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20 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

It would happen on every club site Jeff.  It's no different to yelling at them over the fence.  If they let this stuff get to them then they may not be cut out for AFL football.

They don't  read this site, you can take my word for it, and why would they, especially the unnecessary personal invective directed at some

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17 hours ago, Redlegs Too said:

I don't mind reading fair criticism although I would rather read about the really good things the boys do. But please, can those posters that harp on about the the club being no better now than it was in the dark days and keep on saying that the culture hasn't changed please quit. Open your eyes and ears. The "culture" is totally different and the club so much better in all areas. What about having a go at being a supporter and not a denigrator; become someone that barracks for the team and supports the club. It is a lot more fun. 

Paul Roos deserves a fair bit of credit for this.. Alot wanted him gone last week for Goodwin after the Essendon loss.

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21 hours ago, Redleg said:

Well if the players do read this site let me say the following:

I am extremely proud of your effort at a new ground for you, against a full strength preliminary finalist, who have several players that cheat by ducking and diving to get free kicks, who had the benefit of more dubious free kicks in a game than I can recall, leading to 7 goals to them and with many dubious decisions again, robbing us of free kicks and even marks.

I don't like saying this, but you were robbed of the win by incompetent umpiring that favoured North all day.

I apologize to HL, who played a much improved game, after I called for his sacking last week and who gave us some run off half back.

To those who made mistakes, I say who doesn't.

I applaud your effort this week and thank you for showing us all, that we have a future.

I look forward to seeing JT, CP5, Oscar, Weed, ANB, Max King and Hunt playing in the team.

I hope you approach every remaining game this year with the same intensity.

After the anger of last week, I am proud to be a Demon supporter again.

Very well Stated

Great effort....keep It up please!

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18 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

They don't  read this site, you can take my word for it, and why would they, especially the unnecessary personal invective directed at some

I will bet my left one that players and MFC officials read this site sporadically. 

If i were a player i would have a quiet scan every few weeks...

but i am sure you will disagree...

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23 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I will bet my left one that players and MFC officials read this site sporadically. 

If i were a player i would have a quiet scan every few weeks...

but i am sure you will disagree...

They don't if they know what's good for them.

It can do them no good to read it. For what possible gain?

No player with a winning mentality would bother.

They just can't afford to have their minds polluted with the noise and dreck that we all post here.

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13 minutes ago, Ted Fidge said:

They don't if they know what's good for them.

It can do them no good to read it. For what possible gain?

No player with a winning mentality would bother.

They just can't afford to have their minds polluted with the noise and dreck that we all post here.

So you've never had a block of chocolate in the cupboard that you had to keep until next week, but all week you knew it was there and you just couldn't get it out of your head, and then after a few days you just gave up and ate it?

I joke, but it's human nature. They know people are writing about them and I'd be amazed if each and every one of them had the willpower to resist looking.

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2 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

So you've never had a block of chocolate in the cupboard that you had to keep until next week, but all week you knew it was there and you just couldn't get it out of your head, and then after a few days you just gave up and ate it?

I joke, but it's human nature. They know people are writing about them and I'd be amazed if each and every one of them had the willpower to resist looking.

Exactly^^ We exist so the players and officials will have a look even if it is under the pillow...

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12 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

So you've never had a block of chocolate in the cupboard that you had to keep until next week, but all week you knew it was there and you just couldn't get it out of your head, and then after a few days you just gave up and ate it?

I joke, but it's human nature. They know people are writing about them and I'd be amazed if each and every one of them had the willpower to resist looking.

The winning mentality is a peculiar thing that most of us do not properly understand.

Anyone with the winning mentality would not even be tempted.

One reason why coaches hate the press and doing interviews is that the type of questions asked interfere with the winning mindset.

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3 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

When I talk to Hawthorn and Geelong fans, they seem to be able to pinpoint a single time or an event when their teams became powerhouses onfield. I'd like to think in a few years time, we'll universally and unequivocally say the turning point was after the Essendon game in 2016.

I hope so, i feel like we have 1 more shocker coming late this year but after that i would hope the worst is behind us.They just need to grab the wins when they can. This year needs to be about improving win count but when it comes down to it if they play like they did on sunday they will win more than they lose. Yeah we'll lose to the top 5-8 teams playing like that but we should be able to beat most when we bring that kind of intensity. 

