Jump to content

Featured Replies

Posted

I just thought I might start a positive thread - let's celebrate big Maxxy's 7th AA!!!

 

Well done, Max: You are a champion!

Edited by Ollie fan
Typo

 

How sad that in all the drama and negativity that continuously follows our club, we have lost sight of the fact that Max is now arguably the greatest ruckman to ever play the game. 
What an achievement to get 7 AA jackets. Rare company. 

Well done Max. You deserve a lot more celebrating, but as per usual, you are instead dealing with the negative attention directed at the club that you so passionately lead! 

Who can hate this man

7 AA's and more to come

 

Best Demon I have seen in my lifetime.
Consistently performs to an elite standard and has carried the team in countless matches.

7 x All Australia
Premiership Captain
2 x BNF
AFL Coaches Player of the Year

Legend of the game.

 

Seven is heaven!

Drink it in while you can, it's highly doubtful we'll see it again.

Love you Max.


The word legend tends to get thrown around a lot this days but big Maxy is well and truly deserving of it. Legend of a player and of a man. 

 

 

Ode to Max

Max stands like a Colossus

Enduring indifferent fortune

With swings long and low

Brightened with the rarest

of premiership sunshine

Glimpses from the snow

 

Midfields come and go

Once it was the fearsome four

Now its down to the ageing few

amongst the emerging brew

Give me the Sherrin bounced high

I'll win the ruck again

 

Seven All Australians

Places you amongst the best

 to play Australian rules

May it continue next season

'til the next window opens

Fate surely owes another flag

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Tarax Club


2 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

I just thought I might start a positive thread - let's celebrate big Maxxy's 7th AA!!!

 

Well done, Max: You are a champion!

Max is just the best ... for so long in a footballing career. He's our own big brother worthy of a knighthood. 

A giant of the game in every way imaginable. And truly a good bloke too…, we’re lucky to have him.

Love Max. 

God knows where we'd be without him. Certainly no flag in 2021 and the situaton we have now would have happened years ago and probably been much worse. 

Suspect he is probably the main reason it's taken till now for it to really bubble over. 

One thing you can say about Max - and it's not true of all premiership captains - is that he truly led us to a flag:

* the game-winning goal to secure top spot in the final round

* 5 goals in an outrageous Prelim performance

* a selfless captain's call late in the 3rd of the GF, a decision which proved pivotal as the game turned.

 In a career full of achievements, I think his role in leading us to the promised land is his greatest. 

Max is a star of the game and a class act off the field. He will go down in the history of the oldest football club as one of its top 5 Legends of all time


Hear hear.

Sad that the off field stuff is distracting, he didn't look his happiest at the function.

Liked Robbo's comment that others are too used to him being good.

Every positive adjective is appropriate Legend, Elite, GOAT. 

A superstar player who's enjoyed a great career and is clearly a wonderful leader.

Very happy for the positive thread as with so much negativity on the others, it's turning me off wanting to visit the page.

We've been incredible with our ruck development over the years in Stynes > White > Jamar > Gawn with quite a few All-Australian nods between them all.

I really do enjoy listening to Max speak.  He always seems so genuine and just simplifies things so easily removing some of the [censored].

We're lucky to have him and I'm happy he's signed on for a few more years.  Even though he's getting a bit older, at least he's not getting any shorter and will be a challenging match up for all opponents until the end of his decorated career.

Congratulations on #7 Max. 

All Australian in every season where he has played more than 15 games.

No, wait... he got an AA selection in 2020 with just 14 games. Amazing!

NO, WAIT! TRAVESTY! How did he miss 2023? FOR SHAME. I blame Brodie Grundy.

 

But seriously, so proud our club is led by such a lovable cuddly unstoppable colossus.

 

 

 

All this, with the AFL turning a blind eye to him getting illegally hit hundreds of times a game for 14+ years.


Congratulations Skipper another great year in the Red and Blue you epitomise all that is great in our game and in our club and a loving gentleman off the field.

Agree with all the previous comments.

But looking at his career from another angle, how lucky was Max - and therefor us - that the club decided to keep him on after his 2 significant  injuries.

Who was the coach who showed faith in the young fella?

Just think, if we had chosen Nic Nat instead of Jack Watts we would most likely have lost Max and watched in envy at this superstar player and person as he dominated at another club. Well done CHAMPION!!!! Love you mate.

 
21 minutes ago, Dingo said:

Who was the coach who showed faith in the young fella?

Neil Craig!

 

Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Max Gawn signs a new two-year deal with Melbourne.

