BenJamin on Deesy St

@Return to Glory not a bad game yesterday. Opened the show bag from Chemist Warehouse yet?!!

1 hour ago, McQueen said:

I am Victorian mate. 

I moved here in the late 90’s and have improved the gene pool with a couple of kids.  

Weagles fans aside (!!), you could do worse than settle in Perth. Was my fifth time there (first for footy), although unfortunately didn’t get out of East Perth this time. It’s always so bloody sunny and bright. I really like Freo, done some scuba diving off Rottnest and have stayed in Joondalup before and enjoyed that side of town too. Will be back!

Big shout out to the Western Demons and the MFC for organising this event on the banks of the Swan River at relatively short notice - was undoubtedly the highlight of the day, indeed trip, for us.

We loved hearing from Todd Viney, brought a tear to my eye, and some nice memories from ‘87. He bleeds red and blue. All Dees’ fans were in a buoyant mood. We met some lovely people, really dedicated to the cause, had a kick of the footy on the grass, won some cash in some moneyboard game. Things were looking good. Walking together to the stadium - towards a sea of blue and yellow - was daunting but uplifting too. 

Pity about the [censored] game, our tired and inept performance and those rabid and deafening Eagles’ fans in the cauldron. Having to endure more than two hours of their relentless din of whinge and entitlement, as well as the incessant arrogance and gloating in the rows behind us (at one stage, I was told by an elderly gentleman I was a “[censored] idiot” for daring to suggest that Nicholls was not wearing a Melbourne jersey - this was when free kick count was 12-5 in Eagles’ favour) was torture, pure and simple. And then to cap it off, after the siren, listening/watching them chant “MCG, MCG, MCG” and then sing (in every conceivable key imaginable) and dance to Daddy Cool’s Eagle Rock for what seemed like an eternity . . . [censored], now I’m whinging.

Was hoping to ride a wave of euphoria back to Melb, but instead got dumped unceremoniously (and with a three grand credit card bill) in Perth. It’s just [censored].

Why the hell not (will deal with the acute credit card pain of this trip in a - hopefully - euphoric state next month)

4 minutes ago, DaisyDeeciple said:

Almost in tears reading this thread, is incredible how much we weave the fate and fortune of the club into our own lives to mark significant and very personal events, feel very close to all of you. I will be going batsh1t crazy here in Rome. We have our daughter due next Monday and in my mind the good fortune of expecting a healthy daughter is linked to how thehr club is going. And i know how objectively stupid that sounds, I'm even reconsidering the name should we salute in the GF.

The name Clarrie Olivia has a certain ring to it! All the best for next week - exciting and life-changing on all fronts

7 minutes ago, Danelska said:

you've been doing the last 8 years sober?  masochist

Damn right!!

(I do like a beer, don’t get me wrong, but haven’t indulged at Melb games since taking the kids there.)

High up in the stands of Optus Stadium, I will shed a tear and hug - as if my life depended on it - my 8 year old daughter, who in her lifetime has almost single-handedly re-kindled my enthusiasm/interest in footy and love of MFC, and treat myself (and my brother) to my first beer at a Melb game in 8 years.

14 hours ago, Woodpeckerlips said:

Sitting in block 511 anyone close by?

2 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

I'm in ROW 3 and will be wearing a jumper with number 18 on it. Make yourself known if you so wish. We will be getting rowdy and raising hell. 

Hi WPL and L36, we three will be in row 19 - scarves (and beanies if we can stand the heat) will be our garb!

On 9/17/2018 at 2:26 PM, Leoncelli_36 said:

We are in 511 row 3.  4 of us coming. At least we won’t be alone 

Good stuff - that makes at least 7 of us in 511! You’ll hear our roars and screams after every goal, and ”oooss” and “aaahss” after every Clarry pick up and handball. Throw in a bit of “Weeeeeeeeeeiiiiid” and I think you’ll know soon enough who the three nutters up the back are!

We got through. 511 for us. Can’t bloody wait!

We’ll be there, as criminally expensive as it is. Have been swept up in this wave, 54 years in the making, and am powerless in getting off it now. 

11 hours ago, homsar said:

The problem is I have the "exclusive" membership - which is just a scarf and a calendar essentially. I believe the "premium" one is required (this costs ~200 extra, and until now has had no use) to get access to finals tickets.

Yes, you might be right about that, sorry. The premium option gives you priority access to finals’ tickets.

34 minutes ago, homsar said:

Does anybody know a way to get a ticket to the prelim IF we do make it?

My situation is that I am an MCC member, and pay the extra $90 for the MFC membership on top - which includes no game day access, so I assume I won't have access to any finals tickets IF we make it.

Spoke to MFC Membership Services today about all this (and why not!!). There’ll be a pre-general-admission opportunity for WCE and Melb/Haw club members to get tix, through Ticketmaster (thank Christ), most probably on Mon 17 Sept between 9am-1pm.

