5 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

That's cool, Kat! What is the name of the company?

good question!! I don't know! I know Kozzy last year began the process of starting his own fashion bit on the side, too. It was mentioned in an interview. He loves his fashion, our Koz.

His Dad seems very genuine

Kozzie, don’t leave. You will regret it

Just put on more clothes over winter…

You have Demon Blood

18 hours ago, layzie said:

If your friend jumped off a cliff would you?

My friend is a lemming, on ice - I am neither, so wouldn’t.

Before the age article I was sure he was gone. Since reading it I’m more confident at this point he stays.

He was honest In saying yes he gets homesick a lot but the club allows him to go home when he needs and trusts him to get his training done which he really appreciates. He knows he will get homesick for the rest of his career(if he does stay) as he has through out his career so far. Just about managing it.

Had Melbourne not been so good with allowing him to go home when he needs and staying for longer when the club is playing over there he would 100% have been out the door when the first contract was up I have no doubt.

2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Ardu’s sister who is also her best friend now lives in Melbourne “not even 10 minutes away.” She spends a lot of time with the little family.

Kozzie’s sister moved to Melbourne earlier this year. She too is super close to Ardu

Well that's about as positive as we can hope for.

BTW who is Narkle's partner, is she another sister of Ardu?

14 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Well that's about as positive as we can hope for.

BTW who is Narkle's partner, is she another sister of Ardu?

Yes, her name is Taylah

On 20/04/2025 at 13:27, Colm said:

I agree with others that we should put a big front ended offer in front of him. Until Freo know if they will land Chad Warner or not they may not be in a position to make Kossie as big an offer.

He’s pure class when he’s up and about, be gutted to lose him.

You have missed the ship It’s sailed Chad has signed for 2 more years at Sydney.

3 hours ago, Roost it far said:

It is starting to feel like what the club has been putting out on a few fronts is more genuine than in the past. It just may turn out that dropping those first 5 games, weathering the storm and negative focus has bought the group closer together rather than further apart. Adversity can swing both ways. The win against Brisbane must feel so good within the 4 walls. The fact the club got Koz’s Dad to do what must be one of our best indigenous guernsey’s (although I’ve generally been impressed with all of them) and we’ve gone away as a group for a big win must really solidify the group. Long may it continue and long may Kysaiah Klem Paul Kropinyeri-Pickett remain a Demon.

3 hours ago, Roost it far said:

It is starting to feel like

3 hours ago, Roost it far said:

It is starting to feel like what the club has been putting out on a few fronts is more genuine than in the past. It just may turn out that dropping those first 5 games, weathering the storm and negative focus has bought the group closer together rather than further apart. Adversity can swing both ways. The win against Brisbane must feel so good within the 4 walls. The fact the club got Koz’s Dad to do what must be one of our best indigenous guernsey’s (although I’ve generally been impressed with all of them) and we’ve gone away as a group for a big win must really solidify the group. Long may it continue and long may Kysaiah Klem Paul Kropinyeri-Pickett remain a Demon.

what the club has been putting out on a few fronts is more genuine than in the past. It just may turn out that dropping those first 5 games, weathering the storm and negative focus has bought the group closer together rather than further apart. Adversity can swing both ways. The win against Brisbane must feel so good within the 4 walls. The fact the club got Koz’s Dad to do what must be one of our best indigenous guernsey’s (although I’ve generally been impressed with all of them) and we’ve gone away as a group for a big win must really solidify the group. Long may it continue and long may Kysaiah Klem Paul Kropinyeri-Pickett remain a Demon

Beautifully put GW sounds very sincere and vvery promising.

3 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Ardu stated in her staff entry post at the Victorian Koorie Youth Council that she's lived in Melbourne for 10 years, that was in 2022, so she's spent more than half her life living in Melbourne. She may originally be from Darwin, but if she's spend much of her life here, she's a local :)

3 hours ago, Roost it far said:

It is starting to feel like what the club has been putting out on a few fronts is more genuine than in the past. It just may turn out that dropping those first 5 games, weathering the storm and negative focus has bought the group closer together rather than further apart. Adversity can swing both ways. The win against Brisbane must feel so good within the 4 walls. The fact the club got Koz’s Dad to do what must be one of our best indigenous guernsey’s (although I’ve generally been impressed with all of them) and we’ve gone away as a group for a big win must really solidify the group. Long may it continue and long may Kysaiah Klem Paul Kropinyeri-Pickett remain a Demon.

