorry Sadly the last of my tulips have finished.

I’ll play it by ear but here’s the most likely way it plays out: I’ll attempt to drink myself into oblivion on the Friday night in hopes of waking up at 2:30pm on Saturday and most of the waiting behind me. Upon waking up I’ll probably heave, then amble around the block a few times on a run powered entirely by nervous energy. Then it will be a shower and back to the bar fridge for the next 4 hours.

Ben brown is going to have a blinder. He’s been building beautifully and clunked some very strong marks in the prelim. Geelong played harder than port did and we won by more. They at least showed effort and made contests. Port were just watching a game of football happen around them. It was worse than us in 2018. I trust our system over theirs. It has looked anti fragile in the big games time after time. Their midfield could get away from ours if we were a bit off. I don’t think it will if we show up. Regardless of what happens it is a lot of fun to be in a grand final again. Feels like what it felt like walking around the ground before the 2000 grand final. Which was a long time ago. The 2021 version of that exists online but it’s still good.

He only moved there when Lever was taken off in the last to rest. Tmac down back is last resort stuff. This is the grand final. We have worked all year to have a settled team and game plan. And now people want to throw random positional moves? No chance.

A mate of mine sent this pic today, Fleming Park in Brunswick. In black and white.sheesh! Non binary supporters in Brunswick apparently.

As per request!

My mates in Jan Juc got busy today: