Lucifers Hero

Even that is fairly tame. No abuse, no nastiness, no ridicule.

Very emotional seeing him walk thru the guard of honour. Very poignant seeing him walking unaided. It must have taken every ounce of energy to take that walk. I might have to change my moniker to Lucifer's Heroes to include him up there with the great Jimmy Stynes.

This tiger has been tamed🤨 Quite taken aback. No ranting and raving let alone showing vitriol. Any criticisms of their own quite muted. Incredibly nice to the Dees – I had to stop reading they were so gracious. Yes, not a word I would normally use for Pies fans. Maybe they got narky after the first two pages… Some typical comment (stopped reading after the first two pages): Full credit to the Dees, defensively they crushed us around the ground and played the game on their terms. Our smalls had no impact while May, Lever and Salem rejected the majority of our forward entries. I think we, along with them are clearly the best 2 sides in it going into the bye. When we are back to full strength as are they, it'll be a hell of a final Beaten up in the middle, and they had a plan to curtail our rebound which worked. They pressured the ball carrier and the players within the next 10m radius too. Not sure how we tackle this next time but you can’t kick long either - maybe looks for more shorter wide exit kicks then run forward. When we had our chances to get them on the counter attack we stuffed them up but regardless they should have been further in front. We don’t lose by much when we do but I wouldn’t hang out hat on it only being less than a goal today either. This was a great game also against good oppo to work out how to optimise our lineup Fight is still there which is the main thing. Some players showing their age. Hopefully reset after the bye. We are the worst contested marking side in the comp.... Only Collingwood could lose in a way which increases our self-belief. Melbourne played well. Outplayed most of the day Oh well. Can’t win them all. Dees were just that touch better. Gonna be a lot of fun if we face them in a final. Dees were great today. Felt like a great coaching performance for Goodwin. I haven't really seen us play that poorly and out of sync in a while. Maybe it was the flu thing, a few guys carrying niggles, looking towards the bye? Whatever it was, I don't feel too concerned about the result. This one made me laugh: Checking flights for Europe in September as we speak. I was expecting a full scale meltdown. I was all set to see DL colourful descriptions of them in this thread. Disappointed! Somewhere, on DL I predicted a Dee vs Pies GF. Still think that.

Haha! Win or lose I'm sure the shiraz will be ready back at The Manor!🙃 On second thoughts maybe it is flowing at the G or you have a stash to indulge, on the way back to The Manor...🙃

But for all of us who are optimistic and don't want to shout it from the rooftops then it is equally frustrating to read that those that do get high horsed. In fact it is boring as the same people on both sides have been pushing their own agendas for a long time. For mine, I just don't open threads where it looks like there will be a no win tug of war. And in other more sensible threads, I skip over the posters that I know get high horsed about their own views.

And of course there will be those that get all high horsed and self righteous to drown them out with their own positive views... Different opinions and some friendly argie bargie is what makes DL interesting as long as those at the extreme ends of positive/negative opinions don't get nasty or abusive. Will declare my own position. Win today and we are top 2. Lose today and we will definitely be top 4. That is all we need to do. However, I will not try and convince others to those views. We could all well heed this little piece of philosophy: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" .

Yes, it is ok. I have no doubt the AFL asked MFC if we were ok to delay squad/team announcements. Of course we would say yes as it might be us on another occasion. No AFL kowtowing to the Pies that I can see.

Ditto the ANZAC games.

There are rules around how many and what changes can be made to the announced teams. Excuse or not, if my hunch was correct that the delayed team announcements was so Coll could assess player fitness then it is very probably true.

Jane is saving her punishment until after the game:

You will just have to stay off DL for a few days to avoid them But we won't lose!

Go easy WCW, my Pies supporting sister (and her Dees supporting husband) spawned two Pies supporters who have produced 3 more Pies fans. (Can't bring myself to call them 'Filth' especially the little ones...more like heavenly cherubs). However, her first born child is a passionate Dees fan!❤️💙

Well, lets remind them of what the 'colliwobbles' feel like!😄

Sorry, the best feathers are in a doona! There was a cockateil I liked once. Some friends brought him to a holiday lodge. He sneakily landed on my shoulder out of nowhere. I was too frozen to move. Then he started chirping in my ear, nibbling at my necklace and chuckled. Me, still frozen. I think he made his mission to rid me of my fear. He did win me over somewhat as I liked his boldness and cheekiness. But his winning ways didn't extend to any of his brethren or associated kin. Hard not to like him just a little...his name was Max❤️💙

No, they looked very nasty and threatening!

I have a great fear of anything with feathers (sorry @WalkingCivilWar) so I would never get close enough to do them any sort of harm...not that I would want to. Haha, a break from the internet, eh? No chance we are all addicted to DL!

Bad Omen: Yesterday a flock of very large magpies arrived in my front garden. First 2 then 3 then 6!!! Haven't seen a single magpie in the street since moving here 6 months ago so where the heck did they come from!!!! And why now!!! Last week's confidence sapped. Good Omen: Confidence returned last night with Elliot out. In recent years we have only beaten them when he hasn't played. Sticking with Dees by a heart-stopping 9 points. Can't wait to get to the G!!

Lipinski is said to be playing - his first game this year at any level so very much lacking match practice. Mc Stay also said to be playing - hasn't played for two months. They may not miss this game but that is 8 players that will be missing or not in tip top shape. It will be seriously depleted of talent, experience and form. All this must affect their system and fast ball movement. There should be lots of turnovers by them. And too much will be left to too few.

LOl! They are a guessing game at the best of times!! The bookies might be a bit more interested but who cares about them...

I'm guessing Coll applied for an extension given the illness at the club. Not much point listing the team on a Friday or Saturday if there are lots of changes come Sunday/Monday. Other than supporter interest it probably doesn't matter much when teams are published.

If it is cellulitis which is related to staph, it can quickly become septic. From there it is very dangerous if not brought under control quickly. Hopefully it has been and the extended hospital stay is for monitoring and being extra cautious.

Show them no mercy!

That was my initial reaction. But McCrae pumps up their fans at every opportunity as he knows they consider themselves the '19th' man that will get them over the line. It usually does. If the players start chasing shadows (the chant, Grundy being valued, one-trick ponie etc) it will distract them from the game. They have too many missing and underdone players (ill and returning with little match time) to indulge that luxury this year.

Just jealously by them and the usual 'tall poppy' syndrome at play

Do you know which bays are the 'Guest' bays for Redleg members and their guests? TIA.