As the dogs and tigers showed you don't want to peak too early.  We have about 8 to 10 weeks to find our best form. As long as we beat the rubbish sides over that time then we'll be alright.  

13 hours ago, Big Demon said:

Clint, when you take the two most important players our of any team- not necessarily the best but the most important it changes a side dramatically. We got T-Mac back today who was great first up and Viney still to come. Judge us in a months time.

 

Mac boys.......2 wonderful bookends.

Special mention to O mac. He survived the Watsonian criticism and has come out a very good player.

15 hours ago, Mach5 said:

We'll be fine as long as we keep kicking to decent contests, our talls bring the ball to ground, and our smalls learn to stay down.

And a little more composure would help.

Good point .... and our crumbers  up forward other than Spargo arent your usual smalls. Fritsch, Hannan can take a grab when needed 

One or two fly, the rest crumb. 

14 hours ago, dimmy said:

Does this mean they actually read Demonland posts in the rooms at half time, because that is what they fixed.

You are a virtual genius Bizkit!!!!

Sack Goody now replace with Clint. ?

12 hours ago, Unleash Hell said:

Rather be an optimist then waste my time on Demonland with the Debbie Downers

 

 

2 hours ago, DaveyDee said:

As an optimist you will live longer, earn more money and builder longer and happier relationships. 

Football is only a game your life won’t change if we win or lose - don’t worry about all issues out of your control.

Football is not life or death. Are you still breathing- then it’s a good day.

Focus on today, focus on your strengths and do more of them every day. But have balance recognise you will win some - you will lose some. 

Ignore social media , ignore negative people - they will try to bring you down because of their problems in life. 

Go Demons

Far better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right !

Edited April 30, 20187 yr by monoccular

2 minutes ago, monoccular said:

 

Far better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right !

Yes, for sure but you have to realise you can’t always be right, you can’t always win, not everybody will like you, you will make mistakes. 

But when you are positive you will see opportunities others can’t - just do the best you can and again do more of what you do well. 

Our players are very committed and are learning and improving every game. Now all we need to do is support them and give them the resources they need to rise and repeat more consistently. 

20 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

As I am writing this Melbourne are only one goal down at half time, against Essendon but it is continuing the trend of rubbish football we have seen over in the past few weeks.

The same problems still exist:

• Fumbling
• Missing tackles
• Not being able to break clear or dispose of the ball when tackled
• Poor skills
• Overrunning the ball on the ground
• Kicking into the man on the mark because not getting back behind the mark far or quick enough
• Drifting off the mark causing the umpires to call play on resulting in free kicks turning into unnecessarily pressured kicks
• Panicked kicks and handballs
• Not looking to break clear for disposing of the ball, just coughing it up
• Multiple players flying for the ball and no one staying down
• The opposition getting easy goals out the back in the clear
• Stagnant down-the-line ball movement with no flair or dare
• Out-numbered in our forward line

Even with all of this we are only one goal down, it just shows how much we still need to improve because our ceiling is much higher. I've got no doubt that the systems and structures in place are what is leading to these poor performances.

Talent on the list isn't the issue, we no longer rely on players like Magner, Crouch, Bail and Sellar. We have even seen a nice debut from young Spargo who has been lively.

So all you optimists out there, convince me of why this isn't the Mark Neeld era all over again.

This could be the worst timed post of the year....

2 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

This could be the worst timed post of the year....

Most likely.

Still, a lot of those issues haven't gone away from a half of football.

3 hours ago, DaveyDee said:

As an optimist you will live longer, earn more money and builder longer and happier relationships. 

Football is only a game your life won’t change if we win or lose - don’t worry about all issues out of your control.

Football is not life or death. Are you still breathing- then it’s a good day.

Focus on today, focus on your strengths and do more of them every day. But have balance recognise you will win some - you will lose some. 

Ignore social media , ignore negative people - they will try to bring you down because of their problems in life. 

Go Demons

That's on my calendar too........

The second half is the best we've played since last year.  We will continue to build through the year.

3 hours ago, SFebey said:

Wise and a great quote even talking about life in general.

Im waiting for dds book. The eternal optimist.... My life as a dees supporter.

Nice words.

6 minutes ago, ProDee said:

The second half is the best we've played since last year.  We will continue to build through the year.

Let's hope so. 

Amazing what confidence and belief in yourself and teammates can do.  

And accountability.  Not only for your role but also your opponent. 

45 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Most likely.

Still, a lot of those issues haven't gone away from a half of football.

Consider this, what are the things they did right. 

Write a list if you have to - only write positive things on the list. 

Then how many things on the list can you personally change?  

Then start working on those ie buy another membership, donate $10, start a thread talking about what you liked about Charle Spargo etc

Edited April 30, 20187 yr by DaveyDee

1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Most likely.

Still, a lot of those issues haven't gone away from a half of football.

