Jump to content


Recommended Posts

Posted

When Neeld took over a couple of year ago wasn't he more focused on endurance and not putting on bulk? If so I wonder if it would make a difference to try and bulk up the players significantly in the pre season. Bigger, stronger bodies. Especially Grimes and Trengove, they are tiny. Bulk these boys up I'd say. What does everyone think?

Posted

That's targeted advertising. Google bots have selected that ad for you based on your browsing history ;)

i get an ad about a trial for depression...google bots must also take into account which team you follow

  • Like 3
Posted

As for NC his credentials are ok but almost certain that membership will be slower on the take up if he gets the gig. The club has to give supporters more than a shred of hope, NC is not getting the likes of Jeremy Howe to play with class and vigour and that worries me.

After the annual tish sandwiches supporters and members have been served over the past six years they surely can't be suckered by a name coach.

Members, supporters ( with exception of the masochistic die hards) won't come back to the clubs in droves until the side is competitive, it's winning games and plays a style of footy that people want to watch.

If the proper coaching selection results in Craig getting the job then so be it. Lets move forward. There is hard slog ahead with no short cuts.

As Jackson advised its not hard fix, it's just not a quick fix.

  • Like 3

Posted

That's targeted advertising. Google bots have selected that ad for you based on your browsing history ;)

mmm...how come I get ads for golf lessons when I've never played a game in my life and am not the slightest bit interested. Couldn't care less who won a major or a minor and don't own or search for a golf stick.

Maybe they think I should be honing a non existent golf game instead of worrying about the MFC.

I'm with Mark Twain, "Golf is a good walk spoiled".

Posted

i am holding back some serious anger when writing this.

Toumpas, Trengove, Grimes, Watts, Tom Mcdonald, Michael Evans, Max Gawn and maybe you might want to acknowledge Colin Sylvia (who will go top 3 in our Bluey)

maybe you want to actually acknowledge that these guys are the ones who have the potential to also take huge leaps forward and some of them turn into A- graders.

What you wrote wasnt pessimism, it was just full of crap

I've heard all that before and I'd like a $1 for every Melbourne player that's shown POTENTIAL and failed to deliver; I'm trying to think of one player on our list over the last 10 years that's taken a "huge leap forward" and I can't think of one, not one in ten years.

You can think what you like and I guess I was once like you and actually believed that the players would miracously transform in to quality, but I gave up on that pipe dream. We have a vey ordinary team with a few who have shown they can handle the top but I stress, a few.

If Frawley was in a good side he would probably be a B+ player and maybe Clark would as well, Garland would be a B- Viney is to early to tell and Jones B- that's it. I'm really hopeful about Hogan and Toumpas and I hope that Trenners can find his first and second year form and that Howe can be our Nathan Fyfe and that Grimes can recapture the form that gave us hope for him in the first place and that Watts will turn out to be a great player dominating matches and Evans will come on and that Gawn will be the dominant ruckman in the competition. That's a lot of hope.

Reality, we have a lot of C grade players that mat be able to step up to B grade but not a lot.

The problem with Melbourne is you watch them all the time and get seduced in to thinking that one more pre-season or another 50 games under the belt and they'll come good, but they simply don't and eventually they get replaced by the next bunch of duds who become the next future "potential champions".

Don't get me wrong it breaks my heart to watch us go round every year with our season finished after the first round, but that's reality.

  • Like 2

Posted

Unfortunately Robbie F is far close to actuality than the many ,who are medicated in perpetuity by their lifelong allegiance to a mob who dont deserve it.

Posted

When Neeld took over a couple of year ago wasn't he more focused on endurance and not putting on bulk? If so I wonder if it would make a difference to try and bulk up the players significantly in the pre season. Bigger, stronger bodies. Especially Grimes and Trengove, they are tiny. Bulk these boys up I'd say. What does everyone think?

Smells like a slightly over the edge Supplements Program to me.

Posted

mmm...how come I get ads for golf lessons when I've never played a game in my life and am not the slightest bit interested. Couldn't care less who won a major or a minor and don't own or search for a golf stick.

Maybe they think I should be honing a non existent golf game instead of worrying about the MFC.

