1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I seem to recall when this issue was in the media last year, no-one wanted to own the decision as to who decided that music was a good idea. I think the AFL said it was the Ground Manager (ie, the MCC) and the Ground Manager said they had outsourced the match day ground management to an outside company. In short, no-one likes it and no-one wanted to own up to authorising it.  Nothing's changed - it's still a lousy idea. 

As an aside, the AFL has allowed breaks between goals to extend from 30 seconds to about 40-45 seconds, presumably to satisfy Channel 7 so it can run ads and replays of the goal. I wouldn't mind bringing the break back to 30 seconds. After all, everyone seems to be saying that games go too long and if a game has, say, 27 goals, that's an additional 6.75 minutes tacked on for no good reason. 

LDC you are suggesting the impossible. The only change to the time between goals and the restart will see it lengthen.  The broadcast media runs the game now. The AFL gave up the pretense that they run the game some years ago. What the media wants they get with every new broadcast agreement they give more money for more control. 

2 hours ago, old dee said:

I beg to differ we are the Demons our nick name is the Dees.

 

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

We are Melbourne.  Our nickname is The Demons.

 

1 hour ago, hemingway said:

Yes we are but the Dees has become common usage on the street. 

 

3 minutes ago, old dee said:

Correct Ernest.  It's a Nick name. The Demons is our emblem. 

I can't quite understand what's being debated here. We are the Melbourne Football Club, also known as the Demons and the Dees, just like Collingwood are the Magpies and the Pies, Essendon are the Bombers and the Dons and St Kilda are irrelevant. 

1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

 

 

 

I can't quite understand what's being debated here. We are the Melbourne Football Club, also known as the Demons and the Dees, just like Collingwood are the Magpies and the Pies, Essendon are the Bombers and the Dons and St Kilda are irrelevant. 

Totally agree, the decision is wether or not the Demons is a "Nick name" or not.

14 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I can't quite understand what's being debated here. We are the Melbourne Football Club, also known as the Demons and the Dees, just like Collingwood are the Magpies and the Pies, Essendon are the Bombers and the Dons and St Kilda are irrelevant. 

Pure gold! 🤣🤣🤣

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by AzzKikA

On 3/3/2023 at 1:14 AM, John Demonic said:

Can we do away with that hells Bells pre grand old flag song while we're at it? Doesn't fit the vibe at all and the transition into our song sounds jarring. And in that moment i miss the 90s 😂

Seems more like the entrance music for the Undertaker wrestler

Sorry (To Jonesy I guess?)

Can’t imagine there’d be many songs that do transition smoothly into our song. 

1 hour ago, Winners at last said:

True fact ... When I see someone wearing a Demons cap or other garment (not at the footy) I usually say "go Dees" rather than "morning", "g'day" etc to that person. It is invariably met with a good response. 

I try to say Demons more just to level it up a bit lately.

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by layzie

All wrong! It's the Mighty Deees!

 

 

And I hate the music.

 

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by ManDee

Nothing will change mine or anyone else's mind on this.

21 minutes ago, layzie said:

Nothing will change mine or anyone else's mind on this.

How about we conduct a poll on our favourite website, Deeland?

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

How about we conduct a poll on our favourite website, Deeland?

I don't see the harm in that. Or should I say, I don't Dee the harm in that.

On 3/6/2023 at 3:21 PM, hemingway said:

Yes we are but the Dees has become common usage on the street. 

i say bring back the redlegs......and keep demons and dees as well

Having thought about it some more, there is a piece of music composed by John Cage called 4' 33'' which would be ideal to play after every goal.

On 3/3/2023 at 1:14 AM, John Demonic said:

Can we do away with that hells Bells pre grand old flag song while we're at it? Doesn't fit the vibe at all and the transition into our song sounds jarring. And in that moment i miss the 90s 😂

Seems more like the entrance music for the Undertaker wrestler

Sorry (To Jonesy I guess?)

That's a great idea we should have Undertaker's theme!

6 hours ago, daisycutter said:

i say bring back the redlegs......and keep demons and dees as well

Maybe, but the fuchsias would be going too far back in history   

I'm surprised the AFL doesn't play a SportsBet ad after every goal

I’m not going to buck the trend here. I absolutely loathe the songs after goals. But I’ll go a step further and say that I believe they’re actually a serious problem. 

