Ricky P

This had to be Allen's best game....

Only those at the game could understand what i mean

The Victoria Park Slag Heap was not a nice place to visit..

Allen started slowly.....

Who else on here was there at this game in '92?

I was at that game as a 7 year old. I couldn't believe they played AFL footy at a place like that. The crowd were absolutely giving it to Jacko and he just kept giving them the bird. it was amazing.

Do some supporters really expect us to consistently compete only a season and a half removed from the Neeld/Craig era?

How can any not see some form of progress when we defeated Geelong in Geelong, for so long an impossibly ridiculous notion? Defeated certain finalists Richmond? Smashed the super impressive Bulldogs?

I keep hearing/reading that we we have witnessed this season is "simply not good enough."

What do supporters really expect?

This is a good thread. I think a lot of people have forgotten just how poor we were in 2013. To expect us to play 'consistent 4 quarter footy' every week is ludicrous - literally every team in the comp wishes they could do that. I expected us to win 8 at the start of the year with 6 a pass. I think we'll at least get my pass mark with a sneaky chance of grabbing a couple more. We've had some great wins and even the fact we could play badly and still win is a step in the right direction.

Unless everyone on here is a teenager it really is remarkable how a bad loss can affect people's view of the whole season. And that could be unfair to teenagers!

We will win.

It would've been nice to kick a higher score and it wasn't a game for the ages, but to keep a side to 4 goals is seriously good going.

Change my name by deed poll to John Gastev

This is the best response to this thread

We're gonna win. Cheer the fark up.

Maybe I was right.

Nah.

Definitely not.

I think I prefer the jumpers to be nice and simple and traditional.

I think Spencer was pretty good against the Blues and demonstrated a pleasing nasty streak.

I remember the 'Melbourne' chant during the 94 finals series - when we beat Carlton and Footscray.

I like 'First and Forever'.

If our slogan was something to do with 'buy-in' I would claw my own eyes out.

I still go every week, but I make sure I'm at stage 6 by quarter time - drunk.

The scenes outside the ground sound pretty wild.

GYSBERTS!!!!

This kid is a gun. Was it 26 touches in his first game at Kardinia Park!

I agree with Bossdog. I thought they were a nice addition to the day - added a bit of atmosphere.

Agree with the OP. Even against Hawthorn, when we got flogged, in the first quarter we were nasty and actually bullied them. And it's developed from there I reckon.

Agree completely with the OP.

Have absolutely no interest in speculating about who we will pick up. Just want to win as many games as possible.

The folks predicting 35k-40k for this game are in la la land.

23k at the absolute maximum.

Probably the most times I've ever watched a goal...

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I was behind the goals at that end!

I reckon the Wizard might just about be my favourite.

The Wizard sitting on some bloke's head in the first ten seconds of the 98 prelim. 70k on their feet.

Pity he missed the shot.

I'd advise starting with something simple if you want people to do it.

Just google around. There are four hundred million soccer chants on the web.

I have my head in my hands after reading that.

Surely sometimes a player needs to stay out of the contest to be a receiver...

Agree. If anything, we fell into the trap of letting a Collingwood bloke sit 10 metres off the pack whilst we all piled in. They'd get a handball out and be away.

We'll end up with 6 or 7.

I just checked wyl - you are correct!

In 18 Grand Finals we are 12 - 1 - 5. That's pretty good!

And we've won 10 of our 12 flags against Essendon and Collingwood!

I thought it was 6 out of 8 Grand Finals. They won in 1958 and one of the ones when they won four in a row.

I thought Cale tried hard today and has been putting in all year. It will click for him one day soon.