My hubby has a theory..... they are saving
the,selves for the second part of the season ... to reduce
the risk of early firing and then early burn out ....
with the game against the saints ... MAYBE hubby is
right!!<br>:)<br>lets hope so !

Hi everyone<br><br>Geez, the whole season is
really slowing down for us, isn't it? What is wrong with
the guys? I would have thought the whole stupid
sacking Gutnik thing would fire them up..<br><br>Good to
see Schwarta kicking butt though :) His bullocking
work is better than ever this year, and he still shows
great on-field leadership, even without the
v/c.<br><br>Great to see you join us Diane.<br><br>Go
Dee's!!!<br>Mae

Hi all i am fairly new hear i am a huge fan of
David Schwarz,Aaron Hamill, Nick Daffy & Nathan Buckley
and i live in Sydney and follow the Melbourne Demons
<br>i would love to make friends with u all and become
email buddies my email address is
<br>dkambic@...<br><br>Luv<br>Diane

WELL THE TITLE OF THIS POST SAYS IT ALL:)<br><br><br>       GO DEES!!!!!

Ahhh, how great it is to have that winning feeling back again!<br><br>And did we
all notice that it was Schwarta who won the crucial boundary throw-in that led
to Chell's match-winning goal?

Are we all ready  for the Fisrt TRUE  game of the
season......??????/<br><br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~ GO DEES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sad news indeed. There's an article about it
here:
<a
href=http://www.demons.com.au/demons.cfm?location=201&article=711&showby=latest
target=new>http://www.demons.com.au/demons.cfm?location=201&article=711&showby=l\
atest</a><br>Sounds the hamstring injury was getting him down, and he
needed to focus himself on getting better, rather than
the official leadership thing. <br>With the way he
acts on the field, he will always be a natural leader
for the Dees anyway...<br>On to better news, 7 sleeps
til out first real game, what are you guys
thinking?<br>Mae

I cried this morning when i read that article. I
was so proud when he got it, and it only lasted a
season. My poor schwarta. I have always known, that 2001
would be his last season, it's the connection i have
with schwarta, hehe, no but i get the feeling... i
hope he's not doing a Gary Lyon... aaaahhh *cries* i
love you schwarz

Check out today's report in the Age about our
boy<br>giving up the vice captaincy - go to<br>&lt;a
href=<a href=http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/2001/03/22/FFXC5KBWJKC.html
target=new>http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/2001/03/22/FFXC5KBWJKC.html</a>
<br>At least he is still going to play this
year<br>although I have heard bad rumours it may be his
last<br>season.

Direct quote from the demons.com.au
site:<br><br>"David Schwarz - has been rested due to a back related
hamstring injury"<br><br>What does that mean? How long is
he gunna be out (of our sight)?<br><br>Anyone going
to the Grand Final re-match this Saturday? Wonder if
Michael Long will dare play?<br><br>Bye<br>Mae

Hi Kids,<br><br>Yeah, I went to the game too -
all those sleeps waiting for this game, and he
doesn't even bloody play!<br><br>I have no idea what has
happened, if anyone finds out PLEASE tell us!<br><br>In
good news, his 2001 profile is now up at the
afl.com.au site -
<a href=http://www.afl.com.au/players/player_profile_960425.htm
target=new>http://www.afl.com.au/players/player_profile_960425.htm</a><br><br>Ma\
e

Well it might have something to do with his knee,
that he hurt slightly last week when he was tripped. I
don't know, they're keeping it all very quiet.<br>CAn
SOMEONE PLEASE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR
SCHWARTA!!

I'm not happy does anyone know why he didn't play????? I MISS SCHWARTA. I LOVE
SCHWARTA.. and has anyone else noticed the great man's new six-pack :p ooh yes,
schwarta baby that's what we like!

I don't know if any of the rest of you had the
opportunity to go to Optus on Sunday to see our game against
the Tigers. I did and I didn't like what I saw. I
thought the most noticeable thing on the day was that we
looked pretty ordinary up forward without the Ox doing
all the bullocking work and clearing the paths for
the little blokes. Poor Neitz seemed to be trying to
play Gaspar into form and just did not impose himself
like Schwarz does at CHF. I want the Ox back and I
want him NOW!

Hello!<br>Oh my God! Did anyone else get the
fright of their lives when Schwarta was tripped and then
grabbed at his knee?? I can tell you I held my breath! I
hope it's nothing serious.<br>But isn't the man
looking good?? It looks to me like he's been working hard
over the summer and lost a bit of weight. He's lookin'
mighty fine anyway!!<br>Well I'm so relieved to have had
my footy fix for the week, I was really starting to
have severe withdrawls!<br>GO DEES!<br>Kelly.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooh i want to see
Picture! I'm not going to be a happy chappy if they don't
reannounce the great man as vice. lik really unhappy. but
apparently he's still in the running. i hope so.

