Jump to content


Recommended Posts

Posted
41 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Pert spoke really well. He is seeking advice and ideas from “Melbourne” people before he stamps his operational style into the job. 

We will once again be a Big Club” where we always should have stayed. I have no doubt. 

“Get the kids on board before they turn 9...”

100,000 members within 5-10 years can be achieved with winning footy, played the right way


 

SWYL I will always be a Dees supporter but I wont be a member when there are 100 000 members. Why would you be a member in that number?  Imagine Richmond playing Melbourne  with 100k each. Less than 50k can get into the MCG once you take out AFL members and MCC members, it would be impossible to get a seat. When the MFC reaches 50K I will become a three game member and then go to Games against interstate sides. At 70K it will become a TV game for me. However I don't envisage this happening any time soon so watching the Dees in person will continue to be fun.

Posted
7 minutes ago, old dee said:

SWYL I will always be a Dees supporter but I wont be a member when there are 100 000 members. Why would you be a member in that number?  Imagine Richmond playing Melbourne  with 100k each. Less than 50k can get into the MCG once you take out AFL members and MCC members, it would be impossible to get a seat. When the MFC reaches 50K I will become a three game member and then go to Games against interstate sides. At 70K it will become a TV game for me. However I don't envisage this happening any time soon so watching the Dees in person will continue to be fun.

Attitudes like this have held us back for nearly 6 Decades now. 

OD wants a nice comfy seat in our 100,000 seat Stadium, but if it gets a little too busy, he will withdraw his Membership and Punish the Club...

I want the MFC to have 300,000 passionate Members, who go to MFC Social Clubs around Melbourne to watch and Celebrate the team, when the MCG is booked out

disapointed in you OD...

maybe Nought is a better club for you

  • Like 1
  • Shocked 1

Posted
4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Attitudes like this have held us back for nearly 6 Decades now. 

OD wants a nice comfy seat in our 100,000 seat Stadium, but if it gets a little too busy, he will withdraw his Membership and Punish the Club...

I want the MFC to have 300,000 passionate Members, who go to MFC Social Clubs around Melbourne to watch and Celebrate the team, when the MCG is booked out

disapointed in you OD...

maybe Nought is a better club for you

At 100 000 members you wont be able to get into anything SWYL. It will purely be a donation to the club. At 100K members they wont need me anyway and by the time they get to 70K I will be either dead or dribbling down my chin and not know what day it is. Oh by the way It is not been me holding the MFC back I have been a member for most of the the last 45 years including the last 16 straight. 

 

  • Like 1
Posted
6 minutes ago, old dee said:

At 100 000 members you wont be able to get into anything SWYL. It will purely be a donation to the club. At 100K members they wont need me anyway and by the time they get to 70K I will be either dead or dribbling down my chin and not know what day it is. Oh by the way It is not been me holding the MFC back I have been a member for most of the the last 45 years including the last 16 straight. 

 

Clubs always need Members OD. I NEVER want to see the MFC kicked around the league EVER again. 

Your attitude towards the future is very similiar to that of the club in 1965 and we all know how that panned out...

Posted
6 minutes ago, old dee said:

At 100 000 members you wont be able to get into anything SWYL. It will purely be a donation to the club. At 100K members they wont need me anyway and by the time they get to 70K I will be either dead or dribbling down my chin and not know what day it is. Oh by the way It is not been me holding the MFC back I have been a member for most of the the last 45 years including the last 16 straight. 

 

Stick in there OD. You haven’t watched your team win a GF in your 45 years of membership so why worry all of a sudden about making a donation? ?

If we get get 100,000 members we will be allocated prime time games and free-to-air TV privileges!  Why jump off a winning Club? ?

Posted
2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Clubs always need Members OD. I NEVER want to see the MFC kicked around the league EVER again. 

Your attitude towards the future is very similiar to that of the club in 1965 and we all know how that panned out...

Oh Rubbish the supporters / members have not been the major problem SWYL. For many years MFC members could only elect a percentage of the board the rest was nominated by the MCC. The members of the MFC have had to suffer through decades of mismanagement and  players who were not up to winning enough matches to even make finals let alone grand finals. Appearing  in two GF's in 54 years says it all and has not been caused by the long suffering members the majority of which pay there fees every year and get no say in how the club has been run.

