Deeoldfart

Obviously the umps have spent the last week studying their Melbourne vs NM handbook!

Sadly Grange is out of my league Jacko.

Several years ago I put a nice bottle of Barossa shiraz to one side to cellarbrate ( sic ) ‘crushing the hoodoo’. Thanks to our abysmal record against NM, it’s now perfectly aged, and should be drinking beautifully. I’m very confident that I’ll be enjoying it this evening, but not so confident that I'll be pulling the cork to let it breathe before around 5:00pm. Dees by 30 points.

Boo!!

Intriguing selections to my mind, and I'd love to know the thinking behind them. The best I can do is hope they are masterstrokes on the part of our Match Committee.

Of course we will break it!

I agree 100% guys, but the key for me is encapsulated in daisy's final sentence.

I'm proud that our Club has a social conscience, and applaud this decision. Too many lives and families are 'wrecked' by addiction to pokies.

6. Garlett. Stood up at the critical moments 5. Hogan. Great four quarters. 4. Oliver. Clearance king 3. Jones 2. Petracca 1. Gawn

Hope lives eternal od. Stupid by my own admission, but true none-the-less.

I think this captures pretty well what Lewis was saying. Just reading a bit between the lines (or maybe just being hopeful) I think the 'hurt' that the players felt at the end of last season might drive them to give that extra 0.5% when we are down during a game, and make them less 'accepting' of losses when they occur. Fingers crossed.

Interesting to hear Jordie quizzed about his transgression on AFL360 this evening. He mentioned that he let the emotions of the moment get the better of him (which he shouldn't have done, especially as a leader), and that several team mates made that point to him out on the ground. His lack of discipline was also raised at a post match discussions within the Leadership Group.

I have considerable respect for both posters. Webber presents some sound arguments, but I hope ProDee is correct.

Avoid the grand kids for fear of telling them that the Easter Bunny is a pretend story, put about by adults to keep them happy .................... just like the fairy stories about the resurgence of the mighty Demons.

1. The Gawn, Oliver and Petracca combo is very good. Add a fit and firing Viney (fingers crossed) and we could have a midfield that is widely feared. 2. Our mind-set and tenacity to fight back from the brink, even though maybe half the team had overall 'ordinary' games. 3. OMac was our best defender on the day. Who would have thunk it, given the more high profile team-mates that were all around him.

Thanks praha. I had assumed that 'The Demon Dude' was some sort of cheap but strong alcohol.

6. Oliver 5. Gawn 4. Petracca 3. Hogan 2. Jones 1. Vince

Gutted but not despondent. We could've / should've won but we didn't ........ and it would have been a 'get out of jail' win if we had done so. For much of the second quarter our defensive pressure across the ground was poor, and we will struggle to beat most decent teams if extended lapses like that are not rectified.

Gutted but not despondent ....... but it takes 4 quarters of our best, not three and a bit, to beat the decent teams.

Heart yearning, stomach churning, and Mrs 'oldfart tells me "it's only a game". What would she know about such things? It's nice to be among kindred spirits on here.

BUM!!

Outside the ranks of the Demon faithful, Jesse has become a bit of a forgotten man after initially bursting onto the scene with a fanfare. If he has anything to do with it, he won't be 'forgotten' for much longer. Headlines of a different sort this year for our Jesse!

Well I just love my footy team and their current administration. Go Demons, make Infinity proud to sponsor us. We have no limits!!

Disagree AW. I was thinking as I was working my way through the thread that the only way they could improve the original version would be to add the second verse. In the late 1950s and 60s, the players, and the supporters who crammed into the rooms after each victory (which was most weeks) would belt out both verses without missing a beat. Maybe memorising two verses would be too much for today's society.

Don't think so SWYL. Pretty certain that that's Big Bob on the far right. Memory fading, and struggling to recognise the others. Can anyone help me out? ......... or will this take the thread too far off track?