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Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Dear woofers.
I spend a hell of a lot of time reading WOOF but don't post any where near as much as I should.
But here's my way of dealing with sleepless nights especially now with all the excitement and anticipation leading in to the grand final.
It's a version of counting sheep.
I close my eyes....... and internally put on the Craig Willis voice, (voice of the 'G) and I announce the premiership medallions innn a order....
So please put your best a Craiggggga a Willisssa voice on and get going.
aaah number. aaah one..... aah....... Adammmma atreloarrrrrra.
then you have to go through the numbers who aren't gonna get one and there's a little internal dialogue regarding each player.
2. Lewis Young (what does his future hold)
3. Mitch........ (very sad situation for him but hard to argue he demands a spot in the team even though I love him)
4. Bont, but he won't be announced til the end as captain.
so it's anumber. afivea. aJossssha. aDunkleya.
anumber...a.. six. aBailey......aSmithhha. (monstrous applause across this great land)
a number a seven. a Lachie aHunterrrrrrrrrr.
so I keep going down the list with a little pause as I visualise each of them getting their medallion, patting a cute little kid on the head, and then giving them their cap.
then it's......
aah number aah eighta. aStefannnn...a, aMartinnnnn.
anumberrra tennnnna. Eastonnnnna awooooda.
etc, etc all down the line. I never get to the end before falling asleep. And you can just keep doing it every night.
starting at the start again.
I did it in 2016. And it worked. And we won.
you will sleep the sleep of angels.
Feel free to try it. This a free WOOF health initiative and is not means tested. Not available to Melbourne supporters.
Last edited by Dancin' Douggy; 15-09-2021 at 09:22 PM.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Haha love it.
I got to Dunks and then I got nervous so I stopped!
The two weeks thing is killing me I feel like the nervous energy is compounding and by the time next Saturday comes around I'll be in the foetal position.
Probably still saying the numbers, but with more rocking and druel than a normal day.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
The more I imagine our players on the Dias with the cup, the more I realise how much it’s gonna hurt if it’s not us up there. I wanna see Bevo and Bont raise the cup so badly now.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Love it DD. I have a very similar routine when I am trying to sleep and my mind is whirring, but it's a bit more 'bulldogs trivia'.
My preferred game is to just go through every number and name the first player who comes to mind
1 jarrad grant
2 bob murphy
3 mitch wallis
4 daniel cross
5 matthew boyd
6 johnno
7 westy
8 hahn
9 gilbee
10 eagleton
11 macrae
12 williams
13 gia
etc. etc. It's always interesting to me how I get on particular tracks, and I love when I get a random name in there.
I also like to choose old years or games and try to name the starting side. I'm sure I never get it 100%, but it's mindless enough that it pushes all my work/life worries to the side for long enough to sleep!
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Yeah I do that too. But now I've shifted into grand final mode. I'm quite proactive like that. A real go-getter.(as if). And you also find that each name and number takes you on several side stories, and random paths and memories, and before you know it your mind is somewhere else and you're falling asleep.
Originally Posted by
jazzadogs
Love it DD. I have a very similar routine when I am trying to sleep and my mind is whirring, but it's a bit more 'bulldogs trivia'.
My preferred game is to just go through every number and name the first player who comes to mind
1 jarrad grant
2 bob murphy
3 mitch wallis
4 daniel cross
5 matthew boyd
6 johnno
7 westy
8 hahn
9 gilbee
10 eagleton
11 macrae
12 williams
13 gia
etc. etc. It's always interesting to me how I get on particular tracks, and I love when I get a random name in there.
I also like to choose old years or games and try to name the starting side. I'm sure I never get it 100%, but it's mindless enough that it pushes all my work/life worries to the side for long enough to sleep!
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
My Grand Final mode is naming our 2016 GF goalkickers in order. It's a real joy.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
No insomnia for me
Originally Posted by
comrade
Nope. We haven't played the Dees with Stef, Dunks or Treloar.
We will spank these pricks. I am sleeping well now.
However I had a home invasion a few years and live in a bit of a dodgy inner city Sydney area, but I still sleep well because of my housemate Maddie.
Maddie is a large, razor sharp meat cleaver.
The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Sounds bloody awful! Hope they caught the bastards.
Originally Posted by
Dry Rot
No insomnia for me
We will spank these pricks. I am sleeping well now.
However I had a home invasion a few years and live in a bit of a dodgy inner city Sydney area, but I still sleep well because of my housemate Maddie.
Maddie is a large, razor sharp meat cleaver.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
I had the theme from the Wil Anderson podcast 2 Guys 1 Cup stuck in my head at 2am the other morning.
Pretending I was lying in the turf again after the GWS prelim sent me back off to sleep again, the sweet sweet smell of victory in that grass…
Wake me up when we get to heaven, let me sleep if we're going to hell
Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath
And we all found heaven - 2016 Premiers!
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Ha, I do the same thing with footy numbers to fall asleep, but have slightly different players …….
1. Purser
2. Billy the Kid
3. Grant
4. Bont
5. Bubba
6. Johno
7. Hawk
8. Kennedy
9. Gilbee
10. Hunter
11. McGuiness
12. Cordy
13. Gia
14. Darcy
15. Wynd
16. Croft
17. Cooney
18. Beasley
19. Flea
20. Edmond
21. Libba
22. Harrison
23. Roughead
24. S. Wallis
25. Hargrave
26. Del-Re
27. Super
28. Dimma
29. Deadeye
30. Robbo
31. Dale
32. Fossie
33. Choco
34. West
35. Baxter
36. Lake
37. Roarke
38. Morris
39. Libba
40. Harbrow
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Originally Posted by
angelopetraglia
Ha, I do the same thing with footy numbers to fall asleep, but have slightly different players …….
22. Harrison
How very dare you.
"It's over. It's all over."
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Originally Posted by
EasternWest
How very dare you.
The only correct answer is Peter Quill.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Originally Posted by
EasternWest
How very dare you.
Should have been Cullen
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Originally Posted by
EasternWest
How very dare you.
Originally Posted by
Mantis
The only correct answer is Peter Quill.
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Should have been Cullen
Ted Whitten Jr says oi!
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final
Originally Posted by
Twodogs
Ted Whitten Jr says oi!
Wally Donald ?
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