I'm with Mark Twain, "Golf is a good walk spoiled".

"Drive" or "balls" will do it every time.

  • Like 1
Posted

There must be an enormous Garage Sale at years end.

The MFC is at the same point as GW$ without the young talent.

Whoever goes, goes. I have no ties to these players anymore.

They are not AFL standard. They may have been but they are not now.

Posted

i wouldnt be against 20 list changes at seasons end tbh, really need a shake up

Posted

Well here we go again offloading talent such as Davey, is he not worth another year, who will replace him, could he not fill an offfield role, even work with indigenous players? Has elite foot skills, imo still has something to offer

Posted

is that the same Aaron Davey that lined up a huge contract and hasn't had a kick for 3 years? He has failed miserably in what should have been a badly needed senior leader role and is obviously one of the key offenders in this peahearted mob.. remember the time everyone was going on about him being the leader for Bennell, Jetta and Jurrah, great job there Aaron that group has really come through for the MFC. FMD, get him as far away from the club as possible thanks

Posted

is that the same Aaron Davey that lined up a huge contract and hasn't had a kick for 3 years? He has failed miserably in what should have been a badly needed senior leader role and is obviously one of the key offenders in this peahearted mob.. remember the time everyone was going on about him being the leader for Bennell, Jetta and Jurrah, great job there Aaron that group has really come through for the MFC. FMD, get him as far away from the club as possible thanks

Disgraceful post. Aaron has given us a great service and you have the guts to pot him. Unbelieveble some of you supporters! He was playing good footy before his knees started getting dodgy. And Aaron provided valuable leadership to thos other indigenous players. But wasnt his fault they tragic circumstance.

  • Like 2
Posted

Davey is not in the equation.

Nice guy who blitzed in 2004-5 but he was never able to break a tag. Not once.

He became an easy opposition target.


Posted

Disgraceful post. Aaron has given us a great service and you have the guts to pot him. Unbelieveble some of you supporters! He was playing good footy before his knees started getting dodgy. And Aaron provided valuable leadership to thos other indigenous players. But wasnt his fault they tragic circumstance.

In a side full of blokes that have let us down badly he is possibly the worst offender. Deserves none of our respect.

Posted

Happy to have a big clear out because we're going nowhere fast. Aside from Nate Jones and Jack Viney, this group is as soft as butter. We need some steel - players that are hard and can compete. I'm sick of watching a team that resembles a skinny under-19 side.

Posted

In a side full of blokes that have let us down badly he is possibly the worst offender. Deserves none of our respect.

your a joke thought you were better then that. Aaron changed the game single handly and he deserves absolute respect for that. He also did alot for the MFC and he deserves all respect like any other player thats played over 150 games for melbourne let alone AFL. ask any past melbourne player what they think of him and all you will get is the amount of respect they have for Davey. The fact you pick out the negatives and mention no positive whatsoever show your true colours and what an utter disgrace you are.
  • Like 3
Posted

This group of players will never be assembled together again.

We're going to have a new coach and, with three retirements already, there's going to be a significant turnover of the playing list.

Amen to that.

Posted

your a joke thought you were better then that. Aaron changed the game single handly and he deserves absolute respect for that. He also did alot for the MFC and he deserves all respect like any other player thats played over 150 games for melbourne let alone AFL. ask any past melbourne player what they think of him and all you will get is the amount of respect they have for Davey. The fact you pick out the negatives and mention no positive whatsoever show your true colours and what an utter disgrace you are.

Yes I look at his highlights reel on the MFC web site and gee I had forgotten how good Davey was. Injury has taken its toll no doubt but he also struggled with the hard tag and in later years on getting his own ball. But in a good team he would have been protected more and players would have got the ball to him to use. I wonder how Rioli or Motlop would go with us. I suspect they might struggle somewhat, being tagged and trying to make something out of 30 odd inside inside 50s that come in high and slow from the wing. Davey was the icing on the cake when we were a good side circa 2004 to 2006.

Posted

This group of players will never be assembled together again.

We're going to have a new coach and, with three retirements already, there's going to be a significant turnover of the playing list.

Amen to that.

I am with you.

Cull, Cull and Cull some more.

As a team they are truly hopeless.

