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That's ****ty news all round Dub! Have a great Christmas and look forward to a much healthier and happier New Year!

Your poor old Uncle Bitter got stuck child minding. Quite slowed down the Shiraz intake.

I hope you all did better than me this year.

Have a great Christmas all ive had a bad couple of months. The ticker is on the fritz, in a bad way, caught it just in time. i’m even off the booze for good. and my mum just got discharged from 6 weeks in hospital post cancer surgery. Hoping for a better 2024! Hope you and your families are healthy and happy and go Demons

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. Thanks mods for all ur work on this site. My kids got us all dees jerseys with our nickname and the day of our birthday on the back. Bloody awesome gift. Enjoy Christmas all. Go Dees.

Merry Christmas to everyone on Demonland. Thank you to Andy and team for running such a great site.

A great Christmas for everyone and lets hope "third time lucky" to add another cup.

Wishing everyone on Demonland a wonderful Christmas. Cheers for good health, happiness and heaps of success with our Dees!

Merry Christmas to all and here's to the ultimate success in 2024.

that’s brutal mate @He de mon and during covid too. thanks for for the positive message (and deezone and forever demons). the support helps

Luv this site. Just wanted to take the opportunity of wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy and successful Dee year coming up.

Agreed. Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, except Maynard.

Merry Christmas to all. Not quite my favorite day of the year, but that's only happened 3 times in my lifetime and only delivered once. Hoping there is a bright shiny new one that Jack is holding in the stocking for next year.

Same thing happened to me @DubDee in 2020. Pandemic, Mum died, hospital 4 times with the heart and gave up drinking alcohol. Within 12 months I bought a new house in a town I have always loved and we won the first flag in my lifetime. The good times will come.

Dunstan, Harmes, Hibberd and Jordon all out vs Billings, McAdam, Windsor and Thostrup in. Woedwodin is right at the heart of the puzzle of how we reorganise our midfield, wings and half-foward for 2024 and for years to come. Personally I'd like to see him more in the thick of things and avoiding any 'Spargofication' of becoming a low-possession smart-positioning outside type. My gut feeling from watching him is that he'll have some great awareness in the chaos and has an intuition for getting the ball to better places. Also, Taj Woewodin: UNDEFEATED.

That is great news indeed congratulations Goody and Kris, we are all expecting a massive 2024 and you will need all the support that you can muster.💕💕

Huge thanks to @Demonland & @Whispering_Jack for this outstanding site, plus Andy,@george_on_the_outer & @binman for our fantastic pods, and all genuine contributors to Demonland. As an ‘Interstater’ Demonland is my MFC / AFL ‘lifeblood’. Seasons greetings to all. Go Dee’s!

Nah, even the umps deserve one good day a year.

Yes, bad oversights on my part, but in my defence it was just a quick brain dump of what was in my mind at the time… before The Dingoes I’d probably also have to put Carson (aka Carson County Boogie Band). I’m a bit surprised (disappointed?) with myself for having overlooked the Oils and the Divinyls. I used to go and watch the Divinyls playing in a small Paddington pub (The Grand National) in the early 80’s before they recorded and became ‘famous’… great live band! Theres probably quite a few others that I failed to include such as Chain, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, The Masters Apprentices and so on. It’s a good memory test 😁

Merry Christmas everyone. I see Maxy holding the cup on GF day 2024. Unless HQ manufacture a Pies Blues decider for the $$$$$$$$$

Humbug Who gets a tattoo sober?

I feel so sorry for Tom - he was an important part in our flag, and in us getting as far as we did in 2018. He works hard, is strong and well bulked in the upper body, but has been let down repeatedly by his foot. Now time is against him and sadly I suspect that time will pass him by, though I hope deep down that he will be able to make a big contribution in what will surely be his final season. Thanks Tom.

That is terrible news for you DubDee, I hope that you can get the heart issues sorted in your favour. It is really sad to hear your mother has had surgery for cancer, it is a very tough time for you and your family. My wife is a cancer survivor so can appreciate what you are going through. Good luck DubDee.💕

Merry Christmas all. Just a reminder, don’t drink and tattoo this festive season (courtesy of my “best mate”):

Basically what Deestar9 said couple of posts ago. He lost his Zip from 2021. 2022 ruined cos of the 2 knee operations then in the pre season 2023 got the Thyroid again after six years. lost weight and no Zip. Heart rate of 125 walking to the table. Resting to recover lost all fitness from the pre season work then hurt his knee again. The year was done really. Seems confident a good pre season will give him Zip again Spoke about Oliver and the club all getting united and attacking the problem head on. Not a bad few words really especially when it was in the HScum.

