Jump to content

Featured Replies

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

I just don't whinge incessantly without backing it up. SWYL usual input to any topic  is 1 or two lines of whiny negativity.

It's tiresome.

Was I happy with how the year went, definitely not.

Did I discuss it face to face with some in the Club at the B&F last night, sure did, never one to hide behind a nickname on a forum.

Do I want to see improvement this year, hopefully yes.

Do I believe the [censored] pushed by journalists and pundits, definitely not.

Do I think some of the young kids at the club are going to lead the way, after speaking to some last night, definitely.

 

 

Good to see you back Saty!

 
46 minutes ago, DubDee said:

The majority of your posts are complaining about what posters post on here

Contributing very little

Whinging quite a lot

Can you not see the irony?

Wrong, I ask them to back up their opinion, which they are entitled to, but most don't as they find it easier to incessantly whine, demanding others follow their opinion, because that is the only one that is right.

If other posters disagree they are told they are delusional, looking through rose coloured glasses etc.

Forums are for discussion, except for Demonland of course, home of the disgruntled supporter who craves agreement to their opinion

Opinion which is usually based on what some highly paid click baiter has written, and we must agree mustn't we, don't want to be seen as a nuffy.

 

1 hour ago, He de mon said:

That was the bit that made me think maybe the all the talk about is terrible culture is BS,  as Ben Brown doesn't strike me as the sort of guy would want to stay if he thought our culture sucked.

Without jumping to any other conclusions, Ben stated that he was particularly attracted to the strong culture of our AFLW team. I can testify to that, and it no doubt that stems from the continuity provided by Mick Stinear (who Ben praised) and the list management of Todd Paterson - both having been in their roles from the foundation of our women's team.

 
10 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

Without jumping to any other conclusions, Ben stated that he was particularly attracted to the strong culture of our AFLW team. I can testify to that, and it no doubt that stems from the continuity provided by Mick Stinear (who Ben praised) and the list management of Todd Paterson - both having been in their roles from the foundation of our women's team.

And there it is.

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

Wrong, I ask them to back up their opinion, which they are entitled to, but most don't as they find it easier to incessantly whine, demanding others follow their opinion, because that is the only one that is right.

If other posters disagree they are told they are delusional, looking through rose coloured glasses etc.

Forums are for discussion, except for Demonland of course, home of the disgruntled supporter who craves agreement to their opinion

Opinion which is usually based on what some highly paid click baiter has written, and we must agree mustn't we, don't want to be seen as a nuffy.

 

Eloquently put & also accurate 


2 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

Wrong, I ask them to back up their opinion, which they are entitled to, but most don't as they find it easier to incessantly whine, demanding others follow their opinion, because that is the only one that is right.

If other posters disagree they are told they are delusional, looking through rose coloured glasses etc.

Forums are for discussion, except for Demonland of course, home of the disgruntled supporter who craves agreement to their opinion

Opinion which is usually based on what some highly paid click baiter has written, and we must agree mustn't we, don't want to be seen as a nuffy.

 

I respect your opinions and stoic defence of the club but what puzzles me you mostly only appear here when there is turbulence at the club like the old dark days and the now. I don’t recall you posting here at all during our premiership year and very rarely up until this disastrous season started falling apart. Why is it that you went missing in our greatest season for 6 decades? 

Edited by John Crow Batty

11 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Not at all, I thought that he was realistic, realises that there is a lot of work to do to get back in contention and urged the players to love the process required to put themselves into a position to contend. Overstated process a bit for mine, Gus described the grind and hard work required as enjoyable a little more eloquently than Goody but Gus is a brilliant wordsmith.❤️💙😁

I can see how people could interpret the content of his speech in a few different ways, and tbh, the content was the least of my concerns. 
If ever there was a time to not have a number of crownies before making the most important speech in his time at the Club, it was then.  Might seem old fashioned, but I also believe it was the time to shave, to not go with the trendy 3 day growth. 
I’d be rather confident that Sam Mitchell, McRae & Fagan won’t be slurring their words during their speeches.  
Was the absolute occasion where he had to take the totally conservative & professional leader type approach, and unfortunately he didn’t. 

9 hours ago, sue said:

Yes it is a fact that we finised 14th and we must accept that, but the point I was making that focussing negatively on the number 14 may not be reflective of the actual situation.  Feel free to feel as miserable as you like about things. Each to their own. 