Did anyone listen to the DeeBrief podcast with Robbo's Rundown the other day?

Robbo said we're doing absolutely everything we can to keep him and the podcast's host "Naughtsie" was told second hand from a Melbourne best 23 player that it's clear and obvious that the club is going absolutely above and beyond for Kozzie.

Robbo has us at a 60/40 chance of keeping him. But my question is: was he talking about 60/40 keeping him next year, or 60/40 extending him when his contract expires. That part wasn't clear.

Robbo also revealed that he personally received offers from other clubs that were so far in excess of what we offered him back in the day. He brought those offers to the attention of the club, the club refused to budge and yet he remained loyal to the MFC. The MFC treated him like family since he moved over from Tassie and he therefore couldn't leave them.

I'd post a youtube link of the episode, but I feel as though the podcast producer is a competitor of Demonland so I decided not to.

31 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Did anyone listen to the DeeBrief podcast with Robbo's Rundown the other day?

Robbo said we're doing absolutely everything we can to keep him and the podcast's host "Naughtsie" was told second hand from a Melbourne best 23 player that it's clear and obvious that the club is going absolutely above and beyond for Kozzie.

Robbo has us at a 60/40 chance of keeping him. But my question is: was he talking about 60/40 keeping him next year, or 60/40 extending him when his contract expires. That part wasn't clear.

Robbo also revealed that he personally received offers from other clubs that were so far in excess of what we offered him back in the day. He brought those offers to the attention of the club, the club refused to budge and yet he remained loyal to the MFC. The MFC treated him like family since he moved over from Tassie and he therefore couldn't leave them.

I'd post a youtube link of the episode, but I feel as though the podcast producer is a competitor of Demonland so I decided not to.

i heard it as 60/40 to stay beyond his current contract with robbo saying that was only cos he's been so burned by wa-based players leaving in the past; wizard, dogga, etc.

for mine, the other key takeout of the deebrief chat was that the suspensions that jvr has copped in his first few years may have had an effect on his current performance in 2025 - it's made him more tentative in his attack on the contest

28 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Robbo also revealed that he personally received offers from other clubs that were so far in excess of what we offered him back in the day. He brought those offers to the attention of the club, the club refused to budge and yet he remained loyal to the MFC. The MFC treated him like family since he moved over from Tassie and he therefore couldn't leave them.

A little bit aside from the issue of retaining Kozzie (which seems to have such a homesickness factor to it), I find this such an interesting part of top-level sport.

I remember during the Tom Scully disaster that many, many people argued Scully had essentially no decision to make: it wasn't rational or realistic to suggest he might ignore that amount of money stay at Melbourne. This always struck me as just as naive as saying "Every player plays only for the jumper and money is irrelevant" (which is mostly just a strawman version of a more nuanced side of the argument).

Of course, Robbo might have been making it up or exaggerating or giving prominence to just one reason why he stayed above others, but even still, it's telling that he would say that.

Great to see koz doing more stuff like the sit down video with May, flash and Whelan the other day. Feel like the more he gets involved in extra things round the club the more likely he is to stay.

Flash pointed out that he’s the only indigenous player to have won a b and f at Dee’s and it would be great to see more, think koz could definitely go down as our greatest indigenous player if he decides to stick round.

Edited May 30May 30 by Garbo

17 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Did anyone listen to the DeeBrief podcast with Robbo's Rundown the other day?

Robbo said we're doing absolutely everything we can to keep him and the podcast's host "Naughtsie" was told second hand from a Melbourne best 23 player that it's clear and obvious that the club is going absolutely above and beyond for Kozzie.

Robbo has us at a 60/40 chance of keeping him. But my question is: was he talking about 60/40 keeping him next year, or 60/40 extending him when his contract expires. That part wasn't clear.

Robbo also revealed that he personally received offers from other clubs that were so far in excess of what we offered him back in the day. He brought those offers to the attention of the club, the club refused to budge and yet he remained loyal to the MFC. The MFC treated him like family since he moved over from Tassie and he therefore couldn't leave them.

I'd post a youtube link of the episode, but I feel as though the podcast producer is a competitor of Demonland so I decided not to.

It was posted in another thread.

