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  • Dancin' Douggy
    WOOF Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 2876

    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, 08:22 PM.
  • Grantysghost
    Bouncing Strong
    • Apr 2010
    • 18968

    #2
    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.
    BT COME BACK!​

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    • bulldogsthru&thru
      Bulldog Team of the Century
      • May 2011
      • 7700

      #3
      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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      • jazzadogs
        Bulldog Team of the Century
        • Oct 2008
        • 5649

        #4
        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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        • Dancin' Douggy
          WOOF Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 2876

          #5
          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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          • jazzadogs
            Bulldog Team of the Century
            • Oct 2008
            • 5649

            #6
            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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            • Dry Rot
              Bulldog Team of the Century
              • Jan 2007
              • 6444

              #7
              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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              • Dancin' Douggy
                WOOF Member
                • Oct 2007
                • 2876

                #8
                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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                • Daughter of the West
                  WOOF Member
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 918

                  #9
                  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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                  • angelopetraglia
                    Bulldog Team of the Century
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 6844

                    #10
                    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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                    • EasternWest
                      Hall of Fame
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 10002

                      #11
                      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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                      • Mantis
                        Hall of Fame
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 15449

                        #12
                        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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                        • Bornadog
                          WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 66742

                          #13
                          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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                          • Twodogs
                            Moderator
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 27655

                            #14
                            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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                            • angelopetraglia
                              Bulldog Team of the Century
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 6844

                              #15
                              Re: Insomnia between now and the Grand Final

                              Originally posted by Twodogs
                              Ted Whitten Jr says oi!
                              Wally Donald ?

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