Your wasting your breath there sue, I’d not bother

 
10 minutes ago, goodwindees said:

I can see how people could interpret the content of his speech in a few different ways, and tbh, the content was the least of my concerns. 
If ever there was a time to not have a number of crownies before making the most important speech in his time at the Club, it was then.  Might seem old fashioned, but I also believe it was the time to shave, to not go with the trendy 3 day growth. 
I’d be rather confident that Sam Mitchell, McRae & Fagan won’t be slurring their words during their speeches.  
Was the absolute occasion where he had to take the totally conservative & professional leader type approach, and unfortunately he didn’t. 

Agree wholeheartedly and made the exact same comment last night when I was tuning in live.

His was slurring his speech. Some said it was nerves but it wasn't. I've seen him nervous at a press conference and it was nothing like last night.

His introduction of Max Gawn as runner up was just plain weird and bizarre. Some odd pauses and not even a mention of a well deserved recognition for a 7th All Australian jumper.

19 minutes ago, goodwindees said:

I can see how people could interpret the content of his speech in a few different ways, and tbh, the content was the least of my concerns. 
If ever there was a time to not have a number of crownies before making the most important speech in his time at the Club, it was then.  Might seem old fashioned, but I also believe it was the time to shave, to not go with the trendy 3 day growth. 
I’d be rather confident that Sam Mitchell, McRae & Fagan won’t be slurring their words during their speeches.  
Was the absolute occasion where he had to take the totally conservative & professional leader type approach, and unfortunately he didn’t. 

Yep, either clueless, or very stressed/nervous/anxious and needed a coping mechanism. The players seem to love Goody. Just hope it’s for the right reasons. 


6 minutes ago, homsar said:

Yep, either clueless, or very stressed/nervous/anxious and needed a coping mechanism. The players seem to love Goody. Just hope it’s for the right reasons. 

I can tell you, that very question of, “why do the players love Goody so much” is definitely included in the review. 

52 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

I respect your opinions and stoic defence of the club but what puzzles me you mostly only appear here when there is turbulence at the club like the old dark days and the now. I don’t recall you posting here at all during our premiership year and very rarely up until this disastrous season started falling apart. Why is it that you went missing in our greatest season for 6 decades? 

Succinctly, I got  bored s******s with the constant negativity and the same bullying minority who demanded everybody agree with them

Unfortunately they still rule the forum to an extent, but I was asked by a few supporters and posters in person, as I don't feel the need to hide, to post again.

I started on this topic as I knew the bullies would be out in force sniping at anything they could about the B&F.

The disgusting comments about Goody supposedly slurring words, didn't seem that way live or the good conversation I had with him.

I think a lot of the negativity these days comes from the team on match days spoiling a 'supporter's multi.

 

The last two pages of this thread have [censored] me off for a number of reasons. I agree that it's pathetic to hang [censored] on the club at every opportunity but it's also pathetic to get on your high horse and tell someone that they're not a supporter when they critique the club's performances. We've seen the worst of these two extremes in this thread alone. 

Fwiw, the vast majority of my posts are positive but this is a football forum ffs.

12 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Agree. 

407 is the lowest winner’s vote count, excluding the shorter 2020 season, since 2016 when, funnily enough, Viney won with 407.

We played finals the previous three seasons but the winner each year polled 600+ (in 2022 Clarry won with 608 and just one extra game played, given the additional H&A game this year).

Amazing to think that Clarry scored 608 votes while competing against the likes of Tracc.

7 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

Succinctly, I got  bored s******s with the constant negativity and the same bullying minority who demanded everybody agree with them

Unfortunately they still rule the forum to an extent, but I was asked by a few supporters and posters in person, as I don't feel the need to hide, to post again.

I started on this topic as I knew the bullies would be out in force sniping at anything they could about the B&F.

The disgusting comments about Goody supposedly slurring words, didn't seem that way live or the good conversation I had with him.

I think a lot of the negativity these days comes from the team on match days spoiling a 'supporter's multi.

 

I appreciate your input into this forum. Don’t know what speech you watched.


7 hours ago, goodwindees said:

I can tell you, that very question of, “why do the players love Goody so much” is definitely included in the review. 

I know of a premiership coach (within the last decade) who shared privately (not to me, admittedly) that he was astonished Goody had kept his job, something along the lines of ‘he’s just too close to his players’… whilst he didn’t elaborate, the feeling was he was saying ‘fun guy’ who doesn’t know the line between coach/boss and friend.

