Red But Mostly Blue

Hypothetically, If I vommed, and some of the vom landed in the shape of demon horns - - - - is that good/bad??

Welcome!! (And thank you for the considerate nature of your thoughts in light of the lockdown(s)). Enjoy tonight, sounds like we'll be well represented over there! :-)

On a slightly different note, at this time in pretty much every other year this century (i.e. aside from 2000 and 2018, ugh) we'd still be dissecting the year and once the rage has subsided, planning/dreaming for the next year. This is quite refreshing, and definitely a different feeling to 2018. We're entering this game as favourites (which makes me sick), but at least it's off the back of a really solid, even year where we finally broke through a number of mental barriers, statistics etc. There has been a real momentum and belief that we haven't seen for a very long time. Beating Geelong 3 times in a year? Do we dare dream? We do - go Dees!

While we won some good games in 2018, we also lost a fair bit. We were shakier. Sure, we lost a few this year we shouldn't have but we always refocused and sturdied ourselves. A lot of that comes down to a MUCH better list, but also better coaches and help for Goody, and the big one - belief. There has been a shift in culture that has been decades overdue. 2018 means nothing. Win or lose (I think we will win, but if we beat the cats 3 times in a year I know not allowed to ask Santa for anything this year, other than maybe the GF?) we will continue to write this new chapter of this amazing club.

Cats back on the menu? Great, we're coming back for thirds!

Can the geriatric cats even play out 4 qtrs at this late stage of the year? Even without Tom 'the martyr' Greene out, GWS could still do the biz against them. While that is a little worrying given our loss to GWS earlier this year, we're not the same team. We're bigger, badder, uglier (think Dogga's tooth, grrr). Relentless. TL;DR - don't care who we play, it'll just be a stat on our way to the GF.

Am I late to this, is f-l-o-g censored? Why? What else am I going to call Mathison?!

The barometer? Don't you know? He's... the... BEAST!!! (Talentless [censored])

So good! Calm, thoughtful and hits targets. He's had a great year, but reckon he's been getting better each week.

Lol Jacko's missing tooth during the song!

Great team game by the boys. Sparrow, Harmes, Gus and Jacko great. Charlie Cameron got too much room, but thankfully he'll have to take his motorbike to the semi. A well deserved rest, then we'll do the biz for a GF appearance!

Bowey, superstar in the making.

TRACCCCCC AND THAT'S GAME OVER.

Phew, Trac found the goals. His attempts so far have been wayyyy off. Important goal. Now let's seal this.

I like how Mitch Robinson wears his IQ on his back.

Hey, is that someone gonna knock out that sniper blowhard, 'the barometer'???!!!!!

... and Smith has cost us another goal. At least one of our outs will be easy.

Joel Smith is so far out of his depth. Why the hell did Cameron have that much room? Lucky daniher is, well, daniher.

Geez Rivers was good. Great work Fritta, deserves a goal.

That was a really poor quarter, but geez it would have been so different if Brown and ANB took their chances. Brown's miss was especially poor. We need to reset, and come out looking to score. Then convert our chances. Some of the guys who've been quiet need to get in this, like TMac. Cameron needs to be kept in check... I DON'T WANT TO SEE ONE DAMN MOTORBIKE IN THIS FINAL QUARTER. Let's go, Dees!

We're looking very ordinary right now. They shouldn't even be in this game. It all started with Brown's miss.

Huge Lever fan. Was always supportive of his inclusion, and the price we paid for him - even through the difficult period after he started (it's crazy to think anyone will slot into any team structure, no matter how good they are)... ... But I have to be honest, when I saw it was Lever taking that kick, I wasn't thrilled. I would have preferred almost anyone else for the final kick before the siren. But oh boy, when the ball left his boot, you knew exactly where it was going. Maxy did what he needed to do, finally buried his demons directly in front of goal (I hope!!!), but Lever made it happen and will continue to be critical in our path to success this year!

We've finally broken through. For so many years, we've been laughed at, dismissed, forgotten. Mentally fragile? Yep. Inconsistent? Hell yeah. To do this against the Cats, at their home, with some dodgy AF umpiring at the end (that deliberate call was hot garbage right after the missed call against the Cats) is HUGE. Changing of the guard. So... After 57 long years, we finish the year on top. It doesn't mean everything obviously and the stats say we won't win the flag as minor premiers, but stats and history be damned, we are no longer tied to our past failures, or our ageing legacy. This is finally a future we are building from the ground up. So proud of the boys. New rules. Here we come.

Some of the stuff was straight up disgusting. The boys started the round on top, had a bad 10-15 minutes, and we'd already been written off by some, against a potential Port next week!? Unbelievable!

They've done this to us so, so, so many times over the years. To do it in return at their ground, in the last round of the year, to secure the minor premiership? With big Maxy saving his goalkicking for after the siren! Now let's get the premiership proper! GO DEES