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How far are we going to go with these meaningless stats?

Melbourne is 8-0 when more than 10,000 hot dogs are consumed, but 1-4 when under 10,000 are consumed.

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    1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

    How far are we going to go with these meaningless stats?

    Melbourne is 8-0 when more than 10,000 hot dogs are consumed, but 1-4 when under 10,000 are consumed.

    The last 2 weeks have not concerned you at all Wise?

    when the pressure is applied, and i mean Real Pressure, The MFC falls away....

    have been doing it for decades. 

    We are now a mid table club, but until the club learns to smell blood and go in for the kill, regularly, that is as far as we will go. 

    Our list is still over rated. It still contains lots of potential, but top end leadership is not there. 

    For all the good work last week, from the 17 minute mark of the 3rd Quarter we failed to score a goal, with 68 inside entries. 

     

    That is a massive problem against real pressure. 

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    Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

    The last 2 weeks have not concerned you at all Wise?

    No.

    And you know what?  I don't even think I've got the willingness to dissect it.  I'm burned out.  

    You're worried, I'm not.  We'll leave it at that.

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    9 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    No.

    And you know what?  I don't even think I've got the willingness to dissect it.  I'm burned out.  

    You're worried, I'm not.  We'll leave it at that.

    Whatever....

    you will still be harassing the same posters in 10 years time when people get angry and frustrated. 

    Round 23 last year should have completely galvinized the club to never accept mediocraty. 

    But the message is still to get through against any decent opposition

    Astounding to be honest and the exact reason why we have such a low membership commitment....

    Barassi instilled a mantra at North in the 70’s that should be at the MFC....

    They refuse to die... we get stage fright

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    1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Whatever....

    you will still be harassing the same posters in 10 years time when people get angry and frustrated. 

    And you'll be harping on and on and on about the same stuff in every thread 10 years from now as well.

    You and I regularly sit on opposite sides of the fence (at least we don't sit in the middle like some) and when we discuss/argue it, we just go round in circles.  I won't change your mind, you won't change mine.  So why waste each others time?  I don't want to get in a slanging match with you again to be honest.  

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    32 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    How far are we going to go with these meaningless stats?

    Melbourne is 8-0 when more than 10,000 hot dogs are consumed, but 1-4 when under 10,000 are consumed.

    I’d argue it’s the other way around Wise.

    Jesse looked like he’d eaten 2000 hot dogs on Friday night and couldn’t move.

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    54 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Surely this says more about the teams we've played and their form, then our stage fright. If a team is up and about, their supporters will come and watch them play. Hence the larger crowd. If a team is performing poorly (Carlton, Saints, Dogs etc), then the crowds are small.

    Also, we play well at Etihad which would skew the result, as we would struggle to get 40 000 there. I dont think it's the small crowd that makes us play well there, or the ground? 

     

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    1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

    And you'll be harping on and on and on about the same stuff in every thread 10 years from now as well.

    You and I regularly sit on opposite sides of the fence (at least we don't sit in the middle like some) and when we discuss/argue it, we just go round in circles.  I won't change your mind, you won't change mine.  So why waste each others time?  I don't want to get in a slanging match with you again to be honest.  

    If the club gets it’s sh!!t together like a real Top 4 side i won’t be banging on about anything

    i was saying the same things in 2006 long before you arrived and was told to shut up and be patient. 

    Well guess what. 12 years later Stage fright is still alive and well and supporters are still going easy on this club, which is the BASE REASON why nothing changes except personel. 

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    1 hour ago, small but forward said:

    I’d argue it’s the other way around Wise.

    Jesse looked like he’d eaten 2000 hot dogs on Friday night and couldn’t move.

    I reckon he's injured, just not even attempting to go for marks. Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist who knows but he aint right.

    This cant be the same player that we saw in the first 2 months of the year.

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    6 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

    I reckon he's injured, just not even attempting to go for marks. Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist who knows but he aint right.

    This cant be the same player that we saw in the first 2 months of the year.

    If this is true he should not be playing

    same for petracca

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    He’s probably just getting his breath back after being on the darts over the break, he’ll be right this week and snag 7.

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    Hard to see any finals matches having less than 40k in attendance. They need to adjust to the big stage quickly.

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    So the key to winning games from now on in is to keep the attendance under 40,000.

    We might have to hire some stand over men to keep the official attenance officer in check? and keep the figure under 40k even if its 50k or 60k?

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    I'm not going to a game until we start losing. Gotta keep it under 40k.

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    4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    If the club gets it’s sh!!t together like a real Top 4 side i won’t be banging on about anything

    i was saying the same things in 2006 long before you arrived and was told to shut up and be patient. 

    Well guess what. 12 years later Stage fright is still alive and well and supporters are still going easy on this club, which is the BASE REASON why nothing changes except personel. 

    You should go to our training sessions SWYL. The players might become more accustomed to dealing with the higher volumes of noise. :)

     

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    I can remember when Roos took over and in a period of time he realised how scarred the culture was and  also mentally not tough enough. I am not going to elaborate. However we have come a long way in building good foundations and l am so proud of them now to the way we used to be that we have improved every year since Roos took over as coach.  Now Goodwin  is doing a fine job and I believe we are just around the corner in being successful.

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    17 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

    How far are we going to go with these meaningless stats?

    Melbourne is 8-0 when more than 10,000 hot dogs are consumed, but 1-4 when under 10,000 are consumed.

    Is that true?

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    18 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

    No.

    And you know what?  I don't even think I've got the willingness to dissect it.  I'm burned out.  

    You're worried, I'm not.  We'll leave it at that.

    Yet here you are with multiple posts on the thread!

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    18 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    The last 2 weeks have not concerned you at all Wise?

    when the pressure is applied, and i mean Real Pressure, The MFC falls away....

    have been doing it for decades. 

    We are now a mid table club, but until the club learns to smell blood and go in for the kill, regularly, that is as far as we will go. 

    Our list is still over rated. It still contains lots of potential, but top end leadership is not there. 

    For all the good work last week, from the 17 minute mark of the 3rd Quarter we failed to score a goal, with 68 inside entries. 

     

    That is a massive problem against real pressure. 

    We’re  young and so sitting bout where you’d expect. Personally I think we’re tracking really nicely. Yes we lose to the best sides but we’ve won’t for much longe

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    10 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

    Yet here you are with multiple posts on the thread!

    True, but there was no dissecting of the issue going on!

    43 minutes ago, binman said:

    Is that true?

    Of course.  I pocketed a few of those myself...

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