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And I'll bet Kossie has saved at least 10 more goals by his tackling than any other of those forwards maybe except for Cyril.

Agree entirely Hope there are waiting lists ready!

More like too young Smith Dunkley Bont McRae and Hunter are still young ish others are 24 plus inc Libba and Treloar who with Bont and Smith were their best. CP5 and Clarry and Jack Viney who had a great game in and under plus Sparrow who was almost error free and so clean plus Harmes in bursts and the wonderfully underrated ANB who played his finest game by far IMO and has another 5 years of good/ great footy ahead of him at the Dees ALL proved too much with Dogga and Maxy extra mids. The Dam Wall broke when our A graders flicked the switch to another level ( sorry about 3 levels up). Best Dees footy I have ever seen in 63 years 100 to 7 points!! A 93 point turnaround in 1.5 quarters!!! Championship Quarter plus the Domination Quarter to boot equals Premiership half 16.5 to 3.1 !!! 13 th Flag and we are back in the Top Vic Clubs if we play our cards right.

Ring the Club or google mcg sports museum premiership cup photo

That's why Dec5th is so big for the Melb home supporters to really feel the atmosphere etc.

I thought a Premiership Calendar would have sold plenty of copies!!!

No but I hit the smaller version It looks great with the ribbon in front of the "Every Heart Beats True " photo of the field at Final Siren and also photos of the premiership team ( second one after the siren) us 6 players with some script and Tracs signature. Will look even better when I put the art up on the wall. It's leaning from the sideboard at the moment with the Cup scarf snd publications"Premiers from the HSun and AFL Oh snd a bottle of the MFC Premiership Shiraz from Bleasdale nearby!

You seem alone and isolated Mach 5 with your wildly unsubstantiated views. Time to fess up with details and the allegations you are alluding to without detail or shut up. Perhaps you are used to going solo and looking sad well that's not the view any real fair dinkum 2021 Dees fan is possessing in Sept and Oct after our astonishing breaking drought 13th premiership. Moreover 2022-2030 is a watershed opportunity to elevate our Club to the power of former years ( 40,50 and 60's ) and really it's laughable that someone as small minded and bitter as you (Mach5) can in anyway make his comments be maintained with any truth ( without details especially) to the overwhelming avalanche of the might of our deserved and potentially sustained success.

What are you saying JJJ that the supply was under forecast for the demand ? we haven't sold out in all categories but some very popular lines if you look at the comments in Merch/memorabilia. What other than a general comment with no details can you back up with info and figures. In addition what profit results has the Club made from merch/ memorabilia that you are aware of? Or against the Club budget forecasts?

Also I will they are as important and special as the players and coaches. We aren't there yet so let's not get complacent but there is a very determined atmosphere and resolve to continue the pursuit of excellence and the highest of standards and results. Go Dees and thanks to everyone.

Which the grand final? I was there and truly I don't think it was crucial n their comeback or third quarter 15 min dominance.BUT the MIT h Hannam free kick live and on replay 30 plus times is very soft. Unfortunately the umps this year especially are paying soft free kicks by the bus load You hardly touch your opponent on the back or near the neck and especially in blink e and throw in plus contested ball they make a stupid preliminary soft call and 2 mins later Kossies head is pulled off and no whistle. BUt I was not upset overall at the green/ yellow brigade. What I neglected ( very embarrassingly ) as I wound up my post in a hurry to get out was not recognise the VERY LARGE contribution made by our Coach Simon Goodwin who held it all together brilliantly and deserves huge credit and a very large place in the Histoty of breaking our extended drought/curse. Hw will either be our judged our 2nd b est Coach by a distance or third narrowly in the years to come !

He is not technically a KP forward but a floating half forward and pocket as well. Really he is the best forward in a traditional sense as he has all the skills also. Long May he play on our forward line!!

