Playing for the Jumper

[Melbourne Man 0]

First of all, gday everyone, long time reader, so id thought id sign up and join in on the forums. I just jumped on youtube to watch the tribute to Sean Wight(been meaning to watch it for a couple of weeks now). That has to be one of the most inspirational things i have ever seen. The will to play football and win at all costs. Everything in that clip showed what it should be like to play footy for the red and blue. How come some (most) of our boys dont play like this for 4 quarters? I know this has probably been asked over and over again. But i just don't know why! To play for Melbourne is to be a DEMON. Play hard, play with mongrel. Make teams fear you, Make other teams supporters loath you. I would love to see that effort to get to that player before they kick the ball, even if it might look impossible. Run at the opposition, run hard and tackle or bump them as they kick, even after the kick, make them know your there. Sacrifice your body to show your team who you are, why your wearing that red V. I could go on, but week after week, i know, if this happened, there would be vast improvements in the Melbourne game, and more confidence coming from those efforts. (Green No.1 candidate to need to do this in order to be respected by both players and supporters)... so hopefully this can start happening soon, for 4 quarters so i can stand in that stand and Scream, "Go Demons" Because theyre playing like DEMONS!

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[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

The boys dont play like Demons because the boys don't seem to give a rats clacker.

They are young, and immature and would much rather spend the night preparing for a game (Last friday) by going out to a local Geelong pub (although for dinner i must add) and wrecking each others hotel beds (see Mortons twitter: http://yfrog.com/h7opmyhj).

And these are the "adults" who are going to have a crack and push us to our next Grand Final.

Sean Wights era' occurred in a different time, with different values, and obviously with a different youth culture.

A hard working culture.

Where as now everything is expected to be handed to them on a silver platter.

I'll probably get shut down for these views, but damn that felt good.

Rant.

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[Allen Jakovich 516]

Because they get monstered by teams who have an average of five more preseasons into their bodies and can run, and tackle, and "bruise" them into submission.

Edited August 1, 2011 by Allen Jakovich