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I only got in a limited amount of stock initially to see if there was any interest. I have more stock arriving after Easter and will post when the stock is available. I don't want to take orders until I have stock ready to ship.

It begins again ... and I have received inspiration from above. Call it the Vibe if you want but I'm going into this Saturday's opening round clash against the GWS Giants at the MCG with somewhat more confidence than I have in the recent past. And it's not based simply on the result of Melbourne's three NAB Challenge games or the fact that the team emerged victorious from all of them, because I am fully aware that pre season matches mean very little when the hurly burly begins of full pressure AFL matches for premiership points. It is however, about the way the team played out these games, that gives rise to that vibe of optimism. I am also buoyed by the fact that the Demons' most recent home and away victory took place at their nemesis ground, Etihad Stadium, and also ended a four game losing streak against this week's opponent. And as if that was not enough, two of the Giants' best players from recent seasons won't be saddling up thanks to Jeremy Cameron's four-game suspension and Adam Treloar's defection to Collingwood. With Cam McCarthy out on indefinite leave and Jonathon Patton still on the comeback trail after an ACL operation, the pressure will be on the Giants away from home. The Giants do have a highly rated midfield led by ruckman Shane Mumford in the ruck and the likes of Callan Ward, Ryan Griffen, Devon Smith, Rhys Palmer, Dylan Shiel, Toby Greene, Lachie Whitfield, Josh Kelly and even that overpaid bloke who used to play for the Demons. However, it was Melbourne whose midfield won the day the last time they met. Way back then it was Max Gawn who dominated in Mumford's absence with 55 hit-outs, while Bernie Vince and Nathan Jones blitzed the game. Gawn has announced himself not by his words but by his deeds in the NAB Challenge and he has the likes of a reinvigorated Dom Tyson, Jack Viney, Aaron vandenBerg and newcomer Clayton Oliver to provide plenty of opposition to push the engine room of the much vaunted men in orange and let's face it - the new look Demons are on a roll with their new attacking style of game inculcated by Simon Goodwin to the point where half the media are demanding that the club puts the incumbent coach Paul Roos in front of a firing squad to ensure that he can't resume his coaching duties. To my mind, it doesn't really matter who calls himself the coach. Melbourne will win and win well because the new attacking regimen will favour its forward line which no longer lacks numbers in terms of personnel capable of hitting the scoreboard and hurting the opposition. Last year's major goal scorers Jesse Hogan and Jeff Garlett are champing at the bit and have plenty of back up with the capability of scoring - Dean Kent, James Harmes, Cam Pedersen and if he rests up there, who is going to stop big Max with those long tentacle arms? Nobody. Melbourne by 28 points. THE GAME Melbourne v GWS Giants at the MCG Saturday 26 March, 2016 at 1.40pm HEAD TO HEAD Overall Melbourne 4 wins GWS Giants 4 wins At the MCG Melbourne 2 wins GWS Giants 1 win Past five meetings Melbourne 1 win GWS Giants 4 wins The Coaches Roos 1 win Cameron 3 wins MEDIA TV – Fox Footy Channel Live at 1.30pm RADIO - TBA THE BETTING Melbourne to win - $2.30 GWS Giants to win - $1.62 THE LAST TIME THEY MET Melbourne 15.13.103 d GWS Giants 11.11.77 at Etihad Stadium, Round 23, 2015 Both teams were depleted after a long hard season that had failed to deliver much success but it was Melbourne which seized the initiative after half time and never really allowed the Giants back into the game. THE TEAMS MELBOURNE B: Neville Jetta, Tom McDonald, Colin GarlandHB: Matt Jones, Oscar McDonald, Christian SalemC: Bernie Vince, Jack Viney, Aaron vandenBergHF: Jack Watts, Sam Frost, James HarmesF: Dean Kent, Jesse Hogan, Jeff GarlettFOLL: Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson I/C: Tomas Bugg, Ben Kennedy, Clayton Oliver, Cameron PedersenEMG: Lynden Dunn, Jack Grimes, Billy Stretch NEW: Tomas Bugg (GWS Giants), Ben Kennedy (Collingwood), Clayton Oliver (Murray Bushrangers) GWS GIANTS B: Heath Shaw, Aidan Corr, Matt BuntineHB: Nathan Wilson, Phil Davis, Adam KennedyC: Lachie Whitfield, Callan Ward, James StewartHF: Rhys Palmer, Rory Lobb, Tom ScullyF: Toby Greene, Adam Tomlinson, Devon SmithFOLL: Shane Mumford, Ryan Griffen, Dylan Shiel I/C: Steve Johnson, Josh Kelly, Caleb Marchbank, Jack SteeleEMG: Stephen Coniglio, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Zac Williams NEW: Steve Johnson (Geelong)