Agree Wiz I was alive and barracked for the Dees in 1958,59 60 and 64 but as a 10 year old to 16 we went as a family to most games at the G starting in 1959. Our first memberships were in 1965 and by far the most emotional and consequential event in the 63 years was that afternoon at the Western Oval when we made the Finals in 1987 and those matches like in 2018 were amazing for their red and blue support and atmosphere snd us winning the 2 Finals games. I moved to Brisbane in 1993 and still purchase an Adult Membership and have for 56 consecutive years. I and fellow supporters in their 60's and 70's agreed that our time was running out in our lifetime even though in retrospect 2018 now was not a glitch but a promise of the prospect that we could in the next few years maybe break our curse or drought. 2019 was very disappointing and the injury toll and lack of a solid pre season of about half the list was crucial. 2020 in my opinion was not a wasted year as our defence was starting to emerge as a tight unit and May snd Lever showed glimpses of their class and why we used those draft picks. The biggest improvement was in 2020 that Christian Petracca went from a good B grader to a class A + grader on his best days. Along with him was Gawny Clarry Langers and on occasions Viney and Salem (near the end of the season) were all impacting our form and results but for our largely dysfunctional forward line. Cairns also showed our weaknesses mentally and in difficult conditions but a platform on our fitness by Burgo had been started and our % was over 100% (107% in fact up from 78% in 2019. The JT and his team plus the FDepts recent years of drafting and recruiting were starting to bear fruit. I contributed at least a dozen posts indicating my optimism about our list and its potential to take a step or two to the Final 8 or even Top 4 if we succeeded in a number of facets of the game in 2021. Paramount to this was the following : 1. Positive run with injuries to key players and low overall total numbers as well. 2. Potential immediate improvement in 2019 draftees Jackson Kossie and Rivers. 3. Players like Fritsch Spargo Brayshaw ANB Harmes show regular and consistent improvement in their individual and team contributions to kick more goals raise their tacking level and develop a hard edge approach. 4. All our A or potential A graders emerge and lead the way on and off the field. Gawn Trac Clarry Vines Langers Maysie Jake L and Salem were a very good start in this group. 5. Tommy Mac rediscover his 2018 form or kick say 30-50 goals this season. 6. BBB our new recruit and/or Sam Weid become forwards that took the oppositions best defenders and still beat them enough times to impact and connect our attack to a new level. 7. That our 2/3 year recruits Sparrow Chandler and Jordon plus others fulfil much of their potential in breakout years to back up our mids in depth. 8. Very Importantly a stronger game plan be introduced and the Club learn from the Tigers Hawks and Cats that team footy is the secret to sustained form and importance to a successful season no matter what ability you possess on your list. 9. I was extremely bullish about our new coaching panel giving us an edge in our midfield and running patterns and improving the game plan overall. 10 From that first JTL win over the Tigers I reckoned that form was true and achievable and our team was gelling together in a positive snd measured manner. Solid team orientated and honest players seemed to know more about their role in the team and the team looked as though they enjoyed each other's company and on field success. Our disastrous under strength JLT performance to lose vs the Doggies at Marvel was a complete glitch and did not seem to harm us mentally in hindsight. From Round 1 we were a bit scratchy but still strong and solid with some real individual brilliance emerging in the team as the season progressed. Anzac Eve was a great lesson in our growth only we recognised as the footy world had to eventually. By Finals time we had laid the base and in the last minutes st the Cattery tied up the Minor Premiership to give real belief that we would be up for the Finsks Challenges. To say it was a juggernaut from then on is not overstating our excellence snd performance yo gain our 13 Th and best modern flag this century.

Another poster said we were on the lucky side to win!!! Another 3rd quarter goal and we would have been in trouble!! I felt that we were about a 6/8 goal better side than the Lions but didn't convert quite as well as in the PF and GF. The "Charlie " factor was large and Hibbo May well have been a better choice than Joel Smith to mind him. But pleasing for Joel he has improved IMO and should get more games next season in a 8/10 man defensive unit UNLESS he gets injured again

Was disappointed Jay did not get a real go last year and was up against it when Nev was picked from Round 1. Some days reckon we missed that smaller defender but as we kept winning Jay could not force his way in. Still think he had the ability but when "Bowser" was selected it was all over for Jay. Jake is a great player in the making no doubt and love his footy to bits. I hope Jay can find a VFL side at least as he has the skill and date to make it. All the best Jay.

?????? What is that it's not surely in the Club in 2021 !!!

