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You and me both Dazzle. Thought that bit was very well produced and I was getting goosebumps to the max. That old Norm Smith footage gets me every time.

He's a disruptor. Plays the game as a rule bender and to an extent thats ok but it goes too far time and time again. It could have been a very bad injury so I would have thought he'd get sighted at least.

Firstly, each and every one of you Demonlanders out there give yourself the biggest pat on the back you've ever given yourself. You are the true fans and whether I know some well or not I've got so much respect for the people here who stuck fat for so long. It sounds silly but I'd really be struggling without this forum during these times and I'm really stoked to be sharing these moments with you. How proud, how proud I am of this club. When you've been down for so long it becomes more about the current group setting the culture and identity of the club. Getting the right people in helps a lot but at the end of the day it's the 22 that runs out there that gets it done. The last final we played in we got jumped from the start and we were not ready. Several trials and tribulations later we were back and despite some jitters early from some youngster which is totally understandable, we were ready to play footy on the big stage. That first quarter was close to the best quarter of all round footy this year. While we were vulnerable when the ball hit the deck I did wonder if Brisbane were going to be able to stay with us without getting a mark inside 50. By the way, Brisbane took 5 marks inside 50 for the night. On the flip side we had 15. In stats that matter we really did have all the answers. A 5 goal lead at half time didn't mean a massive deal for me, I still felt Brisbane would come and that we probably needed one or 2 more at the end of the second. I think if Brown kicks that first shot we roll on to another one after that and put it well out of reach. This is really the one blemish on the game for me, 13 goals 15 behinds, may sound harsh but it probably won't cut it in the next game or 2. I never ever worried about our back line, keeping Brisbane to 2 goals in a quarter is a good effort, what I felt we needed was that steadying goal. Even in the 4th quarter I was riding every bump and at 2 goals apiece I still felt the door was open. Enter Christian Petracca, I leaped pretty high out of the seat at that moment. Almost as high as after Maxy's winner last week. Clayton Oliver is playing lights out football. That man loves playing on Adelaide oval and when he charges forward with the footy you best get out of he way or learn to live with the boot marks in your neck that you see in the mirror getting ready for that important meeting. This was the best kicking display I've seen from Clarry. I really liked Harmes' game, he threw himself into 50-50 contests like each one was his last. Gus Brayshaw was a significant contributor, plays the defensive wing role perfectly now and never took his eye off the ball. Langdon on the other side, gee we'd struggle without this bloke. He gave us exactly what we needed, even without the ball he just helps us stretch oppositions over and over again. Jack Viney I thought started slow but then went on to have a typical Viney game where he chipped in and led by example. Alex Neal-Bullen your game was immense, up there with his West Coast game. Sparrow cracked in, Rivers very shakey early I thought battled back really well to have a solid game as did Bowey. Big Benny Brown provides the foil and works his opponent into the ground a fair bit by getting up and providing marking options at the wing which is handy. No longer do we ever get slaughtered in the air on the wings. May had no issue with Daniher. Daniher really had little impact, most his possessions were up high and he just couldnt get into it. Easy win for May there. Fritta, Kozzie, Bowey to hell with it the whole team played really well I thought. Well, almost. Joel Smith had a good effort to prevent Cameron from kicking another, but I just don't know if he quite offers enough in that back 6. Hibberd has to be strongly considered. T-Mac, I really hope the week off helps this guy. We need this man fit and firing! Spargypants, what a little gun. Works so damn hard, you just have to love him. I'm getting pretty tired, I'm just so happy. These are the times we were waiting for oh lordy. I love you all, enjoy the rest of your weekend peeps, bring on the prelim. Not even focused on who we're playing. Unfortunately no trip to Junction Oval training this time during the bye week to see the Ox and Neita go round. Maybe the club can live Zoom our training sessions? Haha. Ok that is well and truly enough from me. Gonna be bouncing off the walls for a while yet. GO DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. Oliver 5. Petracca 4. ANB 3. Brayshaw 2. Gawn 1. Fritsch Votes were impossible. Apologies to pretty much the rest of the team.

Not sure about best because I haven't been there for all of it but this is easily the most complete and true team effort teams I've seen in my time supporting this club.

GET AROUND OUR DEES. This is a force to be reckoned with!

GET AROUND OUR DEES

Look at the work rate from Ben Brown so late in the game

I reckon Harmes has been immense as well

Toot toot

GET AROUND HIM

Ahhhhhhj yeah

cop that Mitch

Game on again

Bailey Fristch you are stepping up to the plate

Game on

Serioisly. Just kick a damn goal. I'm not worried about defending, somebody needs to step up and kick it.

We haven't done enough. Honestly if we kick one of those it's probably done. Until we break that barrier and kick a fricken goal then this game is well and truly on.

When will we get that goal?

Everything looking like sheer hard work

Leave the door open and pay the price

Huge goal.

We need the first goal. Period

We're gonna kick ourselves out of it

Thinking about what happened last week isn't making me feel better! Just need to keep playing our game it was fully on our terms.