- May 27, 2006
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MAKE SOME NOISE 
, because the DEES are back for another wonderful, wonderful season.
The off-season came and went without a hitch, and now we're up against our biggest and longest rivals: the Sydney Swans. I don't mean "longest" in a literal length measurement sense, of course - though some swans can be lengthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sydney Swans will be without several important cogs, including Luke Parker, Callum Mills, and the newly acquired Taylor Adams. But they will be WITH our dear friends Brodie Grundy and James 'Johnson Jigglesworth' Jordon. Personally - and this is me speaking personally now - I hope they collectively accrue 85 disposals, but LOSE the game to their more demonic opponents.
On our side of the fence, we have three club debutants, including two league debutants: Caleb Windsor, Blake Howes, and Jack Billings. Windsor in particular impressed in our last practice game, whilst Howes has apparently been training strongly, and Billings has shown why we parted with a future 12th rounder of something to get them to the club.
This game is inexplicably being played on a Thursday night, which means we have the opportunity to be on top of the ladder at the end of night one, or have our season written off instantly. It's a blessing and a curse.
In our two games last year, we WON - which is interesting because I swear we lost at least one of those games. I guess I'm thinking of the lost final the year prior.
Those games were both played on a Sunday, of course, so I guess we don't have a true indication of THURSDAY FORM.
At time of writing, teams haven't yet been announced, but I assume they will have been by the time this thread gets published - so either I'll add the named team to this thread at this time, or perhaps somebody else will!
Good luck, everybody. This Round Zero game is coming, whether you like it or not - all we can do is JUST.HOLD.ON.
, because the DEES are back for another wonderful, wonderful season.The off-season came and went without a hitch, and now we're up against our biggest and longest rivals: the Sydney Swans. I don't mean "longest" in a literal length measurement sense, of course - though some swans can be lengthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sydney Swans will be without several important cogs, including Luke Parker, Callum Mills, and the newly acquired Taylor Adams. But they will be WITH our dear friends Brodie Grundy and James 'Johnson Jigglesworth' Jordon. Personally - and this is me speaking personally now - I hope they collectively accrue 85 disposals, but LOSE the game to their more demonic opponents.
On our side of the fence, we have three club debutants, including two league debutants: Caleb Windsor, Blake Howes, and Jack Billings. Windsor in particular impressed in our last practice game, whilst Howes has apparently been training strongly, and Billings has shown why we parted with a future 12th rounder of something to get them to the club.
This game is inexplicably being played on a Thursday night
, which means we have the opportunity to be on top of the ladder at the end of night one, or have our season written off instantly. It's a blessing and a curse.In our two games last year, we WON - which is interesting because I swear we lost at least one of those games. I guess I'm thinking of the lost final the year prior.
Those games were both played on a Sunday, of course, so I guess we don't have a true indication of THURSDAY FORM.
At time of writing, teams haven't yet been announced, but I assume they will have been by the time this thread gets published - so either I'll add the named team to this thread at this time, or perhaps somebody else will!
Good luck, everybody. This Round Zero game is coming, whether you like it or not - all we can do is JUST.HOLD.ON.
