WalkingCivilWar

1 hour ago, roy11 said:

Bet Trac liked it, had him the same height as some of the big boys. 

 

Aesthetics, Roy. Aesthetics. 😁

Our esteemed leader Ryan designed Friday night’s banner. I love the cityscape backdrop and the overall sombre tone. 

Another HUGE positive…

Our AFLW team is 3 - 0 and look to go all the way this year. 🥰

Hey @DubDee! Check this out…

10 hours ago, Chook said:

I'm not going to begrudge the Irish from hating the English monarch.

Oh, nor am I! Like I said, when you’re the product of two extremely devout Catholics and you were born in Dublin, you have zero choice in terms of loathing the Royals. It’s just the words some people use. And while my parents fully brainwashed me and my many siblings (Irish/Catholic, so yeah many siblings 😁) to their credit they never uttered a vile word about the Royals. It can and should be expressed without the disgusting element. 

5 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

A philosopher I'm studying. You wouldn't have heard of him 

I may not have heard of him, but I’ve got a feeling I know him. He just goes by another name. 🙂

26 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

 

 

Demonland is like any other community WCW. We come together because we are all Demons, but there are many different experiences within the Demonland community. And most people's knowledge, including QD's, is at best, partial and incomplete. Our respective horizons may be opposed dialectically. What in one is found intelligible, in another is unintelligible. What for one is true, for another is false. What for one is good, for another is evil. Each 'Lander may have some awareness of the other's viewpoint and so each in a manner may include the other. That's what we do. But we are human and all of us, at least in part, are seduced by wishful thinking, to an acceptance of myth, to ignorance or fallacy, to blindness or illusion, to backwardness or immaturity, to bad will and to a refusal of truth. Humanity is in this boat together and it's virtually inescapable. 

(With thanks to BL.)

Very philosophical and very thought provoking. But who on earth is BL???

47 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yeah so thats the coaches job to that, not Kate's. Players are in capable hands under some very good. coaches there.

I'm just asking for an update considering both Kate and Gary Pert said there would be an official announcement end of last year/start of this year.

We've been waiting since.

I realise that. But she’s heavily invested in all MFC teams. Why should she be expected to address this issue when the firsts are no longer alive, but the seconds and the girls still are? 

24 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Where will the GF be played?

Next Sunday, Sept. 18th at Ikon Park (Princes Park). First bounce at 2:30pm. 

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for concession/pensioners and for kids under 15yo it’s free entry.

4 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

I have confidence in Goody and the Club. After the horror of 2019, a significant number of hard decisions regarding the list were made. The side that won in 2021 was quite different to the ones we took into the final rounds of 2019. The Club turned it around then - I see no reason why Goody won't make hard decisions over the next couple of months and we reset for another run at it in 2023.  

If only more people on here could see it this way.  🙏 

7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Cheers Kate.

What's the update on our home base??

How about letting her concentrate on the other two: Casey and our girls?! The season’s far from over, you know. 

1 minute ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

No, not at all WCW. That's what I meant when I said "that would be okay". Anyone else - not okay. And yes, we are total besties. 

Actually, in the Positives from 2022 thread, I was going to mention that a positive for me was getting to know a couple of 'Landers somewhat better. You're definitely one of them.

Awww, ditto QD. 😘
Now that’s one broken heart mended. 
Can you do anything about the other? 

1 minute ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Surely they have some vuvuzelas left over from the 2010 World Cup? Why don't we give that a whirl?
 

LIke that didn't get old in hurrry, did it? 

Ugh even that one-minute vid was too much. I only got to 15 seconds before wanting to kill somebody. 

4 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Aren't you going to defend the inference that you have a "giant head" WCW?

But I actually DO have a giant head… it houses my giant brain. 😝

1 hour ago, Fork 'em said:

Dunno, if I want a moron with an artificial noise maker behind me all game either.

37 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

What if it was @WalkingCivilWarFork Em? That'd be alright I recon.

Sooooo… I’m a moron? Is that what you’re saying QD? And here I thought we were besties. 😭😭😭😭😭

Having my heart broken twice in 24 hours is, well, heartbreaking.  💔 

24 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

What if it was @WalkingCivilWarFork Em? That'd be alright I recon.

16 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

That would be preferable to being behind her giant head 🤣

Oi !!!! I’m right here you know. 

11 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Buodegeadeable plant based ones would be fine

On some occasions such as the Fed Square pre-QB match celebration and the open training at Gosch’s before our QF, Zurich were handing out flags and mini-figure key rings and plastic beakers.
My guess is that it’s not done at the ground anymore because much of this free stuff is left after the match and ends up as rubbish.

I’m gonna tune in tomorrow night as I do every week but not sure I’ll make it to the end. It’s still too raw. I’ll take the advice I’ve been given so many times on DL and just leave (the podcast, not DL. Wouldn’t wanna give the haters the pleasure 😉).

PS: Even a coroner lets a body grow cold before beginning a post-mortem.

5 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I had visitors last night, one of whom is from the Rep of Ireland and they showed me a selection of Twitter posts from that country referring to the Queen's passing.

