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I am in the process of doing the 2015 Banner and wanted to get a sense of who people would like to see up there. In the end it will be my decision but some guidance and input would be appreciated. I could only list 20 players in the poll so I didn't put any first year demon players/new recruits on the poll. I also left out a few players and left the last option as "other please specify".

You can only vote once. This is intentional.

Nathan Jones is not listed because he is going up.

I also have a poll question on whether you think a first year/new recruit should be up there and then if so who?

I will be including Robbie and Jimmy into the banner somehow.

Please don't reply that players should earn it because this is a fan site and there are players going up there so deal with it.

Posted

I think this year we should only Have the Captain, Robert Flower and Jimmy. How do I vote this way? If I tick "other" it asks me to specify but wont allow me to make any comment?

look forward to your thoughts.

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Wondering whether we should wait a few days/week and see who is in the leadership group. An LG person doesn't have to be on the banner but it would be good if their name was in the list of 20. eg HL not in list but may well be in LG

Posted

I think this year we should only Have the Captain, Robert Flower and Jimmy. How do I vote this way? If I tick "other" it asks me to specify but wont allow me to make any comment?

look forward to your thoughts.

I like this but would add Roos.

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Posted

I think this year we should only Have the Captain, Robert Flower and Jimmy. How do I vote this way? If I tick "other" it asks me to specify but wont allow me to make any comment?

look forward to your thoughts.

I just assumed people would comment in the thread in regard to who the other should be.

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Wondering whether we should wait a few days/week and see who is in the leadership group. An LG person doesn't have to be on the banner but it would be good if their name was in the list of 20. eg HL not in list but may well be in LG

I will be taking this into account. Do you know when the leadership group is likely to be named?

The purpose of the poll was to get a sense of who the must haves should be and that is why I only allowed one player to vote for.

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I will be taking this into account. Do you know when the leadership group is likely to be named?

The purpose of the poll was to get a sense of w/o the must haves should new and that's why I only allowed one player per vote.

Um, Did you want to try that last sentence again?

Posted

I think this year we should only Have the Captain, Robert Flower and Jimmy. How do I vote this way? If I tick "other" it asks me to specify but wont allow me to make any comment?

look forward to your thoughts.

I'm with Old

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I like this but would add Roos.

Agree with Moon and Old on this!

... unless Pia Miller is an option :D

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I will be taking this into account. Do you know when the leadership group is likely to be named?

Not sure of date for cap/co-cap and LG announcements but club said after the GC camp so i'm guessing it isn't too far away.

Posted

I would have thought that as he has not yet played an AFL season game yet, Hogan should possibly be included in the list of new recruits, despite the fact that he is not really "new"?

Posted

I am in the process of doing the 2015 Banner and wanted to get a sense of who people would like to see up there. In the end it will be my decision but some guidance and input would be appreciated. I could only list 20 players in the poll so I didn't put any first year demon players/new recruits on the poll. I also left out a few players and left the last option as "other please specify".

You can only vote once. This is intentional.

Nathan Jones is not listed because he is going up.

I also have a poll question on whether you think a first year/new recruit should be up there and then if so who?

I will be including Robbie and Jimmy into the banner somehow.

Please don't reply that players should earn it because this is a fan site and there are players going up there so deal with it.

please, only put our success stories up there,,,,,,,,,, recent first, Tulip, Jimma, Sean White, Captain NJones, some Legends of our Great Club & maybe fill spots with our most recent cups, which could slowly be replaced as we unearth some tried & tested AFL champs.

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I think this year we should only Have the Captain, Robert Flower and Jimmy. How do I vote this way? If I tick "other" it asks me to specify but wont allow me to make any comment?

look forward to your thoughts.

I like this but would add Roos.

& PJ the fab 4

the re-builders of this once great old Club. this is enough...................................

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Isn't it sad that N.Jones, Jamar and Dunn are basically the only players on our list who have played their careers at the MFC and can be trusted to go out every week and be solid AFL-worthy senior players. We have Cross, Vince and Lumumba also but we had to import them. It shows just how badly we have failed to manage our list and build a side. When you consider the corresponding groups at the top clubs you realise that this is the whole reason we stink

Posted (edited)

I voted "other".

If you are going to put a mix of current and past players on the banner then I suggest you keep it to those who have achieved something meaningful. Our captain has, three time winner of the best and fairest (admittedly not against the strongest group of players) qualifies him.

Robbie has.

Jimmy has.

And David Neitz has. Unquestionably. Most number of games for our club. Most games as captain. Most goals for our club. A two time All Australian. Loyal in difficult times and just a ripping person. Many may not know but David received a career ending neck injury in round 5 2008 in the final year of his contract. As such he was entitled to something in the order of one years pay as compensation and of course his salary (contract) at that time was significant as he was captain. The cost of that compensation was the liability of the club and as we all know our financial position was poor at that time.

