KC ...thanks for your insights. Have always struck me as a reasoned as well as passionate supporter of the clubs.

What you say , well , says it all. Scorpions a little in no mans land, at a time the Dees were all at see. We've been each others crutch whilst also being each h others bane I'm sure.

Rebranding reminds me of the Stangs becoming the BH Hawks. Done neither any harm

Thanks for all your reports for the year btw. Cheers

I love it!  I said this should happen after the VFL granny when while I was there I felt no connection to the team whatsoever.

I think the only difference in jumper will be the sponsors.  This is good stuff, very happy with this decision.

I like that someone brought up the jumper issue, I know PJ said exactly what got sent to us in many of the reply emails that people received but what was his demenor like when explaining the reasoning? Was he filled with rage or just going through the motions to answer the question quickly and move on?

Oh and the story on the MFC site.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2016-12-15/jackson-flags-change-to-casey-demons

 

 

Does anyone know who actually designed  the clash jumper, AFL or Club?

I love the idea of tbe casey demons. Good points kc. Id add casey mught also get some new supporters from the mfc base.

Great to see the red and dark blue back. As a kid i loved the vfa. I followed port but used to like watching dandenong who wore the red and dark blue (i think - my memory is a bit dusty)

Edited December 15, 20168 yr by binman

19 minutes ago, Dodgy_Demon said:

Does anyone know who actually designed  the clash jumper, AFL or Club?

Most likely New Balance with input and direction from the club.

Edited December 15, 20168 yr by Clint Bizkit

Just another thought on the rebranding.

The old Dandenong VFA side was known as the Demons (and I think a Dandenong side plays in a local competition branded as the Demons as well). Here's an opprtunity to extend the connection all the way up to Dandenong which is up the road to the city from Casey and which has a large and diverse community. I note we also have an existing connection because the Dandenong Stingrays which is one of our feeders for the new academy system.

Makes sense to me that we also foster Dandenong as well as the Casey-Cardinia-Gippsland regions.

4 minutes ago, binman said:

I love the idea of tbe casey demons. Good points kc. Id add casey mught also get some new supporters from the mfc base.

Great to see the red and dark blue back. As a kid i loved the vfa. I followed port but used to like watching dandenong who wore the red and dark blue (i think - my memory is a bit dusty)

Just googled dandenong vfa. I was right about colours. I had forgotten their nickname was redlegs. Which is funny because thats what i call the demons (i thought mainly because i supported norwood but this might have also influenced me)

3 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Just another thought on the rebranding.

The old Dandenong VFA side was known as the Demons (and I think a Dandenong side plays in a local competition branded as the Demons as well). Here's an opprtunity to extend the connection all the way up to Dandenong which is up the road to the city from Casey and which has a large and diverse community. I note we also have an existing connection because the Dandenong Stingrays which is one of our feeders for the new academy system.

Makes sense to me that we also foster Dandenong as well as the Casey-Cardinia-Gippsland regions.

Redlegs according to wikipwdia wj

Just now, binman said:

Redlegs according to wikipwdia wj

Wiki also said the stingrays was born out of the ashes of dandeong who went broke winning a flag (after years in the wilderness) in 1991 captain coached bt tony elshaugh

Disappointed that we weren't given the opportunity of having the Casey Demons playing a curtain raiser to one of our senior games (http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-15/curtainraisers-feature-in-2017-vfl-draw).

I hope this is the last we publicly recognise Jordan Lewis as our maiden "destination club" man.  Don't get me wrong, I'm as excited about him coming to us as anyone, but he's now part of the 40-odd players on our list that, a list that needs all players determined to have success.  He brings so much to this club, let him just do it like he plays, by getting down and dirty, to a high standard and with minimal fuss.

Sorry for what would comes across as a negative from what seemed to be a very positive meeting.  Bring on 2017!

 

1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Most likely New Balance with input and direction from the club.

So we can't blame the AFL for the ugly design then! Just that we have to have a clash jumper at all.

17 minutes ago, Dodgy_Demon said:

So we can't blame the AFL for the ugly design then! Just that we have to have a clash jumper at all.

We can blame the AFL for the fact it has to be white while others are allowed red!

2 hours ago, binman said:

Just googled dandenong vfa. I was right about colours. I had forgotten their nickname was redlegs. Which is funny because thats what i call the demons (i thought mainly because i supported norwood but this might have also influenced me)

In looking around about the Redlegs i stumbled on this brilliant website. Worth a look if you a footy history fan:

http://australianfootball.com/

16 hours ago, Bigred said:

Now THAT is a good signing

Well done. Fantastic 

He has 'nailed his reputation to our mast'

He would not stick around if he didn't think we were going to get there 

Well done everyone at the Club.

