56 minutes ago, Gate 5 said:

WCW, can you advise why the banner is never turned both ways so people in the Southern stand can see the message.

 

We’d love to be able to do this (a “showing”) every week but for various reasons we can’t. Sometimes it’s because we haven’t enough time. We follow a strict timeline out in the middle; every single minute is accounted for. This is usually the reason at away games.

The elements also dictate whether we can do a showing. If it’s raining or windy it’s a no-go. (Say what you want about Marvel, but it’s banner crew’s best friend 😁).

We did one on Friday night. This is only the second time we’ve been able to do it this season. Two in 12 rounds is about what’s to be expected given the above reasons.

 

Edited June 6, 20232 yr by WalkingCivilWar
Realised there’s been 12 rounds, not 11. My how time flies!

Round 13 banner, front…

PROUD TO WEAR

THESE BEANIES FOR YOU 

LET’S FIGHTMND 

& PAINT THE TOWN BLUE

Round 13 banner, back…

ZURICH INSURANCE 

PROUDLY SUPPORTING 

FIGHTMND’S BIG FREEZE 

❤️💙

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLrU6Jxk/

I remember in the good-old, bad-old days we had Melbourne - Masters of the MCG and Melbourne Greatest Ever Exponents of Perfection Football displayed across the northern and southern stands in perpetuity. There was a third one l have forgotten.

1 hour ago, bush demon said:

I remember in the good-old, bad-old days we had Melbourne - Masters of the MCG and Melbourne Greatest Ever Exponents of Perfection Football displayed across the northern and southern stands in perpetuity. There was a third one l have forgotten.

A friend of mine who is now on the committee of Coterie was in the cheer squad in the 60s and 70s, he said he has one of those large banners at his house, and he said it went half way around the old southern stand.  I'd love to see it!

10 hours ago, bush demon said:

I remember in the good-old, bad-old days we had Melbourne - Masters of the MCG and Melbourne Greatest Ever Exponents of Perfection Football displayed across the northern and southern stands in perpetuity. There was a third one l have forgotten.

I recall the first one BD.

The second.... see below

Don't recall the third.

8 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

A friend of mine who is now on the committee of Coterie was in the cheer squad in the 60s and 70s, he said he has one of those large banners at his house, and he said it went half way around the old southern stand.  I'd love to see it!

I remember a very long one that always amazed me how they could make a banner with that many words but didnt recall the words.  I suspect the one you are referring to is the second mentioned by BD here.

I always recall at Richmond home games they would have their own running.  The one i recall was at the Punt Road end.  Can't recall if it was along the boundary or along the edge of the 1st tier.

After checking with my older bro, Crusty Demon who's been following since about 65, he stated the following...

..."Masters of the MCG was a famous one I remember very well.  It was always placed on the boundary fence on the northern wing in the early 70s.

I don't remember the other one though.

I do remember a cheer squad banner at Vic Park in the mid seventies that actually said   '[censored] on Crappy Collingwog'   😂 True!  "  .....

Edited June 19, 20232 yr by Demon Dynasty

10 hours ago, bush demon said:

I remember in the good-old, bad-old days we had Melbourne - Masters of the MCG and Melbourne Greatest Ever Exponents of Perfection Football displayed across the northern and southern stands in perpetuity. There was a third one l have forgotten.

Was involved in making them.

9 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

A friend of mine who is now on the committee of Coterie was in the cheer squad in the 60s and 70s, he said he has one of those large banners at his house, and he said it went half way around the old southern stand.  I'd love to see it!

Was involved in those as well. Try lugging a very wet 50my long banner home on the train.

 

Round 15 banner, front and back…

AIMING FOR A HIT & RUN

GET IN, GRAB THE POINTS 

& GET THE JOB DONE

 

 BATTLING A NEW CONTENDER 

DON’T BACK DOWN

DON’T SURRENDER 

Round 16 banner…

Huge effort to pull that together by the DA given the late notice on Harmes and the travel.

Round 17 banner, front & back…

CHRISTIAN SALEM 150 GAMES 

TO THE MASTER OF PRECISION 

 

A WIN TONIGHT WE’RE BACK ON TRACK

AIM FOR THE TOP AND NEVER LOOK BACK

Jake Melksham 100+1 MFC games this week on the banner?

Apparently it was his 100th game against St. Kilda.

But we all forgot! 😔

 

1 hour ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Jake Melksham 100+1 MFC games this week on the banner?

Apparently it was his 100th game against St. Kilda.

But we all forgot! 😔

 

That was Jake’s 214th game in total, his 100th as a Demon.

We don’t acknowledge a player’s Melbourne-only games tally. We acknowledge their total AFL games, which we did for his 200th last year.

Besides, we’d never forget a milestone. 🙂

15 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

That was Jake’s 214th game in total, his 100th as a Demon.

We don’t acknowledge a player’s Melbourne-only games tally. We acknowledge their total AFL games, which we did for his 200th last year.

Besides, we’d never forget a milestone. 🙂

All good. 😎👍🏻

I greatly appreciate the explanation.

I wasn't familiar with the process of acknowledging milestone games.

 

Round 18 banner, front & back…

# RUN YOUR WAY
SHOP NEW BALANCE NOW WWW.NEWBALANCE.COM.AU

 

JOHN STANAWAY 500 GAMES

67K+ MEMBERS

A NEW RECORD SET

BUT WE’RE NOT DONE YET!

Edited July 16, 20232 yr by WalkingCivilWar

Round 19…

 

ED LANGDON 150 GAMES

LORD OF THE WING

ELITE AND UNTIRING

 

YoPRO 

FUELLING THE DEES THIS SEASON 

Thanks WCW fantastic banner and Ed played a ripping game on his 150th.!!!

On 7/28/2023 at 7:15 AM, WalkingCivilWar said:

Round 19…

ED LANGDON 150 GAMES

ELITE AND UNTIRING

Is @joeboy writing our banner copy? 

46 minutes ago, Skuit said:

Is @joeboy writing our banner copy? 

LOL. Sounds like it, right?! Except… No. I love Joeboy but he’s a little harsh for mine. 

8 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

LOL. Sounds like it, right?! Except… No. I love Joeboy but he’s a little harsh for mine. 

I shave😜

Edited July 29, 20232 yr by joeboy

Nice pic @WalkingCivilWar!

Round 20…

 

A WIN TODAY CEMENTS TOP FOUR

SUCCESS SUITS US

WE WANT MORE

 

MELBOURNE DEMONS:

STARTING OUR CLIMB

AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME

❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

20 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Nice pic @WalkingCivilWar!

Yes it is a great pic. But I prefer Demonland’s photo of the week, and not just because I’m in it, except totally coz I’m in it. 😁

You can’t see me but I’m holding up the #41 jumper pic. I thought I was holding it up showing the other side which is #37, but it’s not upside-down so for me it’s a win. I don’t do giant heads anymore because it’s not a good look for them to be upside-down. 🤭

 

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Yes it is a great pic. But I prefer Demonland’s photo of the week, and not just because I’m in it, except totally coz I’m in it. 😁

You can’t see me but I’m holding up the #41 jumper pic. I thought I was holding it up showing the other side which is #37, but it’s not upside-down so for me it’s a win. I don’t do giant heads anymore because it’s not a good look for them to be upside-down. 🤭

 

Who are the most sought for players when it comes to holding their Giant heads?