I won't/can't speak for Andy, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't mind other pods etc being promoted or shared. I certainly don't.

The more the merrier when it comes to dees stuff.

Is it a good interview (I plan to watch it)?

Edited May 30May 30 by binman

The Deebrief discussion with Robbo was really good. I agree with him, that the Club can’t do more for Kozzie than they are doing now

60/40 is ok with me at this stage.

Keep winning games and keep him involved in the Club on top of training, those odds may improve

If his form continues, he may win the B&F (I’m fairly sure Max wouldn’t mind)

Edited May 30May 30 by Sir Why You Little

Given his wife wants to stay in Melbourne I'm surprised this is even a conversation

My wife told me in no uncertain terms that if i wanted to return to the old country i would be doing so on my own. That was the start and finish of the discussion

8 minutes ago, BDA said:

Given his wife wants to stay in Melbourne I'm surprised this is even a conversation

My wife told me in no uncertain terms that if i wanted to return to the old country i would be doing so on my own. That was the start and finish of the discussion

He was still trying to get to Fremantle on the last day of trade period last year, according to Cal Twomey, I'll take his word over what a player's partner may say to fans at training

Edited May 30May 30 by Greg Schneider

18 minutes ago, BDA said:

Given his wife wants to stay in Melbourne I'm surprised this is even a conversation

My wife told me in no uncertain terms that if i wanted to return to the old country i would be doing so on my own. That was the start and finish of the discussion

I'm scared of my wife so I just do whatever she says.

9 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

He was still trying to get to Fremantle on the last day of trade period last year, according to Cal Twomey, I'll take his word over what a player's partner may say to fans at training

I get what you are saying, however don't forget these journo's are there to get clicks....

22 minutes ago, BDA said:

Given his wife wants to stay in Melbourne I'm surprised this is even a conversation

My wife told me in no uncertain terms that if i wanted to return to the old country i would be doing so on my own. That was the start and finish of the discussion

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I'm scared of my wife so I just do whatever she says.

Sign you’re in a good and happy marriage

Good job gentlemen

1 hour ago, Garbo said:

Great to see koz doing more stuff like the sit down video with May, flash and Whelan the other day. Feel like the more he gets involved in extra things round the club the more likely he is to stay.

Flash pointed out that he’s the only indigenous player to have won a b and f at Dee’s and it would be great to see more, think koz could definitely go down as our greatest indigenous player if he decides to stick round.

My son Bryce just unofficially finished playing a game or two with Flash up here in C, and B said he enjoyed the time immensely.

It reeks of desperation, all these attempts by the club to keep him here. That interview was 3 old guys saying to Koz "see? Isn't it great here? You sure would be silly if you left!" I fear if we hold on too tight we might just end up driving him away

1 hour ago, binman said:

It was posted in another thread.

I won't/can't speak for Andy, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't mind other pods etc being promoted or shared. I certainly don't.

The more the merrier when it comes to dees stuff.

Is it a good interview (I plan to watch it)?

Yep the deebrief guys are always complimentary about demonland, don’t think anyone does or should see it as a “rivalry”.

13 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

Yep the deebrief guys are always complimentary about demonland, don’t think anyone does or should see it as a “rivalry”.

A rising tide lifts all boats as Hamish Blake said on the Gus and Gawny show!

1 hour ago, Greg Schneider said:

He was still trying to get to Fremantle on the last day of trade period last year, according to Cal Twomey, I'll take his word over what a player's partner may say to fans at training

Really? I've lost my trust of all sports journos now.

1 hour ago, Maximum said:

It reeks of desperation, all these attempts by the club to keep him here. That interview was 3 old guys saying to Koz "see? Isn't it great here? You sure would be silly if you left!" I fear if we hold on too tight we might just end up driving him away

Tell me you have no idea without telling me you have no idea.

If players leave we cry about the club’s failure to retain them. If they stay it’s because we reek of desperation.

Going out of our way to make Kosi feel connected to his people and culture is a very important thing, not just for his own wellbeing and feeling of connection to the club, but a great way to lessen his homesickness.

We should be so proud of the amazing pioneering work our club has done in this area of indigenous relations.

I swear some people are never happy!

Edited May 30May 30 by Jaded No More

Anybody else have a little heart flutter whenever this topic appears at the top of the board with fresh posts?