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Unfortunately 186 was not rock bottom for us, as horrible a day as it was. Two years later we won only 2 games. We wouldn't have beaten the worst VFL team that year. I have never seen a team from any club play as poorly as we did during that time. The next year Paul Roos was brought in and we started to turn things around. We finally got to see the fruits of their labour this year and wasn't it fantastic. As good as the final 40 minutes of the GF was it was the PF two weeks before when we put the cats to the sword that I felt we could put that all behind us. The cats kicked two late goals before half time, keeping them in the game. In the second half we saw our captain play his best quarter of football yet as our midfield took control of the game. I was brought to tears ans felt reborn. I still can't watch that quarter dry-eyed. Hallelujah!

Couldn't help myself

Shed a few tears. Sang the song until my throat was raw. A great day. Let's hope we can be there for the real thing next year. The applause that The Rev got was outstanding. I think it would have gone on forever if Garry hadn't stepped in. Premiers!

Beautiful day for it

My Father's two sisters married Collingwood supporters, and they had 7 kids between them, so Collingwood have always outnumbered us in the family. I managed to convert my youngest Aunty's second son to Melbourne and took him to many games before he grew old enough to have a posse of peers to go with. He moved to Sydney a few years agoband I hardly see him anymore but we both flew over to Perth in 2018 for the prelim and commiserated over drinks after the game. There have been times when I felt guilty for converting him to the Demons, but not anymore. I would love nothing more than to beat the Pies in the Grand Final.

Every now and then I meet a fellow demon around town and it's always such a boost to share the joy. To number in the thousands tomorrow? It will be electric

Does anyone know if they'll be opening the car park? As in the grass park land between the G and Punt Road?

Don't forget Liam Picken! BOG in the 2016 GF, no matter what the judges say

They posted this article a couple of hours ago https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1029562/cup-tour-ticketing-australian-sports-museum-and-bunjil-place

I heard a rumour we won't be getting a physical membership card this year. It will all be digital. Which is a shame, because I have every membership I've hard since I cared about keeping such things

Such a beautiful flag

I got my premiership flag, the last piece of premiership merchandise I ordered, delivered on friday. I get a lot of people calling out as I drive around town

Just put the premiership bumper sticker on the back of my car. Positioned it top left so there's plenty of room for more

I just ran in to Williams, Dunstan & Dan Butler doing some kicking drills while walking my dogs. My car is still decorated with a demons flag and red & blue ribbons so they recognised me as a demon tragic before I saw them. Thanked Williams. Welcomed Dunstan. Mistook Butler for a WCE player 😳

Drove by this one this morning. Party time!

I ordered the blu-ray through the club immediately after the game. I assume it's the same product. The box art says it includes alternate radio calls, so I don't need to worry about sinking it up with the YouTube videos I have bookmarked

I missed out on a record in week 1. I didn't know what day it came out and didn't go looking for it until the day of the game by which time they were all sold out. You can bet your [censored] I got the prelim, GF & Premiership editions on the day of release though

Massive earthquake near Melbourne a few days before as though the gates of hell themselves were opening, while at the same time we had 6,666 active COVID cases 🤟🏻

Now I'm nervous again

I've been invested in our women's team from the start. After the way the men responded to our 2018 prelim thrashing in 2019 I was hugely dissapointed but my passion for the women's team only grew stronger. The way the men played this year brought me back to these forums for the first time since 2018. Proud to be a demon. I'm still desperate, maybe more so, for our women to win the flag. I couldn't imagine anything better than us being the first club to be reigning premiers in both the men and the women's game. I can't wait for the next season to begin. And I hope Mithin gets to kick a few more goals!

The third quarter of the prelim when Max took the game by the scruff of the neck. Then when the 3 quarter time siren went on grand final night. Now every time I hear or even think of the word premiers

58,113 That's our 5 AA's. Petracca, Lever, May, Gawn & Oliver

I'm sitting here listening to the Triple MMM call and Petracca just kicked THAT goal late I'm the third, and the awe and respect in Jason Dunstall's voice has me in tears again. It was our fifth in a row, it took the lead out to two goals and was proceeded by 30 more seconds of brilliance, and I can't help but feel that that was the moment. The next two goals broke the Dogs Petracca's goal was the turning point.

Grand final or round 1, you have to protect the head. Remember Troy Simmonds? Bont should get at least a week for that. Hit Clarry in the neck at best. Dangerous, negligent, can't be allowed to happen

I'm hanging out to by a reigning premiers jumper next year (with the gold AFL logo) in one of our special editions, indigenous or MFC monogram or something of the like. I said before the game if we win that would be something I would be looking forward forward getting, with the norm Smith medalist's number on the back. Lucky one of ours won the medal! Number 5 it is