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Check out the Club's website: not one, not two, not three; four separate 'On The Radios'.

They can't get enough of us now 😊

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    59 minutes ago, cookieboc said:

    Windsor will be on one of the footy shows on Foxtel tonight or tomorrow night too

    Yeah tonight on 360. Each Tuesday night they have a chat to the rising star nom of that round.

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    I am both a dinosaur and somewhat lazy. Loved having access to a thread that collates radio commentary / interviews dealing with Melbourne.

    Thanks👍

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    On the Couch last noted I think by Buckley and brown noted last weeks Cats game was Goodwin's finest coaching effort strategically.

    Lyon also noted there's no discussion now on Demons culture (thanks Doggies, MRO and other newsmakers) but was bemused that "...some..." media scribes still have an issue for "...unknown reasons..."

    Fantastic exposure opportuniy this week for the team.  And those 5 players with less than 10 games. Great grounding for finals-like atmosphere.

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    4 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Check out the Club's website: not one, not two, not three; four separate 'On The Radios'.

    They can't get enough of us now 😊

     

    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Windsor on the radio today.

     

    Thanks gents that,was a great listen. 

    Great to hear some thoughts from the other side!

    T-Mac's a very humble straight shooter.  Love his insight into recovery and where Petty was coming from with his recovery.

    Young Leb is a beauty also.  Two contrasting views from the respective ends of the career journey.  The Neitz academy sounds like it's really gelling with the young rookies.  Kudos to Choco (again!).

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    2 hours ago, RedLegs23 said:

    Yeah tonight on 360. Each Tuesday night they have a chat to the rising star nom of that round.

    Tried watching 360 Monday night but when that bald Muppet opens his mouth it's to hard to listen too have to turn it over.

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    24 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

    Tried watching 360 Monday night but when that bald Muppet opens his mouth it's to hard to listen too have to turn it over.

    I find his partner the fat one even worse!

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    1 hour ago, Demon17 said:

    On the Couch last noted I think by Buckley and brown noted last weeks Cats game was Goodwin's finest coaching effort strategically.

    Lyon also noted there's no discussion now on Demons culture (thanks Doggies, MRO and other newsmakers) but was bemused that "...some..." media scribes still have an issue for "...unknown reasons..."

    Fantastic exposure opportuniy this week for the team.  And those 5 players with less than 10 games. Great grounding for finals-like atmosphere.

    Yeah I picked up on that too, which does at least confirm it’s not just the collective DL bias. The anti Melbourne sentiment in the media is real. 

    Would be good to plant this seed across multiple platforms to see it gets traction and maybe some clarity.

    I mean we have the best record in the last 4 years and yet we are only remembered by the straight sets and the other stuff we cannot mention. 
     

    And yet other clubs seem to get a free pass. The Cats were the PF chokers only just a few years ago, Pies/ Doggies / Dons and drugs were synonymous and yet it’s ok. Of course every team is vulnerable when losing, but we are 6-2.

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    6 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    Correlation does not establish causation, and yet...

    Credit where it's due - the clubs media game has improved out of sight.

    Just watched the mcqualter video.

    Brilliant - mana from heaven for footy nuffies like me.

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    2 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Yeah I picked up on that too, which does at least confirm it’s not just the collective DL bias. The anti Melbourne sentiment in the media is real. 

     

    You can track it all back to when Melbourne was the envy of the league in the 60s. Working class supporters in Collingwood, Richmond, in the West, South East etc used to despise the "toffs" of Melbourne. Some in the media would have been brought up to have a lingering bitterness aimed at Melbourne. Where Collingwood and Carlton supporters genuinely hate each other and have a genuine rivalry, Melbourne is hated by those same supporters purely in a historically class-divided sense. It's a sort of "eat the rich" narrative. It's less directed at the club itself and more at what the club symbolises which traditionally has been the, shall we say, more fortuate suppoer demographics.

    Love or hate him it's very important we have the likes of Gary Lyon to flex for us. 

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