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Picking through the bones of 12 years of Misery

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Didnt mind reading that.. proves that we are without doubt one of the most mentally tough clubs going around!

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    Despite what it loses in humour, this AFL article gains many points for brevity over Supermercado's The Great Dee-pression.

    Still...1-star. Would not live through again.

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    Jesus I’m so depressed reading this. The sheer number of tragic deaths and health issues alone, is enough to make you burn all the ladders and black cats in sight. 

    How far we have come!!!

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    Great article. Important to remind ourselves where we’ve been. Two things that really stick out:

    - Why on earth did we give Schwab a 3 year contract in 2012?

    - I used to defend the Bailey/Neeld eras by pointing out all the terrible injuries and uncontrollables (Jurrah and Scully) but look at that first year of Roos and tell me he wasn’t dealt a crappy hand! 

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    11 minutes ago, layzie said:

     

    - Why on earth did we give Schwab a 3 year contract in 2012?

     

    That’s the one question i want answered from the past. The rest can be forgotten....

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    4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    That’s the one question i want answered from the past. The rest can be forgotten....

    I agree, i remember it was an amazing decision at the time. A weak board...

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    If there was a way to go digging through these last twelve years, surely a collection of Martin Flanagan's various articles about us, as a club and as fans, would be the best option?

    Only writer I've ever felt was describing a Melbourne Demons I recognise.

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    2 minutes ago, Darkhorse72 said:

    I agree, i remember it was an amazing decision at the time. A weak board...

    Shocking mate. We Members were treated like fools

    Bails exit was the worst thing i ever watched concerning the MFC

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    Just charge your glass for all those demons fans out there who stuck it out! They have been hard years, but the good times are just around the corner!

     

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    Putting aside the numerous disasters and the non football side of the business (PJ what an Appointment) is how good our recruiting has been since the Toump disaster. Josh Mahoney has run a great football department and our recruiting has beenalmost100% spot on. The contrast to our earlier disasters is truly amazing. I think we can beat the cats but irrespective in the longer term we are going in two different directions.

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    I still shudder when i hear the name Cameron Schwab..

    Hopefully he's not allowed within 50m of our football club ever again.

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    8 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I still shudder when i hear the name Cameron Schwab..

    Hopefully he's not allowed within 50m of our football club ever again.

    While we have a ways to go to get there, prepare to see a cavalcade of selfies donning a bad Melbourne scarf and self promoting tweets should we get close to a grand final.

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    Fans of Geelong, Sydney, and Hawthorn should have a read of that to understand why this means so much to us long suffering fans. Especially the ones that are 20 and under, they’re the worst because pretty much all they’ve known is success. 

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    14 minutes ago, Pates said:

    Fans of Geelong, Sydney, and Hawthorn should have a read of that to understand why this means so much to us long suffering fans. Especially the ones that are 20 and under, they’re the worst because pretty much all they’ve known is success. 

    Conversely I’m always dead impressed to see the number of under 25 year olds who support Melbourne. They have only known, as Goodwin said, misery 

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    Bloody hell it must be the week to bring up all the past crap for the last 12 years. 

    What a nightmare it has been but for the love of god I don’t need the reminders. 

    We have all lived through it and imo we have the best supporter base in the afl. 

    We have stuck fast with this club and deserve every success we get. 

    Go Demons. 

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    One thing that struck me reading that article was the timing of Josh Mahoney's appointment and our improvement. I wonder whether I've not fully appreciated Mahoney's role in our rise. It may just be a coincidence of timing (to use a cliche, he was in the right place at the right time) or conversely Mahoney has been a major but perhaps unheralded reason for where we now find ourselves.  

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    1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    I've loved the past 12 years, not sure what they are on about.

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    39 minutes ago, DSP said:

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    Did the original comic see the dog with a large grey beard and riding a scooter?

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    17 hours ago, Chook said:

    Despite what it loses in humour, this AFL article gains many points for brevity over Supermercado's The Great Dee-pression.

    Still...1-star. Would not live through again.

    Just bought the book last night chook.

    Now we've made the finals, I'm mentally sound enough to read through the disaster that has been.

    If we'd missed the finals again I couldn't have gone near it.

    Still feel guilty for what I put my kids through.

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    17 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Didnt mind reading that.. proves that we are without doubt one of the most mentally tough clubs going around!

    Mental, anyway.

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