Reasons why and why not to sign up in 2015

[Sir Why You Little 36,629]

In previous years we didn't have what is on paper one of the very best coaching panels in the league, a gun CEO, and a preceding season where in the first half at least, we started to resemble a professional football side.

The reasons for signing up are as plain as the nose on your face, and to that extent, it is a bit of a silly thread.

If you post on Demonland, you surely care enough to sign up.

OD is right until we ACTUALLY have the points on the board.

I mean it is actually hard to imagine winning 5 in a row, but that is what we must come to expect.

Until it happens though it is cheap talk.

[P-man 13,366]

OD is right until we ACTUALLY have the points on the board.

I mean it is actually hard to imagine winning 5 in a row, but that is what we must come to expect.

Until it happens though it is cheap talk.

Yet you still signed up, and are saying that you're attending Round 1 2015, your first live game since 2013. What are your reasons for these decisions. "Talk is cheap"?

[Sir Why You Little 36,629]

Yet you still signed up, and are saying that you're attending Round 1 2015, your first live game since 2013. What are your reasons for these decisions. "Talk is cheap"?

Yes i will be there. Roos 2nd year is the pivotal one.

But if the players do not lift then even Roos is talking cheap, no matter what he tries.

We will know more just by the energy of the team...that is why the last 10 weeks of season 14 were so disturbing...they rolled over...

[P-man 13,366]

Yes i will be there. Roos 2nd year is the pivotal one.

But if the players do not lift then even Roos is talking cheap, no matter what he tries.

We will know more just by the energy of the team...that is why the last 10 weeks of season 14 were so disturbing...they rolled over...

What has Roos has actually said to warrant being "cheap"? I can't recall him ever big noting himself or the team since his arrival. The opposite is the case, if anything.

I'm not sure what point you're arguing here in the context of a discussion about why someone should sign up. YOU signed up. So what were your reasons for doing so?

[Sir Why You Little 36,629]

What has Roos has actually said to warrant being "cheap"? I can't recall him ever big noting himself or the team since his arrival. The opposite is the case, if anything.

I'm not sure what point you're arguing here in the context of a discussion about why someone should sign up. YOU signed up. So what were your reasons for doing so?

I am sure even Roosy is questioning what happened in the last 10 weeks of season 14. I blame the players not Roos. THEY AND ONLY THEY can kick the ball and score goals. We cannot and nor can the coaches. If the mindset of the playing group is negative it will not matter what Roos says. This is what i am saying. Next year is all about the players 100%. No more excuses on any level.

Earn your contract or [censored] off is the way i will view the season.

I signed up again because the MFC is family and by putting in i can air my views with a clear conscience

But if season 15 is another 4 win 10 straight loss season i won't be too interested in parting with a few $ Thousand...

I am still paying off a house

[P-man 13,366]

I am sure even Roosy is questioning what happened in the last 10 weeks of season 14. I blame the players not Roos. THEY AND ONLY THEY can kick the ball and score goals. We cannot and nor can the coaches. If the mindset of the playing group is negative it will not matter what Roos says. This is what i am saying. Next year is all about the players 100%. No more excuses on any level.

Earn your contract or [censored] is the way i will view the season.

I signed up again because the MFC is family and by putting in i can air my views with a clear conscience

But if season 15 is another 4 win 10 straight loss season i won't be too interested in parting with a few $ Thousand...

I am still paying off a house

Fair enough, but there isn't any need to pay attention to what is being said by anyone at this stage. The facts are as I have laid them out, in terms of the quality of the people at the club that has been sorely lacking in the past.

As far as the quality of the football, the last 10 games were a disappointment but I'm willing to give credence to the theory that players ran out of steam in trying to implement a gameplan that asks more of their bodies than to which they have been accustomed.

My expectation is for things to be picked up where they were left off midway through the season, and I am happy to place a number on the amount of wins. 8 is the pass mark for me in 2015.

Edited November 2, 2014 by P-man

[Sir Why You Little 36,629]

Fair enough, but there isn't any need to pay attention to what is being said by anyone at this stage. The facts are as I have laid them out, in terms of the quality of the people at the club that has been sorely lacking in the past.

As far as the quality of the football, the last 10 games were a disappointment but I'm willing to give credence to the theory that players ran out of steam in trying to implement a gameplan that asks more of their bodies than they have been accustomed.