THE VIBE by the Oracle It begins again ... and I have received inspiration from above. Call it the Vibe if you want but I'm going into this Saturday's opening round clash against the GWS Giants at the MCG with somewhat more confidence than I have in the recent past. And it's not based simply on the result of Melbourne's three NAB Challenge games or the fact that the team emerged victorious from all of them, because I am fully aware that pre season matches mean very little when the hurly burly begins of full pressure AFL matches for premiership points. It is however, about the way the team played out these games, that gives rise to that vibe of optimism. I am also buoyed by the fact that the Demons' most recent home and away victory took place at their nemesis ground, Etihad Stadium, and also ended a four game losing streak against this week's opponent. And as if that was not enough, two of the Giants' best players from recent seasons won't be saddling up thanks to Jeremy Cameron's four-game suspension and Adam Treloar's defection to Collingwood. With Cam McCarthy out on indefinite leave and Jonathon Patton still on the comeback trail after an ACL operation, the pressure will be on the Giants away from home. The Giants do have a highly rated midfield led by ruckman Shane Mumford in the ruck and the likes of Callan Ward, Ryan Griffen, Devon Smith, Rhys Palmer, Dylan Shiel, Toby Greene, Lachie Whitfield, Josh Kelly and even that overpaid bloke who used to play for the Demons. However, it was Melbourne whose midfield won the day the last time they met. Way back then it was Max Gawn who dominated in Mumford's absence with 55 hit-outs, while Bernie Vince and Nathan Jones blitzed the game. Gawn has announced himself not by his words but by his deeds in the NAB Challenge and he has the likes of a reinvigorated Dom Tyson, Jack Viney, Aaron vandenBerg and newcomer Clayton Oliver to provide plenty of opposition to push the engine room of the much vaunted men in orange and let's face it - the new look Demons are on a roll with their new attacking style of game inculcated by Simon Goodwin to the point where half the media are demanding that the club puts the incumbent coach Paul Roos in front of a firing squad to ensure that he can't resume his coaching duties. To my mind, it doesn't really matter who calls himself the coach. Melbourne will win and win well because the new attacking regimen will favour its forward line which no longer lacks numbers in terms of personnel capable of hitting the scoreboard and hurting the opposition. Last year's major goal scorers Jesse Hogan and Jeff Garlett are champing at the bit and have plenty of back up with the capability of scoring - Dean Kent, James Harmes, Cam Pedersen and if he rests up there, who is going to stop big Max with those long tentacle arms? Nobody. Melbourne by 28 points. THE GAME Melbourne v GWS Giants at the MCG Saturday 26 March, 2016 at 1.40pm HEAD TO HEAD Overall Melbourne 4 wins GWS Giants 4 wins At the MCG Melbourne 2 wins GWS Giants 1 win Past five meetings Melbourne 1 win GWS Giants 4 wins The Coaches Roos 1 win Cameron 3 wins MEDIA TV – Fox Footy Channel Live at 1.30pm RADIO - TBA THE BETTING Melbourne to win - $2.30 GWS Giants to win - $1.62 THE LAST TIME THEY MET Melbourne 15.13.103 d GWS Giants 11.11.77 at Etihad Stadium, Round 23, 2015 Both teams were depleted after a long hard season that had failed to deliver much success but it was Melbourne which seized the initiative after half time and never really allowed the Giants back into the game. THE TEAMS MELBOURNE B: Neville Jetta, Tom McDonald, Colin GarlandHB: Matt Jones, Oscar McDonald, Christian SalemC: Bernie Vince, Jack Viney, Aaron vandenBergHF: Jack Watts, Sam Frost, James HarmesF: Dean Kent, Jesse Hogan, Jeff GarlettFOLL: Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson I/C: Tomas Bugg, Ben Kennedy, Clayton Oliver, Cameron PedersenEMG: Lynden Dunn, Jack Grimes, Billy Stretch NEW: Tomas Bugg (GWS Giants), Ben Kennedy (Collingwood), Clayton Oliver (Murray Bushrangers) GWS GIANTS B: Heath Shaw, Aidan Corr, Matt BuntineHB: Nathan Wilson, Phil Davis, Adam KennedyC: Lachie Whitfield, Callan Ward, James StewartHF: Rhys Palmer, Rory Lobb, Tom ScullyF: Toby Greene, Adam Tomlinson, Devon SmithFOLL: Shane Mumford, Ryan Griffen, Dylan Shiel I/C: Steve Johnson, Josh Kelly, Caleb Marchbank, Jack SteeleEMG: Stephen Coniglio, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Zac Williams NEW: Steve Johnson (Geelong)

