1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Sheesh Ralphy, making it sound like we are the lucky ones contracted players want to play for us. 
Sick of eejit reporting 

Poor kid, driving over 3,500 kilometers only to discover the NT doesn't have a team yet. That's like a whole year of his MFC contract just to pay off the petrol. 

18 hours ago, binman said:

In America I reckon moving for college is a big factor in people's preparedness to move cities and states.

That and historically labor has followed industry - for example black families leaving the south for work in Chicago, LA and Detroit.

And housing costs have historically been stable and affordable, which reduces barriers to moving. That's changing, with America now experiencing a housing crisis of the sort ours kicked of 25 years ago.

Interestingly, i read an article the other day that said Americans are now moving less than at any time in history.

Yes, as someone who grew up in the states I can verify that this is pretty spot on. We leave for college at 18 and that’s kind of when you’re supposed to fully step into adulthood and out of the family home. 
 

The pandemic paired with cost of living has definitely changed that a bit. But even so it’s been an adjustment for me living in Melbourne to see people living with parents into their late 20s and to not see it as a bad thing. We are told you’re supposed to be out when you finish Uni and into your own life and being at home any longer means you’re unsuccessful/lazy/can’t make it on your own. 

Add it to the list of the many absurd aspects of American individualism/work culture. 

30 minutes ago, Flowergirl said:

That's pretty messed up to report that a players mother is still alive when she has passed away. 

Can’t pretend I’m any sort of expert on indigenous culture but the woman who died was Kozzy’s “old mum” who was in fact his aunt (Byron’s sister).

His birth mother is still alive.

He never said he was going to leave or wanted to leave

And now he isn’t leaving!

What a scoop!

12 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

What was the point of this tidbit? Is Ralph suggesting that only indigenous players can offer each other support? 🙄

Ralph said OTC yesterday that Kozzy would like to have more indigenous players on the list.

I remember last year there were reports we were courting Liam Henry with that being a bit of a motivator. Not sure why it fell through.

Kozzi sure knows how to relax in the off season. A Drive to Darwin with a crying baby in the back

Jon Ralph...

3 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Sheesh Ralphy, making it sound like we are the lucky ones contracted players want to play for us. 
Sick of eejit reporting 

It really feels like a total MFC pile on by reporters at the moment.

Must be incredibly annoying for the players as well

13 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

 

 

 He needs to get his facts right.  I totally trust @WalkingCivilWar report that Ardu's sister lives in Melbourne not Kozzie's sister as Ralph reported.  Also, iirc Kozzie's mother sadly passed away in SA several years ago where as he says she lives 3 hrs from Perth. 

Ardu’s sister does indeed live in Melbourne and spends much time with them. 

 I heard this morning that Kozzie’s sister is planning on moving here too. Idk if that’s true but perhaps that’s to what Jon Ralph was referring. 

Shoutout to whomever it was on here who just KNEW from the get-go Kozzie was leaving and they’re like, See… I said this would happen and now it’s coming to fruition and then it transpires that no, Kozzie ain’t goin’ nowhere. Huge LOLZ to be had 😂 And if I was petty (NOT of the Harrison variety but of the picayune variety) I’d quote such a post. 

On 31/08/2024 at 12:01, forever demons said:

I am jack of all this kiddy stuff ,I want to go home because I miss my mummy and kids i went to school with,hey if someone said to me i will pay you  a mill $ to work for me I would be on the next plane out to anywhere,stuff the family.Players today are to precious and spoilt bloody prima donnas

Yep - joined the forces at 18 and was incredibly homesick but still managed to survive and thrive.

6 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Sheesh Ralphy, making it sound like we are the lucky ones contracted players want to play for us. 
Sick of eejit reporting 

Media: 

Demons in CRISIS!!!!!!

Players left right and centre want our of the club!!!!!

Peteacca, ANB (quick release that info) and Kozzie all want out !!!!!!!

Reality:

Petracca stays. Koz stays.

Nibbla goes, but is at pains to say how much he loves his teamates and the MFC.

And mutiple players (including several future stars who didnt need to extend now, a respected senior player and our skipper) recommit in the last two to three months.

Reality:

Three of the Tigers five best  players want out - Bolton, Baker and Rioli.

And all three will almost certainly leave.

Even in the context of tbe rigers being in rebuild mode, that’s huge -particularly given all three are young.

Imagine if at the start of goody's tenure tracc, oliver and Max all left the club

And losing two senior Aboriginal players can't help in terms of support for young Aboriginal recruits, or trading in Aboriginal players for that matter.

Media:

 

People keen to get rid of Simon Goodwin should be careful what they wish for - they'll get a package exit deal.

Edited September 3, 2024Sep 3 by old55

8 minutes ago, old55 said:

People keen to get rid of Simon Goodwin should be careful what they wish for - they'll get a package exit deal.

100% this

 

@Demonland

Change of title and move thread to the main board, please.

It was all so 'much ado about nothing' !!!

1 hour ago, old55 said:

People keen to get rid of Simon Goodwin should be careful what they wish for - they'll get a package exit deal.

Excellent comment

It's all over now and will never happen again. 

5 hours ago, kryton101 said:

Yep - joined the forces at 18 and was incredibly homesick but still managed to survive and thrive.

That’s nothing! We lived in shoe box in middle of road, with nowt to eat ‘cept a handful of gravel, IF we were lucky, once every two days!!

7 minutes ago, hardtack said:

That’s nothing! We lived in shoe box in middle of road, with nowt to eat ‘cept a handful of gravel, IF we were lucky, once every two days!!

Luxury, sheer luxury.

4 hours ago, old55 said:

People keen to get rid of Simon Goodwin should be careful what they wish for - they'll get a package exit deal.

Interesting to see 20-30 upvotes on any comment wanting Goodwin sacked over on the melbournefc reddit page. Maybe it's the impatience of a younger demographic, wanting the sugar hit of a new coach thinking its the missing piece. Maybe Having not lived through the pain of the 70s and 80's or even the 2010's...  they've got  no understanding of how quickly it can be gone for good, or at least until a new generation rises decade/s later.

Goody has earnt another year at least to right the ship, some of his assistants perhaps not. But that's not really new news.

Edited September 3, 2024Sep 3 by John Demonic

23 minutes ago, hardtack said:

That’s nothing! We lived in shoe box in middle of road, with nowt to eat ‘cept a handful of gravel, IF we were lucky, once every two days!!

Gravel! Awsh, it's a good time for some these days. Nice life if you can 'ave it, ey. Prolly washed it down with fresh bitumen, you did.

Oh, I'm a loyal man and a Demon through and through, but I'm not too proud to tell ya that if them Magpies came to me with a proper bag o' gravel and a contract I'd be out the door faster than a rash on a knee, I would.

On the same day the Oliver story resurfaces…

Sigh. Insert the “here we go again” meme. 

It's going to be a long trade week(s)

29 minutes ago, Demonland said:

It's going to be a long trade week(s)

doesn't even officially begin for, what, a further 10 days?

What's with all the spot fires again?