I sent an email to the sports editor of The Guardian online Australia version yesterday, Tom Lutz. I was suggesting he may not be giving Australian Football it's due as the biggest sport in the country by its lack of presence in sports stories.

He replied quickly and with detail, even suggesting that since arriving from the UK, he had chosen to support the Dees! For those who think that history counts for nothing, he chose the MFC because it is the oldest club firstly, and secondly because we have been success free for so long.

Good on him I reckon.

We'll see how long The Guardian lasts.

And, yay, another pity supporter. Let me guess: he resides in Fitzroy?

We'll see how long The Guardian lasts. And, yay, another pity supporter. Let me guess: he resides in Fitzroy?

Such overwhelming positivity...... reads like resigned self pity. It was the history that attracted him first. Good response though.

I sent an email to the sports editor of The Guardian online Australia version yesterday, Tom Lutz. I was suggesting he may not be giving Australian Football it's due as the biggest sport in the country by its lack of presence in sports stories.

He replied quickly and with detail, even suggesting that since arriving from the UK, he had chosen to support the Dees! For those who think that history counts for nothing, he chose the MFC because it is the oldest club firstly, and secondly because we have been success free for so long.

Good on him I reckon.

Most people I meet from the UK tell me "I follow the Bombers because I like aeroplanes"

Pity that guy.

I had the same attitude about the Mets when I went to the baseball in New York (cos they weren't very good). Surprisingly they won so I guess I can't follow them.

I had the same attitude about the Mets when I went to the baseball in New York (cos they weren't very good). Surprisingly they won so I guess I can't follow them.

Of course you still can, maybe it was you that unchained them?

We'll see how long The Guardian lasts.

And, yay, another pity supporter. Let me guess: he resides in Fitzroy?

He hasn't opened his mouth yet, other than to say he supports Melbourne, and you are at his throat with this "guessing"! Can I say no, I don't let you guess?

If he's a pity supporter, what are you? A cannibal supporter? A contempt supporter? I've missed something here. You apparently would be happier not to have someone choose to support Melbourne. Like the closed club, is that your point?

I'm a Pom and I've always barracked for the Dees. I knew I was gonna live in Melbourne, but not sure which suburb, so that's why. This current plight doesn't worry me as back home, I follow the mighty Plymouth Argyle, who have never played in the top tier of English football. In fact the greatest claim to fame are a couple of Cup semi-finals. Gotta stick with your team, though.

"You will be taken from this place and transported to Australia where you will, for the term of your natural life, support Melbourne."

"You will be taken from this place and transported to Australia where you will, for the term of your natural life, support Melbourne."

Had a good laugh at this.Made my arvo after a crap day.

"You will be taken from this place and transported to Australia where you will, for the term of your natural life, support Melbourne."

Love it!

"You will be taken from this place and transported to Australia where you will, for the term of your natural life, support Melbourne."

And to think people say Melbourne supporters don't have any conviction.