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Such a good point. Me too. My head nearly exploded. In years to come I will remember round 23 and tge grand final as a package almost. It all felt it was destined.

I had a solid bet on the dees @ 5.50 to win the flag after the dogs beat us in round 19 because I knew from that point our odds would drop every week. We started 1.60. Resisted the urge to lay off. Well, to be honest didn't really seriously consider it. Backed tracc and Oliver to win the Norm Smith. Icing on a sweet cake.

Such a funny narrative. Because the more logical argument would be the cats game (which built on the round 23 and qf games) was not some random, freak event. Rather, it was evidence of our form and what we are capable of. As evidenced by the grand final.

Or concussion to enjoy it

Spot on. And it is a really important point. We bat deeper.

Just a quick post match review comment. I'm hoping the dees came back from the dead narrative does not take hold, as I fear it might. I loved daisy's work, brilliant. And kudos to 7 for giving her much more air time. And even credit to bt for deferring to her often. But I think she got it wrong in the third declaring we were looking shakey and desperately needed a goal just for confidence. We had a poor second quarter. The simple reason why was that they smashed us in contested ball. It was not surprising they lifted their rating but it was really surprising we dropped off. And they were clearly on top. But despite them getting the first goal in the third (early) we were matching them in contested ball and had clearly got the game back into the shape we like it to look like. It was back to contest to contest. We had stopped their transition game. And stopped them flicking it around. And stopped allowing unpressured kicks by the like of daniels. We were back grinding. And 3 goals is nothing for a team that had proven its ability all season to score super quickly and multiplegoals in bursts.. We had done exactly that in our previous three games for Pete's sakes. Against quality opposition. Wasn't anyone watching? We were by far the most potent team over the last part of the season, having averaged 100.5 points in our previous 6 games (that average has jumped up to 106!). Of course I was nervous half way though the third. But I thought all of the above watching live. And my thoughts were reinforced when watching the replay. And good lord. When we lifted our rating, when we did flex, it was incredible. They simply could not go with us. No team could.

Too distracted to post much of late. I think we win, and win pretty easily in the end. Objectively the bookies have got the price right at 1.65 (it has been the quote for two weeks now). We have won our last six matches, including 3 wins against top 4 sides. In doing so we averaged 100.5 per game. In that same period the dogs have gone 4 wins and 3 losses and averaged 80 points per game. In that period we have significantly improved two key elements - we have been scoring from stoppages and starting fast. All season the dogs have been terrific in both these areas, but have fallen away in the last 6 weeks Even with the two week break to freshen up, the dogs are playing two players that are the very least suspect fitness wise in Keath and Martin - and that is always a huge risk in a Grand Final. The Martin selection was tacit acknowledgement the model they have used all year of basically no ruck and sharking the opposition ruck man just won't cut it. At least not against us. By contrast, we could barely be fitter. We are fitter and stronger than the dogs and will run out the game better. As we have shown all season, if the dogs have a lead at 3 quarter time they will struggle to hold us off. Conversely if we have a lead, which i expect we will, we will be very hard to run down. Despite reports to the contrary, Beveridge is not a coaching savant who will magic up tactical moves that will bamboozle Goodie and his coaching team and overcome our advantages. Many are suggesting the two week break really helps the dogs. Not sure why. Who knows what impact it will have, but we were able to have a full scale hit out las Saturday arvo. They couldn't becuase they needed to freshen up their weary troops. Also the dogs get an advantage from the two week break narrative cuts against the us against the world palaver Beveridge loves to engineer. And the dogs would have probably preferred to keep going given their momentum - and bevo could also play the we have been in quarantine and the dees haven't, look at them at the beaches and cafe, card. Our preparation has been perfect, we have established a routine over the last month - one that as Pert noted on the Demonland podcast, was planned with exactly this scenario in mind. Our game is built for the g and Optus oval is almost exactly the same dimensions. It suits us and with our defensive system and running power of all players, gives us a considerable comparative advantage. And this will be third time we have played there in the last 2 months. And in that time we have probably trained there at least 5 times Many seem to be considering the dog's performance in the prelim to be the equal of ours. I don't. Port were woeful and bizarrely did not bring the heat in the first quarter. Perhaps it was something to do with the fact Port thrive on the energy of their home crowd and there was on 26, 000 people there. The Cats were hard at it all game as evidenced by the pressure rating for the match, which was something like 185 to 175 our way. That's a really poor preparation for the blitzkrieg they will face tonight. And there is no way we give Hannan and Smith the space to run into Port did. And it's worth noting Port beat them round 23 in a cut throat, must win game And prior to the Port win, they were very lucky to just get over the top of the lions. A team we touched up by 7 goals (could easily have been 10) in our first final. I'm surprised more people have not pointed out the advantage we get of having already experienced the insanity of packed Optus Oval with its colour, intensity and above all deafening noise. That will all come as a shock to the dogs as might the fact it will be a very pro demons crowd. The major issue for the dogs is that we are unlikely to concede more than 70 points. Which means they have to keep us under 70 points to win. On a perfect deck, in perfect conditions and with our offensive weapons' and ability to generate repeat inside 50s on back of forward half pressure, they will struggle mightily to do so. I think we will come out of the blocks and blitz them. They might stick with us for a quarter, maybe even a quarter and a half. But i expect we will get on top and be better place to take advantage of periods in the first half when we get the momentum. I can see us with 4-5 goal lead at half time, with the dogs pressing super hard in the third quarter but not being able to significantly bridge the gap. So a 4-5 goal lead at three quarter time. Last quarter the dogs have spent there petrol tickets and we keep rolling to a 43 point win. Tracc or Viney for the Norm Smith. Good luck and super positive vibes to the Demonland posse. Thanks to all for your fantastic posts and for the dees community vibe. I've loved that aspect and its gone along to way to mitigate the impact of the game not being here at the g. I hope everyone has wonderful days. See you on the other side. Go redlegs.

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PSA Supermercado on SEN right now

Lena Lovich is a huge Steve may fan as her lucky number is one

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As of today there are 6,666 active covid cases in Victoria. Coincidence? I think not

Stuff mongrel. If we win contested ball and post clearances we win this game. So thec questions should be which team is physically stronger? Which team is apply more physical pressure? The answer to both is the dees. We'll monster them

is that saty?

It's not that. It's just that there has never been a player with the number 666.

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Agree. Great value. In large part because the Norm smith is decide by a panel that includes a mixture of journos and ex players. And ex players love the hard at it, competitive beast types. And jack has also been getting a lot of possession of late too, so the numbers will work for him when the journos look to the stat sheet. It only just occurred to me how significant it would be for dees player to win the Norm Smith medal.

Love the enigmatic expression super - reminds me of the Mona Lisa. Which is apt because Dee Vinci certainly had his inner demons.

Done.

....Ben Gibsin 'oh, one more thing goody. The reds played bloody well. Like a bunch of blokes desperate to get a game in a grand final. For example majak kicked 3 goals. I'll make sure I include one of his goals and say vanders rampaging and hurry and Chandler and weed. The dogs will be rightly worried that our b team is red hot and better than their A team I'm learning about misinformation online, so I reckon that will get in their heads. One last thing. Stop calling me [censored] Gibby. The boys have been laughing at me all season'

And Saturday is going to be wet and cold. [censored] day for a GF.

Is that two UFOs landing?

I like the idea Covid and the fact that tbe GF has to be played in Perth is all part of the Norm Smith curse. The red fox never did things by halves, so a world wide pandemic is def his mo. Win it and the curse is broken. And pre curse normal service resumes - the next dynasty is on our door step. Next year's GF is going to be epic.