Jump to content

Interest Factor in football these days almost dead

Featured Replies

Posted

I like many others went to the G last week and left before the end of the game. Now into my 8th year of torture as a supporter of the MFC, 35 years as a member.

I wonder how many supporters of this club are just fed up with the game in general.

I watch Geelong and enjoy their brand but overall interest in footy is lost in the past.

I got fired up when Roos was appointed but now very much realise he has a mammoth task to turn the list over. Years and years still to go for the MFC and even then that guarantees bugger all.

PJ talks about hope............wow hard to get the head around that after last week.

As a supporter group in the best game in the world, us dees supporters have been totally screwed for a generation. End of rant.

 

I get depressed and jealous watching other teams play now.

I've just turned off the Collingwood and Geelong game despite it being of a high quality I've lost a fair bit of interest.

im the same tbh.

now they have got rid of rewarding the person trying to make the play/get to the ball first (ie sliding rule when youre just going for the ball, holding the ball when you get jumped on by 3 guys straight away) and the bump ive lost a lot of interest.

also the competition is nowhere near equal anymore - gone are the days where you didnt know who was going to win on any given day - might be a couple of games a round that are hard to decide.

 

If we get smashed tomorrow by AFL inc. GW$ my interest will be severly tested.

I find it hard to believe our list is so bad.

But it is. The last 7 years were handled that badly.

Ditto. I went to one game last year - luckily, we won that game. I am a paid up member, since the 1990's. That was a very expensive game. I am not sure when Melbourne will be competitive again. The game has become a big money making machine in recent years. It is going to be difficult to convince my son that the Demons are worth supporting. I want to be able to go to the MCG, expecting our team to be in the game for at least three quarters, with a good chance of winning on their home ground.


Yep I am in the same boat as well. Listening to the radio angers me as well. The only mention Melbourne gets is on the end of a joke. Talking to people about footy gets harder when they mention Melbourne. Usually I don't even wanna talk or hear about Melbourne at the start of the week. Watching other games has little interest to me because every other teams looks so different to what I see in Melbourne.

It's very frustrating watching other teams putting in 100% even if they lose.

It is depressing and I ask myself will I ever c Melb do this.

As been mentioned we are in our 8th yr of hell and will not end any time soon by the looks of it.

Getting sick of trying to look for positives all the time I want to c wins.

Aren't the players sick of losing, sometimes I wonder about some of them.

more pain in store for the dees???? Could last for years??

Looks like I've picked the wrong week to give up whisky !!!!!!

 

I know how you feel.

I got myself up for an improved effort this year.

Didnt take long for the baloon to burst.

If we have a win or two over the next three games i reckon ill be ressurected, but if we have another three bad losses in a row, ill have to switch off footy for the year just for sanitys sake.

Soidee I'm with you, I'm with you as 35 year supporter of the club and love the game but I'm struggling. My son refuses to come the footy with me and won't wear his MFC jumper because everyone laughs at him. But hey the powers to be don't care about us as long as GWS prospers and keeps the 7632 supporters happy......we are irrelevant nowadays.

Wagga Wagga Demons in 5 year time.......that's my call!!


  On 05/04/2014 at 10:43, Soidee said:

I like many others went to the G last week and left before the end of the game. Now into my 8th year of torture as a supporter of the MFC, 35 years as a member.

I wonder how many supporters of this club are just fed up with the game in general.

I watch Geelong and enjoy their brand but overall interest in footy is lost in the past.

I got fired up when Roos was appointed but now very much realise he has a mammoth task to turn the list over. Years and years still to go for the MFC and even then that guarantees bugger all.

PJ talks about hope............wow hard to get the head around that after last week.

As a supporter group in the best game in the world, us dees supporters have been totally screwed for a generation. End of rant.

I agree with this 100%

I am the same, for the first time in 30 years of supporting MFC, I will no longer schedule life around watching MFC games.

Haven't lost interest or hope yet and my anger is somewhat tempered from a year ago. but I feel very disturbed to what the likes Grimes, Trengove, Frawley, Howe and others dish up these days. They should be getting into their prime. Then we have others like Jamar, Dawes, Clark, Tapscott, Bleese etc, etc existing in a kind of limbo and doing SFA.

