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Similar theme to the the Guardian article. another-cinderella-story "The oft-held wisdom in AFL circles is that you have to lose one to win one and use the pain of defeat to inspire the deeds of victory. But when a team has a sense of destiny, that they alone can turn around the fortunes of a sad history, and they harness the power and energy of belief, it can certainly overcome everything else". This centuries premiership drought breakers: Lions, Swans, Geelong, Hawthorn, Bulldogs, Tigers all with first time coaches (except LIons) and first time in GF after long absents. What time is it? Its Demon Time!!🤞

Where and to whom did Daisy compare her contribution? Do you know how many premiership medals, BnF, AA's and captain stripes Daisy has, in the best comps available to her?. Daisy loves the Dees so much she boldly told Gill to stuff his AFLW if she couldn't play for her beloved Dees. I don't think Daisy will be the one nominated by the club to present the cup but you are seriously undervaluing her achievements and value to mfc. If by some chance she was nominated she would be very worthy of the honour.

One or more of: lack of interest/ lack of trade currency/ lack of sal cap. Ess were interested but dropped out when they realised how good their midfield really is and prefer to spend the $ on the players they have. Rich dropped out when they realised how poor their midfield is and decided to use their very juicy draft picks for new talent.

Hope you have an Uber account ;-)

Very kind and generous words. Thank you. Delighted to help make your nephew happy. Hope it is special for both of you and the family. And with the karma you are sending my way, maybe I can share the day with my niece at the G next year.

Barcode number is on the back of your membership card; just above the barcode itself.

who-will-present-the-premiership-cup-melbourne The clubs get to suggest to the AFL someone present the cup if we win. It has to be someone already in WA. Fox's ideas. Garry Lyon - club great Shane Woewodin - 2000 Brownlow medallist; played in our last GF. Ken Melville 1953 Bluey winner. played in 1955 and 1956 premierships Adam Yze - played in our last GF Glen Bartlett - immediate past President Kate Roffey - current President On premiership credentials Ken Melville would get the nod. He is 90 and if able I think is the one. Otherwise Garry would be my choice.

I reckon May plays. The club said the hamstring is related to his back. This is consistent with May missing a game late in the season for back issues. He missed one week. He now has two weeks to rest up. When Hibberd was dropped post Bulldgos, Bowey came in and has cemented his spot and the team included Hunt. The only changes we've had since were for injuries utilising Smith then Hibberd when Smith went out.. Based on that recent history I think our selection order is Hunt, Smith then Hibberd. Our 'settled' team is with Hunt and if fit I think he will come in for Hibberd. Hunt's speed will be an asset vs the fast wbd mid sized wds. I don't envy selectors. Some worthy players will miss out on a dream to have a chance at a premiership.

For those focused on Daniel. Have a look at Duryea's game in rnd 19. He has gone under the radar. Daniel gets noticed by his high disposal count but Duryea did more damage.

Richardson said it was a possibility, before the PFs. I'm guessing it is the better and the AFL 'preferred' resort. Bulldogs have been travelling etc. Also Bulldogs have another week quarantine whereas we are free today. As I said Bulldogs should go to the resort that Geelong is at. They come out of quarantine today so don't need it any longer. I don't see any point disrupting one of the GF teams ie us. Now that the results are known things may have changed.

At least the cats could legitimately claim key absentees, (Stewart, Parfitt, Connor), injured players (Henderson, Touhy etc) and no bye. Port had a fully fit list and fully rested. Inexplicable and I suspect for their fans unforgiveable.

I have a lot of time for Jack Niall but I think this article is bizarre: why-may-should-thank-hocking-if-he-plays-in-the-grand-final . Sure the bye helps May but it helps the whole bulldogs team a lot lot more as they have virtually circumnavigated the country and in quarantine for 3 weeks. The extra week is an enormous advantage to all 23 of them. Not Niall's most balanced article.

I reckon Petty should play on Schache to stop him blocking Lever as he did Allir Allir at every i50 contest. Just keep Schache (or whoever they use to block) out of the way.

A few weeks ago Richardson said that if the bulldogs made the GF we might need to move out of the Joondalup resort for them. He mentioned our players were really happy there. At the time I thought the bulldogs should go to the resort where the loser of Dees vs Cats PF had been. It would be a shame if we had to move and be disrupted, even in a small way, what our team was used to.

I read your post - that was a good 'telling off' as well! I had also invoked his grand daughter to bring him some cheer. Seems to have worked and he came back to us.

That is a nice sentiment. But no. Whoever wins it has earnt it. Keep it.

I too was getting worried by @old deeabsence. Can't have him missing out on the DL fun. Had to prod him a little via pm to come out of his slumber. Good to see him back posting.

Hard to put money on the bulldogs. They have injuries, been travelling and in quarantine for 3 weeks, limited training and no bye. Hope the punters are right. Don't want to play bulldogs in the gf.

One of my friends texted during the 3rd quarter: it was beautiful to watch, like dancing on the field. when our players were carrying the ball with overlap play. Couldn't have been choreographed better. It was beautiful and mesmerising.

In the post game thread I wrote: 186 Atoned. 83 in the penultimate game on the big stage vs a nothing at stake game at sleepy hollow, Geelong. Hell yes 83 trumps 186!! Let the scars from this game sink deep into their dna and may it take them a decade to recover. Geelong are now our 🐰!!

Couldn't be bothered trawling 24 bf pages. A small sample from the first few pagers: The gracious: beaten by a younger, harder, more skilful and simply better team - happy for the demons, and im looking forward to watching them in the GF....theyve made it there the hard way, and all the best to all their supporters on here...great to see from a team that has gone through everything they have. i hope they have one more in them. Well played Melbourne. Sensational performance. I hope they go all the way. The good: Boy o boy what a game that was!...for Melbourne Nobody cares about the "making finals" window. Play horrid joyless football all season to finish high enough to get flogged in finals. What a ride. The bad: Everything was in their favour…skills, midfield, lucky bounces and ricochets, umpiring. Every time they slipped over they got a free kick, but umpires ultimately irrelevant after half time. The Ugly: In response to the first listed 'gracious' item above: By the hard way I assume you mean being so sh*t they get gifted half a team worth of very, very talented players. The Melbourne love from the media is giving me the [censored] . Go port or doggies . [censored] gary Lyon and the rest of the flogs . The Funny: I think we should trade Narkle, Clark and Constable and load up with Burgoyne, Mumford and Mundy. Surely we can reach another Prelim in 2022? Scott has the Ross Lyons about him. Good coach highly credentialled, just cannot get the big one. I've always thought it's over coaching Gotta give it to the Dees - Viney is a sh*t stain and Fritzel has a very punchable head, but other than that they're a very watchable side. Class everywhere. Time to step down, Scotty. You failed.

Port and Bulldogs score heavily from their small fwds. Does Hibberd have the stamina for two games in a row? I reckon Hunt is a genuine possibility. Hunt for Hibbered.

186 atoned! On nearly the biggest stage possible! Awesome!

Quite right. Hibberd OOC this year and Melksham OOC next year.

Just for the record, TMac is contracted until 2022 and I had an inkling his salary was pretty high next year.. That doesn't change the essence of your post as the club will find a way to do the deal if that is what they decide.