Pennant St Dee

Love it. We’ve all earned it

He was on Perth radio the other day saying he’s returned to his childhood and gone back to being a Cats supporter, because he was only a West Coast player and never a supporter. Since he’s stopped playing he’s returned to being a boy from Geelong Shows you his logic

Hopefully I’m looking forward to these emails on Sunday, I’ll put my hand up and say I have 4 members in my household all long term members but should we go through I will be happy to use 2 more members barcodes if available for my brother and nephew to attend, with us. They are both long suffering Freo members but on board for September and heading to the Prelim with us tomorrow decked out in Red and Blue

Can’t see it as both teams still in 14 day Quarantine is my understanding so getting on to the ground would be the issue I believe

From memory we weren’t favourites although we’d come off winning 5 or 6 in a row to get there . The last round was pretty intense and I may be mistaken but I think the Hawks, Swans and North games were all close with those 3 fighting out for a double chance along with Carlton

I was there 15 years of age, our first final in my life time. Still can remember the roar that day. Vineys opening goal is still a great memory 34 years later

And unlike 2018, it won’t be as hostile. I think we will have the neutral support

3rd time lucky I hope for me 98 and 18 weren’t happy memories

Prelims are the people’s finals, you don’t get all the hangers on and fat cats like you do the granny. When Eagles or Freo have played home prelim, which has only been 05, 13, 15 x2 and 18 outside of members you really struggle to get a ticket. There’s quite a decent vibe to be part of it this week and great for footy lovers. 8 of us going and can’t wait

Yes your correct DD, he played mostly with Aquinas last season but broke into the East Freo colts late in the season. I didn’t see a lot of him last season but as I posted last year my information was that East Freo FD and Aquinas footy people were very excited about his commitment and desire to work hard and get the best out of himself, which would see him flourish at the next level

No AF not in any of them

They do have a lot of support over here in WA, like North pre Eagles days with plenty of WA boys and following the sides they went over to. Cats had plenty starting with Farmer, Marshall, Peake, Mullarkey, Cousins, Bairstow all pre Eagles

The first line pretty much sums up my position, if it were to be the case. As we all know flags are hard to win and we’ve earned a great opportunity, which from here would very much be a missed one if we were not to win it now

Pretty sure he was from Tassie and headed to WA after his stint with the Dees

Forgot about Jeff’s Garlett, Dean Kent and Harry O

Rivers and Jackson from last week and Kossie has family connections. Nev Jetta’s family always prominent in attendance at the games in Perth and the Brayshaws still plenty of relatives over here. Ex Dees Woey, Bennell, Norrish, Johnson, Spalding, Army, Gaspar, Irving, Nicholson, Smoker, Seecamp, Turley, Wiz, Jakovich, Bennett, Kowal, Langmuir, Chisholm, Ready, Chopper and I’m sure there’s many more

Yes I really feel for you Jaded and others in lockdown. I haven’t lived with it personally and only really can speak of friends and family I regularly speak with in Victoria and other parts of the world. The mental health impact is obvious from their conversations, but I imagine the impact is far greater because they put on a brave front, however the unknown and no set date or light at the end of the tunnel would be demoralising to say the least.

Yep, we've dodged a few bullets over here in WA, but whilst I'm sure they have discussed this to the endth degree I really don't understand why they don't just keep going and get the games out of the way while they can. It's not a matter of if it gets into WA, but when

or possibly have lived in WA for the last 25 years and had to spend thousands (pre covid) just to get to watch the Dees play 4 or 5 times a year. Yes even in the Bailey and Neeld eras Donated thousands during debt demolition (which I really didn't have at the time with 2 kids under 2 and on only 1 income and much to my wife's dismay)to help keep the club they love alive. So I'm sorry for you and the many others in Victoria and NSW, who will be unable to attend, but don't make assumptions on people who you think are less deserving than you of attending, should the Dees get there. None of us caused this and whilst you may wish to vent, it's certainly not me or any other WA based Demon denying you this opportunity

6. Oliver 5. Gawn 4. Lever 3. Trac 2. Fritsch 1. Viney

Thanks Chaser, I was very tempted to head out there, but need to earn some brownie points as I have a couple of work reunions and footy club nights next week. Heading out now to do some gardening and house chores and will watch the game after that. Then take the dog for a walk to the local park (where there just happens to be a couple of mates watching an Ammos final🍺🍺🍺🤫🤫🤫 then home to watch the Dees I love Warner, he’s well ahead of Taj currently and is just a born leader. The kid is a gun. Erasmus doesn’t do a lot that will catch your eye, he just does the basics very well and knows how to find the ball. You will think he’s been quiet and all of a sudden 20 odd possessions 2 or 3 goals and a few score assists. He’s one of our boys from Sorrento Duncraig. Amiss I don’t know much about country boy J believe from the south west, who has developed very quickly after moving to the city on a permanent basis. Johnson been talked about for a while another northern coastal Perth boy from Sacred Heart who will impress, heap of endeavour and desire to succeed. Wins his own footy and also uses it well. Fairly cool in traffic, which is a decent trait for the next level

There’s only one game I want to see the Red and Blue win Rab Gawaan the Hoops

This day is going to drag, the nervous excitement is well and truly kicked in

Stop feeling sorry for us and stop saying the AFL caved in to Gerard Whately. He is not the scapegoat to blame. Did the AFL cave in to him in 2015 for stating the Bulldogs vs Adelaide game should be moved from the MCG to their home at Docklands, because they had earnt the right. Do you recall Whately in 2017 even as a Cats fan saying the Qualifying final being played at the home of the lower ranked side was the right thing to do because despite handing Richmond the advantage it gave more fans the opportunity to see the final. If we go down tonight it will have nothing to do with the ground. It’s a sad thing in Australian culture we always have to find excuses. The Eagles who I despise more than any sporting organisation in the world won flags having to travel even after finishing higher than other teams. They won because they were good and were resilient. I love the fact I follow a no excuses football club, we have a developing team who are becoming very resilient and are almost Anywhere Anyone Anytime. If we’re good enough we’re good enough, and based on what I have witnessed in the last 18 months I think we now are

Cheers for that, just hearing a lot of misquoted stuff across many forms of social media etc. And on here that WA will shut down on 1 case alone. This is absolutely false as having some knowledge of the previous lockdowns in WA through work and succession planning before lockdowns were announced. The one case has to have been out and about in the community whilst infectious or been in contact with others whilst infectious who have then gone out into the community The teams straight away start contact tracing locations attended of the infected person and their close contacts. After those initial inquiries an assessment is made and decisions are made on imposing restrictions and or lockdowns. We have had cases out in the community previously which did not result in lockdowns, but that really isn’t newsworthy. My understanding is each qualifying team for the GF if in Perth will get around 12-15k allocated tickets for their members. The other 30-34k tickets will go to other corporates, sponsors and other AFL clubs to sell as packages as per every other GF. Still a lot of water to go under the bridge yet and I have no issue with and would probably prefer Melbourne getting over it’s current COVID situation and a large majority of Dees supporters getting to witness it. However as a 40+ year supporter and 25+ year member of the opportunity arises where I get to attend a GF in Perth I’ll be grabbing it