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beelzebub   23,198

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Humour me, bear with me. The topic is a bit different as Im referring to the holistic overall change , not so much the components as they are well served elsewhere.

What am I getting at...well some ask that often :rolleyes:

We as Melbourne supporters know we've been rubbish and for so many reasons. The Back office was lackadaisical, more occupied by....well insert topic of choice.

The list is wanting. The 'message" was wanting . the delivery was 'wanting'...we were just....deplorable.

As a group we sought solutions ne answers to our concerns. And then something odd happened.. Things started to happen. We do have some talent. Not enough. We have a Football Dept and a Ceo who Know wtf they are doing.

There is a plan unfolding that will see us change quite dramatically over this EOS into ...well, we dont know but it WILL be different and there will be knock-ons.

NOW after that long winded ( sorry ) opening I ask you. We are so used to misery , we hold the Martyr mantel of this league currently and a lot actually take refuge in it.

If we come out next season as competitive and with a list requiring constant recourse to the 'Footy Record" come gameday .. ARE YOU READY?

It seems like a silly thing to ask but I seriously think the club is about to hit the GO button.

This will require a change of paradigm ...from accepted losers to 'combatants'....i.e relevant .

This may cause bums to hit seats,flags to wave, hopes to lift.

You up for it ??

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Humour me, bear with me. The topic is a bit different as Im referring to the holistic overall change , not so much the components as they are well served elsewhere.

What am I getting at...well some ask that often :rolleyes:

We as Melbourne supporters know we've been rubbish and for so many reasons. The Back office was lackadaisical, more occupied by....well insert topic of choice.

The list is wanting. The 'message" was wanting . the delivery was 'wanting'...we were just....deplorable.

As a group we sought solutions ne answers to our concerns. And then something odd happened.. Things started to happen. We do have some talent. Not enough. We have a Football Dept and a Ceo who Know wtf they are doing.

There is a plan unfolding that will see us change quite dramatically over this EOS into ...well, we dont know but it WILL be different and there will be knock-ons.

NOW after that long winded ( sorry ) opening I ask you. We are so used to misery , we hold the Martyr mantel of this league currently and a lot actually take refuge in it.

If we come out next season as competitive and with a list requiring constant recourse to the 'Footy Record" come gameday .. ARE YOU READY?

It seems like a silly thing to ask but I seriously think the club is about to hit the GO button.

This will require a change of paradigm ...from accepted losers to 'combatants'....i.e relevant .

This may cause bums to hit seats,flags to wave, hopes to lift.

You up for it ??

I am with you BB.

2023 will be a great season for the MFC!

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Every melbourne supporter should do them selves a favour and watch Paul Roos B&F night speech (sorry can't attach the link on my iPhone). The part that stood out for me was when he said that there's no question that Melbourne holds onto the past and that everyone who supports melbourne needs to move on.

Roos is clearly trying to recreate the Melbourne Football Club and I think we all need to make that happen as well.

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beelzebub   23,198

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You're an optimistic poor bas tard BB. Add a touch of Bitters.

and Lemon and Lime to assure a sharper result ?

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beelzebub   23,198

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in a nutshell, there have benn so so many false dawns are folks ready for a real one. Strangeley people become accustomed to their lot and change is threateninge

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You are correct about the "false dawns" BB. The trouble is their have been so many of them it is like the boy who cried wolf - you just can no longer believe. Right now, the only way I'll believe improvement is when I'm buying a (over priced) finals ticket.

Then, like Richmond, we'll probably get the sh it kicked out of us anyway.

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What I'll miss if we have success, is the deranged optimism of the demon fan who in the same moment as our two of our top ten bookends are being poached to other clubs, can predict that we're about to "hit the GO button".

Hat's off to you sir! and bring on the future.

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I'm ready......

....but I think it will be a hard road for most.....no thanks to one FORMER greats, Garry Lyon (who was a major player in the appointments of Dean Bailey (rip) and Mark Neeld (a partial failure and complete disaster respectively), who has decided to weigh into our list management decisions with his opinion on Heritifer Lubumba on AFL.com (sorry link not working)

I know this guys works for the media but he should have a LONG HARD LOOK at his track record as an 'expert consultant' and hopefully he will realise that he should ZIP HIS LIP when it comes to staff and player appointments at MFC.

Personally I can see where he is coming from because I am the same age and have grown up in the same generation, BUT, a personality like HL could be a great 'education' to the young men in our club, particularly regarding the issues of diversity, acceptance and tolerance that are REALITIES in our society facing the modern young person today.

While HL might be seen to be on the extreme left of the spectrum IMO he is no more disruptive or damaging than the narrow minded '[censored] sure' sexist bogan type that is on the extreme right.

He can play footy in a manner and position that we are lacking.....so take a look MFC........and move into the NEW CENTURY Garry!!

Go Dees

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What I'll miss if we have success, is the deranged optimism of the demon fan who in the same moment as our two of our top ten bookends are being poached to other clubs, can predict that we're about to "hit the GO button".

Hat's off to you sir! and bring on the future.

And yet the reference to the bookends forgets to mention one's fallen off the shelf and the other minds Golden books whilst impersonating a sloth

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And yet the reference to the bookends forgets to mention one's fallen off the shelf and the other minds Golden books whilst impersonating a sloth

And yet the reference to the bookends forgets to mention one's fallen off the shelf and the other minds Golden books colouring books whilst impersonating a sloth

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And yet the reference to the bookends forgets to mention one's fallen off the shelf and the other minds Golden books colouring books whilst impersonating a sloth

you ascribe talents I didnt know of.

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