Jump to content

Dees win $1million McClelland Trophy

Big Col
Big Col
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

  On 29/10/2023 at 00:40, WalkingCivilWar said:

Thanks for the acknowledgment, rjay. We are baffled as to why the other clubs don’t get involved to the level we do. It’s so rewarding. The players are 

...what?

Getting back into the puzzle game, W? 😁

Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

  • Quote
    • Haha 3
     

    Really great year for the women this year and last.

    I know over the last six games they have been nothing but a pleasure to watch and barrack for, and you cannot help but ride every bump and celebrate every goal with such enthusiasm.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
      On 29/10/2023 at 01:11, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    ...what?

    Getting back into the puzzle game, W? 😁

    😂 was typing when one of my chooks jumped from outta nowhere onto my lap, spilling coffee over the two of us. I didn’t realise I’d pressed submit.

    The chook in question is Goldie, maybe she wanted to remind me to mention what a great player she is. 😂

    She won’t do that again in a hurry since being bathed is not on the top of her things I like list. 

    Anyways, as I was saying, the players are…

    BLOODY AWESOME!!!!! 😁

  • Quote
    •  

    I know everyone hearts in the right place but…

    AFLW coaching and admin is a career in-and-of-itself; no one needs to ‘progress’ to a men’s program if they don’t want that shift. 

    AFLM is where Daisy is at the moment - unless she wants to shift back to AFLW there is no need for her to use that as a ‘stepping stone’ to progression in the men’s game.

     

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Clap 1
      On 29/10/2023 at 01:35, WalkingCivilWar said:

    😂 was typing when one of my chooks jumped from outta nowhere onto my lap, spilling coffee over the two of us. I didn’t realise I’d pressed submit.

    The chook in question is Goldie, maybe she wanted to remind me to mention what a great player she is. 😂

    She won’t do that again in a hurry since being bathed is not on the top of her things I like list. 

    Anyways, as I was saying, the players are…

    BLOODY AWESOME!!!!! 😁

    I hear BBO is very good at “feeding the chooks”.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 2
    • Shocked 1

      On 29/10/2023 at 01:35, WalkingCivilWar said:

    😂 was typing when one of my chooks jumped from outta nowhere onto my lap, spilling coffee over the two of us. I didn’t realise I’d pressed submit.

    The chook in question is Goldie, maybe she wanted to remind me to mention what a great player she is. 😂

    She won’t do that again in a hurry since being bathed is not on the top of her things I like list. 

    Anyways, as I was saying, the players are…

    BLOODY AWESOME!!!!! 😁

    That’s what I’m missing, a chook to blame my typos on!! 

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 3
      On 29/10/2023 at 03:35, Redleg said:

    I hear BBO is very good at “feeding the chooks”.

    cheers for the mental image. 
     

     

    🤮

  • Quote
    •  
      On 29/10/2023 at 03:56, BDA said:

    pies lose so absolutely no doubt the $1m is ours now.

    Yes now official.

  • Quote
    • Clap 1
      On 29/10/2023 at 03:48, WalkingCivilWar said:

    cheers for the mental image. 
     

     

    🤮

    You’re welcome.

    Edited by Redleg

  • Quote
    • Haha 1

      On 29/10/2023 at 04:00, durango said:

    I reckon the men should donate their portion to the women

    About 5-6 k per men player

  • Quote
    • Like 1

      On 29/10/2023 at 03:59, Demonland said:

     

    Oh Andy, you’ve misspelled McClelland. 😭

  • Quote

    More good news for the club. 

    Any journos perusing Demonland for a good news story, please note, winning the McClelland trophy for best men's and women's football program can be added to an impressive list of positives from the last 3 years, a period where we:

