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What winning means to the team?

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33 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

 

Just for fun how is this?

Australian Capital with damaged fallboot and golf stick where a fan has tossed (arid+some+n)

Number of letters in each word: 9,8,4,9,8

Canberra Football Club Supporter Syndrome?
JK. I’m being facetious. “Australian capital city with...” probs would’ve been better. But then again, Canberra is an eight-letter word, not nine. 

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    5 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    I'll have a dip!

    Rum affliction made ship sail behind Mauritius (1st Class) initially.   (5)

    Was wondering when you’d pop up, DS. ? 

    Great clue. I personally would never use the old chestnut ship for ss, but hey, you do you. ?

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    And now for sh*ts and giggles  I’m gonna do what only an imbecile would do. Having  just picked excrement outta those two offerings, ima throw this one out...

    Mr. Gibson and Jason measure a sphere on a cosh prop to, we hear, singe Rome. 
    ?

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    4 hours ago, Altona-demon said:

    This team still plays with the yips.  When Dusty Martin takes a forward 50 mark - you can see he is relishing the moment and wants to kick the goals to win the games. Oliver,  Petracca, Max, Brayshaw and Kozzie are still not there yet.  Look out when this winning confidence starts to do what it is doing to someone like Tom McDonald (confidence 200% atm). There are more gears to this

    Especially Trac and Max who are often playing forward. An area they really need to fix.

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    4 hours ago, TRIGON said:

    Great post @Altona-demon.  Those early season 'come from behind' wins against St Kilda and Geelong were very important in terms of building self-belief.

    As for a winning culture, I really would like the team to not get jumped early in the first qrts.

    Its fantastic that we have come back in several games but would obviously better if we dont make it harder for ourselves.

    Centre clearances last week were a worry.

    Cheers to our defence.

     

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    34 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    And now for sh*ts and giggles  I’m gonna do what only an imbecile would do. Having  just picked excrement outta those two offerings, ima throw this one out...

    Mr. Gibson and Jason measure a sphere on a cosh prop to, we hear, singe Rome. 
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    I don't know what the [censored] this means.

    I'm just here to say Sigur RĂłs, nice!

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    1 hour ago, Deestroy All said:

    I don't know what the [censored] this means.

    I'm just here to say Sigur RĂłs, nice!

    They’re only the best band in the world, in the history of mankind. ? 

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    4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    They’re only the best band in the world, in the history of mankind. ? 

    Big call, hopelandic call. I’m not gunna argue. Untitled #8 is my favourite song of all time. 
     

    Derailing the thread a bit so to get it back on track, go football!

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    8 hours ago, CYB said:

    This is such a great explanation of the MFCSS - hit the nail on the head!

    Agree.

    Missed one important example.

    The forward who has been down on form, thst we play back into form and he kicks a bag.

    I'm gonna be nervous if they start cripps forward!

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    31 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

    Big call, hopelandic call. I’m not gunna argue. Untitled #8 is my favourite song of all time. 
     

    Derailing the thread a bit so to get it back on track, go football!

    Not just yet DA (it's your fault having those initials!)

    Props to you, WCW, and Lucie and Mr Stone, for your 'encryption' of MFCSS. I got as far as 'Spooner's campanologist...' then my brain caved in...

    I'd actually only meant to throw out a challenge for an 'antagonistic or belligerent' alternative for 'Supporter'. May I contribute 'Skyisfalling'?

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    9 hours ago, Nasher said:

    Nice post, but you're tough to single out Brayshaw - his win/loss record is 50-52 and he's only had two seasons in his career where he's played in more losing games than winning ones, one of which was his first one, the other being the car crash that was 2019. I don't think he qualifies as a player who's a bit used to losing. Really the only ones on our list that were there for the really dark times are Jones, Gawn, Viney and McDonald; three of which are leading the resurgence. 

    I'd argue McDonald still suffers from this. He's been up for a few weeks now, but after starting well in 2021, he had that really poor game against GWS, and to me at least, his head seemed to really drop. But to be fair, he's looked a million dollars since. 

    Let's just hope we keep winning a while longer and the players almost forget what losing feels like. 

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    15 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    They’re only the best band in the world, in the history of mankind. ? 

    Sigur Ros thinks Depeche Mode is the greatest band in the history of mankind. I read once. 

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    21 minutes ago, Skuit said:

    Sigur Ros thinks Depeche Mode is the greatest band in the history of mankind. I read once. 

    I mean, there’s worse bands they could’ve picked. Depeche Mode are actually really good. I still regularly listen to Songs of Faith and Devotion, an album from early 2000’s. 
    GO DEES!!!!

