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Demonland, as usual, is abuzz with Let's sack the Happapotamus, cos he can eat the lot of us.

Goody's no good, Lever the same, Oliver should have been traded, all the coaches are goons, and the recruiting dude who selected Fullarton, Sache and Billings and Turner should be banished to Corsica.

In the meantime, I am totally perplexed by Season 2024. Sydney, at one stage unbeatable, has lost 4 in a row. Brisbane, early in the season a misser rather than a hitter is booming again, Carlton was Ace, bin trumped a few times since, the E Colli Wobblers, thank de Lord, are paddling upstream in a creek we can't mention because we are such a polite bunch of Demonlanders, the Bombers were nuking everyone in sight, have turned into Zeppelins, and the Cattery is twixt being neutered and prowling for prey. GWS looked tres ordinaire at times, and how often was Hinkley gonna be Koched this year? Yes, I know, Freemantle look the goods at the moment, but how many games have they won at the MCG? And how many times earlier - in fact, not that long ago - were Beveridge and the Bulldogs a 'basket case'?

In the meantime, the once mighty Demons, coached by a certain Mister Goodwin, one flag to his name, was hit at the bginning of 2024 with being two players down - good players at that, neither able to be even made up for numerically, an Oliver besieged by fitness and other issues before the season began - a season in which that same player can be seen visibly aiming high again, but below his best for reasons to do with fitness and general midfield issues, and a season in which Petty, Brown, Melksham, Hunter, Petracca, Gawn, May, Lever, Spargo, have all missed through injury, many for the best part of the year. Yes, we don't have a back-up Rucker sack because the Grundy experiment failed, and that was, of course, all the fault of the Hierarchy because they were not clairvoyants...

In the meantime, the AFl has been exposed as a farcical joke in its week-to-week defence of Tribunal and Umpiring atrocities, and the simple question that the AFL is not and never has been an even playing field, is in the eyes and brain capacity of many Demonland Naysayers and mythical Dragon Slayers the fault of Goody and everyone else associated with the Melbourne Footy Club.

I rest my cases

 

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    24 minutes ago, Monbon said:

    Demonland, as usual, is abuzz with Let's sack the Happapotamus, cos he can eat the lot of us.

    Goody's no good, Lever the same, Oliver should have been traded, all the coaches are goons, and the recruiting dude who selected Fullarton, Sache and Billings and Turner should be banished to Corsica.

    In the meantime, I am totally perplexed by Season 2024. Sydney, at one stage unbeatable, has lost 4 in a row. Brisbane, early in the season a misser rather than a hitter is booming again, Carlton was Ace, bin trumped a few times since, the E Colli Wobblers, thank de Lord, are paddling upstream in a creek we can't mention because we are such a polite bunch of Demonlanders, the Bombers were nuking everyone in sight, have turned into Zeppelins, and the Cattery is twixt being neutered and prowling for prey. GWS looked tres ordinaire at times, and how often was Hinkley gonna be Koched this year? Yes, I know, Freemantle look the goods at the moment, but how many games have they won at the MCG?

    In the meantime, the once mighty Demons, coached by a certain Mister Goodwin, one flag to his name, was hit at the bginning of 2024 with being two players down - good players at that, neither able to be even made up for numerically, an Oliver besieged by fitness and other issues before the season began - a season in which that same player can be seen visibly aiming high again, but below his best for reasons to do with fitness and general midfield issues, and a season in which Petty, Brown, Melksham, Hunter, Petracca, Gawn, May, Lever, Spargo, have all missed through injury, many for the best part of the year. Yes, we don't have a back-up Rucker sack because the Grundy experiment failed, and that was, of course, all the fault of the Hierarchy because they were not clairvoyants...

    In the meantime, the AFl has been exposed as a farcical joke in its week-to-week defence of Tribunal and Umpiring atrocities, and the simple question that the AFL is not and never has been an even playing field, is in the eyes and brain capacity of many Demonland Naysayers and mythical Dragon Slayers the fault of Goody and everyone else associated with the Melbourne Footy Club.

    I rest my cases

     

    This is a great post

     

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    33 minutes ago, Monbon said:

    Demonland, as usual, is abuzz with Let's sack the Happapotamus, cos he can eat the lot of us.

    Goody's no good, Lever the same, Oliver should have been traded, all the coaches are goons, and the recruiting dude who selected Fullarton, Sache and Billings and Turner should be banished to Corsica.

    In the meantime, I am totally perplexed by Season 2024. Sydney, at one stage unbeatable, has lost 4 in a row. Brisbane, early in the season a misser rather than a hitter is booming again, Carlton was Ace, bin trumped a few times since, the E Colli Wobblers, thank de Lord, are paddling upstream in a creek we can't mention because we are such a polite bunch of Demonlanders, the Bombers were nuking everyone in sight, have turned into Zeppelins, and the Cattery is twixt being neutered and prowling for prey. GWS looked tres ordinaire at times, and how often was Hinkley gonna be Koched this year? Yes, I know, Freemantle look the goods at the moment, but how many games have they won at the MCG?

    In the meantime, the once mighty Demons, coached by a certain Mister Goodwin, one flag to his name, was hit at the bginning of 2024 with being two players down - good players at that, neither able to be even made up for numerically, an Oliver besieged by fitness and other issues before the season began - a season in which that same player can be seen visibly aiming high again, but below his best for reasons to do with fitness and general midfield issues, and a season in which Petty, Brown, Melksham, Hunter, Petracca, Gawn, May, Lever, Spargo, have all missed through injury, many for the best part of the year. Yes, we don't have a back-up Rucker sack because the Grundy experiment failed, and that was, of course, all the fault of the Hierarchy because they were not clairvoyants...