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The Essendon game is all our fault, everyone was talking them up and when they read it here they believed it would just come to them, be ashamed of yourselves.

What about the bombardment of people on Twitter giving them negative comments after that game, do you think they do not read those comments that are hurled at them on social media when they under perform?

A few will read this forum but when asked they will deny it, imagine if Watts admitted he comes on here, comments will be directed at him and people will get annoyed when he doesn't answer and explain why he didn't kick the goal himself instead of passing it to Hogan.

As for the OP, I guess i revert back to anger so quickly because it is a hell of a lot less draining than forcing a positive mindset constantly.

 

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Not been able to post in the last few days due to a family crisis but I was very impressed with the effort on Sunday.  Virtually every valid criticism of the club and players was answered in a positive manner. I agree that we were unlucky not to pinch this one. But I would add we have seen all these turnaround  positive responses from the club after some humiliating performances before. I will not be convinced until we can perform like against North consistently.  Time to be ruthless against an apparently fragile Collingwood and rip their throat out  and leave  them in one bloody mess.  It is not for us to play them back to form. That will be another humiliation.

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If I had played a blinder, I would be straight onto Demonland to see if I polled in the DL player of the year and my three word analysis.

Seriously, you'd only be human if you checked a fan forum when you are in form or played a blinder.

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On 10 April 2016 at 10:14 PM, Earl Hood said:

Hold on if C Schwab had used this forum as a recruiting almanac, we would have done a lot better in our picks from 2007 to 2012 than we did! 

Based on what I've read, this would definitely be true because he'd have recruited everybody 

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Cale Morton loved reading Demonland after a bad day.

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5 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I will bet my left one that players and MFC officials read this site sporadically. 

If i were a player i would have a quiet scan every few weeks...

but i am sure you will disagree...

I would agree that some, but not the players, from the Club will peruse, but they probably also know what to expect

Why you think a player would feel the need to scan amuses me

 

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4 hours ago, Undeeterred said:

So you've never had a block of chocolate in the cupboard that you had to keep until next week, but all week you knew it was there and you just couldn't get it out of your head, and then after a few days you just gave up and ate it?

I joke, but it's human nature. They know people are writing about them and I'd be amazed if each and every one of them had the willpower to resist looking.

If so - Jeffy, you're a f'n gun

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1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

I would agree that some, but not the players, from the Club will peruse, but they probably also know what to expect

Why you think a player would feel the need to scan amuses me

 

Because it is where they work and play

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On 10/04/2016 at 1:59 PM, Farmer said:

I'm concerned that it is so easy, after a narrow loss such as this, for recriminations to break out on this site.

these usually relate to the last few minutes of a game. So, Watts is under fire for not kicking at goal. Dunn tried to stop a half volley with his foot.  Bugg buggered up his kick to Stretch. RVB missed his easy shot.This ignores errors such as Vince's errant kick to Kennedy in Q1 which was marked by Firrito and led to a goal to NM .But, at other times,Tyson is said to have been useless notwithstanding his second quarter. The coaches must have got it all wrong, otherwise we must have been successful. No-one thinks of many remarkable errors made by NM. Errors were inevitable today.

this game was played in remarkable conditions, yet it was one of the best matches I've seen since 1950 when I started supporting Melbourne. In wind such as we saw today a score of 8.18 to 6.16 would have been predictable, or a greater loss for Melbourne.. It was no match for we the supporters to be casting around looking for culprits. 

Melbourne played a first gamer plus third gamer against the most experienced team in the comp. They played on a ground they've never played before. And their best player Max Gawn gave the best  display of knock ruck work I have ever seen in 60 plus years, against the player hitherto regarded as the best ruck in the league. Can anyone recall such direction of the ball to our runners? What about the 8m tap to Tyson in Q2 leading to a brilliant goal?

We are plainly going somewhere and those thrashing around in anger are misguided. It wouldn't matter except that some of the comments are very hurtful, and may play a role in future list decisions

Hi Roosy. Loving your work mate. Don't make selections based on what we say here. Ta.

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14 hours ago, Forest Demon said:

If I had played a blinder, I would be straight onto Demonland to see if I polled in the DL player of the year and my three word analysis.

Seriously, you'd only be human if you checked a fan forum when you are in form or played a blinder.

Given the frequency with which our players have played "blinders" over the past few years, perhaps Saty is right - generally speaking, the players don't read Demonland.

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