During the prelim last year, one thing I found bewildering was how quiet the Demons fans were throughout the match. I was firmly of the opinion that the PA-spew after each goal was sapping the onus out of the supporters to make the required noise, which gives the players that extra charge. Once all the music/SFX malarkey died down, it just left a strangely muted crowd who’s literal thunder had been stolen. From a purely-tactical position, it’s a disadvantage, and a f****ng annoying one at that. 
 

While on the topic, the club has persisted using the intro to “Enter Sandman” while they players are warming up. It just plays on a loop. Bit lame, but whatever, it’s fine. Except the freakin’ loop sounds like it was cut by somebody who works in the marketing department. Every eight bars it just jarringly-lurches back to the start again on the completely-wrong beat. 

It does my head in. @WalkingCivilWarYou might have the connections to get this message through, but I’ll happily provide the club with a better version of this if they want it. Nobody will probably care but me, but it’ll be a massive personal victory. 

3 hours ago, layzie said:

That's a great idea we should have Undertaker's theme!

Okay, I've crunched the numbers. 99.9% of followers detest the music after a goal. The only vote in favour was the mother of the bloke that pushes the play button.

So why in hell does the AFL persist? It just doesn't make sense.

32 minutes ago, Bystander said:

Okay, I've crunched the numbers. 99.9% of followers detest the music after a goal. The only vote in favour was the mother of the bloke that pushes the play button.

So why in hell does the AFL persist? It just doesn't make sense.

Because they do it in the USA so therefore it must be right.

On 3/3/2023 at 6:12 PM, Demonstone said:

Is the bugler available for a comeback?

Loved that guy particularly when he started 2 minutes before the final whistle!!!!

Now that's adding to the spectator experience

The only time the AFL will listen to the fans is when fans actually stop going to the footy because of all this stuff. We can complain all we want about music, umps, MRO but it's fruitless. Whilst people flock to games and produce cash this isn't stopping anytime soon. You want to be heard, don't go or don't pay up...hit them where it hurts. We know people won't stop going though.

1 hour ago, Bystander said:

Okay, I've crunched the numbers. 99.9% of followers detest the music after a goal. The only vote in favour was the mother of the bloke that pushes the play button.

So why in hell does the AFL persist? It just doesn't make sense.

You have just answered your own question.  So many thing they do just don’t make sense ( but they do make dollars ). 

2 hours ago, Bystander said:

Okay, I've crunched the numbers. 99.9% of followers detest the music after a goal. The only vote in favour was the mother of the bloke that pushes the play button.

So why in hell does the AFL persist? It just doesn't make sense.

Well at least she's proud.

11 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

I’m not going to buck the trend here. I absolutely loathe the songs after goals. But I’ll go a step further and say that I believe they’re actually a serious problem. 

During the prelim last year, one thing I found bewildering was how quiet the Demons fans were throughout the match. I was firmly of the opinion that the PA-spew after each goal was sapping the onus out of the supporters to make the required noise, which gives the players that extra charge. Once all the music/SFX malarkey died down, it just left a strangely muted crowd who’s literal thunder had been stolen. From a purely-tactical position, it’s a disadvantage, and a f****ng annoying one at that. 
 

While on the topic, the club has persisted using the intro to “Enter Sandman” while they players are warming up. It just plays on a loop. Bit lame, but whatever, it’s fine. Except the freakin’ loop sounds like it was cut by somebody who works in the marketing department. Every eight bars it just jarringly-lurches back to the start again on the completely-wrong beat. 

It does my head in. @WalkingCivilWarYou might have the connections to get this message through, but I’ll happily provide the club with a better version of this if they want it. Nobody will probably care but me, but it’ll be a massive personal victory. 

I can and certainly will bring it up with our awesome triumvirate. Not sure anything will be achieved, but it’s definitely worth the effort to pursue it. 
 

11 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

It just plays on a loop. Bit lame, but whatever, it’s fine. Except the freakin’ loop sounds like it was cut by somebody who works in the marketing department. Every eight bars it just jarringly-lurches back to the start again on the completely-wrong beat. 

This! As someone who is an audiophile this does my head in.