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. 

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. ?

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. 
?

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.

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.

 

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. 
?

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

I'm just here to say Sigur Rós, nice!

1 hour ago, Deestroy All said:

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

I'm just here to say Sigur Rós, nice!

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

Edited May 12, 20214 yr by Guest

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!

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!

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'?

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. 

Edited May 12, 20214 yr by A F

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. 

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. ?

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" . . . 

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

 

 

 

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)

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. ?

Edited May 13, 20214 yr by Guest

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 .