Deeoldfart

6. Viney 5. Oliver 4. Hibberd 3. T. McDonald 2. Gawn 1. Harmes

We have become a serious football team. We can win classy, we can win ugly. We can meet a challenge head on, wrest control and go away with it. We have a steely self-belief that will never be denied! I love you Demons!

Have a wonderful, wonderful night fellow Demonlanders. I look forward to reveling in the post-match joy on here in a few hours time. Go Dees!

With Stratton and now O'Meara out, the ducks seem to be lineing up for us to shoot them down. But recent history shows that that's when we are at our most vulnerable, and Clarkson is a canny coach. Another day of reckoning for our team. I think we will get over the line, but geez, I'm as nervous as all hell. Go Dees!

Just announced on AFL360 that Steven May told GCSuns today, that he wants to be traded to a Melbourne based Club.

I'd expect nothing less from a premiership team-mate Barrie.

Another enjoyable podcast guys. Thanks! Loved interview with "Jack Sparrow" (apparently his emerging nickname around the Club). Mature well beyond his years.

"Jetta and the Hard stuff" Neville is made of 'hard stuff' for the 'hard stuff'.

It takes all types, I suppose! I just cheered myself hoarse at the time, and sat back and marvelled each time I've watched a replay!

Outstanding attitude. Great Club-man!

Jordan Lewis on 360 gave a 100% guarantee that Hibbo will play.

Great stuff DD36. Any 'feel' on the vibe / enthusiasm, camaraderie shown this morning? Are they still up and about like recent weeks?

Especially if Hibbo has more than a bit of soreness.

"Friday on My Mind" The Easybeats This one will be true for me, all week! The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJLoYd8xak

Words can't do justice to what PJ has done for the Melbourne Football Club. He deserves formal recognition. Life Membership would be appropriate.

Frame it with poo, and hang it over your bed head.

A Cup as the centrepiece would be a good starting point!

I finally got bed at 12:30am and slept soundly for no more than a couple of hours. I then woke up and replayed highlights from the match over, and over, and over in my head. At one point I was thinking about the reaction of the Melbourne crowd to our victory, and realised that I had tears streaming down my face. It was 4:00am for God's sake. That's what this footy club means to this silly old fart, and I suspect a great many of you folks. Thanks for enduring my nonsense.

Just another Jason Taylor / Todd Viney rippa!

6. Brayshaw 5. Harmes 4. Weideman 3. Salem 2. Oliver 1. Jetta

It's been such a long time! I'm overcome with joy and lost for words right now. Please share a few of these with your nearest Demons fan: ❤️?❤️?❤️?

Good luck Demonlanders, and enjoy the game! I'll be back to join you in the post-match euphoria.

I think we are a better, more evenly balanced team, and we have a level of 'belief' that we haven't seen for a very long time. I'm expecting a comfortable win, and looking forward to the media hype about our prospects, which will go into overdrive next week. Notwithstanding my confidence, my gut is so knotted with nerves, it feels like I've eaten a flat Sherrin.

I agree GYM, but I reckon that's our best available team. Yeah, it's a very tough call on JKH, but that's what happens when you have a list that runs deeper than what we have become used to at Melbourne. On a positive note for Jay, I reckon he has earned himself a new contract beyond 2018, where that seemed unlikely a couple of months ago. Good on him!

Enjoy the euphoria with my fellow Demonlanders, and take plenty of fluids to get my vocal chords back in working order for the next week.