I could not believe the vitriol! I won't provide any examples but the word "disrespectful" does not go near it. Some of comments drew on events that happened hundreds of years ago.

The hatred was clearly abiding and visceral.

My son showed me some that he’d found. Absolutely vile and totally unnecessary. But I guess that’s the world in which we live. 🤷‍♀️ 

55 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I [censored] love this. The flag looked so good again on Friday night. Dylan should be so proud. I’m proud of him and I’ve never met the guy!

At the game on Friday 6 women sat behind me who I’d never seen before, and they started talking about Ryan and what I good job he does. They were joking about all turning up to the footy one weekend with blond tips to honour him. We started chatting (because I wanted in on the conversation) and they were so enamoured with our cheer squad. It was really nice to hear them talk so positively.

I feel like it’s been a really strange year to be a Melbourne supporter. We seemed to have turned on each other a bit. I love the club obviously, but this was the year I really felt a deep admiration for our supporter base. I think we missed out on a lot last year, and it only became more obvious how much we’d missed as the year went on.

So I messaged Ryan and in typical fashion he turns the praise onto others and always claims to be just a regular Dees fan. Spoiler: he’s not. His reply…

I’m not a mod so I can’t decide what posts are acceptable. But I’m just asking nicely for negative comments to be posted elsewhere. Please. Let’s just keep this one thread for positivity only. It’s not a huge ask. 

5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I [censored] love this. The flag looked so good again on Friday night. Dylan should be so proud. I’m proud of him and I’ve never met the guy!

At the game on Friday 6 women sat behind me who I’d never seen before, and they started talking about Ryan and what I good job he does. They were joking about all turning up to the footy one weekend with blond tips to honour him. We started chatting (because I wanted in on the conversation) and they were so enamoured with our cheer squad. It was really nice to hear them talk so positively.

I feel like it’s been a really strange year to be a Melbourne supporter. We seemed to have turned on each other a bit. I love the club obviously, but this was the year I really felt a deep admiration for our supporter base. I think we missed out on a lot last year, and it only became more obvious how much we’d missed as the year went on.

This is so heartening to hear. Thank you. I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve barely stopped crying since Friday night. To read these sentiments is heartwarming.

Personally, It’s not just the usual sadness this year  but I can’t stop thinking about people like Ryan and Dylan and so many others who are so invested in our Club. We can’t just leave on the siren, ever. We’re usually there ‘til security gently tell us to leave.  To see our DA members openly crying and no one was talking as we packed up the flags and floggers and giant heads. It was the saddest scene. The people in the cheer squad are [censored] awesome. Yeah, you could call it blind adoration but I wouldn’t have it any other way. 

Again thank you, thbt. I’m gonna message Ryan right now to tell him that story about the ladies behind you. He’s actually super modest but I think he needs to hear things like this. And the boys like Dylan rarely get feedback for their absolutely tireless efforts so ima shoot him a message too. ❤️💙

THANK YOU FOR THIS THREAD!!!

It’s likely the only thread I’ll open for a while since it’s hard to read and cry at the same time.

I fully appreciate all the above mentioned positives. In particular, the end of the Carlton match… sublime. 

My contribution to this awesome thread is of course regarding the Demon Army. 
I wanna post this pic of a young kid named Dylan. He’s only 20yo and is arguably the most passionate Dees fan I’ve ever known. And that’s saying something since the DA is chockers with psychotically devoted (and yes, maybe delusional) diehards. 
Dylan lives in Yarrawonga but makes it to every single match. Every week, interstate included. He is by no means well-to-do, he works full time for not exactly huge wages but he invests so much time, money and emotion into the Dees. 
He combines his two passions in life, those being the MFC and vexillology (appreciation of flags) which results in some truly spectacular sights. The flag in this pic was first used at iirc the Carlton match. Dylan bought the material and paid a professional flag-maker to create it. He chooses to forgo a seat in the first few rows with us and instead sits towards the back of the bay so as to maximise the effect of this spectacular flag…

I want @The heart beats truein particular to see this since he recently made mention of how awesome it looked. And THBT, I told young Dylan and it brought tears to my eyes to see how much the praise means to him. I also told Ryan what you and others have said about his input and he was similarly humbled.

Dylan’s is but one story about the incredible folks in the cheer squad. There’s no end to the amazing people therein. And, as per every single match, win or lose, not one nasty comment is made about Goody and/or our players. Ever. 
 

11 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

🤷‍♀️

Those folk are probably not as invested about writing vitriol about players and coaches as some others are, nor the need to respond to try to convince those that ARE writing vitriol to think differently perhaps??

From my vantage point, the disappointment in this thread is understandable, the entitlement and subsequent repercussions required is absolutely astounding though.

🙏💕

Yay!!!! We’re doing a show of the banner! Be sure to take notice! It looks magnificent!!!! ❤️💙

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

 

I am well stocked with booze and have ordered a family size double extra special pizza.

Should be a top night.

Be sure to order extra anchovies on your pizza, BBO. Lots and lots of anchovies. 
 

Related: 9 out of 10 pizza-related deaths are as a result of choking on anchovies. 😁