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Imma let you finish Goody

Engagement parties are certainly overrated as well! It’s not the 80’s anymore 😂

Sometimes it’s the big things that make the hole as well take my backside for example

Clarry is signed until the end of ‘23. Hopefully we have a large chunk of money reserved for a 5 year deal for him

If the bars and food outlets aren’t open I won’t be going that’s for sure

oh right, thats good! With good weather I reckon we'd get more than 40K but who knows.

Geelong came 2nd in 2010 with 17 wins. Still had a massive group of talented players

Nice work mate. Got some talent

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1031651/celebrating-together-dees-confirm-premiership-event Celebrating together: Dees confirm premiership event

man that's early, I was expecting a 3-6 type thing. only 40K attending. pity folks will have to miss out

I don’t think the Tigers will even make the finals. They had an amazing 4 years and could have easily won all 4 flags if not for Mason Cox pulling that prelim out of his backside. Dynasty teams rarely recover after their 3-4 years at the pinnacle. Their best players are old, they can’t rely on their pressing game anymore as their defence is weak. They’re done

No worries. This thread is about guessing/ predicting our fortunes in 2022, if you’re not up for that, that’s cool

Yep important to have a Lever, Viney and guys like that. not to mention the motivation of hopefully winning one with Tomlinson, Hunt, Jordon etc in the 22

What an unbelievable midfield! One flag certainly underperforming. Not sure how bucks screwed that up. Wanted to fix the culture. Lol. Look at them now

Good reasoning. Although you mention it will be a challenge that there are many teams that can make the 8, I think conversely there are no great teams to challenge for the flag, like the Cats and Hawks/Swans of years gone by. The only part I would disagree with is your assessment of the Hawks, they had a very good team in 2008. They came 2nd on the ladder and won 17 games (same as us this year). They came 5th the year before so I don't think it was the surprise people say. Them underperforming the next 2 years was startling and almost got Clarko sacked. Perhaps the surprise in 2008 was that the Cats were that good in 2008 so they seemed unbeatable.

A flag hangover in my mind is a team has had it's sights set on a single goal for years and then reaches it. Like the dogs on 2016, perhaps party too much and lose focus. It is completely natural to feel a massive release after achieving your goal. Everyone would then react differently to this - some would be spurred on even more, some feel a sense of satisfaction and maybe unconsciously ease off the intensity. Do you feel winning the flag will have a positive or negative impact on our season in 2022?

Dunstall called it the best game he has ever seen by a ruckman. This was a few days after the game and he was completely serous. Truly remarkable. No coincidence the players played with such freedom and confidence in the GF. he sets the tone. Absolute masterstroke making him captain, look an obvious call now, but not in 2019 imo

I know we are filled with confidence at the moment and perhaps wondering how many more flags our team will deliver in the next few years. I am curious however, as to how the team will cope with the expectation, pressure and hunger issues now that the curse has been lifted. We will of course face some adversity like key injuries, downturns in form, however our list is in excellent nick and all the pieces seem to be there. It is difficult to predict, we missed finals the last 2 years, yet we seemed unbeatable in finals this year. I looked to some recent examples of teams struggling to back it up to see if there are any parallels. 1. Hawthorn Won flag in 2008, missed finals in 2009 and came 7th 2010. People say they were too young and that is correct to a degree. They did have Mitchell 26, Hodge and Sewell 24, etc. They needed more talent and more years in Buddy, Roughy etc. However I dont think anyone would have predicted they would miss finals and scrape in the next year after their flag. Hawks finished 5th in 2007 and 2nd in 2008 so their trajectory was on the up. 2. Collingwood won in 2010 (GF in 2011, then declined) - obviously not a hangover as such but worth a look as they were talked about as having the best young list in years and we all wondered how many flags would they get out of their list (similar to us now?). Luckily Buckley came in and took care of the rest. 3. Bulldogs flag in 2016 - missed finals next 2 years, didn't win a final again until 2021. A bit like the Hawks were a young side but the next 4 years people would not have predicted. I reckon they are the best example of a hangover and we need to avoid this obviously. There are examples of successful eras obviously so let's hope you track like the Tigers. I would not be surprised if we have a few shaky moments early in 2022 and lose a few early games. Hopefully us supporters don't lose our heads, we will settle and do well I think. The priority for us over the offseason should be the players mentality. Have a break, enjoy it. Then come back and train even harder than before. If our mindset slips even a little we will fall hard. This is easier said than done as a release of pressure/intensity is completely normal and unavoidable after a drought break. You need to acknowledge it and deal with it. Anyone think we are a chance of a flag hangover, however big or small?

Wrong. It is proven that vaccinated people transmit the virus less, resulting in less people in hospital and dead. Also, once we reduce the transmission significantly and have everyone vaccinated, we can attempt to eradicate the disease like we did with polio etc. much harder with covid but its the only way. So if you chose to not get vaccinated, you are impacting us all including your own family. Hopefully you and yours do not get sick and end up in hospital.

Reckon we could ask the Bont to attend to re-enact his 3rd Q goal and celebration?? 😂

Would be very interesting to be listen into the talks the club would be having with the Vic government regarding crowd size. I understand we do not want to make any promises we can't keep if somehow things don't work out as we hope for lessened restrictions. All going well, we will hit 90% double dose in a week and then we should make an announcement for 50K at the G or whatever they decide. should be interesting practice run for boxing day, there will be a lot of interest in the crowd and logistics Keep the afternoon of the 5th Free folks! it will be epic!

Liam Jones is a fool. And a selfish one at that. If you don’t want to protect yourself at least do it for your family and the community. if there were mitigating factors I am sure he would have mentioned them.

Nothing happy about another season without seeing the boys play when it matters

They have broken the mould and proven it’s possible to stay top 4, 10 years after their dominant period 2007-2011. However they have only one GF in that 10 years in a heavily compromised season. so I would say it is possible to stay in finals without the draft but not possible to win flags or have periods of domination. If Geelong couldn’t do it with their list, I don’t think anyone can. I think they are proving that flags are not possible without the draft. luckily, our club still value the draft and I hope they continue to

The Clubs 4th best coach in 150 odd years? Not bad. Give him a few more years