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...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    TRAINING: Wednesday 22nd January 2025

    Demonland Trackwatchers were out in force for training at Gosch's Paddock on Wednesday morning for the MFC's School Holidays Open Training Session. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS REHAB: TMac, Chandler, McVee, Tholstrup, Brown, Spargo Brown might have passed his fitness test as he’s back out with the main group.  Sparrow not present. Kozzy not present either.  Mini Rehab group has broken off from the match sim (contact) group: Max, Trac, Lever, Fullarton

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 20th January 2025

    Demonland Trackwatcher Gator attended training out at Casey Fields to bring you the following observations from Preseason Training. GATOR'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS There were 5 in the main rehab group, namely Gawn, Petracca, Fullarton, Woewodin and Lever.  Laurie was running laps by himself, as was Jefferson.  Chandler, as has been reported, had his arm in a sling.  Lindsay did a bit of lap running later on. Some of the ''rehab 5'' participated in non contact drills and b

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Wednesday 15th January 2025

    There were a number of Demonland Trackwatchers at Gosch's Paddock this morning to bring you their observations from Preseason Training. KEV MARTIN'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS They were going hard at each other. The sims were in two 15 minute blocks. The second block finished a few minutes early, they gathered and had another 7 minutes at it. I think they were asked to compete, as they would play against an opposition. There was plenty of niggle, between some of them. At the end o

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 13th January 2025

    Better late than never … and quite frankly, there’s very little to report other than that training took place at Casey Fields this morning, that Tracc was there nursing his rib injury and that some photographs are on the club’s social media including this one of Clarrie in Raging Bull stance that gives rise for confidence. The other news is that the club has a new train on player in 185cm Dandenong Stingrays midfielder Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves (love the hyphenated name which is just so fitti

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Thursday 9th January 2025

    Welcome back to Demonland for those like me who have been on vacation. I’m posting this with some trepidation because of a certain amount of uncertainty surrounding the return of preseason training in 2025 after a flurry of weddings including those of our coach, one of our superstar players and a former premiership champion player and bloke, not to mention the recent mysterious incident that occurred on the Mornington Peninsula.  I believe that the team reassembles this morning at Casey Fie

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Wednesday 18th December 2024

    It was the final session of 2024 before the Christmas/New Years break and the Demonland Trackwatchers were out in force to bring you the following preseason training observations from Wednesday's session at Gosch's Paddock. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS TRAINING: Petracca, Oliver, Melksham, Woewodin, Langdon, Rivers, Billings, Sestan, Viney, Fullarton, Adams, Langford, Lever, Petty, Spargo, Fritsch, Bowey, Laurie, Kozzy, Mentha, George, May, Gawn, Turner Tholstrup, Kentfi

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 16th December 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers braved the sweltering heat to bring you their Preseason Training observations from Gosch's Paddock on Monday morning. SCOOP JUNIOR'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS I went down today in what were pretty ordinary conditions - hot and windy. When I got there, they were doing repeat simulations of a stoppage on the wing and then moving the ball inside 50. There seemed to be an emphasis on handballing out of the stoppage, usually there were 3 or 4 handballs to

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 1

    TRAINING: Friday 13th December 2024

    With only a few sessions left before the Christmas break a number of Demonlander Trackwatchers headed down to Gosch's Paddock to bring you their observations from this morning's preseason training session. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS PLAYERS IN ATTENDANCE: JVR, Salem, McVee, Petracca, Windsor, Viney, Lever, Spargo, Turner, Gawn, Tholstrup, Oliver, Billings, Langdon, Laurie, Bowey, Melksham, Langford, Lindsay, Jefferson, Howes, McAdam, Rivers, TMac, Adams, Hore, Verrall,

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Wednesday 11th December 2024

    A few new faces joined our veteran Demonland Trackwatchers on a beautiful morning out at Gosch's Paddock for another Preseason Training Session. BLWNBA'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS I arrived at around 1015 and the squad was already out on the track. The rehab group consisted of XL, McAdam, Melksham, Spargo and Sestan. Lever was also on restricted duties and appeared to be in runners.  The main group was doing end-to-end transition work in a simulated match situation. Ball mov

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...