On 22/03/2017 at 08:03, Skuit said:

This just reinforces the stereotype. We're the only club where the bulk of its supporters can afford to go to the footy.

As distinct from those other clubs where the members have money to throw away on membership fees.

  On 22/03/2017 at 06:03, Diamond_Jim said:

We really need some success to improve our supporter base amongst the young .... 23 years between finals appearances and then 52 years since the last flag is an abysmal performance

You should probably google '2000 AFL grand final'.

 

 

On second thoughts  . . .

  On 22/03/2017 at 08:11, Skuit said:

You should probably google '2000 AFL grand final'.

 

 

On second thoughts  . . .

1964-1987= 23 years without a finals appearance

Not sure if any other club has ever had such a bad performance

It's a tribe. My mate and I once didn't get along when we met. As soon as we figured out we were both demons supporters everything else was forgotten, and to this day we are still great mates.

 

 

I am a stupidly passionate supporter.

I have signed up every one of mate's children to this club. So much so, they no longer seek to sell their kids' MFC memberships on eBay - they just wear it. They still find it annoying though.

My 3.5 year old son just received his 2017 membership pack - his card says '5 years' consecutive member. He'll thank me for that. One day. Signed Henry up as a 20 week old foetus. And the club accepted his application (?). Youngest member ever.

I will drink a ridiculous amount of booze if and when we win the flag. I'll probably die.

God bless the Demons.

 

Of course we are!

There are so many fake AFL fans out there. I talk to them all the time. They go for teams like Hawthorn or Richmond but have no idea who a player is until he has actually played a game. They yell out 'Balllllll!!!' before a tackled has even been laid, then yell at the umpires for being useless.

We have been in such a sorry state for such a long time that all these fake fans have dropped off. It's just us battled hardened warriors who are left.

They will be back soon though...... 

I love reading these posts! A MCC member for fifty years and an MFC member for nearly as long, there is nothing as uplifting as reading these posts! This year should be inspiring yet I'm speaking at a conference in late September.

Taking it one week at a time, I am planning to return during the last week in September to watch our first "Twilight Grand Final"!

  On 22/03/2017 at 09:07, CBDees said:

I love reading these posts! A MCC member for fifty years and an MFC member for nearly as long, there is nothing as uplifting as reading these posts! This year should be inspiring yet I'm speaking at a conference in late September.

Taking it one week at a time, I am planning to return during the last week in September to watch our first "Twilight Grand Final"!

I think you forgot to add 2020

  On 22/03/2017 at 05:25, Uncle Fester said:

We have faith like no other. If you are still around after the 70's, early mid 80's, the last decade and the horror of two GF smashings... well, you are probably rusted on. I know I am.

It's you types of supporters that have been through the horror of the 70's-80's and the past 10 years, that deserve to see a flag the most.

  On 22/03/2017 at 08:42, Ron Burgundy said:

I am a stupidly passionate supporter.

I have signed up every one of mate's children to this club. So much so, they no longer seek to sell their kids' MFC memberships on eBay - they just wear it. They still find it annoying though.

My 3.5 year old son just received his 2017 membership pack - his card says '5 years' consecutive member. He'll thank me for that. One day. Signed Henry up as a 20 week old foetus. And the club accepted his application (?). Youngest member ever.

I will drink a ridiculous amount of booze if and when we win the flag. I'll probably die.

God bless the Demons.

 

Join the gang Ron!

I plan to stop just shy of dying though.

  On 22/03/2017 at 08:00, McQueen said:

The first game of the season has a fair bit to do with as well.

I reckon if we played the Tigers or Pies as the first game of the season at the 'G' we's be nudging similar attendances.

If we were playing anyone at the "G" I would be an attendee.

Will not be at Etihad

  On 22/03/2017 at 09:19, Demon Disciple said:

It's you types of supporters that have been through the horror of the 70's-80's and the past 10 years, that deserve to see a flag the most.

Beware... I lived through the late 60's... started barracking for Melbourne in '63 or '64.... was away overseas for most of 64 but I can remember a game at Glenferrie against Hawthorn late in 64.

The start of 65 was not too bad and then a friend came home breathlessly telling me how St Kilda beat Melbourne. If I recall we won few games after that and the decline began.

 After the GF in 2000 I looked at the team and thought this was our time.... it wasn't.

Is now our time ..... perhaps but like the Bulldogs we will have to be lucky... we are not Hawthorn... that team built up dominance over 30 years... probbaly just like Melbourne in the fifties

To win as a Melbourne team you have to be good. Interstate teams have an easier home and away and therefore their chances of making the big one are higher.

Hope is a wonderful thing but blind faith is just that..........blind

Go Dees and let's hope we are there late in September

  On 22/03/2017 at 07:45, america de cali said:

Whether glass half full, glass half empty or smash the glass to pieces type, Melbourne supporters are also the toughest and most resilient. 

We have to be don't we?

I actually believe the club's struggles over the past decade have made me more passionate.

  On 22/03/2017 at 05:01, needafullback said:

The ultimate riposte to that tedious 'going to the snow' nonsense we cop so often.  Our club's marketing department should set about mining this for all its worth:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dees-supporters-are-afls-most-passionate-supporters-study/news-story/0a941fef2e6e555912f1214342a9a6e4

"Far from popular belief that they’d much rather be hitting the slopes than attend a game in the midst of winter, new research has found that Melbourne supporters are more likely to go to the footy than any other team... 48.7 per cent of Dees supporters attended AFL matches, followed by Tigers fans (38.7%) and Giants supporters (37.6%)."

Next thing is to get a survey done up at Bulla, find out that it's full of Collingwood and Hawthorn supporters, and publicise this fact

 

 

To be fair to Richmond, the report should point out it's hard to convert supporters into attendees when they're being held at Her Majesty's pleasure. 

  On 04/04/2017 at 02:50, praha said:

I actually believe the club's struggles over the past decade have made me more passionate.

Agree. Was having a discussion with a friend who barracks for Geelong. He wanted me to go to the movies during the Saints game in round 1 and I said no. He is so content to skip any random geelong game but couldn't believe I wouldnt dare miss a melbourne game even when I thought we would lose. I just asked him, what if we win? I wouldnt want to miss it! Clearly their era of dominance has him appreciating each win far less than we do.

  On 04/04/2017 at 02:50, praha said:

I actually believe the club's struggles over the past decade have made me more passionate.

My wife said the same about me.