I am not the problem!

  • Like 1
Posted
5 minutes ago, CBDees said:

Stick in there OD. You haven’t watched your team win a GF in your 45 years of membership so why worry all of a sudden about making a donation? ?

If we get get 100,000 members we will be allocated prime time games and free-to-air TV privileges!  Why jump off a winning Club? ?

I am not going anywhere CBDees I am just making the point that as the numbers rise then the benefits of going to games falls. Eventually you reach a cross over point where watching games on some form of media is more enjoyable. I will not go to Collingwood or Richmond home games next year, just too hard.

Posted
2 minutes ago, old dee said:

Oh Rubbish the supporters / members have not been the major problem SWYL. For many years MFC members could only elect a percentage of the board the rest was nominated by the MCC. The members of the MFC have had to suffer through decades of mismanagement and  players who were not up to winning enough matches to even make finals let alone grand finals. Appearing  in two GF's in 54 years says it all and has not been caused by the long suffering members the majority of which pay there fees every year and get no say in how the club has been run.

I am not the problem!

Sure you are. You don’t want the club to become Big. You want it to be small so you can get your seat. 

I have had enough of sitting in a huge stadium where i can count the supporters in other Grandstands.  It is embarrassing. 

We are the Club of the City. We must work bloody hard to hold that privilege 

100,000 will become our standard Membership as this City grows each week


Posted
2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Sure you are. You don’t want the club to become Big. You want it to be small so you can get your seat. 

I have had enough of sitting in a huge stadium where i can count the supporters in other Grandstands.  It is embarrassing. 

We are the Club of the City. We must work bloody hard to hold that privilege 

100,000 will become our standard Membership as this City grows each week

 

I have no idea how my being a member for most of the last 45 years has caused the club to have low members and low results.

Can you explain how my membership for 45 years  and attendance at games has caused the MFC problems?

Posted
7 minutes ago, old dee said:

 

I have no idea how my being a member for most of the last 45 years has caused the club to have low members and low results.

Can you explain how my membership for 45 years  and attendance at games has caused the MFC problems?

You will be jumping off soon because it will all become a little bit too hard, you have already stated that. That is exactly the attitude the MFC does not need right now going forward  

Get rusted on. The Club is going to grow. If i never get to another game, i shall always help the club Financially and will love seeing a Capacity Crowd jammed in to watch The Demons smash another hapless opposition 

Posted
5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

You will be jumping off soon because it will all become a little bit too hard, you have already stated that. That is exactly the attitude the MFC does not need right now going forward  

Get rusted on. The Club is going to grow. If i never get to another game, i shall always help the club Financially and will love seeing a Capacity Crowd jammed in to watch The Demons smash another hapless opposition 

So I am not to blame for our having only 45k members. Thanks.

Posted
10 minutes ago, old dee said:

So I am not to blame for our having only 45k members. Thanks.

I never said you were, BUT you don’t want the club to grow...

And that attitude has been around for a long time

“We are a small club and will always be that.”

I have seen that written on here so many times over the past 14 years, and people wondered why i was cranky...

We represent a Big City. 

  • Like 1
Posted
22 minutes ago, DV8 said:

I think he said 70,000 members swyl... that is a lot of growth YET,  before he hops off our lowly perch.

Unless we win 3 flags in the next five years 70k is dreaming. The main driver of membership numbers is success on the field.And sustained success. The MFC has had so little success  for half a century it is going to take a lot to get never before members.

Posted
24 minutes ago, old dee said:

Unless we win 3 flags in the next five years 70k is dreaming. The main driver of membership numbers is success on the field.And sustained success. The MFC has had so little success  for half a century it is going to take a lot to get never before members.

Napkins are the trick OD... napkins, for dribblin'.

Aas long as you have your teeth OD...  you can put out a Demon smile, and chant. ?