    • have won three flags 
    • are even money favorite to win our fourth flag in a few weeks
    • finished top 4 in the men's and women comp every season
    • made finals in every VFL season
    • (In spite of this success) go into the upcoming draft with a brilliant draft hand for any team, let alone a top 4 team 
    • have a united board 
    • a CEO (who had his critics when he came to the dees) doing a top job 
    • have stabilized financially
    • thankfully no longer have to rely on income from pokies 
    • got to 70k plus members (an all time record)
    • continued to strengthen the women's program
    • have been able to keep the women's team together (very much unlike other top teams)
    • are on the way to creating the best, most successful program in AFLW history
    • did a thorough review of our 2022 season and made changes as a result
    • resigned our men's and women's coach 
    • made a series of long term, contract extensions to key players
    • resigned Koz, a terrific message that our club is considered culturally safe by Aboriginal players (reinforced by McAdam nominating the dees) 
    • been leaders in the Aboriginal cultural space - for example the Indigenous jumpers and Narrm initiative that other clubs are now getting on board with (eg renaming their team for Indigenous round)  
    • not unrelated to the above two points, bedded down our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 
    • managed the departure of Jackson in a way that has given us a great draft hand
    • managed the  transition of Burgess to Griffith super well
    • managed the situation with Jonsey not getting a game in the GF super well
    • resigned Melk when we we could have easily said see ya
    • have done a great job connecting with past players and bringing them back into the fold 
    • had an assistant coach win one of the most coveted jobs in footy - the senior coach of the tigers

    Yes, like every other club we have had our share of isolated incidents but by any measure that is a super impressive list of achievements, albeit missing one key thing - a home base. 

    We are in better shape now then at any other point in the 45 plus years i have ardently followed the mighty dees. 

    Go redlegs. 

    Edited by binman

  • Quote
    • Like 23
    • Love 12
    • Clap 7

      On 25/10/2023 at 10:20, Neil Crompton said:

    The average AFL player gets paid over $400K. 

    The average AFLW player gets paid $46K.

    If we won the McLelland Trophy, the $500K player allocation, shared between our 75 men and women players would equate to $6.66K each. This equates to a 14% salary bonus for the ladies, and less than a 2% bonus for the men (hardly chump change for the majority).

    It would therefore be a very nice gesture from the men (except perhaps for the rookies etc) if they donated their share to the ladies. This would equate to about $16k bonus for each lady, which would be significant not only in value but also in terms of how the Club values the ladies and their performance this year.

    Agree would be a significant gesture and recognition of a great team the women have who could go back-to-back. A nice little bonus. 

      On 28/10/2023 at 09:15, London Demon said:

    No question about it. The Melbourne Football Club is the best, most successful club in Australia right now. The media questioning of the club’s  “culture “  is complete [censored]. 

    You don’t have to be Einstein to work out there are indeed culture issues off field. Which is why they are rightly or wrongly questioning it.

      On 29/10/2023 at 05:17, binman said:

    More good news for the club. 

    Any journos perusing Demonland for a good news story, please note, winning the McClelland trophy for best men's and women's football program can be added to an impressive list of positives from the last 3 years, a period where we:

    • have won three flags 
    • are even money favorite to win our fourth flag in a few weeks
    • finished top 4 in the men's and women comp every season
    • made finals in every VFL season
    • (despite this success) go into the upcoming draft with a brilliant draft hand for any team, let alone a top 4 team 
    • have a united board 
    • a CEO (who had his critics when he came to the dees) doing a top job 
    • have stabilized financially
    • thankfully no longer have to rely on income from pokies 
    • got to 70k plus members (an all time record)
    • continued to strengthen the women's program
    • have been able to keep the women's team together (very much unlike other top teams)
    • are on the way to creating the best, most successful program in AFLW history
    • did a thorough review of our 2022 season and made changes as a result
    • resigned our men's and women's coach 
    • made a series of long term, contract extensions to key players
    • resigned Koz, a terrific message that out club is considered culturally safe by Aboriginal players (reinforced by McAdam nominating the dees) 
    • been leaders in the Aboriginal cultural space - for example the Indigenous jumpers and Narrm initiative that other clubs are now getting on board with (eg renaming their team for Indigenous round)  
    • not unrelated to the above two points, bedded down our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 
    • managed the departure of Jackson in a way that means we now have a great draft hand
    • managed the  transition of Burgess to Griffith super well
    • managed the situation with Jonsey not getting a game in the GF super well
    • resigned Melk when we we could have easily said see ya
    • have done a great job connecting with past players and bringing them back into the fold 
    • had an assistant coach win one of the most coveted jobs in footy - tiger's senior coach

    Yes, like every other club we have had our share of isolated incidents but by any measure that is a super impressive list of achievements, albeit missing one key thing - a home base. 

    We are in better shape now that than at any other point in the 45 plus years i have ardently followed the mighty dees. 

    Go redlegs. 