    In the meantime, the AFl has been exposed as a farcical joke in its week-to-week defence of Tribunal and Umpiring atrocities, and the simple question that the AFL is not and never has been an even playing field, is in the eyes and brain capacity of many Demonland Naysayers and mythical Dragon Slayers the fault of Goody and everyone else associated with the Melbourne Footy Club.

    I rest my cases

     

    If our Trading in of players over the last 4 years hadn’t been so woefully bad, we would still be challenging, regardless of what you have said, which is all true 

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    8 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    If our Trading in of players over the last 4 years hadn’t been so woefully bad, we would still be challenging, regardless of what you have said, which is all true 

    Then again, there have been lottsa goodies - to coin a phrase - as well: McVee, Tholtsrup, Jefferson, Van R, Windsor, Bowey, as well. Babies need to survive bathwater dumps: yep, Schache, Macadam, Billings were gambles, but we're not Robinson Crusoes re recruiting botcha motcha's 

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    34 minutes ago, Monbon said:

    Then again, there have been lottsa goodies - to coin a phrase - as well: McVee, Tholtsrup, Jefferson, Van R, Windsor, Bowey, as well. Babies need to survive bathwater dumps: yep, Schache, Macadam, Billings were gambles, but we're not Robinson Crusoes re recruiting botcha motcha's 

    You are talking Drafting, which has been great. 
    Trading Ready made Senior Players has been utterly awful, they are all playing average games at Casey 

    Other Clubs trade really well, we haven’t for 4 years, and it has killed the season 

    Gambles don’t cut it, we need to target specific players, other Clubs do it 

     

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    Bizarre to think that of every team in the eight, there are only three established coaches (Scott, Fagan and Longmire) who haven't been seriously under the sacking microscope in recent years. Even they have had their brushes with ignominy, with Scott clearly squandering a dynasty, Fagan repeatedly failing in finals, and Longmire successfully navigating the politics of a tank...erm... I mean... a really very difficult two-year period in between qualifying final appearances.

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    1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    If our Trading in of players over the last 4 years hadn’t been so woefully bad, we would still be challenging, regardless of what you have said, which is all true 

    Yes, we know.

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    3 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

    Bizarre to think that of every team in the eight, there are only three established coaches (Scott, Fagan and Longmire) who haven't been seriously under the sacking microscope in recent years. Even they have had their brushes with ignominy, with Scott clearly squandering a dynasty, Fagan repeatedly failing in finals, and Longmire successfully navigating the politics of a tank...erm... I mean... a really very difficult two-year period in between qualifying final appearances.

    Fagan might be if he continues to fail in September. His list is ageing, specially in the fwd and backline.

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    2 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

    Yes, we know.

    Yes I know, so all the other points are interesting but not really relevant. 
    The Club has done this to itself…

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    5 hours ago, Monbon said:

    Demonland, as usual, is abuzz with Let's sack the Happapotamus, cos he can eat the lot of us.

    Goody's no good, Lever the same, Oliver should have been traded, all the coaches are goons, and the recruiting dude who selected Fullarton, Sache and Billings and Turner should be banished to Corsica.

    In the meantime, I am totally perplexed by Season 2024. Sydney, at one stage unbeatable, has lost 4 in a row. Brisbane, early in the season a misser rather than a hitter is booming again, Carlton was Ace, bin trumped a few times since, the E Colli Wobblers, thank de Lord, are paddling upstream in a creek we can't mention because we are such a polite bunch of Demonlanders, the Bombers were nuking everyone in sight, have turned into Zeppelins, and the Cattery is twixt being neutered and prowling for prey. GWS looked tres ordinaire at times, and how often was Hinkley gonna be Koched this year? Yes, I know, Freemantle look the goods at the moment, but how many games have they won at the MCG? And how many times earlier - in fact, not that long ago - were Beveridge and the Bulldogs a 'basket case'?

    In the meantime, the once mighty Demons, coached by a certain Mister Goodwin, one flag to his name, was hit at the bginning of 2024 with being two players down - good players at that, neither able to be even made up for numerically, an Oliver besieged by fitness and other issues before the season began - a season in which that same player can be seen visibly aiming high again, but below his best for reasons to do with fitness and general midfield issues, and a season in which Petty, Brown, Melksham, Hunter, Petracca, Gawn, May, Lever, Spargo, have all missed through injury, many for the best part of the year. Yes, we don't have a back-up Rucker sack because the Grundy experiment failed, and that was, of course, all the fault of the Hierarchy because they were not clairvoyants...

    In the meantime, the AFl has been exposed as a farcical joke in its week-to-week defence of Tribunal and Umpiring atrocities, and the simple question that the AFL is not and never has been an even playing field, is in the eyes and brain capacity of many Demonland Naysayers and mythical Dragon Slayers the fault of Goody and everyone else associated with the Melbourne Footy Club.

    I rest my cases

     

    And I haven't even mentioned Hawthorn: from the ashes....

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    6 hours ago, Monbon said:

    I rest my cases

     

    Your honour, the prosecution wishes to append some late evidence, in the form of a stuffed Swan.

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    23 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

    Your honour, the prosecution wishes to append some late evidence, in the form of a stuffed Swan.

    Imagine if that was 'Goody' instead of Longmuir on Demonland. 

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