Red But Mostly Blue

Still holding hope for May!?

We don't need a defence if we keep kicking goals, so maybe not too big an issue haha

Hawkins got that he deserved.

Cats look rattled.

Love it.

Goals from guys we need firing tonight!

What a goal from ANB!

Honestly...

No matter what, I just want us to believe, have a real crack and play our brand of footy tonight. Give no quarter.

I would hate to lose to the cats more than anyone else, especially if Selwood gets away with some of his usual crap/one of our boys accidentally land on Hawkins' elbow, but if we lose, we know that we have changed the course of this amazing club FOREVER. This group is set up for a long time. In saying that, it's obviously a great opportunity and I think we'll win this by 29.

Heart beats true. Let's go, boys! ❤️

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Which player will kick our first goal?

I have got a couple of bucks on Dogga

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Damn

Why do i always forget to cancel my afl/ kayo sub come finals time.

I suppose i have replay access.

Same here! Haha

I'll feel a lot better about it if we win though!

2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

This just in from the Geelong Bigfooty board.

Who kicks Melbourne’s goals? Very, very poor forward line for a TOTL team. Yes their defence is stellar but our offence is a cut above AND they have not experienced the 4 Headed Monster.

Umm, I guess the same guys (and hopefully more) that kicked all those goals against them last time? 

4 headed monster? What's the inbreeding got to do with anything???!

14 minutes ago, davejemmolly said:

Currently on the train to the game.

I reckon dees supporters outweigh the cats by 10 - 1! 
 

should be a sea of red and blue there tonight. 
 

will be great for the boys to play in front of a roaring crowd for the first time in a while! 

Optus Stadium full - and not full of ferals*!!! 

*Well, I can't say that with any certainty, but at the least it's a neutral game for locals, so they won't need to bully the umps into any shambolic decisions. Plus, it's against Geelong, and I doubt there will be many non MFC supporters going for the Cats. So they're ok with me. Today.

6 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Won't matter. Like Mike Tyson said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

VERY true - looking forward to being on the right side of that Tyson wisdom.

1 minute ago, Left Foot Snap said:

I hope we come out all guns blazing from the get go and give them the treatment we got at that ground from West Coast in 2018. Time for redemption and the Cats are the target.

I would love this. A total flip on 2018 - and a (further) reminder to the league that we have well and truly arrived. 

(Plus another 2021 Cats scalp - 3 ways to skin a cat in a year)

The opening 5 minutes of this game are going to be very interesting.

Did Scott keep a surprise tactical move or two up his sleeve for an inevitable finals clash? 

Did we save one as well? Did we show them too much in R23? 

It shouldn't matter. Our best is better than their best. And the geriatrics are surely running out of legs. We win if we apply pressure from the first bounce, give them nothing, take our chances etc.

But nonetheless, those first few minutes will be riveting. If we kick a few, I'll feel better and feel less like hurling.

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

9 minutes ago, Morgs_10 said:

Hey all,
Been a long time follower of the demonland forum and decided to sign up to tell my Dee's story.

I live in rural WA, in 2000 I saw these 2 West Aussies, Farmer and Woewodin, tearing it up for the Dee's and I was hooked! 21 years later, after driving 450kms, I'm now sitting in my hotel room in Perth decked out in my Demons gear. Excited and nervous.

In 2018 i was 5 rows from the back (wished I was further back by the end). Left pretty devastated and unsure if I'd see the Dee's play another final in WA. This time I'll be sitting in the front row of the tier on the wing and I've never been more pumped for a live event in my life.

I know a lot of you are in Vic lockdown and this post isn't to gloat. Its just to say it sucks you can't be here, but if it gives you any comfort the Demons will have some damn loud and passionate support tonight at Optus in the West.

Appreciate you guys! Let's go!!

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?!

5 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

Little impact from the 'Barometer' tonight. Unless of course you count cheap hits on actual good AFL players.

He's weak as water and a one trick pony who's no good at the trick

As far as Jackson's tooth is concerned, he should replace it with a gold one !!!

The barometer?

Don't you know? He's... the... BEAST!!!

(Talentless [censored])

4 minutes ago, Monocology said:

How is Nibbler in traffic these days!?!? Would win an egg 'n spoon race on Westgate freeway.

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.