Last night I went to witness the last game the Dees would play under Neale Daniher. All I can say is this match summed up why it was time for the club and Neale to move on. Inconsistency has been Neale’s legacy during his 10 years with the Dees and the stats show it all. 1998 made the finals finishing 4th on the ladder and making the preliminary final and loosing to the Roos. 1999 we slipped to 14th on the ladder. 2000 we finished 3rd and lost to Essendon in the last grand final to feature all Melbourne clubs this would be Neale’s best season with the club. In 2001 we finished 11th. 2002 we finished 6th but then again in 2003 14th. 2004 we made it to 5th and made the final’s each season until this year however in 2004 and 2005 we lost in the first round of the finals after have great mid season’s but falling into a hole at the end of the season.
Last night was 10 years all in one game. Don’s went on an 8 goal to 2 run smashing us in the first. We then managed 7 goals to 4 in the second and 7 goals to 2 in the 3rd. Then as only the Dees can we could only manage 2 goals in the last to the Don’s 5 loosing the game by 2 points and putting an end to our season.
I am going to say to all you tippers not to tip us again this season all the players will be playing for contracts and we will not win another game all year and I feel we will manage our first wooden spoon since 1997 coincidently the same year Neil Balme got the chop in the middle of the season.
A very big happy birthday to Hels who joins ‘Club 25′ today. We’re off to Suede tonight for drinks so it should be a great night.
So it’s been a few weeks since my last confession and I must confess that I have been neglecting my duties around here. It’s good to see Stu contribute in my absence. Cheers bro.
I do have a number of things to post about however the combination of time and motivation gets the better of me, which is something that I will try to rectify.
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So me and Doug went to see Brand New on Friday night and Anberlin on Saturday night 2 nights of music. Brand New I had not seen live but I must say I really like them. Totally solid show with a 40 min encore the show seemed to go forever. We timed out entry perfectly walking in to the show at 10:30 after smashing some beer and then Brand New hit the stage. All I can say is see this band.
Sat night we went to see my favorite band play Anberlin. I have see them twice before both times at the Evlen and one of the shows was show of the year. This time they had a new Album out and they rocked the sold out crowd hard. It was one hell of a good show that finished with a cover of a Radiohead song Creep.
As we are half way into the year I will say that so far show of the year still goes to Dropkick Murphys followed by Anberlin and Brand New. Next Sat we are off to see The Daft and Against Me! Rock On.
No words can explain how awesome this movie looks so go check it out now.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/19/john-rambo-iv-feature-trailer/
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