BigFez

I was sucked in by the model on the Melbourne FC Facebook video (Ed Langdon) and bought the long sleeve clash strip. I do love the royal blue though.

Yikes.

How good is the Richmond thread? "We could have beaten both of these teams. Terrible grand final. Low standard, no hard footy. Dusty this Dusty that". Really hope they miss the 8 again this year.

Bravo Nathan Jones.

Spot on. Collingwood's flag team was very young and everyone predicted a long dynasty. We al saw how well that turned out. We were also very blessed with injury this year. Anything can happen next year. Everyone laughed at anyone who suggested we'd come good in 2021. 12 months is a long time in football. Having said all that I hope nobody gets near us.

Fantastic videos! Thanks for going to so much effort.

How goals did he have kicked on him since he came into the side? Couldn't have been many. Can't remember him getting outmarked too often either.

Will this event be worth the 14 day home quarantine it will likely incur?

Not being asked "when was your last premiership?" any time soon.

1 Brownlow vote is the clearest indication I have seen that the award is BS.

Might as well lock him in for the Brownlow now.

Fritsch's 4th, the almost hangar with the quick recovery. That was when I knew we weren't going to roll over.

I'm in the tag Libba camp. Some of his clearance work is unbelievable and he gets them going out of the stoppage. McRae's ball use is underrated, but if we can win the clearances hopefully we can limit their outside players' influence. I don't think Max will be able to grab it out of the ruck as often against Stef as opposed to English, who has the core strength of a new born baby. So limiting Libba's influence at the coal face will be important IMV.

I too am interested who they dogs actually have to get "physical" with Max. It's not as if they have Barry Hall or Byron Pickett running around for them. Reckon Max would just laugh at most of them and trot off to the next contest. If Stef Martin tries it, Steven May can politely remind him what happened last time he lined him up. I don't think they'll bother tbh, they'll just back their system.

What's the latest on May's hammy?

Over the last two weeks there's no contest for me. It is "We beat them in round 19 without Treloar or Dunkley". I'll spew if I hear it again.

Don’t get me started on that glorified popularity contest.

Still criminally underrated by oppo supporters. “He gets a lot of it but doesn’t hurt you”. GAGF. He’s the best in the business at the moment. That game against Adelaide was the best game I’ve ever seen anyone play. Generational talent. Hope he tears the bulldogs a new one next weekend.

I've told the missus I won't be home for a week if we win.

Apparently Burgo flogs the players around that time to make them primed for finals. Port Adelaide supporters would bang on about it regularly.

100%, but I think the R19 game isn't a good indicator of Demons footy.

I have been asked many times this year if the lid is off yet. My response has always been the same, the lid will be off after the final siren of the grand final if we happen to make it. Sticking by that, but by gee I wish I had some of your confidence. I do think the Prelim result has taken some attention away from the dogs' poor form leading up to it, scraping past a Lions team we absolutely smashed, losing their last three games of the H&A season etc. But at their best they are very good, their midfield is ridiculous. Bont, Libba, McRae, Smith, Treloar, Dunkley, Hunter. Crazy depth. I am going to be a nervous wreck by the end of next week.

Two supporter groups quietly confident. Gee they harp on about the round 19 game like it means something. We were in our Burgo-induced slump and played like garbage and still nearly beat them. Nobody is mentioning their last three rounds of the H & A season, or the fact the umpires helped them beat Brisbane by a point whereas we flogged them the week prior. Should be a ripping contest regardless, but using that game as a confidence booster is massive false hope.

Viney, Oliver or Petracca if we win. Smith, Naughton or Bont if we lose.