Red and Bluebeard

And? 😄

Who says you need to do anything about it?

Yes, that one!

I remember hearing somewhere that the 7.50 Friday start is due to the popularity of a program that finishes at 7.30. We hardly need any more proof that TV runs the game ... So I suspect the real reason is "TV schedules" more than anything else.

On a marginally related topic, every Dees fan should, when in New York, make a pilgrimage to the George Cohan statue in Times Square. You may not have heard of him; he is an American composer (albeit perhaps not all that famous). But you have definitely sung a song of his, called "You're a Grand Old Flag" with some slightly different words ...

I have come to know Happy Street rather well in the past six months ...

Happy Street in Patrick of course...

Get Max over there to spew on a couple and that should sort it ... 😋

You never know ... perhaps the premiership cup contains a fountain of eternal youth? 😃

I think he meant every Demons premiership, OD ... 😄

All those long Siberian winters no doubt help ...

Thanks Ash. I grew up watching the Dees, and Robbie was often the only reason to remember anything from the games. I had forgotten that he had played briefly in the same team as Lyon, Stynes and Viney. I am also still staggered how he went to centre half-forward in a state game as captain of Victoria and thrashed Ross Glendinning, who was no mug at all, and about twice Robbie's size. The marks, the long runs, and those left-handed bounces ... perhaps the only player from that era who could walk into the 2021 team and pick just about any spot. Wouldn't be a sight to see Robbie, Trac and Clarry all in the same team?

I am with you there DF. Great bloke Jazza. Rest in Peace.

You know better than that Redleg. There is only one way to 'rail' this thread, and that is getting dangerously close!

True, but Sydney got as close as you can get without doing so (loss by 1 point in 2006).

Trac's dribbler goal by a short half-head. That was the most difficult kick, executed beautifully at a critical time, and the one that would be the most difficult to repeat. Gus's goal was also up there, mainly for effort to take the mark. The set shot was basically one that he should kick every single day of the week. I find I really missed being at the game the most for the final two goals of the third term. I love it when there is a big involved crowd, and there is a centre break like those, as the whole crowd senses what is about to happen, and leans forward in anticipation. Then when it all unfolds like that with a high-speed, high-energy perfect execution, it is hard not to jump for joy due to the sheer excitement. So Trac's was the best, but the other two got he fists pumping ...

Bit of a violent streak there Ernest, even for you. Maybe it is time to cut back on the booze for a bit and focus on banana bread ...

Time to drop an MFC membership form anonymously in the letter box, followed up by a 'Demons are Premiers' poster the next day.

So when was the chariot race? 😇 And Frank Thring's handkerchief? 🤣

All too true. Maybe next season is the time for that?

OD, I remember a time years ago when we were both complaining about getting flogged by 15 goals regularly. I think we said something like 'When we are good, we will look back at this time and laugh about how crap we were'. Well, I guess that time is now ...

Personally I want to see 5 in a row, to eclipse the 1927-1930 'cakewalk' years for the black-and-white crew, and of course the best possible revenge for the 1958 Grand Final loss preventing our 6 in a row from 1955 to 1960. Greedy? Hell yes! 😁 😆

I like the idea of debating who to take with our first pick at number 18 ... 😆

How about we write a new second verse (or a third one if you like). My suggestion is below. Feel free to edit/alter/use to wrap fish ... Oh, the cup we won, in the year 'twenty-one, When the big dance was held in the west, And we gave them hell 'til the final bell, To show that the Demons are best! Every heart beats true for the red and the blue, As we sing this song to you, (what do we sing?) Should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the red and the blue!

So what on earth do we do now? What is this feeling? Who are these footy players? And who has a good recipe for banana bread?