faultydet

Agree. I immediately thought it would be a 3rd.

Giants by 50 Our blokes have already checked out.

We lost consecutive games to the 13th and 14th placed sides, with a guaranteed finals place on offer. The season ended last round, and it was BAD Looking forward to the phone call from a player chasing the 3 memberships I am cancelling tomorrow. My 32 yr old son told me in a phone call this week that he is thinking of buying a Gold Coast membership next season. I didn't laugh at him. I simply wished they had a better guernsey in case I decided to do the same. [censored] this loser club. I've had enough.

Unequivocally yes. proven beyond doubt by 56 years of abject failure. Exactly this. So many on here let the excitement get to them and start calling out the doomsayers after a single good win, and yet those of us who have seen it all before are proven right again and again. There is a very deeply ingrained culture of failure, or at least acceptance of "near enough is good enough". This coach will not be the man who drags us out of it either. Corporate speak and emotionless drones are never the type to motivate a group that is satisfied with just being on an AFL list.

I keep telling the youngsters never to let this club build your hopes up. We are predictably soft when it counts. Clubs that lack a killer instinct or pick and choose when to go hard don't win flags. We've been doing exactly that for 56 years with no sign of change. How many lessons must this club give you?

Adelaide are runaway leaders on the "Keep it within 12 goals and that's a win for us" ladder.

Tells me that Goody made changes to the game plan and that the players followed them. Credit where credit is due, although if Trac has his normal kicking boot on we lose by 3 goals.

Here for the post win likes. Am I too late?

Got on the Saints at $8 for 40+ We do not win games like this. Goody will be writing his resume by half time.

Exactly. Needs to explain why he didn't select Dusty, Gaff and Kelly. sorry, couldn't help myself.

Saints will belt us using the same method as every other time. Speed, non stop running and 100% defensive effort. Reckon this is a 40+ point loss coming up, and the heat will be right back on the coach.

St Kilda

A coach who is clueless on game day will never get this club a Premiership. Goodwin is holding the list back and needs to go ASAP.

Melbourne does not do line in the sand games.

We overrate ourselves in the same manner that we bagged North for the past decade. We don't have the cattle, coach or ticker. I don't get annoyed any more. I expect this from our blokes. It never changes.

Story of the last 6 decades

Some of us have seen our supporters getting carried away repeatedly after beating up on garbage teams only to fold when we come up against a half decent side. Told you so.

My heart goes out to all Demon fans who never had the pleasure of witnessing the pure footballing genius of Robert Flower. Built like Jane, played like Tarzan. A superstar in any era.

Love the passion, but we've been here so many times before. We have just beaten the bottom 2, plus an injury depleted Colonwood, with a terribly undermanned backline. Nothing I have seen thus far tells me that we are a serious chance at any real success this season, regardless of how the last 3 games have gone. 3 games instead of 2

Thanks for the positive assessment Cheesy. Much appreciated. However. My thoughts are based on watching the Dees over 50 odd years, and suffering through the false dawns that have occurred during that time. We have had some incredibly talented teams and some wonderful coaches in that time, but the closest we have come to a flag is 2 enormous, embarrassing defeats in the grand final. And sooo many times I've seen what I thought was a team destined for greatness, only for us to fall flat on our faces. Life experience can teach you a lot, like it or not. Some posters are carrying on like we are suddenly a flag chance. My nephew (one of my favourite humans) included. Seen it all before, and watched it disappear in front of my eyes. I will only believe we are a flag chance when I see our captain and coach holding the cup above their heads after the final siren on Grand Final day.

We fell apart in round 1. That loss was MUCH worse than the scoreline suggests. If we win all of our remaining games, I would give us a shot at going deep into the finals. I expect that we will find it very difficult against that Bulldogs and Saints at a minimum. We have shown nothing to make me think differently.

This type of thinking always amuses me. If you take out our losses from last year, we won the flag.

We'll be lucky to finish top 8. Top 4 is an absolute fantasy. Every time we come up against a quality side in form we fall apart. Don't get carried away when we beat the bottom sides. Flat track bullies do not finish top 4.

Granted, our last 3 wins have only been against the worst 3 teams in the comp, but it beats losing. I'm considering getting excited if we can roll the Bulldogs next week.

You'll get none of that with socialism. "Straw man arguments" Jesus people are thick.