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Thank you. It is much appreciated. My whole family are members including my Dog who is 3 from 3. I also spent $189 at the Demons shop today.

That's not my goal. I would prefer people spent their money first with the club and only if they can afford it to then help Demonland out by buying some merch. I offer the Lifetime and Annual subscriptions to remove the Advertisements from the site and I view the merch as getting something more for helping us out.

Orders that came in today will be shipped once I return from the Easter break on Wednesday. By then we will also have more stock of existing items as well as the new items. Stay tuned.

I just saw the following post on their Facebook page.

Is there an iPhone app this year?

Yes. See Deevoted's post above yours.

I've joined this league. I've never done Supercoach before so I thought I'd give it a try.

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No problem. Thank you for supporting the site.

Stickers should be available after Easter and stubby holders are one to two weeks away. I'll post reminders once they are in.

No problem. Thanks for buying and supporting the site.

It melted the server that was dedicated to hosting it.

Those of you that ordered today will have them shipped out tomorrow morning. The ones I shipped on Friday arrived on Tuesday so Aus Post wasn't too bad.

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No problem. I'm glad you like it. For those that missed out there are more on the way as well stubby holders, caps & stickers. All will be available after the Easter break.

Strangely enough, the last time these teams met was the last time they played in a full AFL game. THE TEAMS MELBOURNE B: Colin Garland, Lynden Dunn, Jeremy Howe HB: Daniel Cross, Tom McDonald, Christian Salem C: Jack Grimes, Bernie Vince, Mitch White HF: James Harmes, Oscar McDonald, Angus Brayshaw F: Jeff Garlett, Jesse Hogan, Jay Kennedy-Harris Foll: Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Jack Viney I/C: Viv Michie, Alex Neal-Bullen, Ben Newton, Billy Stretch EMG: Mark Jamar, Matt Jones, Jack Watts IN: Angus Brayshaw, James Harmes, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Mitch White OUT: Neville Jetta (calf), Matt Jones (omitted), Jake Spencer (concussion), Jack Watts (omitted) NEW: Mitch White (19, Dandenong Stingrays) GWS GIANTS B: Adam Kennedy, Caleb Marchbank, Zac Williams HB: Lachie Plowman, Aidan Corr, James Stewart C: Lachie Whitfield, Adam Treloar, Heath Shaw HF: Devon Smith, Cam McCarthy, Rhys Palmer F: Josh Kelly, Jeremy Cameron, Adam Tomlinson FOLL: Tom Downie, Callan Ward, Tommy Bugg I/C : Jake Barrett, Toby Greene, Jacob Townsend, Nathan Wilson EMG: Paul Ahern, Rory Lobb, Jack Steele IN: Jake Barrett, Jacob Townsend OUT: Stephen Coniglio (hamstring), Ryan Griffen (knee), NEW: Jake Barrett (19, NSW/ACT Rams)