Katrina Dee Fan

Umm...I'm 52. Nothing stops me getting involved :)

A joke I was told about 30 years ago: What's the difference between a dead pig in the middle of the road and a dead Collingwood supporter in the middle of the road? The skid marks in front of the pig.

Fair point!

I'll just leave this here https://fb.watch/l0VOHypxEO/

I want to win just so I can play this song really loudly on the train home. Even bring my Bluetooth speaker along with me!

Oh, please, please please please please!!!

They'll need a dictionary. If they can read one!

This thread has certainly reaffirmed my sheer, utter, unadulterated, visceral hatred for that putrid club and that subhuman primordial soup of a species they call “Collingwood supporters”. I know that at times we don’t all get along with each other in Demonland, but at least this is something we all agree with!! Ah, I feel purged.

To be fair they’ve won 3 flags in 70 years, 58, 90, 2010. We however have won 7 in that same period of time. I think I prefer our record in that regard :)

Yeah, we don’t speak if 1958, though!

Oh, the irony of this one! Back at ya, buddy!!

Yep, not since Hawthorn was caught doing it in the 90s!!

I was tempted to, but no. Sadly the pet memberships assume all pets are dogs - I don't think my cats would appreciate the doggie-type member items.... anyway, I don't think the club did pet memberships this year

So ultimately, both supporter bases are feeling pretty negative about their own sides' expected performances. Could be an interesting night!!

I agree, we need to drop TMac for BBB. I don't understand the discourse around BBB being too old, past it, etc, he had a boomer of a time in the first two matches, kicked 8 goals. Okay, he only kicked 1 in the Brisbane game, but hey, name a Melbourne player that night that actually played well. Since his back niggle he's been doing really well in VFL, it's time he came back into the team. I also agree about Disco and Woewodin, time Disco was brought in and given a chance. I'd go so far also to suggest Laurie - like Disco, we can't punish these kids for having the odd bad game, let's develop them and give them a go.

Really? No one else is! I reckon the AFL are scared of Carlton's lawyers after last year!

Good. And I hope they debut him soon.

I wasn't at the game, my experience was far worse, and I attribute it to child abuse. I was 16, staying with my grandparents (Hawthorn supporters) while my parents were in Queensland. We were listening to the game on the radio, and I was listening in shock to the final moments, and as soon as that goal was kicked I burst into 16 year old temper tantrum tears, to which Pa started to laugh at me, prompting me to do the whole dramatic storm to the bedroom, slam the door shut, throw myself on to the bed with my face buried in the pillow bellowing horrible tears. In the meantime I could hear Pa laughing, Grandma saying to him, "Leave her alone you big bully!" and him trying to defend himself. Not my most shining moment in life. And I agree, if we had've made the grand final we would have lost to Carlton, they were too strong. However I maintain that the experience of being in the GF may have given us a greater chance in 1988, where we were an experienced team thumped by Hawthorn. Badly.

I still bear scars from that horrible outcome

Thanks, that song is stuck in my head now!!!

I just saw this on the Big Footy forum. They're still in trauma from last year.... "I asked for this game for a reason. My psychologist says for me to be any chance of making a full recovery I have to confront the cause of my trauma, specifically the evening of Saturday the 13th of August 2022. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was at Optus watching a dreadful derby. I couldn’t find a tv anywhere in the stadium to watch our game so I ended up watch it on a phone with a young Blues fan I met that night. We laughed, we cried, we drank and then when big H took that mark on the wing we celebrated - we were back in the finals after 9 years of purgatory - alas I crowed early and paid the price. What transpired over the next 50 odd seconds I have watched so many times - sometime I think I watched it actually hoping for a different outcome - they are now forever etched in my memory. This game was the most heartbreaking loss I can remember since, ironically, our 2000 qualifying final loss to Melbourne. That it held that title for a whole 8 days until the following weeks capitulation against the Pies captures the essence what being a Carlton supporter has become." The post from this point on goes on and on and on. Quite a read

And here you've highlighted the context in which Hughes made that comment - he screamed it at them after a lengthy spray, at a period of time where coaching was a completely different kettle of fish. You cannot disguise it with words alone as "being encouraging". It wasn't Hughes' intention at the time.

Thanks for the clarification.

I don't understand the narrative about BB being "horribly out of form/past it". He kicked 9 goals in the first 3 rounds, had a minor back complaint, been doing well in VFL side, and for some reason can't get back into the side. It makes no sense to me. TBH I'd prefer him in than TMac.

On most home days, no you don't. The first couple of rows are taken up by people with key roles in the DA, but on most home games, unless the club or AFL issue reserved seating like King's Birthday, the bay is pretty welcoming. Plus M4 has been set aside for Melbourne supporters to sit alongside the DA if they wish to, and it gets treated like an extension to the DA. Plenty has changed in the DA since 2010, since that time it's had a change of leaders, and it prides itself on being inclusive. We have over 1000 members this year, making it one of the largest cheer squads.