My expectation is for things to be picked up where they were left off midway through the season, and I am happy to place a number on the amount of wins. 8 is the pass mark for me in 2015.

but Man how can you write off Half a season (10 games) just because the players got puffed out!!

I cannot accept that the entire list wilted altogether and didn't push past the pain barrier.

Not once.

I cut them no slack. That is the point. The MFC was not born for that purpose.

[McQueen 17,864]

Always renew the membership, downgrade if you have to but always renew.

Exactly.

Dedicated Demon automatic renewal is the way to go.

Just give in to the pain.

[P-man 13,366]

Just give in to the pain.

Now there's a tagline

[Demoneyes 562]

FFS! Every single DL member should be there. Maybe we can have a special area for us? If it for "special" people I am certain we will have a few of us turn up?

[Demoneyes 562]

And please reserve a spot for my RR!

[Bitter but optimistic 22,065]

Exactly.

Dedicated Demon automatic renewal is the way to go.

Just give in to the pain.

Yeah that's what I do Steve but the pang in the arse is getting harder to cop each year!

[Demoneyes 562]

Yeah that's what I do Steve but the pang in the arse is getting harder to cop each year!

Thought you'd be enjoying it more and more?

[Moonshadow 17,505]

Thought you'd be enjoying it more and more?

On fire Klink!

[Fork 'em 6,940]

Signed up.

I sign up every year.

Some years I go to lots of games, some years (e.g. 2012) I go to virtually none.

But membership gives me the right to say "These are MY BOYS and they're playing shite / playing well / showing some promise / all farked up" or whatever.

And I can say it with a sense of ownership. They are MY team.

This is it for me too.

[Rogue 585]

Why?

I am Melbourne.

[Demon trucker 1,800]

Nah stuff it lets all join chip at Hawthorne

[Bossdog 2,002]

but Man how can you write off Half a season (10 games) just because the players got puffed out!!

I cannot accept that the entire list wilted altogether and didn't push past the pain barrier.

Not once.

I cut them no slack. That is the point. The MFC was not born for that purpose.

Mate I love some of your posts but....This constant MUST....MUST....Must do this and do that is getting a bit tiresome

Do you not think that the players are not trying?....Do you think that the footy Dept is not doing all it can to win games?

All these players, coaches, admin, bootstudders are human they have ups and down like all of us otherwise we may as well have robots out on the field. As you know all clubs have great games and very poor games (yes even Hawthorn).

And how do you know that players did not push past the pain barrier? And just for the record CS did not start World War 2

I will remain a member

[daisycutter 29,331]

........ And just for the record CS did not start World War 2

sheesh, you were going well until you dropped this clanger.....read your history, it's all there

[rpfc 28,048]

wyl is soft as butter; I demand us to win 22 games next season.

And if that gets us into the finals - and I think it might - I demand us to win another 3 games to win the flag.

Why have realistic expectations? Why have a rational conversation about the reality of what this team can do?

Why indeed.

[Supermercado 2,784]

So how does a lifelong Demon Supporter send a strong message to the MFC that enough is enough and it is time to "Put Up" on the park, so as not to offend you Tight One?

I am a full MFC/MCC Member for 2015 btw...

[old dee 23,491]

wyl is soft as butter; I demand us to win 22 games next season.

And if that gets us into the finals - and I think it might - I demand us to win another 3 games to win the flag.

Why have realistic expectations? Why have a rational conversation about the reality of what this team can do?

Why indeed.

Forget your pills this morning rpfc?

[biggestred 4,799]

renew.

because love is stupid.

[Bedraggled Dee 336]

Aleady signed on for Redlegs with my wife, daughter, father in law and two nephews.

A few months ago the season could not end quickly enough for me. Right now I want the season to start again, cant wait to see the new boys run out in the red and blue and like every year I am quietly optimistic about a top 8 and wishing for a top four finish. I think when it turns around it will happen quickly, we have some very good players and are filling some more gaps this off season. If we can get 30-40 goals from a couple of players we will be right int them mix. Garlett, Howem Hogan and Dawes, I am looking at you.

I hope the club honours Tulip at the opening round and the faithful come out in numbers.

Go Dees

[Guest]

I think this should be our next membership slogan.
Keeping the actual lyrics in mind, I devote this song to BenHur and RobbieF.