David declined the payment. It cost him many hundreds of thousands of dollars. He had been playing footy for all his life; his career and earning capacity was over and in all likelihood he would never earn that sort of money again. But for the good of the club and at significant personal disadvantage he passed on the money.

You'd go into battle with Neita knowing he'd always cover you. He's never received the recognition he's deserved IMO and now would be a terrific time to recognize his achievements and contribution - both on and off the field.

Without disrespect Paul Roos is a Jonny come lately as far as our club is concerned. Dom Tyson has achieved nothing by comparison (and I love him). And Lynden Dunn? Drafted in 2004 and has put together 139 games. Having Dunny up there would just remind me how poor we have been.

Let's recognize Neita, he deserves it.

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Posted

I voted "other".

If you are going to put a mix of current and past players on the banner then I suggest you keep it to those who have achieved something meaningful. Our captain has, three time winner of the best and fairest (admittedly not against the strongest group of players) qualifies him.

Robbie has.

Jimmy has.

And David Neitz has. Unquestionably. Most number of games for our club. Most games as captain. Most goals for our club. A two time All Australian. Loyal in difficult times and just a ripping person. Many may not know but David received a career ending neck injury in round 5 2008 in the final year of his contract. As such he was entitled to something in the order of one years pay as compensation and of course his salary (contract) at that time was significant as he was captain. The cost of that compensation was the liability of the club and as we all know our financial position was poor at that time.

David declined the payment. It cost him many hundreds of thousands of dollars. He had been playing footy for all his life; his career and earning capacity was over and in all likelihood he would never earn that sort of money again. But for the good of the club and at significant personal disadvantage he passed on the money.

You'd go into battle with Neita knowing he'd always cover you. He's never received the recognition he's deserved IMO and now would be a terrific time to recognize his achievements and contribution - both on and off the field.

Without disrespect Paul Roos is a Jonny come lately as far as our club is concerned. Dom Tyson has achieved nothing by comparison (and I love him). And Lynden Dunn? Drafted in 2004 and has put together 139 games. Having Dunny up there would just remind me how poor we have been.

Let's recognize Neita, he deserves it.

Hard to argue with any of that.

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I voted "other".

If you are going to put a mix of current and past players on the banner then I suggest you keep it to those who have achieved something meaningful. Our captain has, three time winner of the best and fairest (admittedly not against the strongest group of players) qualifies him.

Robbie has.

Jimmy has.

And David Neitz has. Unquestionably. Most number of games for our club. Most games as captain. Most goals for our club. A two time All Australian. Loyal in difficult times and just a ripping person. Many may not know but David received a career ending neck injury in round 5 2008 in the final year of his contract. As such he was entitled to something in the order of one years pay as compensation and of course his salary (contract) at that time was significant as he was captain. The cost of that compensation was the liability of the club and as we all know our financial position was poor at that time.

David declined the payment. It cost him many hundreds of thousands of dollars. He had been playing footy for all his life; his career and earning capacity was over and in all likelihood he would never earn that sort of money again. But for the good of the club and at significant personal disadvantage he passed on the money.

You'd go into battle with Neita knowing he'd always cover you. He's never received the recognition he's deserved IMO and now would be a terrific time to recognize his achievements and contribution - both on and off the field.

Without disrespect Paul Roos is a Jonny come lately as far as our club is concerned. Dom Tyson has achieved nothing by comparison (and I love him). And Lynden Dunn? Drafted in 2004 and has put together 139 games. Having Dunny up there would just remind me how poor we have been.

Let's recognize Neita, he deserves it.

it is interesting to hear this about Neita.

There has been some arguments around him being a champion but I have always answered it in two ways - has he been a champion of the game ? To me the measurement of this purely how he performed in games - I don't think he rates up there with the other great forwards like Ablett, Lockett and Carey. Is he a champion of our club - in every conceivable way...yes. The measurement is so much wider - not only his specific contribution with ball in hand. His behavior and commitment to our club both on and off the field was exemplary ( besides one little indiscretion). He was loyal, played many games under duress because the club needed him, led by example and was a great voice for the club both on and off the field - and a more humble bloke you couldn't hope to meet. Always more interested in talking about others rather than himself. B Bob's post just adds more weight to how I feel about the big bloke - no problem at all with him being on the banner.

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Why not just Nathan Jones as the central figure.

Absolutely no disrespect to those that have recently departed, all of them were my favourite players at some stage in my childhood, but can we just start 2015 with just our current captain and club champion, and no departed champions on it? None of us will ever forget the legacy that Stynes and Flower left behind, but we need to move on. 2015 should be the year that change is obvious (it could be argued that it was obvious in 2014), it's time we look forward to the next chapter forward of this great club, not backwards.

I wouldn't be against a couple of background images of "in play" moments featuring some current team members.

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