  On 05/04/2014 at 10:46, Clint Bizkit said:

I get depressed and jealous watching other teams play now.

I've just turned off the Collingwood and Geelong game despite it being of a high quality I've lot a fair bit of interest.

Truly understand this sentiment

( understatement x3 )

  On 05/04/2014 at 11:58, america de cali said:

Haven't lost interest or hope yet and my anger is somewhat tempered from a year ago. but I feel very disturbed to what the likes Grimes, Trengove, Frawley, Howe and others dish up these days. They should be getting into their prime. Then we have others like Jamar, Dawes, Clark, Tapscott, Bleese etc, etc existing in a kind of limbo and doing SFA.

That's why tomorrow is so important. If they show nothing as far as guts and endevour is concerned then why should we as members and supporters.

This is in the players court.


Agreed. It's just not what it used to be.

absurd amount of injuries

rubbish, inconsistent umpiring

constant rule changing and softening of the game

we have subs now yeah OK might as well change that after 150 years

increasing gap between have and havenots

footy department expenditure

unfair fixturing wtf is friday night footy

terrible crowds

seeing the loko of horror on fellow supporters faces

tossbag [censored] commentators/media talking poo

obsessive fascination and over-analysis with statistics

athletes not footballers

ridiculous money/greed/paper bags/lack of loyalty

talk talk talk and no results at the MFC

irrelevance/disrespect and mockery

the price of everything always increasing and midstrength beer in plastic cups

expansion teams

seeing young talent at other clubs while our high picks always flounder

not having a genuine superstar at the club ever

tanking, brock mclean,

'bruise-free' footy

186

mark 'pre-game speech' neeld

tom effing scully

liam jurrah and now

mitch clark

we have got to be the most tested and jaded of all sports fans in the world I reckon

  On 05/04/2014 at 12:09, biggestred said:

if they show nothing tomorrow then im out

It is actually disgusting that we are even discussing this.
  On 05/04/2014 at 12:21, Curry & Beer said:

Agreed. It's just not what it used to be.

absurd amount of injuries

rubbish, inconsistent umpiring

constant rule changing and softening of the game

we have subs now yeah OK might as well change that after 150 years

increasing gap between have and havenots

footy department expenditure

unfair fixturing wtf is friday night footy

terrible crowds

seeing the loko of horror on fellow supporters faces

tossbag [censored] commentators/media talking poo

obsessive fascination and over-analysis with statistics

athletes not footballers

ridiculous money/greed/paper bags/lack of loyalty

talk talk talk and no results at the MFC

irrelevance/disrespect and mockery

the price of everything always increasing and midstrength beer in plastic cups

expansion teams

seeing young talent at other clubs while our high picks always flounder

not having a genuine superstar at the club ever

tanking, brock mclean,

'bruise-free' footy

186

mark 'pre-game speech' neeld

tom effing scully

liam jurrah and now

mitch clark

we have got to be the most tested and jaded of all sports fans in the world I reckon

Wow. I can't even find fault with any of this.

  On 05/04/2014 at 11:12, why you little said:

If we get smashed tomorrow by AFL inc. GW$ my interest will be severly tested.

I find it hard to believe our list is so bad.

But it is. The last 7 years were handled that badly.

I feel the same way. I'm so damn tired of fretting in the build up, not even about whether they will win, but whether they will try.

Another insipid effort and I really think I'll be done until they are going to do the basics to compete.


I get joy out of watching the highly overrated Carlton/Richmond sides get beaten. Both on track to miss the eight this year and if that does happen it can only be seen as unacceptable by their respective boards.

  On 05/04/2014 at 12:27, Al said:

I get joy out of watching the highly overrated Carlton/Richmond sides get beaten. Both on track to miss the eight this year and if that does happen it can only be seen as unacceptable by their respective boards.

I wish we were in their boots.

  On 05/04/2014 at 12:22, why you little said:

It is actually disgusting that we are even discussing this.

