Dr. Gonzo

I feel like the team may feel as though they've ground their way through the tough part and are over the hump. It felt like they were running down hill on Friday, similar to last year's finals. Of course Brisbane offered little resistance but we came out of the blocks on fire and just mauled them.

Yep, excluding 2021 this is the best season I've seen in all my years following the Demons. I think we went 16-6 in 1990 but finished 4th in an elimination final.

We did it in the Prelim too

I just found out my best mate has organised dinner for my god son and his sister's birthdays on the Friday night. Such a shame I'll have to miss out, I'll make sure to send them a nice photo of me at the G though 😝

C'mon mate, you know sides can score 3 goals in 30 seconds these days - well actually maybe that's just us? 😂

Pretty sure they showed this stat at some point during the game (3rd quarter?) At that stage we had scored 9.1.55 from turnover (from memory) and Brisbane were maybe 3 goals?

Hopefully they won't get a say in the near future

Collingwood supporters do it anyway

Ross Lyon or James Hird 😂😂😂

Hasn't happened yet usually in the leadup to the GF. Gorgoroth is a long time member. Just on the 65k members, my two kids and mother in law are members but won't be going. My kids are still young and get freaked out by the big crowds and MIL likely working. I will try and use their tickets to bring along mates/cousins as Demons for the night but depends if they're free. Still think it will be a bumper crowd, Melbourne supporters traditionally come out of the woodwork for finals.

You can get your barcode before the email is sent by logging into your membership account online.

2nd on the ladder, 16-6, led in 5 of our 6 losses by at least 4 goals and was within a goal in the other with only 10 minutes to play. Really only blown out in one game (Freo at the G) - it has been a remarkable season!

I hear that but channel 7 have never cared about such things in the past.

I reckon it will be over 70k. Swan's have decent support here and there will be plenty of neutrals wanting to go to the Friday night game (particularly MCC and AFL members) who have missed out on finals for the last 2 years.

Genuinely surprised Geelong/Collingwood isn't the Friday night game

2 weeks to sort yourselves out - no excuses for this one, let's see us pack the G in red and blue and drown out the Sydney blow-ins. We completely outnumbered Geelong and Hawthorn in 2018 I want another see of red and blue and to hear "Mellll-bourne" reverberating around the stadium.

Will they announce finals fixture tonight? Nothing on AFL app

And Jane Kennedy

Don't know why it didn't embed in the first post

Wow didn't see this last night as I watch the Fox feed. Spine tingling stuff, almost teared up when they showed Jimmy and then again when they showed the Prelim/GF highlights. https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1560491545908097024?s=20&t=W4glTXuTfUO9mTcXsjCsEw

Notably one where Petracca gave off to Fritsch going to the right of screen - against Brisbane too! It's all come round full circle.

Found the new cheersquad routine for you @WalkingCivilWar

Pretty unlucky to have multiple players with gastro and Martin hobbled with injury in the Prelim. They would have won in a canter otherwise.

We definitely looked full of running tonight! 3-1 to finish the season, 4-2 going back to the Dogs game and both those games we lost we were within a kick with minutes to go. 16-6 for the season, slightly worse than 17-4-1 last year but we still finish with the double chance, possible top 2 and have given ourselves a real shot at defending our crown. Bring on (late August) September, I can smell finals in the air.