    Hadda include Go Dees lest we’re punished for hijacking this thread. Oh, and coz the Dees are the greatest football club in the history of mankind, and a bit before that. ?

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    9 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I mean, there’s worse bands they could’ve picked. Depeche Mode are actually really good. I still regularly listen to Songs of Faith and Devotion, an album from early 2000’s. 
    GO DEES!!!!

    Hadda include Go Dees lest we’re punished for hijacking this thread. Oh, and coz the Dees are the greatest football club in the history of mankind, and a bit before that. ?

    A suitable track-list for MFCSS: "I Feel You", "Walking in My Shoes", "Condemnation", "Mercy in You" . . . 

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    Seems like a good thread for me to post an updated version of win percentage for games with the Dees.

    What we are seeing is the majority of our list now with over 50% winning percentage.

    No. Player Games Wins Losses Draw Win %
    23. James Jordon 8 8 0   100.00
    50. Ben Brown 2 2 0   100.00
    6. Luke Jackson 14 12 2   85.71
    24. Trent Rivers 17 13 4   76.47
    20. Adam Tomlinson 20 14 6   70.00
    36. Kysaiah Pickett 22 15 7   68.18
    15. Ed Langdon 25 17 8   68.00
    32. Tom Sparrow 12 8 4   66.67
    38. Mitch Brown 6 4 2   66.67
    9. Charlie Spargo 42 28 14   66.67
    18. Jake Melksham 77 44 33   57.14
    8. Jake Lever 44 25 19   56.82
    1. Steven May 32 18 14   56.25
    30. Alex Neal-Bullen 88 47 41   53.41
    13. Clayton Oliver 107 57 50   53.27
    31. Bayley Fritsch 68 36 32   52.94
    26. Sam Weideman 44 23 21   52.27
    14. Michael Hibberd 76 39 37   51.32
    22. Aaron Vandenberg 47 24 23   51.06
    5. Christian Petracca 110 56 54   50.91
    37. Kade Chandler 2 1 1   50.00
    10. Angus Brayshaw 102 50 52   49.02
    29. Jayden Hunt 82 40 42   48.78
    3. Christian Salem 114 54 60   47.37
    4. James Harmes 106 50 56   47.17
    44. Joel Smith 18 8 10   44.44
    11. Max Gawn 142 61 81   42.96
    25. Tom McDonald 178 71 107   39.89
    39. Neville Jetta 158 61 95 2 38.61
    7. Jack Viney 140 53 87   37.86
    41. Jay Lockhart 22 8 14   36.36
    34. Marty Hore 14 5 9   35.71
    33. Oscar Baker 14 5 9   35.71
    21. Marty Hore 14 5 9   35.71
    2. Nathan Jones 301 100 198 3 33.22
    35. Harrison Petty 13 4 9   30.77
    12. Toby Bedford 2 0 2   0.00

     


    Heres some other to compare to

     

    No. Player Game Wins Losses D Win %
    Ron Barrassi 204 149 51 4 73.04
    Max Gawn As Captain 21 14 7   66.67
    Norm Smith (Playing) 210 134 74 2 63.81
    Norm Smith (Coaching) 287 181 101 5 63.07
    Jordan Lewis 55 31 24   56.36
    Gary Lyon 226 127 98 1 56.19
    Mitch Hannan 50 28 22   56.00
    Allen Jackovich 47 25 22   53.19
    Jim Stynes 264 135 128 1 51.14
    Shane Woewodin 138 64 74   46.38
    Russell Robertson 228 105 122 1 46.05
    Jeff Farmer 118 52 66   44.07
    Bernie Vince 100 40 60   40.00
    Cam Pederson 64 22 42   34.38
    Robert Flower 272 88 184   32.35

     

     

     

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    On 5/12/2021 at 2:47 PM, DeeZee said:

    Jordon Jones has never played in a losing team 

    Let's hope he never does! (assuming he stays a Melbourne player)

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    23 hours ago, Skuit said:

    A suitable track-list for MFCSS: "I Feel You", "Walking in My Shoes", "Condemnation", "Mercy in You" . . . 

    One last thing on Depeche Mode... all the detractors making so much noise about the Dees etc. If we make it all the way this year we can “Enjoy The Silence.”

    Silence from all 17 other clubs, that is. And us? We’ll be bringing the proverbial house down. We’ll register 8, maybe 9 on the Richter scale. ?

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    I listened to Goody's interview this week and one with Yze .

    They said their aim to have a team that the supports can TRUST . That supporters can go to EVERY game knowing the team will have a crack . 

    This was on my Xmas wish list .

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