186 - Hall of Shame

[stuie 7,374]

Well actually I think it has defined us since that time. Hence the Neeld slash and burn burn policy to bury it. I think you and I are on much the same wavelength but the "one week at a time" cliche does worry me.

Neeld's changes were because we were rubbish all round, not because of one game. Please someone find some perspective, this is turning into some kind of a conspiracy theory.

I know that saying is a cliche, but it's how football is and should be. Learn from it, move on, get ready for the next week's challenge.

[Carrot Top 947]

GTFO it's not ANZAC day mate.

Of course we should get over it and forget it. It was ONE GAME. DO we still celebrate the wins? No. That's how GOOD football teams do it, they move on to the next challenge rather than dwell on the past. Ever heard the saying "one week at a time"?!!

I'm wondering just how many good teams have actually had to deal with a 186 point flogging. Or a 190 one for that matter.

You don't want to let it destroy you, sure, but you can't just pretend that it didn't happen. That day exposed the club for what it was: weak, divided and soulless. Things had to change drastically because of that day. No longer could we pretend that we were on the right track because we'd beaten up a bunch of teams that were dealing with their own issues. That day we knew that the bruise free comments were not just true but probably understated, and we had a bunch of players that played the game only on their terms, and who folded as soon as pressure was applied.

Forget it? Not a hope. Only a flag will erase that stain.

[stuie 7,374]

I'm wondering just how many good teams have actually had to deal with a 186 point flogging. Or a 190 one for that matter.

You don't want to let it destroy you, sure, but you can't just pretend that it didn't happen. That day exposed the club for what it was: weak, divided and soulless. Things had to change drastically because of that day. No longer could we pretend that we were on the right track because we'd beaten up a bunch of teams that were dealing with their own issues. That day we knew that the bruise free comments were not just true but probably understated, and we had a bunch of players that played the game only on their terms, and who folded as soon as pressure was applied.

Forget it? Not a hope. Only a flag will erase that stain.

What a load of BS.

We were soulless before 186 and we're still searching.

Get over the drama girls.

[beelzebub 23,313]

Perfect snooker break?

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[Guest]

On a different note, could it be possible to set up a Demonland poster Hall of Shame? Some of the rocket surgeon comments on here after our trading period have reinforced the need for this!

(Waiting for someone to induct me for trying 'to divide people')

Edited October 30, 2012 by Guest

[monoccular 17,413]

On a different note, could it be possible to set up a Demonland poster Hall of Shame? Some of the rocket surgeon comments on here after our trading period have reinforced the need for this!

(Waiting for someone to induct me for trying 'to divide people')

Dividing rocket scientists from brain surgeons perhaps? And would that be indict? Edited October 30, 2012 by monoccular

[Sir Why You Little 36,989]

I'm wondering just how many good teams have actually had to deal with a 186 point flogging. Or a 190 one for that matter.

You don't want to let it destroy you, sure, but you can't just pretend that it didn't happen. That day exposed the club for what it was: weak, divided and soulless. Things had to change drastically because of that day. No longer could we pretend that we were on the right track because we'd beaten up a bunch of teams that were dealing with their own issues. That day we knew that the bruise free comments were not just true but probably understated, and we had a bunch of players that played the game only on their terms, and who folded as soon as pressure was applied.

Forget it? Not a hope. Only a flag will erase that stain.

well said Carrot. It is a day i will not forget.

Nunb was the only reaction.

[Guest]

Dividing rocket scientists from brain surgeons perhaps? And would that be indict?

Yes, because I so totally meant not to collocate (that's a linguistic term, look it up) rocket with surgeon. You see, brain surgery is regarded as an occupation where one needs some smarts and rocket science.... Oh, never mind.

Secondly, induct is the correct use of English in this case. People are inducted into halls of fame/shame, clubs and institutions of many a stripe.

Edited October 30, 2012 by Guest

[satyricon 267]

I think this topic is beginning to explain the psyche of some of the posters on this board....Ladies and Gents this was a game of footy......gee

[jnrmac 20,055]

I think this topic is beginning to explain the psyche of some of the posters on this board....Ladies and Gents this was a game of footy......gee

No it wasn't.

[Guest]

I think this topic is beginning to explain the psyche of some of the posters on this board....Ladies and Gents this was a game of footy......gee

In the bigger picture, yes it was. From a MFC point of view, it was the stock market crash of 2009. Months and years of bad club culture, division, laziness and timidity when things weren't going the players way became apparent on that very day. I thankfully never saw the game. I don't have Fox Footy so was kinda torn on going down to the pub to watch it there. I thank the big pixie in the sky that I never did. Some might say how could I have an opinion on it if I never saw it? Well, I didn't see the 1975 Consitutional Crisis first hand but I know plenty about that!

In the matter of life and death, it doesn't mean much to the average punter on the street. To the MFC though, it should be an indictment on how the club had been operating.

[PaulRB 6,352]

186 was not an isolated event/effort, it had been brewing for months and most of us were expecting a belting. the sheer size and humiliation of the loss finally broke the spell of BS we were being sold that this crappy phase was a "anticipated and necessary part of the great re-build"...

It took this almighty walloping for the club to start to shake off the tupour of the past ten years of mediocracy.

And we're not out of the woods yet.

[P-man 13,366]

What a load of BS.

We were soulless before 186 and we're still searching.

Get over the drama girls.

stu, whether or not people are over it, it was a tipping point that led to a coach losing his job and essentially a new era of the club beginning. It was a major event, hence the emphasis placed upon it.

Edited October 30, 2012 by P_Man