I tell you what, regardless of the type of impact Darwin games have on the team, if anyone from the club reads this thread, we're looking at another decade out of finals. 

Seriously, this thread is painful, and is as incoherent as Collingwood's gameplan.

There are several upside possibilities from our Darwin game:

1. Another aspect of the Darwin deal is that in addition to being part of the 1 million two game NT deal, it also enabled us to claim a Saturday night TV game, which, especially during our lean decade, the AFL were loath to give us. 

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-13/sellout-likely-as-big-time-footy-hits-top-end

2. We're experienced at playing in (and recovering from) the Darwin heat and humidity, the opposition are not. In 2016 we beat Freo by 32 points in Darwin. Maybe we can make the Sauna a mini-fortress that teams will learn to fear. 

"The Adelaide Crows have never played in NT."

3. NT footy deserves AFL level games and I like our club for acknowledging this part of Australia. It's cool, and I believe it will pay off in connections and contacts being made that will make us a better club and team in the future. 

Edited July 13, 20178 yr by PaulRB

We beat Port there once when Trenners punched it through on the siren. 

25 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

1. Another aspect of the Darwin deal is that in addition to being part of the 1 million two game NT deal, it also enabled us to claim a Saturday night TV game, which, especially during our lean decade, the AFL were loath to give us. 

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-13/sellout-likely-as-big-time-footy-hits-top-end

This shits me royally. Being in Queensland, it's glaringly obvious how many Saturday night games the Lions were handed 2009-2015, as they were the ones being played on FTA here.

5 hours ago, jnrmac said:

He's just finished licking Jetta's boots clean after the weekend.

YAWN

We are in the 8, we have a team that competes, wait we are Melbourne, we have to have a whine about something YAWN again

5 hours ago, Skuit said:

I know I wouldn't spend a week hanging around Darwin if I didn't have to.

Funny, that's exactly what I have chosen to do this week. 'Tis a cracking place, lots to do and see. Perfect time of year as well. Who would have thought a mid-Winter family trip to Bali and the Top End would coincide with our beloved Dees playing the Crows in Darwin?! Expecting a big crowd. Lots of interest up here.

15 hours ago, Roger Mellie said:

How is this so? His argument is we lose (often badly) the week after a Darwin game and has provided precise evidence in chronological order. 

We were just incredibly chit during those years, not surprising we lost coming out of any previous game. 

We all agree it's not ideal, but we need/ed the $$. It is what it is.

6 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

We are in the 8, we have a team that competes, wait we are Melbourne, we have to have a whine about something YAWN again

The only thing making people yawn are your posts.  

Talk about repetitive. 

 

15 hours ago, Demons11 said:

These stats mean nothing.  We were lucky to be winning 4 games a year during this period.  

So explain to me why we lost to a dead and buried Essendon in 2015 and faded horribly against St Kilda last year, both games after Darwin. We were vastly improved in 2015 and 2016 compared to the earlier years in those list of losses, and I strongly believe we would've won those 2 games had we not played in Darwin the week before. 

Edited July 13, 20178 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

9 hours ago, Ben E said:

Funny, that's exactly what I have chosen to do this week. 'Tis a cracking place, lots to do and see. Perfect time of year as well. Who would have thought a mid-Winter family trip to Bali and the Top End would coincide with our beloved Dees playing the Crows in Darwin?! Expecting a big crowd. Lots of interest up here.

According to the MFC site there's an open training session today up there. If your daily schedule allows a visit to training could you please update anything of note?

14 minutes ago, Demon77 said:

According to the MFC site there's an open training session today up there. If your daily schedule allows a visit to training could you please update anything of note?

Sure thing. Will be heading there with the girls. (3.30pm hot time of day for a training run - not expecting to see much.)

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

So explain to me why we lost to a dead and buried Essendon in 2015 and faded horribly against St Kilda last year, both games after Darwin. We were vastly improved in 2015 and 2016 compared to the earlier years in those list of losses, and I strongly believe we would've won those 2 games had we not played in Darwin the week before. 

I think I speak for most, but bloody hell do I hope we win next week so you'll shut up.

3 things in life are certain - Death, taxes, and a Demonlander finding something to whinge about, regardless of how far we've come and how great this year has been already.

