Jump to content

The No T$ No B$ Thread

Redleg
Redleg
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Yes in 5 more weeks.

I hate to admit this but I am listening to a 70's disco mix while I read Demonland.

Oh.

  • Quote
    •  

    After following the Dees for 50+ years I thought I had experienced the lowest point.

    However this week has proved me wrong.

    Am I witnessing the final months of the MFC?

    Who knows but I am sitting here this morning contemplating Sunday.

    Will I go Yes, do I want to go No.

    I will trudge along through duty.

    But For one of the few times in the last 50 years my heart is not in it.

  • Quote

    After following the Dees for 50+ years I thought I had experienced the lowest point.

    However this week has proved me wrong.

    Am I witnessing the final months of the MFC?

    Who knows but I am sitting here this morning contemplating Sunday.

    Will I go Yes, do I want to go No.

    I will trudge along through duty.

    But For one of the few times in the last 50 years my heart is not in it.

    Hang in there OD you must fly the flag whilst i am here in vietnam and thailand...36 today.
  • Quote
    •  

    Hang in there OD you must fly the flag whilst i am here in vietnam and thailand...36 today.

    Oh please wyl I am freezing my butt off here.

    I will be there but the bar looks a good option.

    That way my attenance is recorded and I get the best of a bad lot.

    Only joking I will be in the stand as usually with confidence until about the 20 minute mark of quarter one.

  • Quote

    Oh please wyl I am freezing my butt off here.

    I will be there but the bar looks a good option.

    That way my attenance is recorded and I get the best of a bad lot.

    Only joking I will be in the stand as usually with confidence until about the 20 minute mark of quarter one.

    The concept of being cold right now is very odd. Although the continuous MFC soap opera does send out chills. Are we ever going to get things right??
  • Quote

    The concept of being cold right now is very odd. Although the continuous MFC soap opera does send out chills. Are we ever going to get things right??

    On occasions like the last week wyl I seriously doubt it

    But what choice do I have I can continue with a 50 year ( i.e. half a century ) habit.

    Or I can leave, it won't happen while the MFC exists

    However my anger is increasing

  • Quote

    On occasions like the last week wyl I seriously doubt it

    But what choice do I have I can continue with a 50 year ( i.e. half a century ) habit.

    Or I can leave, it won't happen while the MFC exists

    However my anger is increasing

    Whatever happens this week/month...the whole concept of tanking must be erased from any future agendas. It was always going to get murky and dangerous.
  • Quote
    • Author

    Oh please wyl I am freezing my butt off here.

    No problems sunday, it will be 16 lovely degrees. I will be in my usual seat in the AFL section.

  • Quote
    •  
    • Author

    I know we shouldn't criticize umpires, but I just watched the last quarter of Saints and Pies and Saints were umpired out of it. Disgraceful really.

    Pies get 2 soft frees for first goal and then several holding the ball ones, while Kosi smacked in mouth while marking is ignored and then O'Brien given free for arm chop as Saint running into goal to tie up game. Replay showed no touch at all and even commentators admit it was a shocker. Saints couldn't buy a free and Pies got them for nothing.

    Would love to hear Watters presser. 25 frees to 14 in Pies favour as per usual.

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    No problems sunday, it will be 16 lovely degrees. I will be in my usual seat in the AFL section.

    See you there redleg

    May be my last game for 2012 so I hope we win

  • Quote

    No it never stops guys now Fitzpatrick out with a ankle / foot injury

    And we still have today to go.

    Cook could get a game yet

  • Quote
    • Author

    No it never stops guys now Fitzpatrick out with a ankle / foot injury

    And we still have today to go.

    Cook could get a game yet

    Think you mean Jordie Mac.

    Cook also played yesterday.

  • Quote

    Think you mean Jordie Mac.

    Cook also played yesterday.

    No Fitzpatrick was injured playing for Casey Yesterday.

    And Morton today

    I was suggesting Redleg that Cook might get a game before the year end because there would be no one else.

  • Quote
    • Author

    No Fitzpatrick was injured playing for Casey Yesterday.

    And Morton today

    I was suggesting Redleg that Cook might get a game before the year end because there would be no one else.

    Sorry OD I misread your post. You might be right with Cook even though Neeld has said he is not ready. If Watts doesn't come back he may get a game against GWS.

  • Quote
    • Author

    Coach Guy McKenna confirmed on Monday at least five players would be missing the battle with the Giants after sustaining injuries in Sunday's 42-point loss against Melbourne.

    Dion Prestia (hamstring), Michael Rischitelli (knee), Karmichael Hunt (shoulder), Zac Smith (ankle) and Luke Russell (shoulder) will all be unavailable.