"I didn't want to go anywhere and when [acting general manager of football operations] Josh Mahoney called me last night, he said 'We managed to get a deal' it put a bit of a smile on my face, so I'm rapt," Gawn said.

:mahoney2:

And we look at our leader ..Max Gawn.. The Goat .. & it puts all the negativity about our club in perspective. You don’t  get players like Gawn..Viney ..Lever commit to our club if it’s the basket case a lot of you think it is. 


Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • PREVIEW: West Coast

    Saturday’s election night game in Perth between the West Coast Eagles and Melbourne represents 18th vs 15th which makes it a tough decision as to which party to favour. The Eagles have yet to break the ice under their new coach in Andrew McQualter who is the second understudy in a row to confront Demon Coach Simon Goodwin who was also winless until a fortnight ago. On that basis, many punters might be considering to go with the donkey vote but I’ve been assigned with the task of helping readers to come to a considered opinion on this matter of vital importance across the nation. It was almost a year ago that I wrote a preview here of the Demons’ away game against the Eagles (under the name William from Waalitj because it was Indigenous Round).  I issued a warning that it was a danger game, based on my local knowledge that the home team were no longer easybeats and that they possessed a wunderkind generational player in Harley Reid who was capable of producing stellar performances playing among men a decade and more older than he.  At the time, the Eagles already had two wins off the back of a couple of the young man’s masterclasses and they had recently given the Bombers a scare straight after their Anzac Day blockbuster draw against the then reigning premiers.

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 1 reply
    Demonland
  • NON-MFC: Round 08

    Round 08 of the 2025 AFL Season kicks off on Thursday with a must-win game for the Bombers to stay in touch with the top eight, while the struggling Roos seek a morale-boosting upset. Friday sees the Saints desperate for a win as well if they are to stay in finals contention and their opponents the Dockers will be eager to crack in to the Top 8 with a win on the road. Saturday kicks off with a pivotal clash for both sides asthe Bulldogs look to solidify their top-eight spot, while Port seeks to shake their pretender tag. Then the Crows will be looking to steady their topsy turvy season against a resurgent Blues looking to make it 4 wins on the trot. On Election Night a Blockbuster will see the ladder-leading Pies take on the Cats, who are keen to bounce back after a narrow loss. On Sunday the Sydney Derby promises fireworks as the Giants aim to cement their top-eight status, while the Swans fight to keep their season alive. The Hawks, celebrating their centenary, will be looking to easily account for the Tigers who are desperate to halt their slide. The Round concludes on Sunday Night with a top end of the table QClash with significant ladder implications; both Queensland teams are in scintillating form. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons?

    • 1 reply
    Demonland
  • PREGAME: West Coast

    The Demons hit the road in Round 8, heading to Perth to face the West Coast Eagles at Optus Stadium. With momentum building, the Dees will be aiming for a third straight victory to keep their season revival on course. Who comes in and who goes out?

      • Thanks
    • 283 replies
    Demonland
  • REPORT: Richmond

    The fans who turned up to the MCG for Melbourne’s Anzac Day Eve clash against Richmond would have been disappointed if they turned up to see a great spectacle. As much as this was a night for the 71,635 in attendance to commemorate heroes of the nation’s past wars, it was also a time for the Melbourne Football Club to consolidate upon its first win after a horrific start to the 2025 season. On this basis, despite the fact that it was an uninspiring and dour struggle for most of its 100 minutes, the night will be one for the fans to remember. They certainly got value out of the pre match activity honouring those who fought for their country. The MCG and the lights of the city as backdrop was made for nights such as these and, in my view, we received a more inspirational ceremony of Anzac culture than others both here and elsewhere around the country. 

      • Love
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • CASEY: Richmond

    The match up of teams competing in our great Aussie game at its second highest level is a rarity for a work day Thursday morning but the blustery conditions that met the players at a windswept Casey Fields was something far more commonplace.They turned the opening stanza between the Casey Demons and a somewhat depleted Richmond VFL into a mess of fumbling unforced errors, spilt marks and wasted opportunities for both sides but they did set up a significant win for the home team which is exactly what transpired on this Anzac Day round opener. Casey opened up strong against the breeze with the first goal to Aidan Johnson, the Tigers quickly responded and the game degenerated into a defensive slog and the teams were level when the first siren sounded.

      • Clap
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: Richmond

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 28th April @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse the Demons 2nd win for the year against the Tigers.
    Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
    If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.
    Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/
    Call: 03 9016 3666
    Skype: Demonland31

      • Thanks
    • 29 replies
    Demonland