Have a great Christmas everyone. I know I'm really looking forward to season 2024. I reckon it will be a beauty for all of us.

Very responsible BBO

He won Kris Kringle this year

Like his skills but needs some Mongrel, lots of it in fact!

And I reckon first Tiger flag, Houli was the one keeping them in it when Adelaide were on. Naturally media favourite Dusty got it.

I'm assuming that, knowing you Clint, your "merry Christmas everyone" would probably not be extended to the men with the whistles?

Finished.. End of story, too slow and mobility of Jabba the Hutt. Been a great servant but, now gorne! IMO

In his few games he looked strong, courageous and a smart footballer. Were the choice mine he would have been the sub in both finals.

All the above to all the above and others . i just know you are enjoying Carols by candlelight. Yes who doesn’t enjoy CbC enjoy whatever you are doing. Come on 2024 ………go Dee’s

I have seen him play a couple of times and l agree

Tommy was great for us in 2018 & 2021 and a fit TMac provides extra depth to May, Lever, Tomlinson, Turner and Adams. I hope Tommy gets back to his best in case we need him down back. The boys can learn a lot from TMac fwd & back.

BBB makes us a better and more accurate side, let’s hope that his body can hold up in 2024, if we could get 10-12 games plus finals it would be awesome.!!

If Benny can get up for the season , it’ll be like having a new recruit - who kicks goals !

It would make my blood boil, after years of trying to build a home at the G precinct, the filth waltz in and get exactly what they want 👿

Funny people have different views on games, I was surprised on the day he won it. He turned the ball over numerous times though, his run off half back was eye catching but after re watching that game a few times I haven’t changed my mind he’d be 5th at best in my BOG that day 1. McRae - every disposal connected and set up transition. Super clean all day and composed with ball in hand 2. Boyd - best big man on the ground impacted aerial contest all day by clunking or bringing the ball to ground and impacted the scoreboard 3. Kennedy - was just a contested beast, close to the best stoppage display in a GF, virtually turned the momentum himself in the second quarter 4. Picken - kept bobbing up as half forward providing pressure and hit up option whilst also impacting the scoreboard 5. Then JJ

Happy Xmas all. And here’s to 24 and hopefully a dees flag

The big speccy on the goal line? Flash in the pan. A two handed shove out on Bowser’s shoulders. Great for the crowd and television audience but not in the spirit of the rules. But as we know karma kicked in massively and put Jojo and the rest on their arses.

He obviously likes the Dees, however, he fails to acknowledge that Petty and Melksham won't be available for a while, and he hasn't acknowledged that a fully fit Brown and McDonald will make a difference. Also, not many people - so called 'critical experts' - have taken into account the horrific plague of injuries to key Melbourne Forwards was absolutely crucial during the Finals which they lost by a margin of 9 points..., not to mention the assault on Brayshaw and the suspension of Van R...

My memory is that Walls hit the post from an easy set shot, giving a draw and Footscray held their spot and we missed out.

1971 R18 at Arden Street. I was 17yo and although a Demon from my earliest memory, I had never seen them live. Dad rarely went and I never saw a game with him, despite chasing his car in tears as he went with a neighbour. I either played myself or followed the races in those days. I had started my first job in a bank in the city and had become good friends with a North supporter. Given our teams were playing and I wasn't, we went and were two of a crowd of just 6500 to brave the wind and rain that day. 14 of the 17 match goals were scored at one end. Game day reports show Max Walker replaced 'Crackers' Keenan in the last quarter, we had just 32 handballs for the day and over 100 frees were awarded. I remember we were 26 pts down at 3/4 time but kicked 5 of our 9 match goals in the last quarter to draw the game. My mate's smug look evaporating with every goal. As my mate's brother was good friends with David Dench, I joined them in the social club post match. Last thing I remember was being escorted out mid evening after cheering Melbourne's goals on the replay being shown and singing It's A Grand Old Flag.

My first game? The ‘64 grand final. Not a bad start at all. Don’t remember much except getting a flat tyre on the way there and holding up all the traffic on High St wanting to turn right onto Punt Road heading to the game. I remember Ray Gabelich’s long run and goal, and my namesakes goal from nowhere at the end. Other than that, not so much.