Deemented Are Go!

6 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Too cutesy manga-ish for him I reckon.

 

oh WCW replied whilst I was typing 😄

Yeah not his style, ay. I might harass him on Insta to make one - I want a matching one! 

14 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

They’re by an artist (and crazy Dees diehard) who is selling them on his website. I’ve already ordered one as well as the same design on a T-shirt. (LOVE that Demon gal). I was gonna post about them yesterday but I thought there might be an issue advertising non-AFL licensed merch. I don’t want Andy @Demonlandto have to deal with potential problems. 

Is it Hingrito? 

Does anyone know if there’s going to be any premiership merch available? 
Most specifically, a team poster? My kids rightfully pointed out they’ll need a girls poster to match the boys! 
 

Wowee what a day! 
Just got the kids to sleep, they were still buzzing, as am I. 
What an amazing effort by our girls. I was as glum as could be at Q time, they were all over us. But we dug in with absolute resilience and determination, matching and bettering the Brions’ pressure game. An absolute slog. 
At the start of the last, I was a pacing nervous wreck when one of my girls said “relax, dad, we’re going to win”. I offered her top dollar for her magical crystal ball at the end! And talk about emotional reward for investment, I was a blubbering mess of tears watching Daisy make that raw post game interview! 
So proud of this group. And of the wider AFLW for empowering girls and women through our great game. The comp is as old as my twin girls, and as I watch both grow, I feel so grateful they have these female role models to look up to. 

And at the risk of being ungracious, can I just say a big ‘SUCKED IN’ to the AFL(W) hierarchy and the wider football media. 
Everyone had this game already won by the Brions , creating a narrative they are the unbeatable darlings and making a bloody shamozzle out of every aspect of organising this GF, putting us under every imaginable disadvantage. 
And we went up there and [censored] did it despite everything! Get a dog up yas! 
GO YOU MIGHTY DEMONS

❤️💙🏆❤️💙

Just decorated the lounge room with the kids. Nerves are jangling, excitement is rising. We are the underdogs with every possible disadvantage, a victory today would be nothing short of remarkable. 
CARNADEEGRRRRLS! 

Wowee, what a day! 
The kids and I arrived at the ground and were welcomed towards the great club activations at the gates: girls got their face painted, spun the wheel and won prizes and got to record a little motivational message for the players. They seemed annoyed when I suggested we go get some seats and watch a footy game, they were having too much fun. 
Scored a nice spot on the wing, slightly under cover, next to a group of girls who were good mates with Tyla Hanks and happened to be primary school teachers - very handy with taking some heat from 2 x 7yos prone to incessant question asking during a football match. 
The game itself was a turgid affair riddled with frustratingly poor kicking on our behalf; Norf had a real dig. We can thank our defence yet again. It was great how we withstood their barrage of inside 50s but jeez, we should have been a few goals down at 3q time. Then, that Daisy goal. Like a divine hand grabbed that ball on the sky an guided it on the wind through the big sticks. The crowd went completely [censored] nuts. Was good energy today. 
Then the kids and I muscled our way to the fence hoping for a high five or autograph. Then we watched Tyla Hanks, as though in slow motion, make a beeline for my girls and handed them the signed footy! (Maybe her teacher mates gave her a tip off) Onya Hanksie! Also got autographs from Kate Hore and Fitzy! The girls were utterly starstuck 😍. 
Then 3x scarves out the car windows with Grand Old Flag at HIGH volume out of the forth, all the way home. 

Now onto the Grand Final at Isotopes Stadium. 

Go you mighty [censored] Dees girls. You’re winning a lot of hearts, young and old.

 ❤️💙
 

My 7yo girls already had their Dees jumpers on when I woke up this morning. This household is freakin PUMPED! 
 

CARNAFKKNDEEGRRRRRRLS!! ❤️💙

Crows are cooked 

Devil’s advocate : 

Brisbane finished top and earned the right to a home GF if they make it. With the Gabba and Metricon unavailable, they’ve lobbied hard for the next best option in their home state. 
If the same scenario was applied to MFC, where the G and Marvel were unavailable, I would expect our club to also lobby hard for the next best option and keep the GF in our state. 
Springfield is a ****ty inadequate venue and it sucks for the spectacle of AFLW, but it’s the Lion’s prerogative. 
Go Crows. 
CARNA****INDEEEEEEGRRRRLS! 

2 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

Layzie, your work inspired me (well I actually plagiarised your good work ‘cause I’m also lazy):

There once was a lad named Luke,

Whose talents were certainly no fluke

We asked him to stay

But he left anyway

His departure made us all want to puke.

Oi! Pretty close to mine from 17 hours ago! 🙃

We used to have a player called Luke,

Who's natural talent isn't a fluke,

He helped us out to finally break the drought,

But to see him in purple makes me puke 

45 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

… and ended up where we were sitting! That was nuts!!! Banno’s a machine.