I actually agree with the assessment of the first half, I don't think we played that well yesterday as a collective.

We are not an elite team. We still can't play 4 consistent qtrs. We are still in development and don't have a settled side in set positions and roles yet (by my observation and injuries - ie Viney). Rambling but it was good to see Gus play as a pure mid for the first time as well yesterday.

But we are not the pathetic MFC of old, that's where I don't understand the over reaction and consistent negativity on Demonland.

I was going to start a thread myself yesterday. To see who had the balls to call us making and not making the eight this year.

I do not think we are a certainty but the competition is so close that we are not out of it. The next 3 weeks are a HUGE indicator of how well we are going to go this season and we should be looking at winning al three.

We've not lost a quarter since I started this thread.

You're welcome.

17 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

We've not lost a quarter since I started this thread.

You're welcome.

Well now you’ve [censored] it by mentioning it. 

Carlton have the first quarter in the bag now. Basic science. 

25 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

We've not lost a quarter since I started this thread.

You're welcome.

 

Not sure whats more impressive,  your ability to inspire the entire team or the fact we have won 10 straight quarters of footy.

1 minute ago, Petraccattack said:

 

Not sure whats more impressive,  your ability to inspire the entire team or the fact we have won 10 straight quarters of footy.

It's a fair effort against any opposition.

Typical of you the knee jerker weren't you saying Gus was finished and no good because he missed first few games

 

Edited May 16, 20187 yr by don't make me angry

6 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

We've not lost a quarter since I started this thread.

You're welcome.

 

6 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

We've not lost a quarter since I started this thread.

You're welcome.

 

On 4/29/2018 at 2:30 PM, Clint Bizkit said:

As I am writing this Melbourne are only one goal down at half time, against Essendon but it is continuing the trend of rubbish football we have seen over in the past few weeks.

The same problems still exist:

• Fumbling
• Missing tackles
• Not being able to break clear or dispose of the ball when tackled
• Poor skills
• Overrunning the ball on the ground
• Kicking into the man on the mark because not getting back behind the mark far or quick enough
• Drifting off the mark causing the umpires to call play on resulting in free kicks turning into unnecessarily pressured kicks
• Panicked kicks and handballs
• Not looking to break clear for disposing of the ball, just coughing it up
• Multiple players flying for the ball and no one staying down
• The opposition getting easy goals out the back in the clear
• Stagnant down-the-line ball movement with no flair or dare
• Out-numbered in our forward line

Even with all of this we are only one goal down, it just shows how much we still need to improve because our ceiling is much higher. I've got no doubt that the systems and structures in place are what is leading to these poor performances.

Talent on the list isn't the issue, we no longer rely on players like Magner, Crouch, Bail and Sellar. We have even seen a nice debut from young Spargo who has been lively.

So all you optimists out there, convince me of why this isn't the Mark Neeld era all over again.

 

I dont think we have lost a quarter since you made this thread.   ?

CB for Prime Minister!

2 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

 

I dont think we have lost a quarter since you made this thread.   ?

CB for Prime Minister!

Shame CB did not have the ability to sell himself optimism - but such is life. 

Please don't post anything positive until the completion of the season @Clint Bizkit

Ahh memories...

 

On 4/30/2018 at 8:30 AM, w00dy said:

As the dogs and tigers showed you don't want to peak too early.  We have about 8 to 10 weeks to find our best form. As long as we beat the rubbish sides over that time then we'll be alright.  

Wiser words never spoken

On 4/29/2018 at 12:30 PM, Clint Bizkit said:

As I am writing this Melbourne are only one goal down at half time, against Essendon but it is continuing the trend of rubbish football we have seen over in the past few weeks.

The same problems still exist:

• Fumbling
• Missing tackles
• Not being able to break clear or dispose of the ball when tackled
• Poor skills
• Overrunning the ball on the ground
• Kicking into the man on the mark because not getting back behind the mark far or quick enough
• Drifting off the mark causing the umpires to call play on resulting in free kicks turning into unnecessarily pressured kicks
• Panicked kicks and handballs
• Not looking to break clear for disposing of the ball, just coughing it up
• Multiple players flying for the ball and no one staying down
• The opposition getting easy goals out the back in the clear
• Stagnant down-the-line ball movement with no flair or dare
• Out-numbered in our forward line

Even with all of this we are only one goal down, it just shows how much we still need to improve because our ceiling is much higher. I've got no doubt that the systems and structures in place are what is leading to these poor performances.

Talent on the list isn't the issue, we no longer rely on players like Magner, Crouch, Bail and Sellar. We have even seen a nice debut from young Spargo who has been lively.

So all you optimists out there, convince me of why this isn't the Mark Neeld era all over again.

I don't think this article warrents a thread of it's own, but probably a reasonable fit here.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/07/maturing-melbourne-seek-to-lay-demons-to-rest-in-afl-finals

Well researched and some fine use of expression.