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Once upon a time

joeboy
in Melbourne Demons

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Long ago , before the Tigers , Magpies , and whomever else now calls it home , the MCG was our sole domain , so much so , that spread across the ENTIRE front ledge of the outer stand , now known as the Southern stand , was a professionally written and attached sign that read :

Forever Forward Dashing Demons , The Greatest Ever Exponents Of Professional Football .

Now I'm not very good as guesstimating distances but there wouldn't have been much change from 200 metres , so it was obviously an imposing sight .

I know a sign like this is obviously inappropriate and probably even ' daggy ' ,but what can we now do to make a similarly obvious statement , now that the 'wandering son' has come home ?

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    I think it was "Greatest Ever Exponents of Perfection Football". We also had a banner which read, "Melbourne, Masters of the MCG".

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    I think it was "Greatest Ever Exponents of Perfection Football". We also had a banner which read, "Melbourne, Masters of the MCG".

    Yes , you're right .

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    Long ago , before the Tigers , Magpies , and whomever else now calls it home , the MCG was our sole domain , so much so , that spread across the ENTIRE front ledge of the outer stand , now known as the Southern stand , was a professionally written and attached sign that read :

    Forever Forward Dashing Demons , The Greatest Ever Exponents Of Professional Football .

    Now I'm not very good as guesstimating distances but there wouldn't have been much change from 200 metres , so it was obviously an imposing sight .

    I know a sign like this is obviously inappropriate and probably even ' daggy ' ,but what can we now do to make a similarly obvious statement , now that the 'wandering son' has come home ?

    "'wandering son' has come home", or has the estranged family members settled their differences?

    I'm sure there was problems & fault from both sides.

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    The scoreboad should read

    MELBOURNE:

    visitors:

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    Didn't you just love those Huge Banners in the 70's across the southern stand & around the Picket Fence. True Glory.

    So wish we could do that even just once, again.

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