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As many of you fellow Victorians would attest to, over the past week we have endured some of the strongest winds I've ever seen in my life other than sitting through a category 3 cyclone 20 years ago in Cairns. 

Houses have wilted, multiple massive shipping containers have collapsed on each other , 100+ yr old trees destroyed, towns without power for days. 

My Dees scarves, tied only by the tassels at each end to my flimsy tree in the front yard have not moved an inch

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On 10/28/2021 at 1:43 PM, In Harmes Way said:

Another 5 years like this one and he might be a chance for All Australian.

Was stiff at the time Papley got the nod ahead of him, seems absolutely staggering now!

3 hours ago, jnrmac said:

If I was to predict I would say Sparrow has greater upside than Jordon. Not a knock but Jordon seems more workhorse while Sparrow has weapons.

Tend to agree but Jordan Lewis has huge raps on JJ!  Both well exceeded my expectations. Big futures for both!

45 minutes ago, mauriesy said:

Gee, what a shocking nickname. Surely we can do better.

He said it himself on Gus N Gawny podcast when asked what his nickname is. There were a few others too but I can’t remember them.

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Agreed. I think this bloke has huge potential and we could go close to seeing another Trac.( i said close,).

I couldn’t have been more impressed with Spaz for his entire finals campaign. I, like many,  wondered how he’d get a game in home n away let alone finals but he has proven he belongs.

Kept his close friend and housemate Jordon out of the team in finals, both have enormous upside….. but can’t see either getting Trac like standards ( yes I know you said close!! I walked past the 2 of them having a stroll mid year, he is built like an absolute brick sheethouse!!

Has a 200+ game career ahead of him. We have a ripper on our hands!

1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Just curious, who else's are still up 😁😁

I'm thinking mine might go until past Christmas 😊😁

Lookout God, the Demons are back in charge and ruling Aussie Rules around here!! 😝😜

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Lounge only just returned to normal this week, leaving a few scarves tied to my tree til New Year! ❤️💙

43 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Thanks for that. Whoops. Yep haven't lost a game yet with him in. That's a bloody good list of eight at 21 and younger. All of them very talented players. So its exciting times. I would argue the two to really go to a new level would be Kozzie and Jackson. No surprises there. I hope we can hold on to them. But I have give a shout out to Petty, when poor Adam  went down I was quite worried about losing such a great defender but young Harrison has been awesome .I wouldn't mind seeing him spend some time up forward. I reckon he would be a great at CHf. Have we missed anyone else?

No that’s it, but I hope Bailey Laurie gets a good run injury wise, imagine if he comes in and impacts the same way Bowser has. Still 19 years old so could be another to the list.

Petty was superb but I’d argue he has another level to go to like Dogga and Kozzie. Hard to believe he’s only played 30 games, plays like he belongs and even starting to show a bit of swagger which I love. Tough nut !

44 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

In watching the replay for the I( cant. remember now how many times), I have to say I thought young Sparrow did a really good job.  He didn't amass a large number of gets but was very effective with the disposals he had. Played a very good against the Lions final. Hes a very strong player for his age and I am looking forward to watching him improve. He and Jordan could be perhaps be close to the next Oliver/Petracca combo but the odds of that are slim. Nonetheless they are both very good players and have some great role models to follow. Gee we have some great young talent. I also forget that Petty is only 21. So 21 and under is him, the two others just mentioned, Rivers, Jackson, Spargo and Kozzie. Not too shabby. We are very well placed with the ages of our players to be dominant a long time.

….you can add youngest of all Bowser to that list!

11 hours ago, Winners at last said:

That contest shouldn't have even happened. 30 seconds earlier Kozzy was strangled 30 metres out from goal ... nothing to see ... play on!! 

I'm not sure whether I have posted this before. Apologies if I have. I have a particular meeting once a month. Football is inevitably discussed. One of the attendees is a Bulldog. At the most recent meeting (a week after the GF), not a word about the Grand Final.

If the Bulldogs had won I would have said to Mr Bulldog "I was disappointed about the result, but congratulations on the win".

I expected nothing else from Mr Bulldog. He is not a quality person. 

 

Watch again. Harmes had an even more obvious high free kick ignored  immediately before this incident.

Couldn't believe it, then they got a softer free given straight after Kozzies 

11 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

It will presumably be our home game so no issues with getting the members in. 
Secondly Friday night might not be family friendly but it’s cash friendly. It brings loads of dollars and sponsor money. 
Thirdly I have stopped giving a crap about the opposition’s feelings when I realized they don’t care about ours. We will play the Dogs twice in the season anyway. Why not in round 1?

