Gawndy the Great

The Doggies just had there’s. I hope they do it sooner rather than later and they broadcast it live like previous years.

Just watched the team signing merch and noticed they had a whole bunch of Sherrins but can’t find them for sale anywhere. Anyone know if they are sold out or yet to go on sale?

i'd love to see us get 70K+. A bit silly that the memberships are not yet available. The club should be doing their best to sign up new members following the GF and keep the momentum going.

i have decked out in my gear to just to head to the local Woolies - recently to buy the Herald Sun Premiership poster! Even had the old scarves out the car window flapping in the wind for all over 900m which is the journey to the store - i usually walk but wanted to understand the feeling of this gf celebratory tradition.

Did anybody else notice the 'celebratory burns' on Jack right after the final siren. Everyone in the vicinity ran straight passed him. I may be reading into things a bit here, but i genuinely wonder if he has burnt some bridges following 2019 at which he then lost the captaincy to Gawn. I still rate him - love him in our team - would never want to trade him.

I too wondered what is this guy doing coaching a VFL side. He still has the hunger to be head coach and I think will challenge himself at times to remember his place amongst his colleagues - more so now that he is receiving public acknowledgement that he has contributed to another flag. We can all laud his efforts thus far, but equally when things are not going well, his temperament and style with the playing group can also contribute to his downfall. Personally I think as a development coach, he knows how to extract every last drop of talent from every player - which is great for the club - but may bruise a few egos along the way. His longevity will rest upon how well he can get this balanced.

1. Injuries are a bit of luck but I think we took our fair share in 2019 that robbed us of two years. 2. Let them come. We just showed the comp what it will take and there are not many teams on their best day that can match us. 3. we were already hunted all season. Nothing to fear. 4. This is the big question. They are competitors and now know what it takes to get to the final dance.I believe we still have room to improve ourselves - our bottom 10 players have so much upside and the players 23-30 will keep us focused on the prize. Talk of dynasties is premature to an extent but it’s totally Within our grasp.

7.6 pts per game vs 6.3 says Trac was better. If that was the case, then McRae still win doesn’t he? I think you just remove the SF from the calculations so the EF/QF, PF and GF are the games that poll.

I haven't watched any other teams DVD/HDDVD but curious to know whether the club will produce something in the coming months around the finals etc - more than just the replay. Having Goody, Choco, Yze with audio commentary on the game - player interviews, Behind the scenes footage from players cameras, phones etc.

Not saying it wasn't there. It was. But Maxy over exaggerated the impact and injured himself in the process. And the exaggeration alone will have it tossed out of the MRO. We will never know how much sling was actually involved unfortunately. I also thought he would be pulled off for a concussion test, but I'm afraid that would have been self-inflicted. Was seething in the moment, but after watching several times it was clear that there was a bit of staging involved.

Some great suggestions on here. I never thought about someone else in the team taking it over from Jonesy. But most of the mature crop probably has their own story with their own number by now. From the new lot, Kozzy #36 has ties to Davey and Garlett, but not sure about Dogga, Bowey, Rivers or Laurie. I'd let Jonesy decide what he wants to do or give it to. He absolutely has to unfurl the flag. There is nobody else - nobody - that deserves to do this more. Combine that up with a proper farewell

100% Agree. And the good news is we will have all of Choco, Richo and Yze for at least another year. I think Dew will be gone end of next year and probably will be replaced by Clarko, so possibly even another 2 years. We finally have some balance and stability in the coaching group and we can look to further polish areas in our game. No major tinkering is necessary and we can now hone in our craft some more. The last 4 games this year revealed what I think was a stoppage / clearance gameplan that we had kept a lid on all year. I mean there is no other explanation of this. The last two games (in PF and GF mind you) combined to something like150+ pts from centre clearances. THAT IS TRULY EPIC. We can get you on turnover and from stoppage.. And when we dont have the ball, good luck scoring against our history making d50. What was i hear for again? Oh yea...thanks Mark :)

Gawn wore a nice bump on his head after that sling tackle, but i think he made a bit of a goose of himself and exaggerated the fall to get the free. Bont should have been reported for that hit. Oliver was over the ball and vulnerable and he elected to bump. No other way of looking at it. Im hoping Christiansen's is removed as he has been far too inconsistent. The AFL (Scott) need to fix up the gaping holes in the MRO grading system - it is reprehensible. Outcome vs Intent - i dont really care which way we go but select one and tell the footy loving public.

This will become a debate for the ages (Oliver vs Trac). Oliver was clearly better this year for larger chunks of the season. The AFLCA, Brownlow and probably B&F will be a testament to this. But Trac has the ability to grab a game by the scruff of the neck and really make it his own. I think their roles compliment each other beautifully and tbh its shouldnt really matter, because they are both Demons players! How good is life right now!

This was my favourite from the BF forum: Since Gary Rohan kicked a goal to put Geelong 44 points up in round 23, Melbourne has scored 409 to 171, a percentage of 239.2 To have that dominance in the last 4 games, including finals, against the top 4 teams..we were truly a class above.

It is one of the best GF performances of all time. I think it beats any of the 3 that Dusty won. The debate about Oliver or Trac being the best in the comp will go on. Heck I change my mind every week. And to think we have both of them in our team!

We know what Lingers can do on the wing and we saw Brayshaw play one of his best games in a GF on the wing. I have changed my opinion in that we don’t need Cerra. Our midfield brigade is young and hungry and should keep us in good stead for the next 5-6 years without having to change much. Focus needs to be on developing the younger players. No doubt that there will be players on the fringe that will leave for more game time.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-demons/afl-grand-final-2021-max-gawn-set-shot-goal-not-paid-no-score-review-video-behind-the-goals-vision-social-media-reaction/news-story/9a5ad3fcbf7ee40c866ccedf1923d88f

I wonder if he got it jabbed. Because with that type of tear you’d surely be limping. But what a courageous effort he absolutely nullified Naughton.

That’s a bit much. I’d happily pay a few hundred for one though if the club made them available as official merch.

No joke but would the local Woolies have the paper? I don’t think there is a news agency within 5km of home.

Awesome. I’m in no hurry - might wait for the 3peat special edition 😂

I’ve been waiting to say that for weeks. Also Gawn is growing a horn on his head. (Daniels dangerous tackle on the wing in Q3)

I can see the dvd version but in this day and age HD is the minimum standard - sorry just a tech head. I’ll pay whatever - no question on that.

Does anybody know if they will have a blue ray / HD version of the replay.