From what they were saying, it sounds like the amount of tix offered, in the first instance, to both the home and away club members will be the same - that’s promising if you are an MFC member and you intend to go. Re travel packages if you’re that way inclined, MFC won’t be doing them, but there will be some packages (tix and travel/accom or just travel/accom) available through AFL Travel.

Needless to say, if the Dees get up this Fri as I think we should, Perth here we come, by hook or by crook!!

1 hour ago, TGR said:

Have a look at his first marking effort on the southern stand wing.  Not setting physical examples despite the 'leadership' mantra.

His kickout in the 3rd should have cost us a goal too.

 

 

Even when Geelong were coming in parts of the last, he gave Kelly a bit too much room.

 

 

We were a 13 goal better side tonight.  Their entries were small, slow and indirect.  You can applaud him on tonight.  A good footy mind wouldn't.

 

More crap

Well, that was cathartic 

We owe the Cats. Last two losses down at Kardinia Park (111 and Zach T) reduced my eldest daughter to convulsive fits of despair and snot after the final siren. She used my shoulder and my 1980s hand-knitted scarf (marked with my own tears from 1987) as a hanky each time - it’s still intact and will be worn with pride this Fri night.

Anyway, what a difference a few weeks make. Here she is running out with the boys for the GWS game last week, with all ahead of her and the team. Great photo full of hope, joy and purpose, from article here: http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-09-04/finals-experience-no-issue-lewis

Go Demons!!!

17 minutes ago, Wolfturdo said:

That’s crap. 

2 hours ago, TGR said:

Incorrect.  His milestone game against the crows was relatively brilliant.

 

On land and ology, we have tended to laud players who play well when it doesn't count or when the victory is relatively easy.  He hasn't played well at all in most of our losses for mine.  Lets see what happens on the wide expanses of the G, against the best teams, when the stakes are highest.  Surely, they will play through his opponent and/or drag him up and beat him home.  If he is an on-field liability in the next stanza, his experience counts for nothing.

If he plays well in the next 1 (or more) finals, I will be happy to admit I was wrong.

If he doesn't, then the simpletons will quickly forget the email and other feel-good rhetoric.  There is a fine-line between the importance of Jordan Lewis, and the impotence of Jordan Lewis.

Keep changing the goal posts, TGR. You wrote him off barely halfway through his first year at the club. He’s already proven you wrong. 

Logged in at 9am through Ticketek app and got this error image for 20 mins. Been waiting in queue since. Farcical.

28 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Every finals team will fear playing Melbourne. We have some weapons, unpredictability, game breakers and match winners, we have hardness, multiple scoring options, momentum and nothing to lose.

Go Dees.

 

Great to see you’re believing, Jnr. Not wanting to show you up here but I remember saying something similar (about most teams fearing us) after Round 2 this year and your response at the time was, “Comedy gold”. 

Agree with you that this team has all the attributes you say it has. And probably like you, I can’t bloody wait to have another crack at Geelong - got some unfinished business with them, and some painful memories (going back many years) to ease, if not erase.

Well, thank you, Jordan, for another typically solid season (in a long line of solid seasons), this time as the general down back, whose importance grew the longer the year went on in Lever’s absence.

21 games, averaging 23 touches, designated kicker (with Salem and Vince) from opposition points, an absolutely cracking 300th in Adelaide with all to play for, slick hands, cool head, steely character, club spokesperson, exceptional leader - and I stress that last point. The bond between him, Jones and Gawn - and his influence on those guys and the playing group as a whole - is clear for all to see. From Oliver: “When he says something, you do it.”

One thing I’ve learnt over many years, both as a participant and spectator, is to write off champions at your peril, especially those as proud and competitive as Lewis. Two good years for the Dees should not come as any great surprise. Who’s to say he can’t be just as effective next year?

Well played, Jordan, and looking forward to your September contribution in the red and the blue!

Big shout out to the MFC for embracing and rewarding their members this week. My 8-year old won the ‘Junior Mascot experience’ for today’s game. She’ll be running out with the boys, through the banner! Asked who she’d like to run out with (they get a choice), she said without hesitation, “Clarry, and if not him, Max.” She knows her footy! Great reward for a dedicated young Demon.

3 hours ago, willmoy said:

Lets see a picture of your group from the kinder, then

Looks like my attempt at humour has fallen flat. Ah well. From memory, the line “all those in favour say aye” pops up in a few Simpsons’ episodes (going on strike, monorail etc), hence my response. But I think I might have picked the wrong image/episode here in trying to convey my overwhelming support of extending Goodwin’s contract.

56 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

Let's give Goody 3 more years and be done with it !! All those in favour say aye.

One for the believers. 

Fantastic post-match interview with Nathan Jones here: http://m.melbournefc.com.au/video/2018-08-19/rd-22-nathan-jones-postmatch

Talks about dealing with what must have been a crippling weight of expectations over a 12 year period, and how he has grown as a leader, learning more about himself and footy over the last 2 years than ever before.

Dees’ fans, time to cast aside the veil of negativity for good, and start believing.

The funny thing is (and the line that will be trotted out), if we beat the Swannies this week, we still wouldn’t have beaten a team in the top 8 - as they will have dropped out!