Dr. Gonzo

I scored Gawnys Diary, At Last, the premiership bluray, the premiership DVD, the Victory Pack box set, an MFC polo top, a scarf, Demons socks, a premiership coffee mug and a Grand Final coffee mug. I got my dad At Last, an MFC jacket, my brother the Petracca tshirt ("We did it baby! Wooooo!!"), my mum the premiers framed poster signed by Petracca and Gawn, my kids got premiership tshirts and water bottles. Easiest Christmas shopping in years 😀

I went to the shops to buy Gawnys diary for dad for xmas then saw the At Last book and opted for that instead. Today I got Gawnys diary AND At Last from my dad for xmas as did my brother and sister 🤣 I asked him if he bought At Last for himself as well as I knew what he was getting when he unwrapped his gifts. He said he didn't but he did get a copy of Gawnys diary for himself so I made the right choice on that one

It still hasn't fully sunk in and I doubt it will until we are back at the G and seeing the flag unfurled. For me though it means never having those quiet, dark moments after another disappointing loss, another crushing defeat, another coach sacked, another player jumping ship where you think "why am I so invested in this? Why am I dedicating so much time and energy to something that causes so much angst? Will I ever get the emotional reward of seeing this club as the Premiers after 20, 30 now 40 years of support? What the hell have I done to my kids setting them up for a life of misery?" Now that I've finally seen us win a flag I never have to question that again - its just enjoying supporting the team without the dread of having my emotional investment unrewarded and never having opposition supporters give me the look of pity/derision again when I tell them who I support. I've always known we were the best club but now it's not just in the history books and grainy black and white footage, its in the living flesh.

When he does get through good luck speaking to someone who can actually assist in any way

Just use some creative accounting to shift the book purchase to "cultural/entertainment spend" instead of footy and voila!

191 to put that horrific record to bed

I've thought for a while Wells was overrated - made his name off one or two drafts (1999? and 2001) and some very lucky father son picks. His record outside that was very hit and miss.

Perhaps it was the way it was written? Armstrong survived but was injured in the 2002 Bali bombings.

While that's true surely they can have a cutoff so people don't waste time waiting in line if they're going to shut up shop before they finish testing everyone there

Yes the curse being the team generally lost their first home game after unfurling the flag I think? Hopefully we have better luck come roubd 1 🤞

A bit of a weird tradition I discovered while listening to the Kick to Kick podcast (they go through the history of the VFL/AFL one year at a time and the hosts are 3 Melbourne supporters and a Bombers supporter) is that teams often have the flag unfurled by the club President's wife (or husband in recent times I guess). It sounds like we are likely to break with that tradition and get RDB to do it which I couldn't be happier about especially considering he missed the chance to hand over the cup and then missed the chance again 2 weeks ago at the G.

Was Yakka from the 70s? My memories of the Pies were with Spicers Papers which was the late 80s

Got to go today with my 2 boys and seeing the cup in the flesh was glorious We got there around 430pm and the place was practically empty, we were able to go straight in with no queue just had to wait for the lady who was getting a photo with her daughter to finish then we were straight in. Kids had fun at the sports museum too with the interactive stuff so was a good arvo all round 😀

Do you have a link? I can't find it online Edit nevermind just realised this post was a month old 🤣

And replace Hart with Lappin or Aker

As evidenced by his well deserved 4th placed B&F - he was close to our most important player early in the season I reckon

Where did you get that Gold plated jewellry box with Max Gawn on it? 🤣

Yep I booked this way for 6 of us and it worked but had to order each ticket individually to apply the codes

I ordered an item that was due in on 13/12 - called them last week and they told me it would be received 13/12 and shipped via express post so would come before Christmas. Still "Awaiting Fulfillment" so I called again yesterday and they said it has been received and is in the warehouse being sorted/counted and would be sent via express post in next day or 2 and would come before Christmas. Here's hoping!

It's the most consistent I've ever seen us and I think its because it was built on a solid foundation of a sound defensive structure and supreme fitness allowing us to run up and down the field all day. I've never seen a Melbourne team with such strong defense as 2021.

To be fair I'm still not convinced by Richmond and they've won 3 flags 😂

Was about to post exactly this although I'd give Viney=Libba

This was me too, still way too nervous at 3/4 time, I only felt like the cup was surely ours after Nibblers goal. After that it was party time. It still feels surreal to say it.

The amazing thing is we did pretty much the same earlier in the same quarter, 3 goals in a minute! In one quarter of a Grand Final we had two separate periods of kicking 3 goals in under a minute. It's astonishing, I can't really remember anything like it in footy before let alone in such an important game at such an important time.

I'd rather play interstate teams away and play Vic clubs at home. Better for the finances and better atmosphere at games (especially if we're winning).