 

P.s are you a physiotherapist or a sports scientist? If the answer to both is no, I have no idea why you are speculating on what's best for our injured players in terms of recovery. I'm quite sure we pay a bunch of qualified people serious money to make these calls.

1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

I think I speak for most, but bloody hell do I hope we win next week so you'll shut up.

So I'm not aloud to argue a point like every other Demonlander does?

19 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

So I'm not aloud to argue a point like every other Demonlander does?

Yes .....but quietly !! 

25 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

So I'm not aloud to argue a point like every other Demonlander does?

No, go ahead.  Argue all you want.  Doesn't change the fact that I hope we win next week so you'll stop going on and on and on about it.

And to go with your rhetoric, the opposition we played and the stage of the season mattered little.  We sucked and it had nothing to do with Darwin.  Back in the day we couldn't even string 2 wins in a row together.

But no, you go right ahead and stick with as many negatives as you can.  I know you enjoy it as you rarely say anything positive.  Give it 18 months and you won't know what to do with yourself.

Goodwin right behind NT partnership.

"“We understand the facilities, we understand the oval and the conditions and we think it’s a really good advantage for us.

“When you’re building a club and becoming a better team, the results turn with it. For the first time we won in Alice, earlier in the season, and we won up in Darwin last year, so we’re starting to get some momentum when we’re playing in the Northern Territory.

“That comes with building a strong footy club and a better footy team.”"

Edited July 14, 20178 yr by PaulRB

28 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

No, go ahead.  Argue all you want.  Doesn't change the fact that I hope we win next week so you'll stop going on and on and on about it.

And to go with your rhetoric, the opposition we played and the stage of the season mattered little.  We sucked and it had nothing to do with Darwin.  Back in the day we couldn't even string 2 wins in a row together.

But no, you go right ahead and stick with as many negatives as you can.  I know you enjoy it as you rarely say anything positive.  Give it 18 months and you won't know what to do with yourself.

Good grief     nothing to complain about    they'll find something    THEY HAVE TO

44 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

Goodwin right behind NT partnership.

"“We understand the facilities, we understand the oval and the conditions and we think it’s a really good advantage for us.

“When you’re building a club and becoming a better team, the results turn with it. For the first time we won in Alice, earlier in the season, and we won up in Darwin last year, so we’re starting to get some momentum when we’re playing in the Northern Territory.

“That comes with building a strong footy club and a better footy team.”"

This also the man who suggests Trengove is 'close' 

Pardon my lack of enthusiasm or belief in much of what any football official says publicly. They are pollie like in that regard.

Its all spin.

What else is he likely to utter ?

4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

This also the man who suggests Trengove is 'close' 

Pardon my lack of enthusiasm or belief in much of what any football official says publicly. They are pollie like in that regard.

Its all spin.

What else is he likely to utter ?

Hardly spin. More stating the obvious, but if that doesn't fit in your own personal view of the world... that's your prerogative. 

Edited July 14, 20178 yr by PaulRB

Can I blame 186 on Darwin?

Or that loss to the Essendon VFL side last year?

Coz those games need some excuses!

people actually thinking that playing home games in Darwin isnt a negative thing for us?! talk about it and get howled down for whinging??  yeah no complianing goes on on this site at all.

of course its a pain in the backside and we have a better chance of winning more games if we play home games in Melb.  If people don't like hearing negative comments about Darwin, don't read the fricken thread!

24 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Can I blame 186 on Darwin?

Absolutely you can. It was 2 weeks after we played Darwin and we were still stuffed.

7 hours ago, Demon77 said:

According to the MFC site there's an open training session today up there. If your daily schedule allows a visit to training could you please update anything of note?

Very light session this arvo. Boys were out on ground for about half an hour, in small groups doing kick-to-kick for a while before standing in zone formations for different positional stoppages (not using ball).

Only things to note were that Billy Stretch was running about, JKH appeared to be part of midfield group and TMac part of forwards (no surprise there, I guess).

Low-key and lots of mixing with the crowd afterwards. Very inclusive. Kids happy. Well done, Dees.

Crows out on ground now (including Lynch). Got a couple of boos from my girls. Time to go!