Hellaintabadplacetobe

The Melbourne of old.

Biggest concern was not where did the run n carry game go?....what the hell did we try to do to stop their chip kicks and easy uncontested possessions that won them the game.

Nothing....the whole match.

Hopefully the reality check we needed. There are no easy games anymore.

46 minutes ago, binman said:

Great day of spots watching

Masters as live now thru to 1pm game time.

Get my bets on the ponies.

Races kick off 12pm

Game 1:10pm

Races replays during the breaks, more after the game finished

Post game, 3 group ones in Sydney, includng the excitement machine Pride of Jenni enjoying the trailing wind - can they catch her (I hope not) and Australia's best horse Autumn Glow gunning for 12th straight win in the Queen Elizabeth, which this year is stronger than last year's Cox Plate.

Then watch the replay of our victory over the bombers.

Gold.

If you're still married she's a keeper Bin....

What a ripper day at the footy. Have not enjoyed a match like that in a long time.

Nervous the whole match thinking their class will come back at us late but really we were in control bar the first 15 minutes.

Our pressure was off the charts. Bring that every week and we will be damned hard to play against.

Stoked with every players efforts yesterday

On 04/10/2025 at 12:43, Cranky Franky said:

Dunstan, Billings & now Steele.

Good grief

What ya reckon now Cranky Pants??

3 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

I am a bit sad for Voss - I don’t think he is a good coach but he was inspirational back in his playing days. Carlton can suck it though.

Yeah I feel for him too. His leaders let him down again.

Other than that...it's farkn funny to see 😁

20 minutes ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Ordinary crowd on what looks a great day in Adelaide and their first home game for the year. Will they bring the tarps back over bays of seats again

It's pretty hot to be fair. Bet the ground is packed camera side just like our game at the G last week.

The first QTR was really ugly we were lucky we were not 10 goals down . It was Neeld esq.

I was pretty happy after that we dominated 2nd but didn't capitalise and gave them 2 late goals in last 2 mins after barely going inside 50.

We are miles off Freo quality and that's ok. Happy that we didn't roll over. We definitely looked gassed early which is odd as we ran the game out well against Saints after a pretty hot day .

Disco was among our best when we lost him so that hurt.

Hayden Young out doesn't hurt. Very good player when fit.

1 hour ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Salem disposals very poor as well. He gave two goals to St Kilda.

He also kicked probably the best pass of the day inside 50 into space for Roo punt Rd end in the 2nd QTR.

It was sensational.

What a ripper game of footy by both teams. Stoked for the win.

So much to like. Massive team effort. Not amongst the best but shout-out to whipping boys Petty and also Kolt for keeping Nas pretty quiet for a superstar.

6 hours ago, picket fence said:

Sharp!

Not sure he is physical enough Picket.

Langers gave Daicos the hardest tag I reckon he's ever received, reckon he's the man.

So who is tagging Nas? Langers?

Perryman probably won Pies the game he did such a good job on him.

Be interesting to see if King is a believer in tagging?

Maysie was instrumental in bringing a hard edge ruthlessness to our team that had been missing for an eternity. He demanded excellence from his teammates.

Was a sight to behold in his prime and I lived watching him play. Was a huge part of our premiership and I'll be forever grateful he became a Dee.

I hope he has a healthy, happy life beyond footy .

13 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

If the Lions can nail a 3 peat , twice in 25 years. The AFL have completely screwed up. And it is looking likely. I can’t really see any other team pushing them.

They have already been robbed of a 2nd 3peat thanks to some very questionable umpires in 2023 against Pies.

Terrible timing and bad luck for the young lad.

Also concerned for the well-being of Mr P Fence. Someone needs to check in on him....

6 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

CJ out on the ground, doing run-throughs, under staffer instruction.

Testing?

Half of footy maybe all they wanted from him after slow pre season?

11 hours ago, bing181 said:

You're a brave man.

I know a lot here are getting on board the rebuild/transition bandwagon. But I know what the Gameday threads are like, and it's not a pretty sight.

Nah not brave just realistic and wiser as I get older. Would love to be proven wrong but just can't see it. There are too many teams well ahead of us. Bullish for 2027.

The brave are those that join the game day thread.....and the delusional. It's comical at times.

2 hours ago, bing181 said:

Wonder if you'll still be saying that when we're 0 - 6.

Absolutely if they give us all I mentioned. It's not about wins n losses for me this year.

Look after yourself Chompers.

You'll be a hero for Dees fans forever...thankyou

Going to be a long year if you're expecting success this year.

Give me games into kids, team cohesion, 4 QTR efforts and enjoyable footy.

We are bottom 6 at best and that's ok. 2027 I expect us to be right back in contention for finals and we'll be fun to watch again

3 hours ago, old dee said:

Spot on DJ we simply have too small of a population. Enjoy for the next couple of years. After that I may not care the body is fading fast. This may be the last season I attend games. I no longer go to mid winter night games or the way the Pies/Tigers games. Way to many people and I am not sitting in the oxygen deprived 3rd tier. As someone famous once said " you have to know your abilities".

"A man's gots ta know his limitations!"

1 hour ago, binman said:

Yep.

With Viney, tracc and Oliver we arguably had the worst kicking midfield in the AFL.

Fixed Bin

2 hours ago, Go Ds said:

Question to everyone is this actually true? Did Robbie Flower have mongrel? If it's exactly the same as competitiveness I guess I agree. I just want to see players giving their all. Is that the same?

Mongrel no, but as fearless and courageous as I've ever seen.

19 hours ago, BLWNBA said:

When Freo Recruit Made the Call to Leave the Dees (SEN)

“Then, in my final year in 2025 I got halfway through the year and decided to pack up and come home. … Freo presented very well to me, I saw the opportunity and thought I’d definitely take it.”

Makes sense. Some of his efforts this year were really poor. Looked like a player that didn't want to be there but hey we had a few of them didn't we.

Some gratitude to the club would not have gone astray but I don't want one single player on our list that is not invested. My only concern is that SMay doesn't stink it up if he ends up playing at Casey but he seems to have taken the feedback well.

The freshness of the club is a relief, happy to see the back of Judd type players who aren't on the bus.

We are likely still bottom 6 or at best bottom 8 but I'm not worried, in fact stoked with the changes been made.

A lot to look forward to in the coming years.