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The Melbourne Football Club has designated December 5 as the most likely date for its celebration of the 2021 Premiership at our Home and The Home of Football - the MCG.ย 

Melbourne chief executive Gary Pert announced:ย 

"This event is incredibly important to us, as it is the first chance our players, coaches and the wider club will have to thank our supporters for their amazing support and loyalty."

The Grand Final team and the remainder of the playing list, coach Simon Goodwin, the coaches and football staff and the premiership cup will all be there but what would you like to see on the day?

I would like to see some structure on the day rather than people randomly walking around the hallowed arena for hours. A specific event with a program including vision of season highlights, presentation of the players, speeches (but kept to a limit), special presentations to retiring players - especially Nathan Jones and Neville Jetta and tributes to Demon greats who passed away and missed our first premiership in 57 years.ย 

I have also suggested elsewhere that thought could be given to combining the evening with the club best and fairest presentation which is usually held indoors on an evening at the Crown Casino with a lavish dinner. However, itโ€™s a night thatโ€™s limited in numbers and given Covid-19 restraints, itโ€™s likely that a much smaller number of attendees would be admitted. And of course, children usually miss out on the best and fairest because it goes on well into the night. A video package could be put together and shown on the MCG screens with highlights of every game and the votes in say four quarters each of 10 minutes to keep us football starved fans entertained before presentation of the Bluey to the winner.ย 

And because footyโ€™s a team game, that event could be followed by the presentation of our heroes - the 2021 AFL premiers and end with a welcome to the new members of our list including Luke Dunstan and the recently selected draftees to celebrate going forward into the future and our quest for next yearโ€™s premiership to be played at The Home of Football - the MCG.ย 

Note: in true football tradition, Iโ€™m taking things one premiership celebration at a time.๐Ÿ˜€

Over to you โ€ฆ

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They should do all of that. Really hoping I can get a ticket.

 
1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

"This event is incredibly important to us, as it is the first chance our players, coaches and the wider club will have to thank our supporters for their amazing support and loyalty."

THEY want to thank US!

Is there no end to the awesomeness that is the MFC?!

โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ†โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

Yep something like this sounds puuurty good.

But you left out a few of the most critical things...like...

๐Ÿ‘‰ Free marathon spring rolls

๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot jam donuts

๐Ÿ‘‰ Frothies on tap

๐Ÿ‘‰ Pie boys/girls wandering about

๐Ÿ‘‰ "Drinks, chocolates, lollies and potatoe chip" vendors;

๐Ÿ‘‰ A Coffee truck

๐Ÿ‘‰ Dairy Bell ice cream vendor selling their mini bells; and

๐Ÿ‘‰ Last but not least the peanut man... "peanuts.... get your peanuts!"


That is a great idea 40k or so watching the best B&F at the G that would be something special and a first for a club to do that.

Lots to plan for this event let alone the schedule .

what time will it start and finish?

may take some time to enter the G with the phone app. ย 

Will there be a stage on the non robbie flower wing and have 30 k ย sitting in the GSS ? ย Better for covid control if there are crowd limits .

Or will they put a stage in front the city goals end and let the crowd on the ground ย like all previous sunday mornings post grand finals . less covid control friendlyย 

Alot of us would want us to have a photo taken with cup , not the day , think there is a cup tour planned for that.

The usual sign the โ€ฆ with player x unlikely too , keep the players away from the masses ,too risky

for the day , play highlights of season ย while ppl wait for the day ย to start, a band ?ย 
present the team etc , tributes to nathan ย neale ย etc plus to players who passed to early. Not sure how long these days go for 3 hours plus . Connecting with bluey may be one bridge too farย 

Good luck Garry on the planning for this.

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P.S. ...

can we also get a few old boys up?

For starters Brian Dixon & Alan Johnson who were front and square in the fight to save the club during 96!!

Guest appearance from Ron at some point would be awesome as well.

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21 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Yep something like this sounds puuurty good.

But you left out a few of the most critical things...like...

๐Ÿ‘‰ Free marathon spring rolls

๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot jam donuts

๐Ÿ‘‰ Frothies on tap

๐Ÿ‘‰ Pie boys/girls wandering about

๐Ÿ‘‰ "Drinks, chocolates, lollies and potatoe chip" vendors;

๐Ÿ‘‰ A Coffee truck

๐Ÿ‘‰ Dairy Bell ice cream vendor selling their mini bells; and

๐Ÿ‘‰ Last but not least the peanut man... "peanuts.... get your peanuts!"

