Red But Mostly Blue

Thank you to everyone who makes this forum happen. It looks like a hell of a lot of effort! Prior to joining (only very recently, as my post number suggests), I was an occasional lurker... I joined because I was broken after the end of our 2017 season, and was looking for other broken souls to help ease the pain (weird, right?), but instead, I found other likeminded, spirited Dees with interesting and thoughtful banter (not to mention another way to spend time that should instead be devoted to work/chores/filing tax returns). I mean, look at that JW thread! One day, it's going to need to be printed with a table of contents for ease of reference! Looking forward to more of this as time goes by, but hopefully we'll next be talking about how we went from 9 to Premiers in 2018! (then 5 more for good measure, to make up for the lost years).

Thanks to Google (the knower of all things), I do now! haha it's perfect!

I'm (now) 4 posts in and just realised I've spun no yarn (thanks @Ethan Tremblay)... Hmmm, I'm a lawyer working in the state taxes field, married to someone far wiser than me, I love music (currently spinning new albums from The Horrors, Protomartyr, Wolf Alice, Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem, but I love anything really, from 90s Smashing Pumpkins to metal, electro, and some pop), and good TV (favourite recent shows include Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Master of None, Fargo, The Handmaid's Tale, Catastrophe and GoT). In my spare time, I catch up with good people, sit in the sun (when Melbourne is good enough to get it), and I run @theshortnews on Instagram and other channels with the similar name where I use Lego to tell the news. I have a strange sense of humour (might explain the Dees thing, but Jimmy handballed me the footy 29 years ago, and that was that). Nice to meet you all - look forward to some good chats!

Thanks for the kind words and warm welcome. Totally agree, Ron - Mahoney has been fantastic. Jack dominating next year would be a sight to behold. With a few more recruits, lessons learned and some self-belief, we'll be unstoppable. For sure! But it would be a hell of a journey to watch! @willmoy

Thanks for the profile pic, ManDee! Love it. It's so me....and it's red, but mostly blue. Perfect!

Long time lurker, first-time poster. Hi, everyone! Big JW fan, but I guess much of that is premised on the fairytale of converting potential to success, much like the club itself. Up until now, I've been highly unimpressed with the handling of this matter. Yes, JW has had his moments (pre-season /his perceived lack of hunger etc.), and he has been frustrating because of the disparity between his best and worst. It's all exacerbated by the #1 tag and his 9 years at the Dees. But he loves the club, and saw us through some dark times. We need people like that. But, I totally agree that things can't stay the same for things to change. So, Mahoney's comments today are comforting. I now believe there is a chance of JW staying, but that if he does, there is no question whatsoever (Wattsoever?) that he is a leader, and needs to act and play as one. He won't ever be a hard nut like Chunk and Viney, or the fastest on ground, but he's silky and reads the game better than most, and when he's at his best, we play better for it. He's my choice for goal 50m out, after the siren, and one day that could win us a game/final/GF. But if he goes, I will also know that he was not prepared to be the player we need him to be (or was not able to convince Goody/PJ of this). I'm still kind of broken by 2017 (and other years), hence my name, but I see big things and I'd love for JW to be there. My gut feel is that he'll be there, and he'll be amazing. But I'm a dreamer. I have to be as a Demon, otherwise I'd have checked myself into a psych ward years ago. I need a profile pic...