After an 8 year hiatus just stumbled across this thread. So relevant now given the excruciating over analysis, furrowed brows and pressed fingers into the breastbones from today's commentators. Dwayne Russell and G Lyon both unlistenable.
My uncle was a past commentator on the ABC in the 70's and 80's and is mentioned earlier here from a time when the game was augmented by commentators, not dominated. He was an Essendon player and on my Mum's side. All my Mum's side were Bombers. Dad's side all Demons. My sister sat behind Mum in the car with a Bombers sticker on their side, I sat behind Dad with a Demons sticker on ours.
My uncle was furniture at Windy Hill so I always had to sit in the members stand there with my Demons beanie on. I'm 56 now but clearly remember my Grandma telling off another lady of similar age re my Dees beanie to leave me alone, 'he's only a boy!' Reckon it was '71 and I was 7.
Fond memories from a different time when from memory the two 45's, both named Smith, would play on each other. Always got a kick out of that.
Anyway, Dees were [censored] last night. But [deleted] I love 'em.
