Saying the position we are in is because of bade luck is like blaming the umpires for a poor win/loss ratio. We have been a poorly run club for a long time and made poor decisions both on and off field. Now we have good people righting the ship but it will take time and continued support from members. I feel for the young kids drafted into such a rabble which I think in a number of cases has damaged what might have been decent careers.

We seriously are cursed. Dean Bailey passed away as well..

Salem- OMG. Whenever we do make a good recruiting call, something seems to happen to them. Goes back decades. Tingay, Glenn Lovett, Prympke, Ox, Jakovich, Lyon, (?Matthew) Newton (no, not juice), Clark, Hogan and now Salem. [censored]. Merde.

The curse of Norm Smith. Thanks Dr Duffy and friends.

What is the story with Salem? Nothing on the MFC website about his injury. Anyone know more?

Finally gain a player who looks like been a star for us, next minute career ending injury

we are cursed

For me, the injury to Mitch and his subsequent battle with depression is the biggest example of us copping the worst luck in the AFL. Even clubs like St Kilda, Bulldogs, and Port (who until recently were really struggling) have had stars in their line ups to at least give the supporters something to hang their hats on. North haven't had one for a while but prior to that had arguably one of the greatest to ever take the field in Carey.

Jeff Farmer is the closest we've had to genuine game-changing star and he was only in that class for 2 seasons with us before he left (and that feels like a lifetime ago!).

Mitch Clark had all the trademarks of being a team-lifting star player, hell the game he injured himself I reckon he was on track for 10+ goals! When it was revealed the extent of his injury I said to myself, "we can't have nice things, they just get ruined".

We've brought a lot of things onto ourselves; tanking, Neeld, poor drafting mixed with woeful player development. But lady luck has not shone down on us for a LONG time. I'm hoping the trading of Tyson to the club, and perhaps Hogan being able to get out onto the park is the beginning of the upward trend.

Edited August 7, 201411 yr by Pates

You create your own luck

Yeah, maybe that is right re good luck, but bad luck seems to rain down upon us (Hogan, Clark, now Salem, Jurrah, Wona, Jako, Ox, etc etc etc)

Yeah, maybe that is right re good luck, but bad luck seems to rain down upon us (Hogan, Clark, now Salem, Jurrah, Wona, Jako, Ox, etc etc etc)

Salem has been picked for Casey this week. Still no mention of his quad injury on the MFC website. Is this just a silly rumour?

You can mismanage like crazy but with enough luck it may not be devastating. You can mismanage a bit and with some bad luck as well you can go down the gurgler. It's clear to me that we mismanaged and had some extraordinary bad luck as well. To put it all on either factor is foolish.