    David Swallow (knee) and Sam Day (foot) are also in huge doubt.

    If GWS beat GC next week, then the loser of the GWS v Dees match the following week, assuming Saints beat us, would be 2nd last and get pick 2 in the draft and in our case pick 3 as well.

    Is it possible we could t. t. t. t. t. ....... or just lose. I can't even get the word out.

    It would put us in a massive position to trade with GWS for both under 17's for say pick 2 or 3 plus a player or two like Moloney and one of Bate/Petterd/Spencer/J. MacDonald/Bail etc. It would also just about guarantee JV as a 2nd round pick.

  • Quote

    Just a thought on Injuries

    I could just be ducking for cover on the culture research

    Could it be that injuries are an outcome of how the game is played YES obviously

    BUT

    Do teams that receive more protection from the umpires reflected from the awarding of free kicks have a better injury rate than than those receiving less free kicks.

    If you play tackle or are tackled poorly does this produce injuries or are there more injuries occurring because of overextension etc.

    Perhaps our high injury count is because our younger smaller less developed body types are being smashed by older larger better developed body types. Can improved umpire protection restrict some injuries?

    It may require access to obscure statistics (where is stan from stradbroke when you need him)

  • Quote

    Hey redleg, could we change this thread title to

    The No T$ No B$ No MN Thread

    old dee is desperately in need of a neeld- free haven

  • Quote

    Hey redleg, could we change this thread title to

    The No T$ No B$ No MN Thread

    old dee is desperately in need of a neeld- free haven

    Spot on DC

    Yes please Redleg

  • Quote
    • Author

    Spot on DC

    Yes please Redleg

    Happy to oblige but I don't know how to.

  • Quote

    Happy to oblige but I don't know how to.

    No problem I will just post my thoughts on here and imagine the thread title is

    The No T$ No B$ No MN Thread

  • Quote

    • Author

    I think Sheeds has just showed his hand about how much he wants that first pick. GWS are resting Ward and Greene, their two best players this year, because of slight groin soreness or the onset of mild op symptoms. Patton also out for possible surgery. I won't use the T word because as we all know it is list management.

    The real point of my post is that I don't think he will risk losing the first pick on JV and more importantly either will Gubby or SOS. I don't think GC would do it to us either as we have cleared Warnock to them and there may be some more this year from our Queensland contingent.

    The certainty of all this is of course to do a deal for an U17 player which will give us JV at 2nd round. All based on us not moving up the ladder of course.

  • Quote

    I think Sheeds has just showed his hand about how much he wants that first pick. GWS are resting Ward and Greene, their two best players this year, because of slight groin soreness or the onset of mild op symptoms. Patton also out for possible surgery. I won't use the T word because as we all know it is list management.

    The real point of my post is that I don't think he will risk losing the first pick on JV and more importantly either will Gubby or SOS. I don't think GC would do it to us either as we have cleared Warnock to them and there may be some more this year from our Queensland contingent.

    The certainty of all this is of course to do a deal for an U17 player which will give us JV at 2nd round. All based on us not moving up the ladder of course.

    Agree Redleg

    Inspite of my recent agreesive stance on winning 2 more games I think you are safe.

    We will win the GWS game and that will be it for 2012.

    And another glorious chapter in the history of the MFC will draw to a close.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Did anyone go to training yesterday?

    Would love to know if Watts looked like he was training at full tilt.

    Will he return this week?

    Edited by old dee

  • Quote
    •  
    • Author

    We will win the GWS game and that will be it for 2012.

    And another glorious chapter in the history of the MFC will draw to a close.

    And in 2013, with a 20% different list of players, another glorious chapter in the history of the MFC will begin.

  • Quote

    I think Sheeds has just showed his hand about how much he wants that first pick. GWS are resting Ward and Greene, their two best players this year, because of slight groin soreness or the onset of mild op symptoms. Patton also out for possible surgery. I won't use the T word because as we all know it is list management.

    The real point of my post is that I don't think he will risk losing the first pick on JV and more importantly either will Gubby or SOS. I don't think GC would do it to us either as we have cleared Warnock to them and there may be some more this year from our Queensland contingent.

    The certainty of all this is of course to do a deal for an U17 player which will give us JV at 2nd round. All based on us not moving up the ladder of course.

    I hope Paul Roos doesn't almost fall off the couch at the thought of another Cup. Or in this case the Whitfield Shield game between GWS v GC. Because Paul Roos frowns at nurturing a "losing culture mentality"....

