Demonised

I actually like going to a game against one of the lesser clubs like Hawthorn. Plenty of seats in General Admission and on the train, generally relaxed atmosphere. You know, I really posted this so I could get in that 'lesser club' jibe at Hawthorn's expense. Happy days.

If you offered me a ten goal win before the game I would have taken it.

I feel awkward getting to the ground when it's not our home match. It's like the feeling when you leave a restaurant, pick up a coat from the rack and try to get it on for a while before you realise it's not yours. It's familiar, but different.

Four years, two hundred odd goals, consolidated in the All Australian side, a couple of premierships. It's going to be good.

First to 100 usually wins.

I'll give you a hint....a mate of John Wayne's was the first one i heard use it........Gabby Gabby Hayes? Walter Huston uses it in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

He really got scragged, jumper dragged, interfered with in general, not one umpire saw anything. He kept going though, good sign.

Last night's game, in some ways, was a mirror image of so many games I've watched the Dees play over the years. The lower ranked team scraps, goes hard, leads for much of the game but in the end the higher ranked team, maybe flag favourites, prevails. Nice to be on the opposite side of the ledger for a change.

All I want is an eight goal first quarter from us. Is that too much to ask?

Ground staff say they're expecting 81,000.

Reminds me of Craig Turley at the end of his career.

And The Big Men Fly!

Take the six weeks, Max, then another two just to make sure you're right.

Three Best: 1. The sense of long time loyalty repaid after 2021 GF. 2. Seeing the lights of the G from afar on a frosty night. 3. Enjoying the amazement and delight that people from OS have when they discover our game. Three Worst: 1. Gambling ads. 2. Neglect of grassroots and country footy. 3. The NSW media driven renaming the code 'AFL'. AFL is the governing body, not the name of the game, dammit! At Wimbledon they're not playing ATP, and roundball game isn't called FIFA, is it?

Anyone else use the Telstra TV box to watch replays of matches etc? The AFL app has suddenly disappeared ...

It's easy to say who you think could debut, but a little harder to say who they're going to replace ...

Nice cover version. Here's the original.

Have_We_Got_a_Video.mp4

That's the sort of analysis that I come here for. Great post.

One of the main reasons for our (relatively) disappointing season was his injury.

Did you know Scott Pendlebury has one?

The *number* of posters.

John Nicholls and Percy Jones? Steve O'Dwyer and Jim Stynes?

It's clear that one of our problems in 2022 was other coaches watched, analysed and, after a while, came up with effective countermeasures for our game plan. Thus, I suggest this scheme for 2023. Rounds 1-10. Blitz with Plan A. Win 10 on the trot. Rounds 11 to end of Home and Away. Switch to Plan B because other coaches will have worked out Plan A. Win all matches and leave rivals hastily trying to come up with ways to counteract Plan B. Finals. Change to Plan C, a radical departure from Plans A annd B. Win all games easily, bamboozling all and sundry. It's straightforward. Just in case anyone is wondering, this is tongue in cheek, a joke poking gentle fun at those who think complex problems have simple answers