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shocked and devastated at the news, hopefully he lives a long and peaceful life.

angry at the injustice of how we ended up here.

he needs a development role asap, need to harness the "energy" this situation will generate. his selflessness cannot be lost.

longer term, this could be very interesting from a salary cap point of view. we could keep more stars for longer or maybe even poach a star to keep our window open for longer. the spreadsheet staff will be having a field day!

been brewing for a few weeks.
havent been out of 2nd/3rd gear, lots of turnovers in the forward half and garbage going inside 50.

finally play a team that can challenge us and we get smacked.

not the end of the world, only finals matter, but they better start improving soon

dockers inaccuracy keeping us in it for now .. so many turn overs in the middle of the ground killing us.

dockers looking good so far, cant afford to be super inaccurate today

1 hour ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Prevention better than cure i reckon Q.

And no better week to pull out the conservative card than this week against Norf eh

For sure! Hopefully everything with the fitness program is all good and we don’t have any mass disasters!

No one concerned we have two “hammys” at once, with a new fitness guy at the helm? Something to think about for sure 

Like many, i have day dreamed the moment where you knew the game was over and when the song played after the final siren. if i was an actor and needed to cry, id just think of these moments 😂

it goes back to when i was a kid when leigh matthews got to the boundary from the box in the 1990 GF and did the fist pump. 

When Fristch kicked the 2nd goal on the 4th, that moment happened for me. i had a meltdown. a lifetime of day dreaming came true.

the rest was a blur. still cant believe it - feels like the world has blended into an alternate reality with my dreams.

did anyone work out what the variant editions are? doesnt have any info, price just changes. weird.

GF votes should be weighted to be 1.5 or 2.0x for the very reason most people stated.

this is the definition of a bureaucrat award.

44 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Herald Sun (Good Friday) posters sold off in limited edition run 

only the generic $4 posters available 

best to get from the selected newsagents or Woolworths 

Go Dees 🏆 2021

the foil version going for 500-1000 on ebay, yikes.

I feel really calm so far, but this afternoon I will be a wreck and when they run out ill start crying with nerves.

They are the better team, are more united and want to win it more than the dogs - i think they get it done.

if the unthinkable does happen and i grab one of these from the newsagents, will they think im weird when i burst into tears when they hand it to me?

means a lot. its hard to make the GF, harder to win it. some of the best players of their era never won a flag for whatever reason.

the fact that your passion and emotion makes no difference each year, only the team can achieve success.

to have so many years of bad luck, lack of passion, ineptitude etc from either players or staff made being a supporter hard. especially as basically every other team has tasted success and just about everyone you know has experienced that winning feeling .. i could only dream about it. even richmond, ninthmond, won a bloody premiership, its just so cruel.

for this team to join the list of premiership sides would be an amazing feeling and i would honestly feel like i have joined a special "club" that goes back over 100 years.

its interesting considering he was on the trade table with his best, apparently, behind him.

hopefully took less coin to retain younger players, with the opportunity of future glory the main prize.

I am as pessimistic as they come, but im not really "worried" about this game.

I believe we want it more than any other team, are bonded and play for each other more than any other team, and if we bring the "220+ pressure" which is almost a certainty, then the odds are significantly in our favour. 

9 minutes ago, Pates said:

It was interesting seeing the doggies all down some pints after the game last week to get to the GF, I’m not sure if we did the same (someone can maybe she’d light on this) but it kind of looked like they were already celebrating as if they’d won it. I’m hoping they’re getting their heads nice and big, our boys sound focused and I’m happy with that. 

Just on a different topic, I’m not sure if people mentioned it in the game thread last week but it was really interesting to see the cats players lining up disconnected, while we linked arm in arm. I wasn’t sure if it was a choice by the cats leaders or whether it just happened but it definitely looked like our players were with each other while the cats looked like how they lost, as individuals. 

even my unfamiliar with AFL family members watching the PF could tell how close the team was, they would run through walls for each other and played with incredible passion. 18PF was irrelevant. I dont think any other team can match this. Their will and pressure can outlast the dogs.

i re-watched the last Q of the R19 game. Dogs got to the ball first in stoppages quite frequently, with little pressure from dees players. they quickly got the ball to the outside.

there is no chance this happens as easily/often in the GF, the pressure on the ball and outside players will be immense.

pressure, locking the ball inside 50 and accuracy are the key areas to winning (which is probably obvious).

26 minutes ago, DeesFlag2020 said:

Our rucks are substantially better than their and we can match them in the mid field. It will be close all day but l predict we will overwhelm them in the final quarter. Go Dees!

in the two matches this year Dees won center clearances while dogs won stoppage. it is likely we would win center clearances again in the GF.

Personally i'd have tmac FF and weid HF. tmac is a great pack mark, and worst case can punch and get the ball to ground.

weid had some great one on one contests during the finals, so if he can get free as much as possible that would be huge.

Also Melk I would rotate between the wing and HF. he is an amazing kick inside 50, and can also find the ball around the 50 and kick goals on the run. He set up a few awesome goals with one great kick that split the Def.

Another year where the FD ticked off all their to do list - A. We have a great list, no doubting it.

rating the hogan trade itself - C+

We could have and should have walked away with a better deal for hogan, 6+11 or next years first. 23, in contract, could be one of the best forwards of his time, should have done better. We then would have had a better pick to go to the draft with.

overall - B.

hurry up 2019

I’ll join the melts.

disgraceful outcome, should have been 6+11 minimum.

not happy jan

Cmonnnn 6+ next years first.

1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

All the traders should be locked in a room with no chairs, no food, no water, no toilets and not be let out until all the deals are done.

now this is the trade tv show id watch. Only one emerges alive - and gets all the trades for their club.