Separately, I have heard from a player (directly) that goody is only the ‘much-loved coach’ to select players. If you’re a fringe player, you’re probably not one of goody’s ‘favs’ and you also then end up on the outer socially with him.

19 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I am not being miserable.

 

12 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Did I hear right. Did McCrae say at the fllth b&f that he is glad his supporters don't boo. Is he deaf?

I believe he said “we don’t boo at Collingwood” when the crowd started booing in response to another club being mentioned 

The irony 

20 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Did I hear right. Did McCrae say at the fllth b&f that he is glad his supporters don't boo. Is he deaf?

The much publicised booing of Horne-Francis originated from an early season 2023 game between Collingwood and Port at the MCG.

A couple of random Collingwood supporters at the Filth goal end booed him for absolutely no reason and it took off from there. I was at the game and remember asking myself why the heck were they booing a player that had absolutely nothing to with the Pies, but all to do with his departure from North.

That’s a BS claim from McRae.

 


7 minutes ago, demoncat said:

I believe he said “we don’t boo at Collingwood” when the crowd started booing in response to another club being mentioned 

The irony 

I don’t see the irony. The man is trying to change the culture of a fanbase. That’s admirable. Don’t think he’ll be successful though, that fan base has been full of bad eggs forever. 

4 minutes ago, homsar said:

I don’t see the irony. The man is trying to change the culture of a fanbase. That’s admirable. Don’t think he’ll be successful though, that fan base has been full of bad eggs forever. 

Agree.
Reckon he finds the disrespectful behaviour of their supporter base distasteful.
Which it is.
But he won't change it.

3 hours ago, homsar said:

I appreciate your input into this forum. Don’t know what speech you watched.

I’m starting to wonder which one I watched.????

 
25 minutes ago, demoncat said:

I believe he said “we don’t boo at Collingwood” when the crowd started booing in response to another club being mentioned 

The irony 

I felt the same when I watched it too but on reflection I think it was more a comment intended to educate/curb their future actions than it was a misguided belief of how they actually act. 

5 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

I’m starting to wonder which one I watched.????

Come to think of it I guess it all comes down to whether you are pro Simon Goodwin or anti Simon Goodwin, it’s very easy to find fault when you dislike someone, even the old gossip snippets you only hear the damaging ones trotted out to support your stance.


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

  • REPORT: Collingwood

    The media focus on the fiery interaction between Max Gawn and Steven May at the end of the game was unfortunate because it took away the gloss from Melbourne’s performance in winning almost everywhere but on the scoreboard in its Kings Birthday clash with Collingwood at the MCG. It was a real battle reminiscent of the good old days when the rivalry between the two clubs was at its height and a fitting contest to celebrate the 2025 Australian of the Year, Neale Daniher and his superb work to bring the campaign to raise funds for motor neurone disease awareness to the forefront. Notwithstanding the fact that the Magpies snatched a one point victory from his old club, Daniher would be proud of the fact that his Demons fought tooth and nail to win the keenly contested game in front of 77,761 fans.

    • 1 reply
  • PREGAME: Port Adelaide

    The Demons are set to embark on a four-week road trip that takes them across the country, with two games in Adelaide and a clash on the Gold Coast, broken up by a mid-season bye. Next up is a meeting with the inconsistent Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. Who comes in and who goes out?

      • Vomit
      • Shocked
      • Like
    • 80 replies
  • PODCAST: Collingwood

    I have something on tomorrow night so Podcast will be Wednesday night. The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Wednesday, 11th June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Dees heartbreaking 1 point loss to the Magpies on King's Birthday 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. Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

      • Shocked
    • 28 replies
  • POSTGAME: Collingwood

    Despite effectively playing against four extra opponents, the Dees controlled much of the match. However, their inaccuracy in front of goal and inability to convert dominance in clearances and inside 50s ultimately cost them dearly, falling to a heartbreaking one-point loss on King’s Birthday.

      • Sad
    • 501 replies
  • VOTES: Collingwood

    Max Gawn has an almost insurmountable lead in the Demonland Player of the Year Award ahead of Christian Petracca, Jake Bowey, Clayton Oliver and Kozzy Pickett. Your votes please; 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

      • Haha
    • 42 replies
  • GAMEDAY: Collingwood

    It's Game Day and the Demons face a monumental task as they take on the top-of-the-table Magpies in one of the biggest games on the Dees calendar: the King's Birthday Big Freeze MND match. Can the Demons defy the odds and claim a massive scalp to keep their finals hopes alive?

      • Clap
      • Like
    • 720 replies