  • Haha 1

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    TRAINING: Wednesday 18th December 2024

    It was the final session of 2024 before the Christmas/New Years break and the Demonland Trackwatchers were out in force to bring you the following preseason training observations from Wednesday's session at Gosch's Paddock. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS TRAINING: Petracca, Oliver, Melksham, Woewodin, Langdon, Rivers, Billings, Sestan, Viney, Fullarton, Adams, Langford, Lever, Petty, Spargo, Fritsch, Bowey, Laurie, Kozzy, Mentha, George, May, Gawn, Turner Tholstrup, Kentfi

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 16th December 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers braved the sweltering heat to bring you their Preseason Training observations from Gosch's Paddock on Monday morning. SCOOP JUNIOR'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS I went down today in what were pretty ordinary conditions - hot and windy. When I got there, they were doing repeat simulations of a stoppage on the wing and then moving the ball inside 50. There seemed to be an emphasis on handballing out of the stoppage, usually there were 3 or 4 handballs to

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 1

    TRAINING: Friday 13th December 2024

    With only a few sessions left before the Christmas break a number of Demonlander Trackwatchers headed down to Gosch's Paddock to bring you their observations from this morning's preseason training session. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS PLAYERS IN ATTENDANCE: JVR, Salem, McVee, Petracca, Windsor, Viney, Lever, Spargo, Turner, Gawn, Tholstrup, Oliver, Billings, Langdon, Laurie, Bowey, Melksham, Langford, Lindsay, Jefferson, Howes, McAdam, Rivers, TMac, Adams, Hore, Verrall,

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Wednesday 11th December 2024

    A few new faces joined our veteran Demonland Trackwatchers on a beautiful morning out at Gosch's Paddock for another Preseason Training Session. BLWNBA'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS I arrived at around 1015 and the squad was already out on the track. The rehab group consisted of XL, McAdam, Melksham, Spargo and Sestan. Lever was also on restricted duties and appeared to be in runners.  The main group was doing end-to-end transition work in a simulated match situation. Ball mov

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 9th December 2024

    Once again Demonland Trackwatchers were in attendance at the first preseason training session for the week at Gosch's Paddock to bring you their observations. WAYNE WUSSELL'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Looks like very close to 100% attendance. Kelani is back. Same group in rehab. REHAB: Spargo, Lever, Lindsay, Brown & McAdam. Haven’t laid eyes on Fritsch or AMW yet. Fritsch sighted. One unknown mature standing with Goody. Noticing Nathan Bassett much m

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Friday 6th December 2024

    Some veteran Demonland Trackwatchers ventured down to Gosch's Paddock to bring you the following observations from another Preseason Training Session. WAYNE WUSSELL'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Rehab: Lever, Spargo, McAdam, Lindsay, Brown Sinnema is excellent by foot and has a decent vertical leap. Windsor is training with the Defenders. Windsor's run won't be lost playing off half back. In 19 games in 2024 he kicked 8 goals as a winger. I see him getting shots at g

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Wednesday 4th December 2024

    A couple of intrepid Demonland Trackwatchers headed down to Gosch's Paddock for the midweek Preseason Training Session to bring you the following observations. Demonland's own Whispering Jack was not in attendance but he kicked off proceedings with the following summary of all the Preseason Training action to date. We’re already a month into the MFC preseason (if you started counting when the younger players in the group began the campaign along with some of the more keen older heads)

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 2

    BEST OF THE REST by Meggs

    Meggs' Review of Melbourne's AFLW Season 9 ... Congratulations first off to the North Melbourne Kangaroos on winning the 2024 AFLW Premiership. Roos Coach Darren Crocker has assembled a team chock-full of competitive and highly skilful players who outclassed the Brisbane Lions in the Grand Final to remain undefeated throughout Season 9. A huge achievement in what was a dominant season by North. For Melbourne fans, the season was unfortunately one of frustration and disappointment

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 3

    TRAINING: Monday 2nd December 2024

    There were many Demonland Trackwatchers braving the morning heat at Gosch's Paddock today to witness the players go through the annual 2km time trials. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Max, TMac & Melksham the first ones out on the track.  Runners are on. Guess they will be doing a lot of running.  TRAINING: Max, TMac, Melksham, Woey, Rivers, AMW, May, Sharp, Kolt, Adams, Sparrow, Jefferson, Billings, Petty, chandler, Howes, Lever, Kozzy, Mentha, Fullarton, Sal

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 1
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!
×
×
  • Create New...