Mazer Rackham

No he's not. We run things in this town now. Get [censored] Judd!

So now we can play without looking over our shoulder all the time. No weight of expectation. Will be very interesting to see how we tackle GWS without being mentally haunted. The floodgates may be opening. There are some teams there and abouts that we owe something to. Geelong. Collingwood. Sydney. Hawks. The guys will look forward to meeting any of them. GO DEMONS

Mobile with tank, very good reader of the play, good vision, good decision maker, lightning hands, decent field kick, mediocre kick for goal. No brainer that he's a mobile CHF and not a stay at home FF, which does not play to his strengths, and leaves him vulnerable to monstering by at least 1 and usually 2 gorilla minders. He gets no protection from the umps (possibly because he whinges to them so much). Still hasn't really clicked in this team. Hasn't hit top gear yet. Will be something to behold when/if he does.

The results are drawn along with OzLotto

This is where Goodwin shows what his strength is as a coach. He's shown faith in and got return from Harmes, Hannan, Oscar, Joel Smith. Other coaches might have marked the cards already of Salem, Smith J, ANB, Kent. Even JKH who looked finished was given a chance to shine, and by crikey he nearly did. Onya Goody, and GO DEMONS

The captain. Twelve long years. Pride, relief, anticipation all in one. A picture tells a thousand words.

The MFC, you mean? Too right.

"Surely" and "MRP" are two things that don't go together

Of course you're a bit mentally unstable. We're all shell shocked and not quite ourselves.

When we missed in 2000 I got such a reaction I thought my marriage was over. Some people just don't understand. Fortunately still going strong.

Now we've actually done it and got the monkey off our back ... flayed it, skinned it, deep fried it and made it into dim sims ... more great things are in store.

Any other time I'd be happy to see that. But I'm in a good mood so I'll cut EFC a break.

No, no tears. But when they hit the front, it felt fairly familiar. When Kent was lining up, I was saying Kenter, you can be a hero if you put this through ... go Kenter.... GO KENTER!!!!! GO DEMONS!!!!!!!!! My ceiling has holes in it. But no tears. Too old and grizzled for tears.

Okay, THAT was the omen we were waiting for! Hope your kid is having a f**king great time right now. Out in the back yard playing the grand final as Max.

No, we need to keep Jesse at Casey as a backup for Pedo. Pedo can't play 5 games a year forever, you know.

That's why it means something. That's why we're here. Go Demons!!!

Still not sure that really happened. Did that really happen? Go Demons!!!

YES DEMONS NEVER IN DOUBT Oh thank god!! GO DEMONS

Plus ça change, plus c'est la f*ckup

Another way of looking at it. How did we let those two games get to the point where one kick at the death made all the difference? Game of inches, yes. The 6 inches between the ears.

The paradox is, without Hogan as a target, there's every chance we WON'T bomb it in

What the .... we need all the skill we can possibly get our hands on. Don't squander any of it before the game! To fulfill the power of the omen you will now need to sacrifice Skye the Paw Patrol dog on an altar made of old Swan Lager cans, Mrs Mac's pie wrappers and Rottnest Island travel brochures, using a sharpened stopper from one of Robbie Flower's old boots.

I believe he went insane and now spends his days believing that's he's a teapot. If he hears the words "Melbourne" or "Demons" he screams uncontrollably for 12 hours straight. But no one can work out why.

A faux-tough commando cosplay weekend does not necessarily lead to better performance under pressure. Specific mind training can. Bingo! That appears to be the burning issue. Any Joe down the street can talk about how upset they are after a harrowing rd 23 loss, but what evidence is there that they want to do something about it?

Pretty much. Tension is the great killer and becoming outcome-bound -- specifically fearing the outcome -- introduces tension. (Visualising a positive outcome can help one relax. But that's a skill in itself that has to be practised.)