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I got to the G just before midday. Didn’t see a Dees goal until almost 1pm! The crowd were subdued until then but once the 3rd qtr turnaround commenced everyone was right into it cheering every goal to the rafters. Best rendition of Grand Old Flag at the siren ever. Everyone’s lungs were bursting belting it out. A lot of mentions of winning it at the G in 22. I think is a genuine motivator for this group. We’ll be firm favorites. Looking forward to it See you all in 2022. Go Dees

Great to see the Wiz in the house

Great reception for Chunk and Nev. absolute champions the both of them

Fair play to Robbo. His band are pretty tight. Much better than I expected

I get that. I would just prefer the first game wasn't scheduled for a Wednesday night. Anyways, i've said my piece over a number of posts. Nevertheless, I'll be there to see the flag unfurled. Go Dees

It's going to be a beautiful day. Perfect weather, the G full of the faithful and premiership cup restored to its rightful place. And I expect the red and blue to take over Swan St for the day

Darren Burgess

I'd like to beat Hawkthorn in a granny just to see the looks on the faces of Dermie, Dunstall and every other arrogant Hawthorn supporter

I don't know for sure but i reckon it'll have an impact. There is a reason why games aren't played on a Wednesday night. People have to work on the following day. I'm an early riser and typically getting into the work day from 6.30am. I have to be pretty clear headed as well so no beers for me. The thing i don;t get Balls, is why it has to be Wednesday night. Why aren't we in the Friday night slot? As premiers we should have dibs on that slot but instead it's given to Collingwood? Why can't they play on the Wednesday night?

The club agreed to it and i don't understand why. If money was the driver (highly likely) then why not push for the Friday night game. We are well within our rights to make that demand. Not a good decision by the club at all

I don't like it. The club should want as many fans at the G as possible when we unfurl the flag. Playing on Wednesday night will deter some people and reduce crowd numbers i reckon. There'll be plenty of time for blockbusters during the rest of the season. I'm going to look on the bright though. At least its not on a Monday night

Playing this game on Wednesday night is absolute rubbish. Goddam AFL. And i'm surprised we agreed to it

We'll improve because BB has found his groove and will be more effective next year and because the younger players will all get better, particularly Dogga, Kozzie, Rivers and Bowey I think the only unknown at this stage is the impact of Burgo's departure. I think he is an outstanding high performance manager. Not sure if the new guy will be as good

"Grand Old Flag" is perfectly fine. No need for any other song to be played

The article is very light on detail. Is he ok?

Still early days but early signs positive that Omicron will be milder than Delta I like John Campbell a UK medical professional and lecturer. He delivers it straight and unvarnished https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7zy6_0Z2s

Just noticed that as well. I'm looking forward to heading over to Footscray for the season opener and enjoying a few beers on Barkly Street afterwards

I want a Saturday afternoon game so i can bring my son along. Next preference is Friday night so i can have a few beers and not have to worry about work. Wednesday night sucks

I reckon the toughest match-up for us, if they continue to develop as i expect, are the Swans. They have bags of talent, are well coached and are always hard to beat.

I reckon Goody' and his speech will get the biggest cheer this Sunday

I think he would say that at this point Omicron is a known unknown

Agree. Too early to tell

The patients Coetzee observed the milder symptoms in were relatively young and healthy. She didn’t know what impact the new strain would have on older or people with co-morbidities (as she didn’t have such patients). Until the impact on such people is known she said it’s not possible to tell whether this strain is less lethal.

Sydney will finish higher than 7th. They'll definitely finish higher than Essendon and quite possibly Geelong GWS to finish tenth is a big call. They'll finish in the 8 (hopefully at the expense Essendon or Geelong)

We're a great chance to win it this year We were stitched by the draw last season (and every season for that matter). We deserve a favorable run this year. We were better than Adelaide but they got the soft draw, we got a very tough draw and the Crows home advantage did the rest. We were just running on empty. Still get annoyed thinking about that PF loss. I'm glad Todd Patterson gets a mention. His drafting has been Jason Tayloresque. Hanks, McNamara, Bannon will be great players for us for years to come.