8 years.

in those 8 years i have done the following with my life - completed a double degree and taught for 5 and a 1/4 years.

i have been to london 3 times.

ive gone from having never played soccer in my life to being the president of my club - which has won 4 titles in that same period.

last time we played finals i was 23. im now 30.

thereve been 2 soccer world cups (and a 3rd this year) - although technically the 06 one was in the same year....

2 olympic games

australia has beaten the poms 5-0.......twice

the grade 3 kids i teach were babies when we last played finals.

 
  On 05/04/2014 at 12:07, why you little said:

That's why tomorrow is so important. If they show nothing as far as guts and endevour is concerned then why should we as members and supporters.

This is in the players court.

The Club is bigger than the players that happen to be passing by, isn't it?

hey dudes while I agree with a lot said and fair enuff to , but gotta realize with no biggies in the forward line blokes like Howie etc are getting the best backmen , no freedom to do there thing , lets just hope that dawes hoges can get in there and take some heat off howe etc , am I dreaming ?


Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Featured Content

  • PREVIEW: Hawthorn

    Melbourne and Hawthorn who face off against each other this week have more in common than having once almost merged and about to wear a blue jumper with a red v triangle and an embroidered picture of a bird on the front. They also share the MCG as their main home ground, their supporters are associated with the leafy suburbs of Melbourne and in recent times, James Frawley graced the colours of both teams. Even more recently, both have bounced back from disastrous five game losing streaks to start off a season. Of course, the Hawks turned their bounce into a successful leap from the bottom of the ladder into a finals appearance, making it to the semifinals in 2024 and this year, they’re riding high in third place on the AFL table. The Demons are just three games into their 2025 bounce back, and are yet to climb their way out of the bottom four although they are sitting a game and percentage out of the top eight. However, with the current sportsbet odds of $3.90 to win this week’s encounter, it seems a forlorn hope that their upward progression will continue much longer.

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: Harvey Langford Interview

    On Wednesday I'll be interviewing the Melbourne Football Club's first pick in the 2024 National Draft and pick number 6 overall Harvey Langford. If you have any questions you want asked let me know. I will release the interview on Wednesday afternoon.

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 30 replies
    Demonland
  • REPORT: West Coast

    On a night of counting, Melbourne captain Max Gawn made sure that his contribution counted. He was at his best and superb in the the ruck from the very start of the election night game against the West Coast Eagles at Optus Stadium, but after watching his dominance of the first quarter and a half of the clash evaporate into nothing as the Eagles booted four goals in the last ten minutes of the opening half, he turned the game on its head, with a ruckman’s masterclass in the second half.  No superlatives would be sufficient to describe the enormity of the skipper’s performance starting with his 47 hit outs, a career-high 35 possessions (22 of them contested), nine clearances, 12 score involvements and, after messing up an attempt or two, finally capping off one of the greatest rucking performances of all time, with a goal of own in the final quarter not long after he delivered a right angled pass into the arms of Daniel Turner who also goaled from a pocket (will we ever know if the pass is what was intended). That was enough to overturn a 12 point deficit after the Eagles scored the first goal of the second half into a 29 point lead at the last break and a winning final quarter (at last) for the Demons who decided not to rest their champion ruckman at the end this time around. 

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PREGAME: Hawthorn

    The Demons return to the MCG to take on the High Flying Hawks on Saturday Afternoon. Hawthorn will be aiming to consolidate a position in the Top 4 whilst the Dees will be looking to take a scalp and make it four wins in a row. Who comes in and who goes out?

      • Like
    • 255 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: West Coast

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 5th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse the Demons 3rd win row for the season against the Eagles.
    Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
    If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • Like
    • 25 replies
    Demonland
  • POSTGAME: West Coast

    Following a disastrous 0–5 start to the season, the Demons have now made it three wins in a row, cruising past a lacklustre West Coast side on their own turf. Skipper Max Gawn was once again at his dominant best, delivering another ruck masterclass to lead the way.

      • Love
      • Like
    • 215 replies
    Demonland