What an awesome match that was! (Let’s just pretend the first quarter never happened 🙃) Absolutely scintillating. They’ve got some solid, big-bodied players but were no match for our slick skills. Some of those pinpoint passes were (chef’s kiss).

PS Chelsea who?

Apparently she’s sporting quite the shiner. Diddums. Hashtag think twice before you bully our girls.

And now a nice break for our players and… look out every one else. We’re bringing it! ❤️💙

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!!!

 

Watching the replay , it was a bloody physical game, lots of biffo. They tried it on and we gave it back twice as hard. 

27 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Anyone know what the attendance figure was tonight?

2555

29 minutes ago, dl4e said:

Great win. We played Adelaide really well at their physical game. There wee a few moments I really enjoyed tonite. Bannons run in the 2nd was delirious. How many times will you see a mens player get on a run like that. Practically never. 

Purcell I thaught was our best player and I love West going in for the footy like a bull in a chook shed. Apart from their pumped up start I thaught our backline players were excellent. Gay, Birch and Gillard were great all night.

That Bannon run started right in front of where we were sitting, she vanished into the night like speedy [censored] Gonzales, it was INSANE 

Just got home from the game. 
Wonderful fight back by the girls after a horror start; by halftime we had the game looking like a ‘Melbourne game’ and went on from there. 
Went total fan boi post game and got a bunch of players autographs for my kids. 😍🤩

And somehow ended up having a chat with Kate Roffey - very nice lady. Asked me questions about my support for the Dees, etc and was genuinely engaged, no bull[censored]. When I congratulated her on helping bring success to the club, she said ‘we’re nowhere near done with yet, these girls need a flag next’. Then she stood in that race and embraced every single player coming off the field; they ran to her. Now that’s true leadership right there. 
 

Onto the prelim. 
CARNADEEGRRRRLS!!! 😍❤️💙

13 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Look who’s playing her 50th tomorrow!

LOL someone suggested we all tuck our jumpers into our pants tomorrow night as an homage to Eden. Everyone laughed, me included. Outwardly that is. On the inside I was thinking only if you put a gun to my head. 😑

Hashtag Harry Highpants is NEVER a good look. Ever. 

How dare you mock high pants!  😤

Does anyone know if tickets are available at the gate or pre-booked only? 
 

Did anyone else hear the rumour mentioned on this week’s AFLW Dee Brief poddy that the GF will be played at Docklands regardless of who makes it? 

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Yeah, while crepe paper is flimsy, packing tape is certainly not. We always leave the middle third of the bottom two rows of the banner tape-free for the players to run through without incident. But on Sunday the banner was so hard to keep upright that the angle of it meant the players were running through the (reinforced) taped section. It could’ve ended badly.

Should the cheer squad / team then consider abandoning the banner run through in such conditions? Imagine if there was a pre-game injury 😳

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 

I’m kinda glad I didn’t arrive in time to join banner crew. Not sure I could’ve kept my [censored] together when this happened…

 

 

My buddy M ended up on his ar*se and while he didn’t make an ar*se of himself (see what I did there!) I know for a fact had that’ve been me, it would’ve been in the most ungraceful and embarrassing fashion…

 

Proud af to see my Irish flag waving throughout the match and despite that gale force Casey wind, not becoming uprooted…

It looked like the players were really struggling to get through the banner without getting clotheslined. Almost looked dangerous! 

Just finished watching. Outstanding performance in those blustery conditions - no@WalkingCivilWar, no banner! 
Agree with others on the Essendon gronk near the broadcast mic and Underwood needs to stick with Offsiders where there’s an auto cue. 
CARNYOUMIGHTYDEEGRRRRLS! 

Ratten was a Hawthorn assistant coach for 4 of the 8 years currently under the review. Might have been involved in some nasty decision making. Maybe STK board have done this pre-emptive to the review findings.

Reading this thread whilst my young kids play in the background.

I just heard one say "I'll trade you $1 for $8" to which the other agreed! 

Simple.

Pick 27 for Grundy - get it done Dees.

5 minutes ago, A F said:

My old man just messaged me to say apparently Peter Wright has requested to be traded and that we're interested.

Has anyone heard this or has the old fella gone off the deep end?

1 minute ago, Demon Disciple said:

Haven’t heard anything about this myself?

It was a fake Mitch Cleary Twitter account - hoax 

52 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Top post Red and I agree entirely. Essendrug arrogance of the highest order.

I would also add that not only was it a "waste of time" for the applicants (and committee members) but also grossly insulting to both.

47 minutes ago, layzie said:

The Bombers have a history of this. Even back when they went through the whole process only to appoint Knights who was in the next room as VFL coach. 

Pitiful and makes me sick. 

To be fair, they were in discussions with B Scott for 3 weeks apparently. 
But Essendon are still are weird, horribly fascinating ****show.