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Straight sets loss highlights not good enough. Melksham retires. Trade out some NQRs. Forward line changes. Get fit. Come again

Now 122

Sydney need 114 points. Actually need to win first!

Keith Greig was a sublimely-skilled wingman. Perhaps the only player even vaguely comparable to Robbie. Greig would also be inches taller than Bowser

I thought Declase showed promise. Disappointed that he's been delisted

Yes. Patch of game day ball (from finals) plus replica Premiership and Norm Smith medals. Signed by Trac and Gawny

Look at what the courier just delivered! Worth every cent. I am crying again 🙄 and watching the replay on Kayo for the (n+1) time.

Thank you so much for this video and post. As a new MCC member in the late 70s-early 80s, Robbie's extraordinary skills and clubmanship drew me to follow the Demons (plus an inbred hatred of Richmond, the only co-tenants at the time). Memories of his play have sustained me through to the 2021 premiership. In answer to some other posts, Robbie polled highly in two Brownlow counts '79 and '84 finishing third each time. I can't remember which year but he missed 6 games at the end of one of these seasons with a broken arm. It is extraordinary that Robbie won only one B&F. I have heard a quip that the MFC voters suffered combined dyslexia in the 3 years that Laurie Fowler won ('75, '79 & '80). Thanks again

West Coat thunder-lightning game on Fox Footy and Kayo now. Geelong comeback game after. Great afternoon of viewing on a wet day. Just to break up the GF on a continuous loop

Totally agree. It was the parting present of the Norm Smith curse that we had bloody BT commentate the closing minutes. And when he tried to invoke Robbie Flower, my head nearly exploded. How dare he!

24 hours later and after multiple viewings of the game and Kayo mini, I am in a contemplative mood. Melbourne took Scully, Trengove, Gysberts and Tapscott in the 2009 draft with much fanfare and some subsequent penalties from the tanking saga. Hidden at pick 34 was one Max Gawn. One pick above a triple premiership player in David Astbury. In 2009, which of the 5 Melbourne picks was viewed to be the next Melbourne premiership captain? Especially after a certain China trip. So many lessons and paradoxes from this 2009 draft: the importance of expert recruiting; the maturation of players and young men; and the cruel reality of Trengove's injury riddled career. He was my pick for our next premiership captain especially based on his first 1-2 years. It was so heartening to see him in the rooms after the game. But fate fortunately still brought us a premiership captain from that draft. The least likely in 2009 but, as it turned out, the most likely 12 years later. Thank you Max for developing into a fitting successor to Ronald Dale Barassi

This page is the one that matters. It's why they play and why we believe when there is no sane reason for belief. It's Robbie, Sean and Jimmy. It's what binds us. It's why I am crying again. Thank you for your stories. Enjoy. They're all with us.

How does one come down after a win like that? Lying in bed at 12.30 am, reading the posts, and icing my right ankle. Grade 1 sprain jumping for joy in front of the TV after Gawn's snap out of the ruck. Like Steven May, I should be right for the GF thanks to the bye week. So many thoughts. Other old timers on Demonland will understand. I was drawn to follow this Club as a teenager by the brilliance, loyalty and humility of Robbie Flower. There have been long dark periods with only occasional flickers of hope since. But nothing, absolutely nothing like this. Doesn't matter what happens in the GF, I am just so proud of this team. And when I dare to dream, I see Gawny holding the Premiership Cup with the team, and I'm sure that I see others in the background: Robbie, Jimmy, Sean and all the supporters who couldn't live to see it. But there's one more game, one more challenge against another very good side. A challenge that this team will embrace (as Goodwin so calmly states) And, like the team, I have to put fresh ice on my ankle to prepare...

You bet. It's a Grand Old Flag!

We play a ballistic demanding style. Our younger players (Jackson, Rivers, Pickett, Jordan) have tired somewhat. No criticism. They need a freshen-up and preseasons. I don't think the commentators recognise how important these young players were to our early season form. All is not lost! We are loading. We can get that form back. If not, imagine 1-2 years time when we have the sweet-spot of preseasons into the youngsters and the core are at their prime. I have followed Melbourne for 40 years. This team is the best constructed with the greatest chance of success over the next few years. We just need to rack up Preliminary Final appearances. Anything can happen from there.