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PREVIEW: Essendon

      As the focus of the AFL moves exclusively to South Australia for Gather Round, the question is raised as to what are we going to get from the  Melbourne Football Club this weekend? Will it be a repeat of the slop fest of the last three weeks that have seen the team score a measly 174 points and concede 310 or will a return to the City of Churches and the scene where they performed at their best in 2024 act as a wakeup call and bring them out of their early season reverie?  Or will the sleepy Dees treat their fans to a reenactment of their lazy effort from the first Gather Round of two years ago when they allowed the Bombers to trample all over them on a soggy and wet Adelaide Oval? The two examples from above tell us how fickle form can be in football. Last year, a committed group of players turned up in Adelaide with a businesslike mindset. They had a plan, went in confidently and hard for the football and kicked winning scores against both home teams in a difficult environment for visitors. And they repeated that sort of effort later in the season when they played Essendon at the MCG.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Essendon

      Facing the very real and daunting prospect of starting the season with five straight losses, the Demons head to South Australia for the annual Gather Round, where they’ll take on the Bombers in search of their first win of the year. Who comes in, and who comes out?

        • Clap
        • Like
      • 489 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 05

      Gather Round is here, kicking off with a Thursday night blockbuster as Adelaide faces Geelong. The Crows will be out for redemption after a controversial loss last week. Saturday starts with the Magpies taking on the Swans. Collingwood will be eager to cement their spot in the top eight, while Sydney is hot on their heels. In the Barossa Valley, two rising sides go head-to-head in a fascinating battle to prove they're the real deal. Later, Carlton and West Coast face off at Adelaide Oval, both desperate to notch their first win of the season. The action then shifts to Norwood, where the undefeated Lions will aim to keep their streak alive against the Bulldogs. Sunday’s games begin in the Barossa with Richmond up against Fremantle. In Norwood, the Saints will be looking to take a scalp when they come up against the Giants. The round concludes with a fiery rematch of last year's semi-final, as the Hawks seek revenge for their narrow loss to Port Adelaide. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

        • Like
      • 180 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Geelong

      There was a time in the second quarter of the game at the Cattery on Friday afternoon when the Casey Demons threatened to take the game apart against the Cats. The Demons had been well on top early but were struggling to convert their ascendancy over the ground until Tom Fullarton’s burst of three goals in the space of eight minutes on the way to a five goal haul and his best game for the club since arriving from Brisbane at the end of 2023. He was leading, marking and otherwise giving his opponents a merry dance as Casey grabbed a three goal lead in the blink of an eye. Fullarton has now kicked ten goals in Casey’s three matches and, with Melbourne’s forward conversion woes, he is definitely in with a chance to get his first game with the club in next week’s Gather Round in Adelaide. Despite the tall forward’s efforts - he finished with 19 disposals and eight marks and had four hit outs as back up to Will Verrall in the second half - it wasn’t enough as Geelong reigned in the lead through persistent attacks and eventually clawed their way to the lead early in the last and held it till they achieved the end aim of victory.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Geelong

      I was disappointed to hear Goody say at his post match presser after the team’s 39 point defeat against Geelong that "we're getting high quality entry, just poor execution" because Melbourne’s problems extend far beyond that after its 0 - 4 start to the 2025 football season. There are clearly problems with poor execution, some of which were evident well before the current season and were in play when the Demons met the Cats in early May last year and beat them in a near top-of-the-table clash that saw both sides sitting comfortably in the top four after round eight. Since that game, the Demons’ performances have been positively Third World with only five wins in 19 games with a no longer majestic midfield and a dysfunctional forward line that has become too easy for opposing coaches to counter. This is an area of their game that is currently being played out as if they were all completely panic-stricken.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 04

      Round 4 kicks off with a blockbuster on Thursday night as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton clash at the MCG, with the Magpies looking to assert themselves as early-season contenders and the Blues seeking their first win of the season. Saturday opens with Gold Coast hosting Adelaide, a key test for the Suns as they aim to back up their big win last week, while the Crows will be looking to keep their perfect record intact. Reigning wooden spooners Richmond have the daunting task of facing reigning premiers Brisbane at the ‘G and the Lions will be eager to reaffirm their premiership credentials after a patchy start. Saturday night sees North Melbourne take on Sydney at Marvel Stadium, with the Swans looking to build on their first win of the season last week against a rebuilding Roos outfit. Sunday’s action begins with GWS hosting West Coast at ENGIE Stadium, a game that could get ugly very early for the visitors. Port Adelaide vs St Kilda at Adelaide Oval looms as a interesting clash, with both clubs form being very hard to read. The round wraps up with Fremantle taking on the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in what could be a fierce contest between two sides with top-eight ambitions. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

      • 273 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All