     

    Good list. 
    Where is the club at with our home base? 
    Training base at Casey. Occasionally train at Goschs. Offices in AAMI. Demon Shop at the G. How much work is being done here? And how much progress. 
    A home base with everyone together would strengthen the club. #strongertogether

  • Quote
    • Like 2
      On 29/10/2023 at 05:30, george_on_the_outer said:

    Go North.

    win this and we have home finals guaranteed.

    North are the epitome of a nearly team. can't beat Lions Crows or us.

    they badly need a quality KPF to capitalise on their good work. Shierlaw not good enough. All the other pieces are in place. We were the nearly team a couple of years. Brought in Tayla and it made all the difference. 

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Sad 2
     

    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...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • GAMEDAY: Richmond

      It's Game Day and the Demons return to the MCG to face the Tigers in their annual Blockbuster on ANZAC Eve for the 10th time. The Dees will be desperate to reignite their stuttering 2025 campaign and claim just their second win of the season. Can the Demons dig deep and find that ANZAC Spirit to snatch back to back wins?

      • 2 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Richmond

      A few years ago, the Melbourne Football Club produced a documentary about the decade in which it rose from its dystopic purgatory of regular thrashings to the euphoria of a premiership victory. That entire period could have been compressed in a fast motion version of the 2025 season to date as the Demons went from embarrassing basket case to glorious winner in an unexpected victory over the Dockers last Saturday. They transformed in a single week from a team that put in a pedestrian effort of predictably kicking the ball long down the line into attack that made a very ordinary Bombers outfit look like worldbeaters into a slick, fast moving side with urgency and a willingness to handball and create play with shorter kicks and by changing angles to generate an element of chaos that yielded six goals in each of the opening quarters against Freo. 

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 07

      Round 7 gets underway in iconic fashion with the traditional ANZAC Day blockbuster. The high-flying Magpies will be looking to solidify their spot atop the ladder, while the Bombers are desperate for a win to stay in touch with the top eight. Later that evening, Fremantle will be out to redeem themselves after a disappointing loss to the Demons, facing a hungry Adelaide side with eyes firmly set on breaking into the top four. Saturday serves up a triple-header of footy action. The Lions will be looking to consolidate their Top 2 spot as they head to Marvel Stadium to clash with the Saints. Over in Adelaide, Port Adelaide will be strong favourites at home against a struggling North Melbourne. The day wraps up with a fiery encounter in Canberra, where the Giants and Bulldogs renew their bitter rivalry. Sunday’s schedule kicks off with the Suns aiming to bounce back from their shock defeat to Richmond, taking on the out of form Swans.Then the Blues will be out to claim a major scalp when they battle the Cats at the MCG. The round finishes with a less-than-thrilling affair between Hawthorn and West Coast at Marvel. Who are you tipping and what are the best results for the Demons?

      • 3 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Fremantle

      For this year’s Easter Saturday game at the MCG, Simon Goodwin and his Demons wound the clock back a few years to wipe out the horrible memories of last season’s twin thrashings at the hands of the Dockers. And it was about time! Melbourne’s indomitable skipper Max Gawn put in a mammoth performance in shutting out his immediate opponent Sean Darcy in the ruck and around the ground and was a colossus at the end when the game was there to be won or lost. It was won by 16.11.107 to 14.13.97. There was the battery-charged Easter Bunny in Kysaiah Pickett running anyone wearing purple ragged, whether at midfield stoppages or around the big sticks. He finish with a five goal haul.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: UWS Giants

      The Casey Demons took on an undefeated UWS Giants outfit at their own home ground on a beautiful autumn day but found themselves completely out of their depth going down by 53 points against a well-drilled and fair superior combination. Despite having 15 AFL listed players at their disposal - far more than in their earlier matches this season - the Demons were never really in the game and suffered their second defeat in a row after their bright start to the season when they drew with the Kangaroos, beat the Suns and matched the Cats for most of the day on their own dung heap at Corio Bay. The Giants were a different proposition altogether. They had a very slight wind advantage in the opening quarter but were too quick off the mark for the Demons, tearing the game apart by the half way mark of the term when they kicked the first five goals with clean and direct football.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Richmond

      The Dees are back at the MCG on Thursday for the annual blockbuster ANZAC Eve game against the Tigers. Can the Demons win back to back games for the first time since Rounds 17 & 18 last season? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 262 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All