More like PJ has nailed his mast to our reputation 

From the site i linked above an fascinating excerpt from a book from a surprising author. the xcerpt is about the demons of 1965 (though the book is not about the dees). here is a very prescient quote from the excerpt : 

'In spite of Smithy’s great record they’ll give him the La Fontaine treatment as soon as he shows signs of going soft and they have been grooming Noel McMahen for emergencies and protege Ron Barassi is another with his eyes on a coaching future. Still, I wonder if Barassi is Melbourne material. He is outspoken and impulsive and not the diplomat that fiery Norm is and I think Melbourne officials want a diplomat.'

Can you guess the author?

 

Edited December 16, 20168 yr by binman

17 minutes ago, binman said:

From the site i linked above an fascinating excerpt from a book from a surprising author. the xcerpt is about the demons of 1965 (though the book is not about the dees). here is a very prescient quote from the excerpt : 

'In spite of Smithy’s great record they’ll give him the La Fontaine treatment as soon as he shows signs of going soft and they have been grooming Noel McMahen for emergencies and protege Ron Barassi is another with his eyes on a coaching future. Still, I wonder if Barassi is Melbourne material. He is outspoken and impulsive and not the diplomat that fiery Norm is and I think Melbourne officials want a diplomat.'

Can you guess the author?

 

"diplomat" and "fiery" aren't words that usually go together to describe one person.

19 minutes ago, binman said:

From the site i linked above an fascinating excerpt from a book from a surprising author. the xcerpt is about the demons of 1965 (though the book is not about the dees). here is a very prescient quote from the excerpt : 

'In spite of Smithy’s great record they’ll give him the La Fontaine treatment as soon as he shows signs of going soft and they have been grooming Noel McMahen for emergencies and protege Ron Barassi is another with his eyes on a coaching future. Still, I wonder if Barassi is Melbourne material. He is outspoken and impulsive and not the diplomat that fiery Norm is and I think Melbourne officials want a diplomat.'

Can you guess the author?

 

That would have to be the great Jack Dyer , good ordinary player

7 minutes ago, old demon me!!! said:

That would have to be the great Jack Dyer , good ordinary player

No argument there 

57 minutes ago, old demon me!!! said:

That would have to be the great Jack Dyer , good ordinary player

Just can't picture "Dyer 'ere" using words like "protege" and "outspoken" and "impulsive" in a serious way!

11 minutes ago, Akum said:

Just can't picture "Dyer 'ere" using words like "protege" and "outspoken" and "impulsive" in a serious way!

2 Minutes into the 1976 GF Jack Dyer on Radio

"it's still anybody's game!!"

thanks Jack. Never forgot that gem....

16 hours ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Glad to hear that. The China games made no sense but trying to tap into the local market does.

I think you might find that playing a game or two in China might help to endear them to the local Chinese Australian population. I would expect that rather than play in Beijing or Shanghai however, they would play in Guangzhou where an AFL academy was established at one of the universities and where there is a competition in existence.

A great AGM last night with a great atmosphere all round 

PJ signed to 2018 - a great club is created not on the back of one man but by unified group of people. The board develop the agenda and strategy and management execute it. Credit should go to all levels of management starting from Glen Bartlett, his leadership, his board PJ, his team  the footy department, players and every one else that work within our club. That's success!

Its interesting how Jackson is going about it. He has possibly an eye on the door but I think he genuinely want teh Club to be successful. Until we hold a cup up..PJ will be at the helm...he's smitten  

Thanks everyone for the run downs of the evening, it's nice to be entering the AGM with hope and positive feelings. 

Fantastic that PJ has re-signed for another year, I do wonder if he has some kind of exit strategy in place where when he feels it's appropriate he will look at a replacement or grooming a replacement. For now I'm just really happy he's still with us. 

The Casey announcement was a surprise but one I've felt needed to happen. Prior to PJ and Roosy it felt like we were only half in it with Casey, like they were almost a burden we needed to put up with. The links have since grown a lot stronger and them being rebranded the Casey Demons will hopefully mean more Dees fans feel a tighter connection to them. 

I don't feel that getting our own stand alone VFL is necessary to our success so for the near future this is the next best thing. 

The AGM sounds like it was a positive bookend to an improved year all round.