Maybe someone selling those premiers records...."get your records here"

33 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

P.S. ...

can we also get a few old boys up?

For starters Brian Dixon & Alan Johnson who were front and square in the fight to save the club during 96!!

Guest appearance from Ron at some point would be awesome as well.

Why?

They've had their time of recognition. This is about celebrating the present crop. Leave it at that.

Get Ron Barrassi to say a couple of words and even maybe Neale Daniher pending health.

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Edited by The Riv


Crowd numbers and restrictions esp distancing will still apply so some structuring in crowd flow will be needed so every supporter can enjoy the close involvement to personally thank the coach and players. Also to get memorabilia signed by players.

all the videos and the count can be streamed to locations around the city where smaller groups can congregate and celebrate after that contact.

MFC can sell this to the hospitality industry as an economic initiative to support that industry, partnerships with many restaurants and pubs in the city will lead to enhanced exposure and respect and maybe increase membership. We can also perhaps get deals for country supporters to stay in town and have reasonably priced meals etc

We have waited years for this celebration let's not waste it on one day and let's ensure we can involve all our members not just those who can afford the high priced events.

If we have capacity issues due to Covid, social distancing issues or every single Melbourne supporter knowing the result we might need to consider large screens in the carpark.

I hope there are no crowd restrictions and we turn the G into a sea of red and blue.

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2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

But of course no celebration is complete without.....

"Peanuts...Shilling a bag"

Shilling!! you might have to explain that to the younger folk.......lol

1 minute ago, demon3165 said:

Shilling!! you might have to explain that to the younger folk.......lol

yeah I edited the post.

The "Shilling a bag"man was a legend. He wasn't an "authorised vendor" but somehow he always got in.

5 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Yep something like this sounds puuurty good.

But you left out a few of the most critical things...like...

๐Ÿ‘‰ Free marathon spring rolls

๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot jam donuts

๐Ÿ‘‰ Frothies on tap

๐Ÿ‘‰ Pie boys/girls wandering about

๐Ÿ‘‰ "Drinks, chocolates, lollies and potatoe chip" vendors;

๐Ÿ‘‰ A Coffee truck

๐Ÿ‘‰ Dairy Bell ice cream vendor selling their mini bells; and

๐Ÿ‘‰ Last but not least the peanut man... "peanuts.... get your peanuts!"

You hungry DD?

2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Happy 5 week anniversary.ย 

Only 329 sleeps until our next flag!!!!!


Not quite 'Saturday morning': Yesterday - too late to post then about it before the power went out and my internet access with it - I had, for the first time since '25/9', a flash of the pleasant feeling of Friday expectation of footy. Then I snapped back to October.

Had it been real, we'd certainly have been on the teev. And I think it means I'm ready for 2022!

Though I'm not letting go of 2021ย justย yet...

8 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Yep something like this sounds puuurty good.

But you left out a few of the most critical things...like...

๐Ÿ‘‰ Free marathon spring rolls

๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot jam donuts

๐Ÿ‘‰ Frothies on tap

๐Ÿ‘‰ Pie boys/girls wandering about

๐Ÿ‘‰ "Drinks, chocolates, lollies and potatoe chip" vendors;

๐Ÿ‘‰ A Coffee truck

๐Ÿ‘‰ Dairy Bell ice cream vendor selling their mini bells; and

๐Ÿ‘‰ Last but not least the peanut man... "peanuts.... get your peanuts!"

And a few "Hot Demons... Cold Pies..." thrown in ๐Ÿ‘น

7 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

And a few "Hot Demons... Cold Pies..." thrown in ๐Ÿ‘น

This reminds me of a banner the Dogs had at a home game vs Collingwood. It was like a menu. It said, โ€œHot Dogs, Cold Pies and Lukewarm Beveridges.โ€ย 

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On 10/30/2021 at 9:31 AM, The Riv said:

Why?

They've had their time of recognition. This is about celebrating the present crop. Leave it at that.

Get Ron Barrassi to say a couple of words and even maybe Neale Daniher pending health.

ย 

Not for that effort they haven'tย 

20 hours ago, faultydet said:

You hungry DD?

My kids call me Fat Daddy but that's a load of bullocks!


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