Fork 'em

Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

Hope so

It's been rather lukewarm so far

That's how we roll.
Dare I say it .... Boring.

Go young fella.
Great goal , great celebration.

I don't know how the father/son rules work.
 
All I know is that I watch the players sing the song after games with armfuls of kids and there are too many girls for my liking.

1 hour ago, Jibroni said:

[censored] imagine life as a Dockers fan and watching them play.

Spent my whole life as a melbourne supporter, I don't have to imagine.
And our gameplan while somewhat effective is ugly AF and a tough watch.
And that's if we're playing well.
Every game is a grind .... For me as well.
Goodwin is wasting the careers of our guns and the best big marketing opportunity we've had for 59yrs playing boring unattractive footy.
If this club wants to survive long term we've got to get bums on seats, eyes on TVs, which will excite and expand the membership base and create more lucrative sponsorships.
We've got to entertain the mob.
Not bore them to tears using a rugby union type maul for the gameplan.


 
There, I said it.
Rant Over.

4 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Do we want Freo or Port to win? I think either case we go out of the top 4? 

Freo for Dogga.

5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

It must be nice watching tight Carlton games safe in the knowledge that the umpires will go to work in the last quarter.

Similar to knowing you've 4goal wind coming every game.

 

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

Thanks so much for posting that Fork. 

Takes one's mind away from Thursday night and shows what we are capable of.

 

Watched it again after posting it.
Dunno what it is, no matter how may times I see it, right toward the end of the 3rd Qtr my eyes start watering.
Strange phenomenon I thought might go away but seems to be lingering.
Also makes me feel happy and warm so that's a plus.





 
 

38 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

How anyone can get stuck into Bevo as a coach is beyond me. Even a shallow dive into the stats say he's been a supurb coach. A deep drive into the stats says he's one of the best.

Despite my comment about his GF address being disjointed babble I do think this is fair.
He might be eccentric but he can't be a mug.
His results are far better than that.
 

Whenever I think of Bevo I think of the different halftime instructions Goodwin and Bevo gave to their players.
Goodwins message was clear and concise whereas Beveridge was a disjointed old school babble.
 

10 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Their defense has never been good enough to finish top 4 and that’s the truth. A strong defense can make up for lackluster performances, which every side has during the season. Hell we got destroyed on Thursday night but we still kept our opponent to under 100 points. 
 

Having said that, they’re good enough to make the 8, but I doubt they will. 

The defence saved our arzes so often through the middle of the season during 2021 it wasn't funny.

24 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

 But tbh, why didn't he decided to keep carrying the ball and then have a kick at goal from 45. He has enough space to do it and most of the Brisbane backs were running to their goal square. Mind blowing stuff 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

There was another similar in the 1st half.
On the rebound from half back a player running down the wing (not sure who) crying out for someone to lead at him and all our forwards got their backs to him bolting to the goal square.
It was like they didn't want it.
That ended up being a bomb to no-one.

I knew the game was over as soon as we let Hipwood and Daniher kick the 1st 2 goals.
My only surprise was that Charlie Cameron didn't kick the 3rd.

No surprise Nibbler got our 1st.
Does that quite often.

55 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

The walk of shame.....

My apologies to you good dlanders who I annoyed or upset last night with my negativity

I'm sorry.

I won't drink and post again.

Two week suspension from game day threads.

The boys tried but we're too tired I think.

Again, I'm sorry.

Meh ... What happens in the gameday thread stays in the gameday thread.
We're there to share the highs and the lows with fellow tragics.
 

OMG.

On Nightshift tonight and I'm skipping my pre-work nap for this garbage.
Gonna be a looong night

3 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

Defence being creamed by Hipwood

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

And forken Daniher.
All we need is Cameron now cutting loose.
Not looking good.

2 minutes ago, Chook said:

Clayton Oliver is practically a liability at stoppages so far tonight. Isn't winning the ball and isn't providing much defensively.

He's a liability in my Supercoach side ATM too.

That wasn't out.

Let's go Woey.
Stamp yourself son.

Forken Daniher.
Don't need those 2 clowns getting their tails up.
As they tend to do against us.

Forken Hipwood.

Nice gather from Strop.

13 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

My Favourite

• Praying one of my 4 kids gets drafted so I have a legit excuse to pack it in with this mob.

8 hours ago, bush demon said:

I liked Essendon when they had their breakthrough flags in 1984/5 but must say have disliked them since their sniping tactics in the 1990 and especially 2000 grand finals. I still don't like them for this reason, plus the later d**g/p******s  scandal, but must say the whole thing feels tragic now, esp. for many of their supporters. Don't forget the Dees spent generations in this wilderness, and it ain't pretty. They are my feelings after reading through some of these Bomber blitz comments.

As a young fella with Essendon supporting relos I remember being excited and happy for them when they won the flag in '84, was a huge party that night.
Those same relos and essendon supporters in general then proceeded to rub their success in my face for the next 30yrs solidifying my hatred for the club.
These days I work with a couple essendon supporters in their early 20s who don't remember being successful at all and I love to listen to the disappointment in their club.
Showed me where their next generation of supporters are psychologically. 
Fair to say I bathe in their miserable tears.

 

Fork Essendon.
Long may they wallow at the bottom of the ladder.

11 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

This year is rigged.

Surprise, surprise.
Last year was rigged too.