Woohoo, I am taking a train trip out that way
tomorrow, can't wait to see the huge Schwarta
pic!<br><br>How are all you guys anyway?<br><br>I can't believe
it's been a whole summer without footy... and REALLY
can't believe I haven't updated ANYTHING on the site
yet -&gt; OOPS! I've been in enemy territory in WA
for a while, piss weak excuse I know, but it's been
hard to get to a puter and some Ox info. Am going to
go to a pre-season training session on a hot day
soon, and hope that I can get some pics of the man
himself topless and sweating :) Sorry, had to go
there...<br><br>So what do we all think of the upcoming season? I
can't believe the first game is only a few sleeps
away.<br><br>And what is with the Dee's not naming Schwarta vice
captain again? Has anyone heard any inside goss about
that? Not happy Jan!<br><br>Mae

For those of you who travel by train from
Richmond to Flinders Street in Melbourne turn your heads
towards the Dees offices on the ground floor of the MCG.
There is the biggest picture of Schwarta I have ever
seen beaming out at us poor bunnies on the train.
Makes you glad to barrack for the Dees and glad to
travel by train!

I think that he has been delisted, it's terrible,
because he was apparently offered a spot on the olympic
running side, asked mfc for permission, and was denied,
then a few days later was told that he would be
delisted if he didn't retire. and on another terrible
sunject. what's this about about not annoucing the vice
captain until after the anset cup? if they choose
somebody else over schwarta then i won't be a happy
chappy. any way five days to go!

Hi guys, <br>Can someone tell me please if Scott
Chisolm is still with the club or has he been de-listed?
I'd just like to know what he's doing and if anyone
can tell me, someone in here can!!<br>Not long now
guys.... NOT LONG NOW!<br>Kelly

Only a month full of sleeps to go before we
thrash Freo over there in the Ansett Cup. The game
starts at 9:30 Melbourne time so we may have to wait for
a delayed telecast as there will be other games on
that night. Still, it gets us closer to the concept of
live matches where we can cheer for the Legend and the
rest of the boys. I might put some beer in the fridge
now, just to make sure it is cold for the match!

Hello all!<br>thankyou so much for all your
messages this year, I know none of you know me all that
well, but thankyou so much i really enjoy reading them!
I can't wait for the footy next year, yay, I love
schwarz so much! ahh I miss him! keep writing it's awsome
hearing from you all, and best wishes for 2001. Merry
christmas, <br>much love<br>haz xxx

TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU MERRY XMAS
!!!!!<br><br> AND TO ANY ACTUAL DEMONS WHO MAY POP IN TO SEE
OUR CLUB .. THANX FOR A FANTASTIC YR 2000 .. WE ARE
ALL LOOKING FOREWARD TO SEASON 2001!!!!!<br><br> MAY
YOU ALL BE HAPPY HEALTHY AND SAFE :)<br><br><br>
JENNY!!!!!

hey all you people out there my name is diane and
my yahoo id is daffeyduck2000 and i would really
love to make friends with all of you so please email
me at dkambic@...<br><br>I would really
love to hear from you all and hope that we can become
great friends because we have similar
interests<br><br>Love <br>Daffey<br><br>ps the glub is great keep up
the great work

77 sleeps seems like ages, can't wait to get the ball bouncing.  Hope Jay Viney
is as good as his brother.  LETS GOOOOOOO Dees

YAY.. 77 more sleeps until the first Dees Game, are we all pumped????!!

Thanks Mae!  I was right and he was wrong!

Now that I have your attention (sorry to mention
the two words together Mae)let me update you on the
Dees night. The best news was Schwarta being made a
life member - he has actually been at the club since
1991 girls. A well-deserved reward for our
boy!<br>Neale Daniher took us through the "Where to from here?"
speech with the theme Meaner, Tougher, Stronger. Sounds
like Schwarta will have to get all hot and sweaty
doing more weights and stuff. He will probably require
a rub down nurse - anyone interested?<br>I digress.
The idea is that we have such a young list (only 5
guys over 25 and guess who is one of them?) so they
don't have long term injuries and will fill out as they
mature. This will enable them to play better under
pressure such as the GF and to handle the new expectations
for success we all have. Apparently the Team of the
Century stuff has inspired the current crop to make some
history of their own and ND was continually referencing
2003 as the time when the current players should be at
their peak in terms of experience, size, leadership,
tactical skills etc. He mentioned that we were getting a
fabulous output from the leadership group, including The
Ox, and that we had Wheatley, Whelan, Nathan Brown,
Bruce and Little Macca to bring in to the GF Team. He
also pointed out that we will get more out of Simmonds
and Green as they were belted out (my words) of the
GF early. ND did drop something of a bombshell as he
was saying that Schwarta had somewhere between 1 and
3 years left in him. Perhaps one of you can look
after him be offering him a retirement home?<br>The
whole night was informative and built on last year. I
suggest that you all make the time next year to go along
- you get a footy fix in November, get to hear the
coach speak openly about what's happening at the footy
level and can get a real sense of where we are heading.
Plus they sell beer. Unfortunately none of the players
turned up. Perhaps if they knew the David Schwarz Zone
group was going to be there in force that may tempt
some (or one in particular) to get there?<br>If you
have any specific questions, let me know.<br>The Dee

see<br><br><a href=http://www.demons.com.au/demons.cfm?location=403
target=new>http://www.demons.com.au/demons.cfm?location=403</a><br><br>WOW!!!
Congratulations on this well deserved honour Schwarta!

I didn't make it to the meeting - please tell
all...<br><br>I just renewed my membership though... this little
chicky is updating to "Captain's Club" so I don't have
to queue up again for Grand Final tickets when we
WIN THE FLAG IN 2001!!!!