The Reverend

I guess, in time, I would be satisfied, but the closer we get the more my expectations rise. I know I would be bitterly disappointed if we were to lose the prelim but I would get over it and accept that it was a pretty good year. However, if we were to win prelim and then lose the grand final I'd be absolutely devastated. There's a lot of MFCSS at play here. GO DEES!

Blessed are the Dees for they have earned back the respect of the football world. Two more games and they will become the hallowed ones. GO DEES!

This is mine... QF1: *MELBOURNE* v Brisbane Lions QF2: *PORT ADELAIDE* v Geelong EF1: *WESTERN BULLDOGS* v Essendon EF2: *SYDNEY* v GWS SF1: *BRISBANE LIONS* v Western Bulldogs SF2: Geelong v *SYDNEY* PF1: *MELBOURNE* v Sydney PF2: Port Adelaide v *BRISBANE LIONS* GF: *MELBOURNE* v Brisbane Lions

12 years old in '64 and two years into my Demon journey. I grew up in Hawthorn amid a family of Hawks supporters. I got tired of walking to Glenferrie Oval and watching Hawthorn get pummeled every week, so decided to follow the Dees. It's been a long time coming, with lots of soul-searching along the way as Hawthorn became a dominant force, but I believe the time is now near. It was my birthday on Sunday and the best gift I got was when my son facetimed me with him and his two young ones all dressed in Dees jumpers and scarves. My whole family, kids and grandkids, are Dees supporters and proud of it. I'm a happy man! GO DEES!

Blessed are the Dees, for they can beat anyone from anywhere. Such an emotional experience, but then I've always loved roller-coasters. Go Dees!

Full body tattoo. Jumper, shorts, socks and boots.

You'd drop Fritsch?

It counts for four points and top place. It counts for experience. It counts for confidence. We won for [censored] sake. Smile and move on.

We won despite the weather, despite the umpiring, despite the lightning break. Back to the top of the ladder where we belong. Go DEES!

Still lost, but whatever Nev...

You'll have to make your point a whole lot clearer for me LN. I have no idea where your logic is heading. Ignorance and playing the blame game is no substitute for intelligent and rational debate.

Whoa there. "Baby boomer majority populous"? Does that actually mean something? Aren't you guilty of making the sort of gross generalisations that create bias and prejudice? If you're suggesting that 'Baby Boomers' are racist, uneducated and afraid of change, you're showing a clear predilection for swallowing populist propaganda. We 'Boomers' might be a lot of things, but to suggest that we are a racist majority is truly offensive and plain ignorant. I'm getting a bit tired of this inane commentary on a generation that took the opportunities available to them and made something of themselves without waiting for someone else to give it to them.

I don't think that's fair Luther. You do know where we are, don't you? When things have been going well the level of negativity has decreased by at least 3.7%. When we are not going well it has increased by 96.3% which equals a total of 100%. My understanding of statistics tell me that, in this situation, all things are equal and MFCSS is alive and well. What's your problem? Go DEES!

Whilst staring at the gathering grey gloom over Ballarat today I saw something that, at first, I thought was a little ray of sunshine. I was wrong, it was just some of last night's chicken and tomato soup on my glasses. As I wiped them clean with my wife-made mittens, I heard a vague rumble and looked back at the cloud filled sky. Had the rumble been a portent of things to come? Was this a message from on high? Was I being given a glimpse of the Dees fate on Saturday night? I waited for a clearer sign, something more definitive. Another rumble; and then I realised it was probably just another New South Wales removal truck thundering down the nearby Western Highway. As I turned to go back inside, a pair of beautiful crimson rosellas dressed in their red and blue finery flew in to partake of the free seed we provide to our feathered friends. I took a detour so not to disturb their pecking and as I turned my back I swear I heard one of them call out, "Go Dees, we've got this!" I went straight inside and said a little prayer.

Nah, we've got this. Lazy quarter but won't be any repeat of that. Home by 55. GO DEES!

We' d have a better chance of boosting percentage if we played under the roof at Marvel. We will beat them wherever and whenever it's played but dry conditions would be more conducive to the thrashing Hawthorn deserve.

W Well, that just killed this thread!

That's me getting ahead of myself.

Hang on, aren't we playing the Suns?

Not sure about your maths but a great win by any calculation.

Great win to the Swans. They and the saints have done us a huge favour. Makes our win over Port doubly valuable.

I thought Brayshaw was most informative last night. Half way through the game he told us Melbourne were wearing the old school jumpers and how it reminded him of Robbie Flower. I would never have known what colour jumpers we were wearing if it hadn't been for his incisive commentary.

Blessed be the 'roll' players, for their selflessness shall be rewarded with an abundance of beautiful baguettes. GO DEES!

Really good tonight. Much more enjoyable when we have a comfortable lead going into the last quarter. I didn't need to have the defibrillator on standby. GO DEES!

I'm too disappointed to bother reading through 7 pages of reasons we lost. The last quarter showed us that we need a tall forward. Ben Brown kicks two goals for the match and we win. He brings the ball to ground a coouple of times in the last and we win the game. How many times did we go inside 50 and see the ball come straight back out? We had nothing to kick to. Hunt got caught because he had nowhere to go. We lost the game on Thursday. Blessed are they who learn from 'the learnings', for they will see the light and give us a full forward to kick to. Buggered are those that don't, for they are doomed to make the same mistakes over and over again. GO DEES!