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it's hard to be positive when you finish the year with two really bad losses. It has been a strange year with Dunn & Garland, two of our stalwart defenders no longer able to get a game, Dawes & Lumumba falling by the wayside through injury. looking back it has been a watershed year with the changing of the guard. The kids have shown that they can play AFL footy, we won 10 were very close on another 4-5 times. Nat Jones, Bernie Vince, Jack Viney & Big Max were all showing signs of wear and tear after the PA game in Adelaide. We broke a few more hoo dood's, in games that count. We have a talented list of young players that Can Play AFL, they will continue to grow and improve. Our leaders will lick their wounds and come back stronger than before and we will break some more hoo doo's next year and beat more teams that we have struggled to compete against in the past, we could be playing Finals if this team lives up to expectations, it could be a second coming of our '87 & '98 teams who possessed both the talent and the belief. We need the FD to bring in another 3-4 players that can improve our overall list for an extended run of Finals Footy, hopefully culminating in a FLAG!!! GO DEE's!!!

Well done MFC FD, with another pre-season will come confidence in his own body, we already know that he has a strong mind and the sort of qualities that can only help to speed up the growth of our very young and talented group. Good on you FD and Good on you Jack!! - Go Dee's!!!

Well done Jack Fitzpatrick, you always looked like you had potential, just couldn't get it all together at Dees lets hope that you have a better run with the Hawks!!!

I agree with you all we are a better team with Cam in than we are with him out of the side. He deserves another year and when you take a closer look he hasn't played that much footy, so his body should hold up . On another note , I was very happy for Jack Fitzpatrick today, we should have kept him.!!!!

6- Tmac 5- Salem 4- Brayshaw 3- Omac 2- Hunt 1- Frost

I concur with a lot of the Posters on Demonland what a really crap way to end a half decent year. Thank you Paul Roos you have shown us what we are capable off, unfortunately the kids are cooked and so are we supporters. GO Casey!!!

My daughter and I were sitting in almost the same seats as the Essendon game in the Ponsford Stand, you could tell in the first five minutes that the Blue baggers were playing us in the same manner as the Bombers and Saints, hard at us in the middle, nullifying Gawn and putting our mid's on the back foot. They were clean with their hands and kicked to moving targets. They scored easier goals and showed up our inexperience around the ground, they received the free kicks that they should have received and we did not. later in the game we had the opportunities to peg them back but continued to hit up their back men (standing by themselves in our forward line??) or kicked point after point after point. It was difficult to watch after coming off our best month of Footy in almost ten years. It was an insipid display for A TEAM THAT HAD A "SNIFF". I Love the Dee's but found this Defeat very difficult to accept. Go Dee's!!!!

6- Jetta 5- Tmac 4- Hunt 3- Omac 2- Hogan 1- Gawn

What a great endorsement by one of his former premiership players, beautifully written and with memorable insights into how he went about his craft. We got a Beaty in Roos'y. Lets hope a fair bit rubs off on his MFC players and protege. GO DEE'S!!!!

Thanks for the updates KC greatly appreciated. - Go Scorps!!!

Ha ha but aren't they contracted??? I think that I will just nod off again..Sigh!!!

Call me crazy but I am glad Hurley stayed, another overpaid under performer could damage the "chemistry" that we have going with the two Mac's and Frost. More to lose than gain in my opinion and if Hibberd is keen to come over who's spot does he take??

Thanks KC and all posters another great win for the club and the players. Go Scorp's!!! go Dee's. two great weekends in a row can we take the pressure, Wahoooooooooooooooooo!!!

6 - Gawn 5 - Vince 4 - Tyson 3 - Jetta 2 - T Mac 1 - O Mac apologies - Hunt, Brayshaw & Bugg.

Loved his game last night, the two Mac's took 19 marks between them. So rapt that they re- signed for another 2 years. Go Oscar!!!!

I feel your pain WJ & BBO I am still flying high from Saturday and talk about Ground Hog Day I keep watching the last 12 minutes of the last quarter..... sheer delight!!! I also haven't got my head around the Port Game yet and judging from this thread neither have a lot of other Demonland Posters. how good was Watts in those last critical minutes, you have to love Jack. Go Dee's !!!!

Those stats are awesome, Max's continuing rise in the AFL's ranks and his chemistry within the mid field group has created a real advantage for us at stoppages and centre clearances and we now have the mid's to be able to utilise that dominance to really hurt the opposition. GO MAX - GO DEE's!!!

Thanks Akum you have summed up the importance of this game, I agree it has defined our season and set the bar for the future. You just had to listen to Roo's, Jones and Watts they all shared that same feeling, well done - GO DEE's!!

This win is the one that we all Craved so much, edging out the win against the Cats last year down there when Max came of age, he is such a dynamic force. I don't know what the fitness team did this week but the whole team were running on top of the grass for a full four quarters and finished all over the Top Team!!! watching Oliver on the wing surrounded by hawks pick the ball up one handed and hand ball to a team mate was inspirational are his hands really that big? What a Game to debut in and kick two goals to boot, I loved every minute of that game and have re-watched it again today, it was epic and now they all know what they are capable off, led by Captain Courageous and Max the Gigantor, every player did their bit for the team. It was our best Team Win that I can remember and we all got the chance to be there and Share in the spoils, singing madly, clapping feverishly and Booing those dumb one eyed clowns umpiring the game - Even they could not rain on our Big Day Out at the G. GO You Mighty DEE's!!!

Thanks Angry and all posters, this has topped off our day, I loved every minute at the G and every morsel here on DLand. Go Scorps!!! Go Dee's I am delirious!!!!

Well done Sam great start to your AFL career, can mark & kick. go Dee's!!!!

Good luck Sam whatever happens on Saturday it will be great to see you run out in the Red and Blue. I imagine that there will be a lot of gut wrenching at the Pies!! Go Sam, Go Dee's!!!

I agree with most of what has been discussed here and summed up quite succinctly. I also felt less uneasy as time has gone by, Goodwin has tasted the ultimate success as a player and Captained a successful side. It will be quite exciting to see him put his brand of footy out on the park. Thank you all for summing it up so well for the rest of us. GO DEE's!!! ps(only disagreed with Gillard doing well bit) ha ha!!

I also like your sentiments Biffen but I crave a win over this mob even more than the saints, they have tortured us for years, just cannot see us applying our best pressure for four quarters and that is the only way that I can see us beating them. Unless of course we took full advantage of big Max's dominance in the ruck and actually scored some easy goals out of the middle ala Petracca and VB. I want it to still be up for grabs at the 20 minute mark of the last quarter. Also just on Pedo wasn't it blowing a gale out at Pirahna park?? GO DEE's