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Putting aside the farce towards the end, and our brief flurry after it, tonight we were totally dominated in every aspect of the game, including those that we pride ourselves on. How much of that was related to the injury to our skip? We will never know, but I’d say a fair bit. We looked completely ‘shell shocked’! I’m totally gutted by the result, but on a more positive note, if the Bears can turn it around from last week to this, then we can do the same next week. Do Dees!

We are better than Brisbane: more even and more stars; stronger; more confident; and with a better game plan. Ruthless Dees by 6+ goals.

If I can count properly, that’s 27 players. Some team-bonding /culture building going on?Great to see if that’s the reason.

Okay, I’m on board!

Great analysis as usual guys. Thank you 💘

It was an outstanding win vs the Bulldogs, and in hindsight, made even sweeter by the absence of 4 of our best players. In Goodies post match presser he said that all 4 are likely to be available for our encounter with the Lions. Assuming they all prove their fitness, who comes in, and who goes out, and why? Match fitness will obviously be an important determining factor, and imo, it would be foolhardy to bring in more than one or two ‘underdone’ players for the Brisbane game.

6. Gawn 5. Petracca 4. Pickett 3. Oliver 2. Lever 1. Tomlinson

Outstanding win against a fellow contender. Given no Maysie, Vines, Fritta and Salo, it tastes even sweeter. Hard to imagine a more impressive start to the season.

We are on a mission in 2023, and I just know we won’t be leaving anything on the park tonight. Best of luck to our debutants, and those wearing red and blue for the first time. Dees by 4 goals.

Great show thanks guys.

I love the building excitement of this week, and besides, we’ve got the Demonland Season Preview poddy tonight, and that just adds to the sense of anticipation. Go Demons!

In my long lifetime, and after (perhaps) one too many glasses of Shiraz: 1. Robbie (RIP) - for those who didn’t see him play, you (sadly) missed something very, very special! He was pure magic on the field, and revered by all footy fans, regardless of their allegiances. Deserves a ‘stand alone’ chapter in the history books of our sport. It’s an absolute travesty that he didn’t win a Charlie! 2. RDB - inspirational player and leader of our great Club, in (perhaps) the most dominant era of any VFL / AFL team. Shared the title of ‘Mr Football’ with the great Ted Whitten. Say no more! 3. Clarrie - only part way through an outstanding career that we’ve all witnessed first hand. The envy of every other team in the AFL …….. the type of player who makes a good team great! No need to elaborate further, I’m sure! 4. Shwarta - There have been plenty of great CHFs in my time (Hart, Walls, Brereton & Carey to mention a few) but none of them could hold a candle to ‘the Ox’ pre multiple knee recos. He could have been anything! 5. Jimmy (RIP) - an icon of our Club and our game, based on where he came from, what he achieved on the field, and who he was off the field (RIP).

I just want to hear all the good vibes from our esteemed panel. Without mentioning names, there will be no room for MFCSS on this poddy. 😀😃😄

I’m sure I heard a magpie chortling in the background at times during the interview (true!). Several interpretations can be placed on this phenomenon, but lMO it was giving Collingwood the ‘bird’ for letting Brodie go.

Loved the interview Andy. Great get, and perfect timing for our kick-off into season 2023. Go Dees!

IIRC, when Weid (who was contacted at the time) sought to be traded out for more opportunities, we agreed to let him go, subject to getting a ‘like for like’ replacement. We recruited Schache as that replacement, and imo he adds more to our squad, and has more ‘senior level upside’, than Weid. Only time will tell, I guess.

Those two would be Geelong and Brisbane …….. wishing and hoping, but not thinking! 😊

Bugger you David. I was still trying to erase 1958 from my memory.

Fantastic work as usual @Demonland and @binman. Thank you!

…….. and aligned to Moe’s question, how does Brodie rate the ‘culture’ at Melbourne. No need to ask him how it compares with C’wood (I think we probably know the answer to that!) but I’d every interested to hear his views on our culture, and any insights as to how he was ‘inducted’ to the Melbourne ‘way’.

Thanks @Demonland. Definitely for worse imo, but I am very ancient (verging on prehistoric).

What a fantastic array of pre-season questions / discussion points. We are so lucky to have our Demonland pods! As a point of interest, does anyone know how many, and which other fan sites have them?

As an ‘interstater’ I could only watch the game on TV. While there were some standout players (for me they were Tracc, Max, Maysie, Nibbler, Hunter and Bowser) the aspects that impressed me most were how well our boys seemed to be ’on the same page’; how ‘even’ we appeared across the field; and how fit we seemed to be compared to the Tigs. Are these reasonable observations(?) and if so, how well does it place us for what is a very tough draw in the early part of the season proper? IMO, with the draw we have, it would be a great indicator of how far we can go in 2023 (barring significant injuries), if we are 3 zip after 3 games.

Thanks Luci. Nice ‘balanced’ assessment and summary.

Let’s just build and refine what we saw in last week’s scratch match. The score doesn’t matter, but if we do these things, we’ll win anyway ……… and of course, no injuries.