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Goodwin: 4th is Nothing to Us

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  On 08/03/2019 at 21:19, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I hear you Macca.  2018 was far more enjoyable as a supporter than any of the previous 12 to 18 years.  Getting thrashed every week sucked big time.  Winning more often than not and handling out a few thrashings of our own last year was alot of fun.  Playing well in finals and making an impact the way we did also provided a level of satisfaction.

But I was neither elated or shattered by us making the preliminary final and subsequently losing.  The present compeditiveness of the team certainly encourages me, but as a supporter who has seen us make it to and lose numerous preliminary and grand finals, just making a preliminary final doesn't seem a particularly victorious occasion.

Love the simmering ruthlessness that Goodwin has bought and the team are embracing.  The MFC has unfinished business until we bring home that next premiership and it can truely be a Grand Old Flag once more.

In the end the whole thing ended in a way not many could see ... we hadn't had a 'shocker' for quite some time but these things often happen when you least expect it. 

But I have always felt that you learn more from a loss than a victory and lets face it,  we weren't the finished product last year and we probably aren't going to be the absolute finished product this year ... however,  we may not need to be as a team these days doesn't have to be a super-team to win big.

We've got 15+ bona-fide good players on the list so that gives me the confidence to know that if we're switched on and have a reasonable run with injuries,  we can have a very good year. 

Last year was another terrific stepping stone and the overall year was infinitely better than any number of previous seasons.  That comment doesn't mean that I was at all fully satisfied but it was by no means a failed season.  Far from it.

I love Goodwin's attitude though and if I was a player I would use that last loss as huge motivation.  And I reckon we'll see what the team is all about early in the season.  I'm tipping we'll hit the ground running.

 

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      On 08/03/2019 at 07:27, In Harmes Way said:

    Reading this, I can close my eyes and imagine Bob Hawke on telly after we break the drought recapturing his Australia II celebrations “any boss who fires anybody for not turning up to work today is a bum” (but wearing the Cameron Schwab blazer).

    I remember Little Johnny tried something similar in 1999 when we won the cricket world cup. Then he remembered that he had all the personality of a postage stamp and called it off.

    Fully agree @Macca 

    Some of us have forgotten how bad things really were from 2008-2015. 

    I started supporting the Demons in 1989 and while we never were described as premiership contenders at any stage, we were usually a decent shot for the finals (1997 excluded).

    2008-2015 was the first time that I could remember that we put the bloody cue in the rack most years before the season started  'because we were developing for a premiership'. We weren't serious of course and the results reflected that.

     

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      On 09/03/2019 at 00:17, Hillary Bray said:

    I remember Little Johnny tried something similar in 1999 when we won the cricket world cup. Then he remembered that he had all the personality of a postage stamp and called it off.

    Fully agree @Macca 

    Some of us have forgotten how bad things really were from 2008-2015. 

    I started supporting the Demons in 1989 and while we never were described as premiership contenders at any stage, we were usually a decent shot for the finals (1997 excluded).

    2008-2015 was the first time that I could remember that we put the bloody cue in the rack most years before the season started  'because we were developing for a premiership'. We weren't serious of course and the results reflected that.

    I go back a fair way and there's probably at least 25 forgettable years that I've seen ... we're a hearty bunch.  Tigers for punishment but we're still here and we aren't going anywhere either.

    The ruthless bit in me wants to add another 10 good players to the list ... finals success is almost certainly guaranteed if you've got 25+ good players (top players) but there have been occasions when clubs have had lists that have been that strong.  Even in the recent past so it is do-able.

    Didn't see it but our team in the 50's & early 60's had an excess of good players from what I've read and from what I've been told.  I'm not sure Smith was ever fully satisfied.  The past can often teach us what works.

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      On 08/03/2019 at 15:45, DaisyDeeciple said:

    I reckon a few of us could pop off this mortal coil winning the GF, football matches can be fatal when the excitement proves too much,  Dutch fans were literally dropping dead on the day their national team was knocked out of the 1996 European championship. Deaths among men from heart attacks and strokes soared by 50% (14 extra dead on the day)  when Holland were beaten by France in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.

    Anyone selling life insurance? Get on Allianz i guess.

     

    Alllianz: the insurer of the SS guard barracks at Auschwitz concentration camp.

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      On 09/03/2019 at 03:08, My name is legion said:

    Alllianz: the insurer of the SS guard barracks at Auschwitz concentration camp.

    So I just read up, that is the least of it. It should have said Zurich anyway, as our sponsor but had Allianz on the brain as they provide our corporate health insurance.

    Send me a PM if you think there is case for boycotting Allianz If be happy to hear your POV. I don't want to derail thread.

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      On 09/03/2019 at 00:17, Hillary Bray said:

    I remember Little Johnny...

    This term always amused me, especially as he was taller than Hawke.

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      On 09/03/2019 at 23:43, ProDee said:

    This term always amused me, especially as he was taller than Hawke.

    The second part of the original paragraph (re: postage stamp) was also part of the reason why he got tagged as that.

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      On 10/03/2019 at 00:32, Hillary Bray said:

    The second part of the original paragraph (re: postage stamp) was also part of the reason why he got tagged as that.

    Just another typically derogatory Leftist term.

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      On 10/03/2019 at 01:01, ProDee said:

    Just another typically derogatory Leftist term.

    Triggered much bro? Maybe you should go back to your safe space.

    Anyway, I bow out at this point. You've been warned about this more times than I've had hot dinners, and I'm not going to get banned because you want to play ideological warrior on a football message board.

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      On 10/03/2019 at 01:33, Hillary Bray said:

    Triggered much bro? Maybe you should go back to your safe space.

    Anyway, I bow out at this point. You've been warned about this more times than I've had hot dinners, and I'm not going to get banned because you want to play ideological warrior on a football message board.

    Haha

    I don't even know who you are.

    Btw, it's not my side of politics that needs ''safe spaces''.

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      On 10/03/2019 at 01:44, ProDee said:

    Haha

    I don't even know who you are.

    Btw, it's not my side of politics that needs ''safe spaces''.

    OK ?

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      On 09/03/2019 at 08:35, chook fowler said:

    Fourth is looking not too bad after today.

    One yesterdays form we wont even be close to the 8 

    We were comprehensively beaten on the outside and still have not addressed this issue.

    Other free wheeling teams will scorch us if yesterday is any indication.

    And we are talking Brisbane who IMV will be big improvers

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