The MFCSS is back… “oh but they’ll be motivated. We will lose. Let’s play an easy opponent”. 
How about our boys will be hella motivated to back up? How about it’s good to start the year with a really big challenge to set off the season right? 
 

We are goddamn premiers!

Agree 666%
 

And remember…. There is a apparently a “ nasty” rivalry between the club

I’m sure this has been discussed before but one thing that really stood out for me and gives me enormous pride, was how all the playing list celebrated the victory on the field straight after siren and in the rooms afterwards.
 

It was pure elation from every single one of them and I really feel this is because of the way group all year long spoke of unselfishness, team first etc. 

Maybe it’s because the entire list was there and I might have the blinkers on but I can’t remember seeing such unbridled joy from the non playing group after a Premiership!

They are such a close unit and it’s awesome to see.

From whipping boy to a brilliant role player in the blink of an eye.

Has become someone you love having the ball in his hands as he often creates something from nothing!

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

If ever a player loves himself more its this guy !

Have you met him PF? He’s a quality young bloke, goes to his local junior footy club which my boys play at on a regular basis in his own time and has even run water for junior matches. He’s very approachable to the young kids.
 

Bailey Smith is a perfect example of not judging a book by its cover. No doubt his looks will attract the attention of nuffies trying to make a name for themselves out and about in offseason 

This warms the heart! Legend!

Hard to argue with your top 3 Picket but I think you’ve undersold Viney.

The Brisbane QF match was a fair while ago now so it’s easy to forget but he was enormous in that game.

Even in the GF it’s not until I’ve watched the replay 3 or 4 times lol that you realise how pivotal he was.

2 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

Can you help me find which post or thread the Commeti  link is in. There is a tsunami of posts since GF I can’t find it. Thanks.

1 hour ago, Dante said:

I watched the replay on YouTube last night, my partner was thrilled to watch it, I can’t understand anyone who wouldn’t be. I picked the wrong one, I think there are several, and I got the one with Whatley and co, all they did was yell at each other and I had to turn the sound down. It was horrendous so I’ll have to go home and watch it again to wipe my mind of it.

Even in the second half all they were interested in was the “Bont”, I think they were convinced he was going to pull it out of the bag for them. 

My partner doesn’t have Foxtel so I think I’ll have to get it for her so she can watch every game next year 

I’ve watched it 3 times. MMM Perth with Denis Cometti is the best I’ve heard. Crowd noise is better than some of the other calls too

You’ll find the link  to all the calls pinned on Demonland 

1 Brownlow vote… what a dud!

Could not be happier for this bloke. He’s got the flag he’s craved and was a massive reason we were so hard to beat all year. Oozes leadership.

34 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

My only memories of 186 was I had the flu at the time and had been asleep when the game started. I woke up during the 2nd quarter and checked my phone to see we we're about 80 points down at the time. I avoided checking again until it was over.

I don't blame the club for sacking Bailey after that, though they probably should have sacked Schwab at the same time to.

My memories of 148 v Essendon are a lot stronger as sadly I was there that night.

From memory wasn't Schwab supposedly sacked or fell on his sword in the week leading up to this match then miraculously kept his job days before. I could be wrong but that was my understanding.

Was 186 some sort of player protest?? We sure were a Jeckyl and Hyde team,  we played some scintillating footy amongst downright embarrassingly putrid in that era.

The treatment of Bailey still doesn't sit well with me. We are completely unrecognisable as a club now thankfully.

3 hours ago, picket fence said:

Quote " Cera chose Carlton over Melbourne because he felt it was a better fit for his football progression "They were my no 1 priority" he said The Hun pg 82 today

Went for the cash over career progression is my take.

Anyway not to waste any more words on this matter

The bigger question must be.. How can Carlton fit all these high salaried players into the Cap?? Of course we all know the answer to that!

15 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

" We're gonna need a bigger cabinet! "

What should we take down our Dees gear ??

Mines staying up til lockdown ends!

48 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

I say we flush out any residual traces of MFCSS by reorienting the topic of this thread. 

Who here is a fan of the Stone Roses? I particularly get a strut in my step when this bobs up in my I-Tunes rotation!

Love them Col! I wanna be adored and Love Spreads my 2 faves of theirs!

Port Adelaide are more embarrassed!

23 hours ago, DeesignerAU said:

 

Exactly as I remember him probably 40 -45 years ago. Great find!