Sue what we did is have a poor or bad quarter ( third) with no goals kicked vs the Lions but In saying that we conceded only 2 goals!! If we had conceded 4/5 goals then the pressure would have been far greater as the scores obviously would have been very close, in fact about level. How were you in the third quarter in the Granny when in 10 minutes actual play we had scored only a point had slipped to 19 points behind and IMO needed a real spark from one of our stars to get us going again. Again in that 10 mins we conceded ONLY 2 GOALS and in many ways SAVED the game. Nevertheless in It I was worried ( watching live in the stand at Optus) in that period of play as our dare and flair had disappeared and the next score appeared a difficult effort and not knowing where it was coming from. BUT as a champion team does we found away, you could almost say 16 different ways to score go the rest of the game!! Naturally our centre clearance break aways were pivotal for quick scoring opportunities as the Dogs lost their structure in the centre square and all our champions and role players contributed in the best 25 mins of Melb footy I have ever witnessed. I don't think of the tight times we were in Sue during the last 4 games in 2021 now but that we learnt to regain control ( Simon always refers it to getting back to our footy and controlling the game ). Our Team GREW so much in those last 7 games but ESPECIALLY in Round 23 and the Finals it is unrecognisable from the mid winter 7,8 and 9 goal struggle to overcome mediocre opposition and win games through sheer defence. We are a formidable opposition for any opponent and our age demographic snd MCG desire to double up will keep our players hungry and motivated. Plus our ability with our youth will keep us evolving on the journey yo returning at long last as one of the major Clubs in the AFL.

Learnings Great sides ( which we were this year ) can manage 44 and 19 (93) turnarounds. In addition in the North and Lions games we also managed at least 40/50 turnarounds being about 24 pts down in both. This team because of its "go to another level" factor is never beaten as it also plays " within the minute" and can mentally handle different situations within games. Yes we will not every time guarantee to turn around ALL situations but we know that the capability is there and never out of the question. That is the learnings I take out of our 4 best Demon games in a row in more than HALF ACENTURY.

We name 7 defenders normally but not 4 KP types inc Lever. We have Turner also who May improve. Hibbo can play either small or medium or sort of tall say Rohan or Briochek perhaps snd say Martin and Cameron. Lever proved vs Geelong in Prelim if he plays well and keeps the troops accountable we can play with Petty taking over Mays role. But in 2022 we will have Tommo available also most of the year. Don't think we need worry about Gus he covers ground very well snd stays on his wing like Langers to help out defence and forwards. We will still be very strong for 4/5 years in the backline I believe. L

Who is Scott for Brisbane?

And how many quarters do you think it would have taken the Lions to overcome us? What happened if we kicked straighter or Charlie Cameron suffered an injury? The general result of that game by neutral opinion was we beat them by a far larger margin than the final result indicated. Yes we had a bit of luck with McStsy being injured but that is footy!!

Since when has he starred for us? Prob best game when we beat GCoast by a pt. And Marty kicked the last goal to tie the scores. But he didn't have a regular spot and Daniel Turner at 19 and taller and a key position prospect has virtually taken Marty's spot on the list, Thst is a sensible decision as Marty was an interceptor only IMO and really couldn't handle key position players for size and was not nimble enough for the clever smalls. Good luck to him reckon he will end up on a VFL list in 2022.

Our 4 AA from our defensive list BTW!!!

Liked his highlight reel from Day1 and nothing that he has achieved so far is less than that evidence. Many good games ahead for the No 35 and he could easily join our 4 AA s on our list!! We are just wild about Harry!!!

Well Praha you are a very slow worker. Stop over thinking and look at the results and give credit where credit is due. Basically Goody oversaw ALL that happened in 2021 All the coaches and players 24/7 and a hundred and one other issues throughout the season. Evety time we were 3 goals down in a big game we responded and rarely failed. Pies and Giants and Dogs we came up short in the middle of the season but that all helped us learn about ourselves. We grew and exploded on the big stage and ended up with our biggest and one of the best GF wins to claim our 13th flag. In Goodys hands are our 14, 15 and 16 th flags potentially. Lets give him our unwavering faith and support to achieve that and lay a stronger base than ever before for our future and growth in this all conquering AFL competition.