Change our Nickname....

[Bates Mate 3,924]

maybe we should change it to the Melbourne Beiber's we would attract 5000,00000 9-12 year old girls which might boost our membership

[MikeyJ 60]

maybe we should change it to the Melbourne Beiber's we would attract 5000,00000 9-12 year old girls which might boost our membership

Most sensible suggestion so far. I applaud your work.

[e25 5]

This reminds me: it went fairly unnoticed at the time, but a few weeks ago in his weekly "the Tackle" article, Mark Robinson referred the demons and asked that now due to our good performances that we are never reffered to as he "dees" again.

Apparently in his eyes it is a bit effeminate.

?!

Thank god no one takes that drunk moron seriously.

I pondered what he'd said but I just can't agree.

I mean, come on... The Saints? The Swans? The Mayblooms? The pussycats? The Pies? The Bullies? The Kangas?

Hardly the most masculine of names.

May they be the Dees now and in perpetuity.

[stranga 328]

Delete this joke of a thread.

The fact that someone thinks it is worthy of a thread shows a lack of passion and a lack of respect to the club and us true supporters.

[pitchfork 181]

We should definitely change "Demons" to "FC'ers"...wait, we did that!...Can't change the name, the jumper, the ground, the supporters (well at least some of them)...these are the things that make the club

[Redleg 37,899]

Mate I'm a young bloke and i do two things very week, go to church and go to the footy(when it is on). i love the name the demons didn't put me off supporting the club and i chose to support the demons myself, my mum is a filth supporter and my dad goes for the other filth the crows. So if you look at what i could of supported, i guess you could say i was "SAVED BY THE DEMONS!!!". Pun intended!

Clever and attractive avatar, Dana SCULLY from the X Files.

[praha 10,308]

The demon only really has religious connotations in one area the MFC seems to care about, and that's within the Chinese community. If they really want to infiltrate the large number of Chinese students coming to our shores, they will have to promote the club as Melbourne FC and keep the Demons on the down low, which is essentially what they've been doing for the past 3 years.

[jack 0]

Don't forget the number of puns the press has at their disposal because of the word 'Dee'. They have a field day every week with our team - give me a good pun with 'Redlegs'.

[saka888 54]

The demon only really has religious connotations in one area the MFC seems to care about, and that's within the Chinese community. If they really want to infiltrate the large number of Chinese students coming to our shores, they will have to promote the club as Melbourne FC and keep the Demons on the down low, which is essentially what they've been doing for the past 3 years.

know alot of chinese supporters that support the Mo Gui's, Go Dees

[Demon Rob 2]

might just have been co-incidence, but removing the demon and going to the blah square logo coincided with the club nearly dying.

just out of curiousity - when are they going to restore www.demons.com.au ?

[Great_little_footy_team 8]

No way! Stay with demons. I have a little cousin who barracks for us purely because we have the "coolest" mascot.

[Tony Tea 2,792]

Got a great idea! Let's call ourselves the Fuchsias!

[Demon Rob 2]

Got a great idea! Let's call ourselves the Fuchsias!

Lets just settle on the Invincible White Demonic Fuchsias.

(my avatar is actually called Demonic Fuchsia in the spore world he comes from)

[Go Dees Attack 0]

demons forever

Go Dees

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

This thread = Massive fail.

I think the Melbourne Football Club can increase there membership and following by changing there current nickname the 'Demons' to a more acceptable name the 'Redlegs'.

Will increase nothing. Will only disenfranchise people.

Being a past nickname would allow an easy transition by current members I would think.

A past nickname from basically a lifetime ago? Who would be left still alive when we were called that?

Or even better, use both. However, using the nickname the 'Redlegs' on a far greater capacity.

I'm ok with working in Redlegs in the same sense as "shinboner" for the Roos.

I find particular groups are not attracted to the MFC because of there demonic name the 'Demons'.

I have never seen or heard tale of this before. Not once.

I think of the Red Sox and White Sox in the States.

And we need to copy American clubs and sports, because? If it were recovery, sports science or financial structures... maybe. But cultural aspects? We have our own. In fact we've had our own for longer than they have.

THOUGHTS or any other ideas?

Yes.

Don't make threads about changing anything to do with where we play, or what we're called. How's that?

[Little Goffy 12,722]

DEEEEEMONS!!

Come on, it's that rare thing - a name with a story behind it.

'Lift Your Heads and PLAY LIKE DEMONS'

When was that, '36?

[Sir Why You Little 34,688]

DEEEEEMONS!!

Come on, it's that rare thing - a name with a story behind it.

'Lift Your Heads and PLAY LIKE DEMONS'

When was that, '36?

Checker Hughes.

[True Believer 1]

demons forever

Go Dees

DEMONS for me.....although I have a redlegs membership.

The demon is my religion !!

[Red Sox 2]

The DEMONS...ALWAYS the DEMONS!!!

The stupid block Melbourne FC logo was horrible.....love the Retro Dees T-shirt that has come out in the last few mths.

The Red Devils (Manchester United) are the richest most successful sporting organisation on the planet....I am sure China residents are more familiar with them than any other side in the world.

If it's good enough for them it's good enough for the Mighty Demons!

[Guest Rojik of the Arctic]

As long as opposition supporters call us: "You bastards that keep smashing our side and winning premierships" I'll be happy. But for me the will always be the Demons.

[flog 20]

Get your own team and call it the Redlegs, maybe a super coach team would be a good start.

Go Redlegs!!!!

Fair dinkum, that stinks.

[Roost It 1,434]

Get your own team and call it the Redlegs, maybe a super coach team would be a good start.

Go Redlegs!!!!

Fair dinkum, that stinks.

I often yell out Go Redlegs!! at the footy. However I would never ever advocate becoming the Redlegs. Checker Hughes bought in the Demon and Jimmy bought back the Demon.

You do the math!!

[maximum bob 462]

"I find particular groups are not attracted to the MFC because of there (sic) demonic name the 'Demons'."

Good effort. You've got plenty of replies for a fair laugh.

And it's only Wednesday night.

Good grief.

[demonsflag555657 3]

Demons nothing else, Go Dees

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

3 people voted redlegs... :D

They'd be the only 90 year old MFC fans with knowledge of how to use a computer.