This should be fun,

Obviously everything is going wrong right now so naturally people are trying to work out why. Recently the infamous camp was brought up again as a possible turning point. Now I thought that was as far back as anyone could go. But of course before that the was the trade for our 2nd best defender, Lever. Getting a young star and future leader into the club, surely that's where we stuffed up! But this morning I'm reading about Jones' "haunting past" with a link to an article that's now 5 years old! I think it's time to set the challenge to demonlanders:

What's the oldest and/or most irrelevant article you can find that explains our current situation. Get creative, I will accept anything from footy to climate change to astrology. All you need to do is explain why it [censored] us up so badly. If we're going to complain, might as well make a game of it.

 

For mine it was our home base training ground needing new drainage, oh, no wrong, i forgot,  we never had one, 

Surely the Norm Smith Curse is still relevant?

Norm Smith curse, Brent Croswell, the buckanara goal, is c k watts and omac. In that order.

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Surely the Norm Smith Curse is still relevant?

You're not even trying!

I reckon there's something in the Magna Carta about it.

We need to find out why the Cleveland Browns in the NFL have the same luck as us and do the opposite.

Not a bad record by Jethro Tull, before Ian Anderson lost his voice and then Sacked guitar Maestro Martin Barre!

Can't believe there have been six posts in this thread and none of them have mentioned 186.

@Sir Why You Little would be disappointed.

All of the above.

The one for me was slobo bring the tanking c$*( up this year.

27 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Can't believe there have been six posts in this thread and none of them have mentioned 186.

@Sir Why You Little would be disappointed.

Nah, have to be a comment re: Membership - so I guess we go also back to the 60's when the members transferred to Hawthorn...

I’d go as far back as building our home ground on an aboriginal corroboree site.

 

 

I think the mistake was allowing Geelong to be formed as the second Australian football club in 1859. Started the rot. 

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Not a bad record by Jethro Tull, before Ian Anderson lost his voice and then Sacked guitar Maestro Martin Barre!

Rebuilding since 1964?

Allowing co-tenants at the MCG has cost us home ground advantage.

Let all the other victorian teams play at their suburban [censored] holes.

A lot to be said for living in the past as a MFC supporter. I highly recommend it.

6 hours ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

What's the oldest and/or most irrelevant article you can find that explains our current situation. Get creative, I will accept anything from footy to climate change to astrology. All you need to do is explain why it [censored] us up so badly. If we're going to complain, might as well make a game of it.

 

https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/jack-pot-numbers/news-story/4438f83bfa5ba85fafa475b7210d1aee?sv=c6f899c993ced28eb488af168026af34

In 1884 the MCG grandstand that housed our goalposts burnt down. I believe the trauma is still being felt.

8 minutes ago, JTR said:

https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/jack-pot-numbers/news-story/4438f83bfa5ba85fafa475b7210d1aee?sv=c6f899c993ced28eb488af168026af34

"Watts ticks so many boxes for the Demons. He also oozes leadership and maturity."

???

26 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

"Watts ticks so many boxes for the Demons. He also oozes leadership and maturity."

???

Someone probably needed to heal that ooze. By not doing so, it all drained away.